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Population Growth Rate by Country in 2030

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In the year 2030, the world is projected to have a population growth rate of 0.764% and the global population will grow with a total of 65,429,698 people.

The country with the highest annual population growth rate is projected to be 🇨🇫Central African Republic with a rate of 3.087%. Closely followed by 🇸🇴Somalia with a population growth rate of 2.967%, and 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo with 2.955% population growth.

The country with the lowest annual population growth rate is projected to be 🇲🇭Marshall Islands with -2.62%. Followed by 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) with a population growth rate of -2.336%, and 🇨🇰Cook Islands with -2.218% population decline.

The geographic region with the highest population growth rate is projected to be Africa with a rate of 2.084%. Closely followed by Oceania with a population growth rate of 0.963%, and Latin America and the Caribbean with a 0.529% population growth.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Middle Africa had the highest population growth rate of 2.809%. Closely followed by Eastern Africa with a population growth rate of 2.314%, and Western Africa with a 2.063% 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 2.408%. While the lowest population growth rate was recorded by Upper-middle-income countries with a rate of only 0.097%.

Similar Population Metrics for 2030

Countries with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2030

Rank Country Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 🇨🇫Central African Republic 3.087% 199,999
2 🇸🇴Somalia 2.967% 679,848
3 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.955% 3,886,566
4 🇳🇪Niger 2.916% 948,196
5 🇦🇴Angola 2.83% 1,277,970
6 🇹🇩Chad 2.82% 682,600
7 🇾🇹Mayotte 2.804% 10,951
8 🇲🇱Mali 2.734% 792,952
9 🇦🇫Afghanistan 2.668% 1,335,102
10 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 2.66% 2,152,074
11 🇲🇿Mozambique 2.634% 1,075,965
12 🇿🇲Zambia 2.552% 638,560
13 🇲🇷Mauritania 2.548% 154,490
14 🇾🇪Yemen 2.447% 1,166,499
15 🇲🇼Malawi 2.409% 606,161
16 🇺🇬Uganda 2.384% 1,390,347
17 🇨🇲Cameroon 2.381% 804,195
18 🇪🇹Ethiopia 2.304% 3,521,886
19 🇨🇬Congo 2.299% 167,377
20 🇧🇮Burundi 2.266% 366,713
21 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 2.236% 820,606
22 🇸🇩Sudan 2.221% 1,300,931
23 🇧🇯Benin 2.193% 364,360
24 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 2.191% 643,976
25 🇲🇬Madagascar 2.182% 800,448
26 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 2.17% 47,092
27 🇸🇳Senegal 2.17% 459,261
28 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 2.158% 20,247
29 🇪🇷Eritrea 2.1% 84,048
30 🇹🇬Togo 2.071% 223,550
31 🇬🇳Guinea 2.037% 342,334
32 🇻🇺Vanuatu 2.033% 7,573
33 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 2.013% 538,113
34 🇹🇰Tokelau 2.01% 60
35 🇸🇸South Sudan 1.949% 262,281
36 🇬🇲Gambia 1.947% 60,943
37 🇷🇼Rwanda 1.946% 314,296
38 🇬🇦Gabon 1.94% 55,614
39 🇳🇬Nigeria 1.917% 5,030,677
40 🇮🇶Iraq 1.914% 994,106
41 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 1.909% 47,509
42 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 1.877% 4,967
43 🇬🇫French Guiana 1.843% 6,298
44 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 1.839% 342,321
45 🇱🇷Liberia 1.815% 115,534
46 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 1.793% 173,858
47 🇵🇸State of Palestine 1.788% 109,480
48 🇰🇪Kenya 1.783% 1,124,979
49 🇳🇦Namibia 1.76% 59,664
50 🇰🇲Comoros 1.709% 16,477
51 🇵🇰Pakistan 1.664% 4,607,214
52 🇬🇭Ghana 1.662% 635,420
53 🇯🇴Jordan 1.604% 199,622
54 🇹🇯Tajikistan 1.593% 186,878
55 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 1.537% 1,267
56 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 1.526% 178,129
57 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 1.511% 608,329
58 🇧🇼Botswana 1.448% 40,037
59 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 1.443% 21,935
60 🇭🇳Honduras 1.441% 171,315
61 🇪🇬Egypt 1.39% 1,766,743
62 🇪🇭Western Sahara 1.381% 8,941
63 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 1.367% 511,853
64 🇬🇹Guatemala 1.352% 271,220
65 🇴🇲Oman 1.342% 82,015
66 🇮🇱Israel 1.336% 135,921
67 🇬🇮Gibraltar 1.332% 579
68 🇰🇮Kiribati 1.295% 1,893
69 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 1.264% 98,616
70 🇩🇯Djibouti 1.237% 15,625
71 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.201% 161,038
72 🇳🇮Nicaragua 1.112% 82,772
73 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 1.101% 134,276
74 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 1.098% 91,744
75 🇧🇿Belize 1.097% 4,934
76 🇱🇾Libya 1.07% 84,379
77 🇧🇩Bangladesh 1.066% 1,983,829
78 🇱🇸Lesotho 1.044% 26,039
79 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 1.037% 84,380
80 🇵🇦Panama 1.034% 49,977
81 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 1.025% 225,544
82 🇲🇾Malaysia 1.023% 388,331
83 🇧🇭Bahrain 1.013% 17,882
84 🇵🇾Paraguay 1.011% 74,901
85 🇭🇹Haiti 1.007% 126,396
86 🇶🇦Qatar 0.997% 33,229
87 🇰🇭Cambodia 0.986% 185,692
88 🇩🇿Algeria 0.978% 490,403
89 🇸🇿Eswatini 0.972% 12,833
90 🇲🇳Mongolia 0.969% 35,911
91 🇳🇷Nauru 0.958% 120
92 🇿🇦South Africa 0.94% 640,810
93 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.917% 425
94 🇳🇵Nepal 0.9% 274,717
95 🇰🇼Kuwait 0.883% 47,001
96 🇱🇧Lebanon 0.879% 53,682
97 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.83% 278
