Population Growth Rate by Country in 2049

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In the year 2049, the world is projected to have a population growth rate of 0.474% and the global population will grow with a total of 45,847,767 people.

The country with the highest annual population growth rate is projected to be 🇳🇪Niger with a rate of 2.855%. Closely followed by 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo with a population growth rate of 2.304%, and 🇾🇹Mayotte with 2.169% population growth.

The country with the lowest annual population growth rate is projected to be 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) with -1.418%. Followed by 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands with a population growth rate of -1.092%, and 🇵🇷Puerto Rico with -1.061% population decline.

The geographic region with the highest population growth rate is projected to be Africa with a rate of 1.591%. Closely followed by Oceania with a population growth rate of 0.645%, and Northern America with a 0.203% population growth.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Middle Africa had the highest population growth rate of 2.12%. Closely followed by Western Africa with a population growth rate of 1.677%, and Eastern Africa with a 1.631% 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 1.751%. While the lowest population growth rate was recorded by Upper-middle-income countries with a rate of only -0.247%.

Similar Population Metrics for 2049

Countries with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2049

Rank	Country	Growth Rate	Population Change +/-
1	🇳🇪Niger	2.855%	1,860,770
2	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	2.304%	4,898,487
3	🇾🇹Mayotte	2.169%	14,101
4	🇲🇱Mali	2.115%	982,473
5	🇸🇴Somalia	2.097%	749,069
6	🇦🇴Angola	2.037%	1,444,143
7	🇹🇩Chad	2.036%	727,459
8	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	1.995%	2,541,587
9	🇨🇫Central African Republic	1.939%	219,418
10	🇸🇳Senegal	1.926%	615,165
11	🇧🇯Benin	1.919%	475,564
12	🇲🇿Mozambique	1.811%	1,121,545
13	🇲🇷Mauritania	1.794%	157,118
14	🇨🇲Cameroon	1.774%	893,677
15	🇿🇲Zambia	1.759%	647,513
16	🇧🇮Burundi	1.756%	417,806
17	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	1.755%	885,830
18	🇸🇩Sudan	1.72%	1,428,659
19	🇻🇺Vanuatu	1.717%	9,768
20	🇹🇬Togo	1.686%	256,647
21	🇺🇬Uganda	1.674%	1,442,847
22	🇲🇼Malawi	1.651%	603,556
23	🇬🇫French Guiana	1.618%	8,476
24	🇨🇬Congo	1.61%	164,473
25	🇦🇫Afghanistan	1.608%	1,172,457
26	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	1.601%	638,894
27	🇲🇬Madagascar	1.594%	809,692
28	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	1.571%	18,955
29	🇪🇹Ethiopia	1.543%	3,265,206
30	🇬🇳Guinea	1.485%	346,939
31	🇳🇬Nigeria	1.479%	5,502,347
32	🇱🇷Liberia	1.453%	127,339
33	🇬🇲Gambia	1.435%	66,099
34	🇵🇸State of Palestine	1.435%	125,408
35	🇷🇼Rwanda	1.432%	325,169
36	🇮🇶Iraq	1.425%	1,047,239
37	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	1.34%	4,850
38	🇪🇷Eritrea	1.338%	78,729
39	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	1.336%	36,797
40	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	1.324%	45,034
41	🇾🇪Yemen	1.31%	714,923
42	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	1.288%	336,352
43	🇬🇦Gabon	1.268%	47,048
44	🇸🇸South Sudan	1.264%	218,030
45	🇬🇭Ghana	1.237%	638,259
46	🇰🇪Kenya	1.18%	993,484
47	🇵🇰Pakistan	1.179%	4,284,673
48	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	1.159%	155,826
49	🇹🇯Tajikistan	1.131%	170,041
50	🇳🇦Namibia	1.13%	42,227
51	🇼🇸Samoa	1.121%	3,548
52	🇮🇱Israel	1.11%	142,626
53	🇰🇲Comoros	1.071%	13,209
54	🇰🇮Kiribati	1.034%	1,930
55	🇴🇲Oman	1.009%	63,223
56	🇪🇬Egypt	0.984%	1,562,846
57	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	0.98%	144,682
58	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	0.979%	91,429
59	🇪🇭Western Sahara	0.976%	8,223
60	🇸🇿Eswatini	0.927%	15,211
61	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	0.902%	229,072
62	🇯🇴Jordan	0.878%	130,548
63	🇧🇼Botswana	0.794%	28,996
64	🇩🇿Algeria	0.793%	472,301
65	🇲🇳Mongolia	0.788%	35,332
66	🇹🇰Tokelau	0.787%	19
67	🇶🇦Qatar	0.774%	25,801
68	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	0.757%	124,767
69	🇵🇭Philippines	0.754%	1,181,802
70	🇬🇹Guatemala	0.748%	182,742
71	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	0.727%	276,603
72	🇭🇳Honduras	0.706%	100,030
73	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	0.702%	317,675
74	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	0.698%	12,534
75	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	0.682%	77,506
76	🇭🇹Haiti	0.665%	99,698
77	🇩🇯Djibouti	0.664%	9,916
78	🇧🇿Belize	0.635%	3,399
79	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	0.614%	295,364
80	🇳🇮Nicaragua	0.594%	53,669
81	🇵🇦Panama	0.592%	33,780
82	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	0.581%	47,778
83	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	0.562%	54,638
84	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	0.558%	4,897
85	🇻🇦Holy See	0.553%	4
86	🇱🇸Lesotho	0.543%	15,646
87	🇦🇺Australia	0.535%	171,203
88	🇧🇭Bahrain	0.532%	9,570
89	🇵🇾Paraguay	0.526%	44,993
90	🇹🇴Tonga	0.5%	653
91	🇯🇪Jersey	0.485%	654
92	🇵🇪Peru	0.473%	197,809
93	🇪🇨Ecuador	0.444%	98,535
94	🇱🇾Libya	0.441%	37,471
95	🇿🇦South Africa	0.436%	319,287
96	🇹🇻Tuvalu	0.434%	57
97	🇲🇻Maldives	0.428%	2,431
98	🇳🇵Nepal	0.425%	158,198
99	🇱🇺Luxembourg	0.422%	3,283
100	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	0.42%	3,040
101	🇳🇨New Caledonia	0.409%	1,440
