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Population Growth Rate by Country in 2028

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In the year 2028, the world is projected to have a population growth rate of 0.838% and the global population will grow with a total of 70,453,323 people.

The country with the highest annual population growth rate is projected to be 🇳🇪Niger with a rate of 3.657%. Closely followed by 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo with a population growth rate of 3.123%, and 🇨🇫Central African Republic with 3.067% population growth.

The country with the lowest annual population growth rate is projected to be 🇱🇧Lebanon with -1.402%. Followed by 🇸🇭Saint Helena with a population growth rate of -1.257%, and 🇱🇻Latvia with -1.015% population decline.

The geographic region with the highest population growth rate is projected to be Africa with a rate of 2.218%. Closely followed by Oceania with a population growth rate of 1.063%, and Latin America and the Caribbean with a 0.651% population growth.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Middle Africa had the highest population growth rate of 2.897%. Closely followed by Eastern Africa with a population growth rate of 2.37%, and Western Africa with a 2.361% population growth.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Low-income countries has the highest population growth rate of 2.505%. While the lowest population growth rate was recorded by Upper-middle-income countries with a rate of only 0.155%.

Similar Population Metrics for 2028

Countries with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2028

Rank Country Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 🇳🇪Niger 3.657% 1,197,760
2 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 3.123% 3,745,255
3 🇨🇫Central African Republic 3.067% 205,015
4 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 3.02% 853,045
5 🇲🇱Mali 2.951% 799,214
6 🇸🇴Somalia 2.903% 611,704
7 🇹🇩Chad 2.882% 611,502
8 🇦🇴Angola 2.834% 1,203,693
9 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 2.717% 2,108,704
10 🇾🇹Mayotte 2.674% 10,336
11 🇲🇿Mozambique 2.637% 1,024,546
12 🇺🇬Uganda 2.584% 1,434,034
13 🇲🇷Mauritania 2.556% 141,671
14 🇿🇲Zambia 2.545% 597,205
15 🇧🇯Benin 2.5% 390,064
16 🇧🇮Burundi 2.479% 372,908
17 🇲🇼Malawi 2.468% 586,267
18 🇸🇳Senegal 2.443% 491,809
19 🇦🇫Afghanistan 2.427% 1,164,845
20 🇨🇲Cameroon 2.417% 784,555
21 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 2.389% 779,494
22 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 2.36% 619,920
23 🇸🇩Sudan 2.352% 1,280,174
24 🇪🇹Ethiopia 2.301% 3,284,246
25 🇬🇲Gambia 2.256% 70,422
26 🇲🇬Madagascar 2.251% 766,551
27 🇬🇫French Guiana 2.242% 7,867
28 🇳🇬Nigeria 2.24% 5,627,605
29 🇬🇳Guinea 2.205% 351,034
30 🇻🇺Vanuatu 2.2% 8,236
31 🇻🇦Holy See 2.194% 12
32 🇨🇬Congo 2.165% 147,510
33 🇹🇬Togo 2.159% 218,339
34 🇵🇸State of Palestine 2.129% 127,754
35 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 2.126% 40,769
36 🇷🇼Rwanda 2.095% 329,282
37 🇱🇷Liberia 2.094% 126,246
38 🇮🇶Iraq 2.08% 1,053,778
39 🇾🇪Yemen 2.049% 785,651
40 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 2.035% 16,738
41 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 2.023% 48,304
42 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 1.961% 361,834
43 🇪🇷Eritrea 1.947% 80,211
44 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 1.934% 188,133
45 🇰🇪Kenya 1.912% 1,161,878
46 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 1.899% 4,846
47 🇸🇸South Sudan 1.839% 222,630
48 🇵🇰Pakistan 1.829% 4,835,387
49 🇬🇦Gabon 1.8% 48,192
50 🇬🇭Ghana 1.786% 668,669
51 🇪🇭Western Sahara 1.65% 10,587
52 🇰🇲Comoros 1.638% 15,222
53 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 1.62% 182,312
54 🇹🇯Tajikistan 1.618% 179,002
55 🇳🇦Namibia 1.551% 43,773
56 🇰🇮Kiribati 1.472% 2,127
57 🇪🇬Egypt 1.455% 1,769,710
58 🇧🇼Botswana 1.433% 41,410
59 🇭🇳Honduras 1.398% 159,509
60 🇬🇹Guatemala 1.397% 271,882
61 🇮🇱Israel 1.392% 137,206
62 🇵🇭Philippines 1.358% 1,712,228
63 🇹🇰Tokelau 1.354% 27
64 🇼🇸Samoa 1.353% 3,275
65 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 1.348% 97,606
66 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.318% 174,971
67 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 1.313% 19,131
68 🇩🇯Djibouti 1.298% 15,778
69 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1.29% 403,518
70 🇧🇿Belize 1.263% 5,552
71 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 1.247% 492,385
72 🇴🇲Oman 1.242% 61,729
73 🇳🇮Nicaragua 1.19% 89,391
74 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.178% 95,791
75 🇵🇦Panama 1.155% 54,954
76 🇩🇿Algeria 1.149% 559,463
77 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 1.123% 421,020
78 🇸🇿Eswatini 1.111% 14,168
79 🇭🇹Haiti 1.104% 137,191
80 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 1.099% 8,213
81 🇵🇾Paraguay 1.073% 78,026
82 🇲🇳Mongolia 1.058% 38,721
83 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 1.02% 211,255
84 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 1.015% 70,038
85 🇱🇸Lesotho 0.976% 23,967
86 🇱🇾Libya 0.972% 70,540
87 🇪🇨Ecuador 0.966% 184,626
88 🇳🇵Nepal 0.943% 307,006
89 🇵🇪Peru 0.941% 338,941
90 🇿🇦South Africa 0.923% 586,020
91 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 0.914% 5,737
92 🇲🇾Malaysia 0.91% 327,909
93 🇦🇺Australia 0.894% 247,872
94 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 0.892% 1,076
95 🇯🇴Jordan 0.888% 103,891
96 🇳🇨New Caledonia 0.881% 2,707