98 🇵🇪Peru 0.826% 298,882
99 🇱🇺Luxembourg 0.824% 5,882
100 🇦🇺Australia 0.82% 231,269
101 🇪🇨Ecuador 0.811% 154,716
102 🇮🇳India 0.758% 11,565,911
103 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 0.75% 90
104 🇵🇭Philippines 0.743% 902,164
105 🇳🇨New Caledonia 0.741% 2,280
106 🇸🇷Suriname 0.729% 4,855
107 🇨🇴Colombia 0.722% 402,262
108 🇲🇦Morocco 0.685% 273,594
109 🇲🇽Mexico 0.672% 920,128
110 🇼🇸Samoa 0.67% 1,513
111 🇨🇦Canada 0.662% 275,838
112 🇮🇪Ireland 0.653% 36,089
113 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 0.643% 76,716
114 🇮🇩Indonesia 0.632% 1,868,508
115 🇨🇾Cyprus 0.619% 8,805
116 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 0.611% 2,949
117 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 0.606% 353
118 🇬🇺Guam 0.604% 1,055
119 🇬🇾Guyana 0.598% 5,149
120 🇮🇸Iceland 0.576% 2,388
121 🇧🇹Bhutan 0.564% 4,626
122 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 0.547% 264
123 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.506% 483,113
124 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.48% 139,812
125 🇻🇳Viet Nam 0.474% 494,351
126 🇳🇿New Zealand 0.474% 25,612
127 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 0.474% 551
128 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 0.466% 49,732
129 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 0.466% 192
130 🇲🇲Myanmar 0.459% 258,755
131 🇺🇸United States of America 0.446% 1,587,500
132 🇬🇧United Kingdom 0.44% 313,678
133 🇸🇬Singapore 0.435% 26,227
134 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 0.429% 2,308
135 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 0.406% 96,574
136 🇲🇻Maldives 0.403% 2,174
137 🇫🇯Fiji 0.4% 3,809
138 🇷🇪Réunion 0.361% 3,256
139 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 0.347% 141
140 🇹🇳Tunisia 0.342% 43,208
141 🇨🇷Costa Rica 0.326% 17,111
142 🇳🇱Netherlands 0.322% 60,390
143 🇦🇩Andorra 0.319% 273
144 🇸🇻El Salvador 0.316% 20,525
145 🇧🇸Bahamas 0.314% 1,289
146 🇹🇷Türkiye 0.31% 275,587
147 🇨🇱Chile 0.301% 60,928
148 🇦🇷Argentina 0.3% 139,910
149 🇳🇴Norway 0.296% 16,945
150 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 0.285% 274
151 🇸🇨Seychelles 0.274% 385
152 🇳🇺Niue 0.273% 5
153 🇨🇭Switzerland 0.269% 24,549
154 🇸🇪Sweden 0.264% 28,577
155 🇧🇷Brazil 0.248% 535,954
156 🇵🇫French Polynesia 0.228% 651
157 🇦🇮Anguilla 0.207% 31
158 🇲🇹Malta 0.184% 1,022
159 🇩🇰Denmark 0.171% 10,424
160 🇫🇷France 0.131% 87,752
161 🇯🇪Jersey 0.092% 96
162 🇧🇪Belgium 0.08% 9,424
163 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 0.076% 137
164 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 0.068% 18,119
165 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 0.067% 487
166 🇸🇲San Marino 0.053% 18
167 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 0.025% 411
168 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.021% 10
169 🇬🇬Guernsey 0.011% 7
170 🇬🇩Grenada 0.009% 11
171 🇺🇾Uruguay -0.076% -2,547
172 🇧🇧Barbados -0.089% -251
173 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago -0.107% -1,625
174 🇦🇹Austria -0.119% -10,763
175 🇬🇪Georgia -0.12% -4,546
176 🇦🇼Aruba -0.136% -147
177 🇹🇭Thailand -0.15% -106,742
178 🇨🇼Curaçao -0.151% -279
179 🇮🇲Isle of Man -0.158% -132
180 🇫🇮Finland -0.161% -8,984
181 🇹🇴Tonga -0.161% -164
182 🇪🇸Spain -0.174% -83,025
183 🇵🇹Portugal -0.182% -18,754
184 🇻🇦Holy See -0.19% -1
185 🇸🇮Slovenia -0.224% -4,708
186 🇰🇷Republic of Korea -0.26% -132,935
187 🇩🇪Germany -0.266% -219,784
188 🇧🇲Bermuda -0.277% -177
189 🇷🇺Russian Federation -0.282% -399,945
190 🇨🇿Czechia -0.283% -29,482
191 🇯🇲Jamaica -0.284% -7,969
192 🇸🇰Slovakia -0.293% -15,819
193 🇬🇱Greenland -0.303% -167
194 🇨🇳China -0.304% -4,254,746
195 🇲🇺Mauritius -0.309% -3,863
196 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) -0.321% -11
197 🇲🇨Monaco -0.332% -124
198 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands -0.332% -36
199 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands -0.34% -142
200 🇭🇺Hungary -0.385% -36,392
201 🇵🇼Palau -0.391% -68
202 🇩🇲Dominica -0.43% -276
203 🇮🇹Italy -0.454% -262,932
204 🇬🇵Guadeloupe -0.454% -1,664
205 🇬🇷Greece -0.455% -44,203
206 🇨🇺Cuba -0.473% -50,628
207 🇵🇱Poland -0.475% -176,623
208 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China -0.488% -110,344
209 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR -0.526% -38,150
210 🇪🇪Estonia -0.542% -7,060
211 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -0.558% -540
212 🇹🇻Tuvalu -0.564% -51
213 🇲🇪Montenegro -0.573% -3,507
214 🇷🇴Romania -0.607% -111,356
215 🇯🇵Japan -0.61% -729,269
216 🇭🇷Croatia -0.635% -23,672
217 🇲🇰North Macedonia -0.65% -11,453
218 🇦🇲Armenia -0.684% -19,497
219 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands -0.712% -576
220 🇷🇸Serbia -0.715% -46,201
221 🇲🇶Martinique -0.726% -2,380
222 🇧🇾Belarus -0.73% -63,383
223 🇦🇱Albania -0.761% -20,324
224 🇺🇦Ukraine -0.788% -302,151
225 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina -0.794% -23,928
226 🇱🇹Lithuania -0.816% -22,094
227 🇵🇷Puerto Rico -0.818% -25,705
228 🇲🇸Montserrat -0.833% -35
229 🇱🇻Latvia -0.847% -15,063
230 🇧🇬Bulgaria -0.855% -55,188
231 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon -0.964% -51
232 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova -1.029% -29,275
233 🇸🇭Saint Helena -1.075% -53
234 🇦🇸American Samoa -1.141% -490
235 🇨🇰Cook Islands -2.218% -255
236 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) -2.336% -492
237 🇲🇭Marshall Islands -2.62% -817

Regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2030

Rank Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Africa 2.084% 35,986,778
2 Oceania 0.963% 472,744
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 0.529% 3,634,891
4 Americas 0.507% 5,497,834
5 Asia 0.501% 24,919,618
6 Northern America 0.469% 1,862,943
7 Europe -0.196% -1,447,276

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2030

Rank Sub-Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Middle Africa 2.809% 7,126,380
2 Eastern Africa 2.314% 13,402,758
3 Western Africa 2.063% 10,710,058
4 Melanesia 1.489% 212,038
5 Central Asia 1.339% 1,203,747
6 Northern Africa 1.336% 3,968,199
7 Western Asia 1.314% 4,439,623
8 Southern Africa 0.998% 779,383
9 Southern Asia 0.93% 20,353,260
10 Central America 0.796% 1,537,982
11 Australia/New Zealand 0.765% 256,880
12 South-Eastern Asia 0.572% 4,133,915
13 Micronesia 0.48% 2,592
14 South America 0.441% 1,982,147
15 Northern Europe 0.318% 355,224
16 Caribbean 0.253% 114,762
17 Polynesia 0.178% 1,233
18 Western Europe -0.021% -42,482
19 Eastern Asia -0.32% -5,210,927
20 Southern Europe -0.364% -540,404
21 Eastern Europe -0.437% -1,219,614

Income Groups with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2030

Rank Income Group Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Low-income countries 2.408% 21,236,440
2 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 1.376% 60,806,201
3 Lower-middle-income countries 1.119% 39,569,761
4 Low-and-middle-income countries 0.875% 63,555,010
5 Middle-income countries 0.664% 42,318,570
6 No income group available 0.498% 148,736
7 High-income countries 0.135% 1,727,616
8 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 0.109% 4,476,425
9 Upper-middle-income countries 0.097% 2,748,809

Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2024.

Data Published: 2024-07-11

Data Sources

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

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2024

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