102	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	0.406%	207
103	🇨🇦Canada	0.404%	184,872
104	🇲🇨Monaco	0.386%	145
105	🇳🇴Norway	0.384%	24,375
106	🇲🇦Morocco	0.379%	170,237
107	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	0.378%	224
108	🇲🇾Malaysia	0.36%	147,397
109	🇸🇪Sweden	0.357%	42,315
110	🇫🇯Fiji	0.336%	3,661
111	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	0.333%	119,128
112	🇰🇭Cambodia	0.326%	65,785
113	🇹🇳Tunisia	0.305%	43,485
114	🇧🇩Bangladesh	0.284%	578,472
115	🇸🇷Suriname	0.284%	2,052
116	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	0.279%	36,638
117	🇮🇳India	0.263%	4,379,188
118	🇱🇧Lebanon	0.255%	12,542
119	🇮🇪Ireland	0.251%	14,319
120	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	0.245%	331
121	🇦🇷Argentina	0.242%	124,588
122	🇳🇿New Zealand	0.241%	14,299
123	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	0.239%	185
124	🇨🇭Switzerland	0.222%	21,568
125	🇷🇪Réunion	0.22%	2,473
126	🇳🇷Nauru	0.212%	31
127	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	0.21%	111
128	🇹🇷Türkiye	0.205%	196,200
129	🇬🇺Guam	0.202%	395
130	🇩🇰Denmark	0.196%	12,581
131	🇳🇺Niue	0.191%	4
132	🇮🇩Indonesia	0.189%	597,911
133	🇨🇾Cyprus	0.185%	2,570
134	🇰🇼Kuwait	0.179%	9,203
135	🇺🇸United States of America	0.179%	670,228
136	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	0.161%	158,963
137	🇬🇩Grenada	0.087%	119
138	🇬🇧United Kingdom	0.086%	61,291
139	🇨🇿Czechia	0.078%	8,199
140	🇲🇽Mexico	0.075%	108,004
141	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	0.065%	23
142	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	0.063%	18
143	🇸🇨Seychelles	0.06%	70
144	🇮🇸Iceland	0.054%	220
145	🇲🇲Myanmar	0.049%	29,280
146	🇨🇰Cook Islands	0.045%	8
147	🇵🇫French Polynesia	0.042%	145
148	🇻🇳Viet Nam	0.038%	40,692
149	🇧🇹Bhutan	0.026%	230
150	🇨🇴Colombia	0.025%	14,498
151	🇨🇼Curaçao	0.02%	40
152	🇨🇷Costa Rica	-0.002%	-104
153	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	-0.007%	-3
154	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	-0.017%	-83
155	🇧🇸Bahamas	-0.018%	-81
156	🇬🇾Guyana	-0.027%	-240
157	🇧🇪Belgium	-0.035%	-4,215
158	🇨🇱Chile	-0.037%	-7,578
159	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	-0.043%	-15
160	🇧🇷Brazil	-0.052%	-119,066
161	🇮🇲Isle of Man	-0.053%	-46
162	🇬🇬Guernsey	-0.087%	-58
163	🇫🇷France	-0.097%	-64,062
164	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	-0.132%	-15
165	🇫🇮Finland	-0.158%	-8,665
166	🇳🇱Netherlands	-0.159%	-28,476
167	🇸🇻El Salvador	-0.162%	-10,769
168	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	-0.18%	-179
169	🇦🇹Austria	-0.191%	-17,113
170	🇸🇬Singapore	-0.213%	-13,509
171	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	-0.239%	-7,191
172	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	-0.241%	-26,269
173	🇩🇲Dominica	-0.27%	-201
174	🇺🇾Uruguay	-0.276%	-9,249
175	🇲🇹Malta	-0.282%	-1,479
176	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	-0.295%	-76,348
177	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	-0.307%	-67,257
178	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	-0.319%	-325
179	🇷🇺Russian Federation	-0.321%	-428,994
180	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	-0.325%	-153
181	🇩🇪Germany	-0.326%	-257,791
182	🇸🇮Slovenia	-0.356%	-7,154
183	🇦🇩Andorra	-0.364%	-294
184	🇵🇼Palau	-0.37%	-62
185	🇬🇮Gibraltar	-0.372%	-117
186	🇲🇪Montenegro	-0.386%	-2,275
187	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	-0.389%	-694
188	🇬🇱Greenland	-0.398%	-216
189	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	-0.399%	-1,557
190	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	-0.403%	-6,009
191	🇸🇰Slovakia	-0.421%	-21,917
192	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	-0.421%	-16
193	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	-0.424%	-7,112
194	🇬🇪Georgia	-0.439%	-14,920
195	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	-0.459%	-231
196	🇸🇲San Marino	-0.46%	-148
197	🇧🇧Barbados	-0.461%	-1,241
198	🇭🇺Hungary	-0.463%	-40,978
199	🇦🇲Armenia	-0.474%	-12,263
200	🇷🇴Romania	-0.485%	-85,117
201	🇧🇾Belarus	-0.487%	-41,149
202	🇦🇮Anguilla	-0.501%	-77
203	🇪🇸Spain	-0.517%	-229,688
204	🇪🇪Estonia	-0.529%	-6,227
205	🇹🇭Thailand	-0.55%	-375,449
206	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	-0.551%	-38,637
207	🇲🇺Mauritius	-0.552%	-6,809
208	🇵🇹Portugal	-0.56%	-52,205
209	🇲🇰North Macedonia	-0.58%	-11,145
210	🇬🇷Greece	-0.595%	-54,757
211	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	-0.596%	-31
212	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	-0.605%	-136,673
213	🇵🇱Poland	-0.609%	-213,902
214	🇨🇳China	-0.614%	-8,117,077
215	🇮🇹Italy	-0.651%	-342,626
216	🇨🇺Cuba	-0.671%	-67,713
217	🇯🇵Japan	-0.685%	-715,559
218	🇲🇸Montserrat	-0.709%	-27
219	🇱🇹Lithuania	-0.751%	-16,557
220	🇦🇼Aruba	-0.763%	-724
221	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.764%	-21,075
222	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	-0.778%	-80
223	🇲🇶Martinique	-0.784%	-2,608
224	🇭🇷Croatia	-0.797%	-26,797
225	🇱🇻Latvia	-0.808%	-11,686
226	🇧🇲Bermuda	-0.83%	-469
227	🇺🇦Ukraine	-0.889%	-294,990
228	🇦🇱Albania	-0.907%	-22,484
229	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	-0.91%	-420,259
230	🇷🇸Serbia	-0.912%	-53,193
231	🇦🇸American Samoa	-0.921%	-312
232	🇯🇲Jamaica	-0.938%	-23,619
233	🇧🇬Bulgaria	-1.008%	-52,836
234	🇸🇭Saint Helena	-1.048%	-41
235	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	-1.061%	-29,238
236	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	-1.092%	-856
237	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	-1.418%	-560

Regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2049

Rank	Region	Growth Rate	Population Change +/-
1	Africa	1.591%	38,921,789
2	Oceania	0.645%	370,716
3	Northern America	0.203%	854,384
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	0.143%	1,070,323
5	Asia	0.13%	6,875,898
6	Europe	-0.318%	-2,245,343

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2049

Rank	Sub-Region	Growth Rate	Population Change +/-
1	Middle Africa	2.12%	8,436,352
2	Western Africa	1.677%	12,757,303
3	Eastern Africa	1.631%	13,583,545
4	Northern Africa	1.007%	3,723,222
5	Melanesia	0.993%	178,506
6	Central Asia	0.829%	855,995
7	Western Asia	0.774%	3,075,874
8	Southern Africa	0.495%	421,367
9	Australia/New Zealand	0.489%	185,502
10	Polynesia	0.47%	4,107
11	Southern Asia	0.433%	10,667,355
12	Micronesia	0.4%	2,601
13	Central America	0.224%	470,751
14	South-Eastern Asia	0.221%	1,740,998
15	South America	0.122%	598,697
16	Northern Europe	0.1%	112,740
17	Caribbean	0.002%	875
18	Western Europe	-0.178%	-346,663
19	Eastern Europe	-0.452%	-1,178,875
20	Southern Europe	-0.608%	-832,545
21	Eastern Asia	-0.618%	-9,464,324

Income Groups with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2049

Rank	Income Group	Growth Rate	Population Change +/-
1	Low-income countries	1.751%	23,520,841
2	Lower-middle-income countries	0.66%	29,437,895
3	No income group available	0.346%	127,228
4	Middle-income countries	0.331%	23,155,764
5	High-income countries	-0.075%	-956,066
6	Upper-middle-income countries	-0.247%	-6,282,131

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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