97 🇰🇭Cambodia 0.877% 155,928
98 🇯🇪Jersey 0.877% 1,026
99 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 0.873% 384
100 🇧🇩Bangladesh 0.872% 1,580,688
101 🇱🇺Luxembourg 0.828% 5,679
102 🇲🇦Morocco 0.825% 326,726
103 🇧🇭Bahrain 0.81% 12,557
104 🇹🇴Tonga 0.808% 907
105 🇮🇳India 0.801% 11,947,767
106 🇰🇼Kuwait 0.779% 35,013
107 🇨🇦Canada 0.777% 313,956
108 🇸🇷Suriname 0.766% 4,979
109 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 0.754% 89,049
110 🇫🇯Fiji 0.751% 7,297
111 🇮🇩Indonesia 0.695% 2,004,323
112 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 0.694% 332
113 🇶🇦Qatar 0.692% 19,476
114 🇷🇪Réunion 0.684% 6,963
115 🇳🇴Norway 0.681% 38,617
116 🇵🇫French Polynesia 0.679% 2,176
117 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 0.675% 66,630
118 🇳🇿New Zealand 0.669% 36,304
119 🇹🇻Tuvalu 0.662% 78
120 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 0.661% 476
121 🇹🇳Tunisia 0.653% 84,559
122 🇲🇽Mexico 0.627% 833,497
123 🇬🇺Guam 0.614% 1,096
124 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 0.604% 197
125 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 0.597% 2,795
126 🇧🇹Bhutan 0.592% 4,810
127 🇨🇴Colombia 0.581% 310,805
128 🇲🇲Myanmar 0.573% 322,930
129 🇦🇷Argentina 0.565% 266,287
130 🇧🇸Bahamas 0.56% 2,383
131 🇨🇷Costa Rica 0.558% 30,003
132 🇮🇪Ireland 0.552% 28,761
133 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 0.53% 176
134 🇬🇾Guyana 0.53% 4,451
135 🇨🇾Cyprus 0.528% 6,857
136 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.524% 482,095
137 🇮🇸Iceland 0.524% 2,025
138 🇳🇷Nauru 0.522% 69
139 🇨🇭Switzerland 0.517% 46,831
140 🇸🇬Singapore 0.516% 31,935
141 🇻🇳Viet Nam 0.495% 503,394
142 🇸🇪Sweden 0.494% 53,824
143 🇹🇷Türkiye 0.492% 432,735
144 🇺🇸United States of America 0.486% 1,694,683
145 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 0.479% 195
146 🇧🇷Brazil 0.449% 995,954
147 🇩🇰Denmark 0.445% 26,920
148 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 0.442% 427
149 🇸🇨Seychelles 0.437% 483
150 🇬🇩Grenada 0.418% 540
151 🇨🇼Curaçao 0.398% 781
152 🇸🇻El Salvador 0.381% 24,777
153 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 0.377% 204
154 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 0.366% 38,959
155 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 0.364% 185
156 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.35% 97
157 🇩🇲Dominica 0.344% 256
158 🇬🇬Guernsey 0.317% 205
159 🇬🇧United Kingdom 0.283% 194,951
160 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.264% 118
161 🇨🇱Chile 0.247% 48,848
162 🇳🇱Netherlands 0.243% 43,484
163 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 0.235% 3,959
164 🇦🇩Andorra 0.227% 184
165 🇧🇪Belgium 0.215% 25,444
166 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 0.204% 373
167 🇨🇰Cook Islands 0.192% 33
168 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 0.173% 45,906
169 🇲🇹Malta 0.173% 940
170 🇫🇷France 0.165% 107,782
171 🇮🇲Isle of Man 0.158% 135
172 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 0.157% 34,657
173 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 0.148% 589
174 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.13% 5
175 🇦🇹Austria 0.125% 11,324
176 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.118% 57
177 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 0.108% 12
178 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.092% 96
179 🇦🇮Anguilla 0.075% 12
180 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 0.071% 1,100
181 🇬🇱Greenland 0.056% 32
182 🇫🇮Finland 0.038% 2,112
183 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 0.037% 8,858
184 🇲🇺Mauritius 0.029% 376
185 🇧🇧Barbados 0.026% 74
186 🇹🇭Thailand 0.019% 13,984
187 🇬🇮Gibraltar 0.015% 5
188 🇨🇿Czechia 0.001% 125
189 🇺🇾Uruguay -0.001% -37
190 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR -0.05% -3,772
191 🇲🇨Monaco -0.053% -19
192 🇲🇻Maldives -0.077% -394
193 🇸🇲San Marino -0.078% -26
194 🇳🇺Niue -0.103% -2
195 🇸🇰Slovakia -0.106% -5,916
196 🇩🇪Germany -0.11% -91,377
197 🇲🇰North Macedonia -0.112% -2,336
198 🇵🇷Puerto Rico -0.114% -3,748
199 🇸🇮Slovenia -0.121% -2,551
200 🇲🇪Montenegro -0.134% -834
201 🇨🇳China -0.135% -1,923,666
202 🇵🇼Palau -0.139% -25
203 🇦🇲Armenia -0.142% -3,927
204 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova -0.146% -4,662
205 🇯🇲Jamaica -0.147% -4,129
206 🇪🇸Spain -0.151% -71,532
207 🇰🇷Republic of Korea -0.164% -84,457
208 🇲🇶Martinique -0.187% -682
209 🇲🇸Montserrat -0.208% -9
210 🇦🇼Aruba -0.233% -246
211 🇦🇱Albania -0.24% -6,725
212 🇨🇺Cuba -0.255% -28,262
213 🇵🇱Poland -0.261% -101,692
214 🇵🇹Portugal -0.271% -27,381
215 🇷🇺Russian Federation -0.281% -400,021
216 🇬🇪Georgia -0.294% -10,824
217 🇷🇴Romania -0.304% -58,111
218 🇭🇺Hungary -0.315% -30,539
219 🇧🇲Bermuda -0.318% -201
220 🇮🇹Italy -0.343% -198,745
221 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands -0.382% -43
222 🇪🇪Estonia -0.403% -5,243
223 🇬🇷Greece -0.403% -40,866
224 🇧🇾Belarus -0.442% -41,076
225 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina -0.451% -14,178
226 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon -0.473% -27
227 🇯🇵Japan -0.577% -691,775
228 🇭🇷Croatia -0.589% -22,963
229 🇷🇸Serbia -0.657% -45,524
230 🇺🇦Ukraine -0.691% -268,203
231 🇱🇹Lithuania -0.827% -21,516
232 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands -0.841% -799
233 🇧🇬Bulgaria -0.864% -55,288
234 🇦🇸American Samoa -0.991% -416
235 🇱🇻Latvia -1.015% -17,620
236 🇸🇭Saint Helena -1.257% -63
237 🇱🇧Lebanon -1.402% -67,623

Regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2028

Rank Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Africa 2.218% 36,317,950
2 Oceania 1.063% 512,413
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 0.651% 4,485,267
4 Asia 0.572% 28,069,450
5 Northern America 0.516% 2,008,443
6 Europe -0.127% -940,200

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2028

Rank Sub-Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Middle Africa 2.897% 6,791,337
2 Eastern Africa 2.37% 12,991,158
3 Western Africa 2.361% 11,724,358
4 Melanesia 1.583% 217,290
5 Northern Africa 1.438% 4,101,759
6 Western Asia 1.299% 4,145,292
7 Central Asia 1.174% 978,921
8 Southern Africa 0.972% 709,338
9 Southern Asia 0.954% 20,356,861
10 Micronesia 0.862% 4,912
11 Australia/New Zealand 0.857% 284,176
12 Polynesia 0.793% 6,035
13 Central America 0.78% 1,469,565
14 South-Eastern Asia 0.726% 5,190,348
15 South America 0.62% 2,819,241
16 Caribbean 0.429% 196,461
17 Northern Europe 0.28% 304,401
18 Western Europe 0.076% 149,343
19 Eastern Asia -0.157% -2,601,972
20 Southern Europe -0.287% -428,561
21 Eastern Europe -0.34% -965,383

Income Groups with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2028

Rank Income Group Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Low-income countries 2.505% 21,620,349
2 No income group available 1.293% 414,174
3 Lower-middle-income countries 1.139% 42,021,677
4 Middle-income countries 0.736% 45,990,961
5 High-income countries 0.192% 2,427,839
6 Upper-middle-income countries 0.155% 3,969,284

Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2022.

Data Sources

The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2022

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