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Population Growth Rate by Country in 2051

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In the year 2051, the world is projected to have a population growth rate of 0.401% and the global population will grow with a total of 38,942,691 people.

The country with the highest annual population growth rate is projected to be 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo with a rate of 2.151%. Closely followed by 🇾🇹Mayotte with a population growth rate of 2.141%, and 🇦🇴Angola with 2.106% population growth.

The country with the lowest annual population growth rate is projected to be 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR with -1.502%. Followed by 🇵🇷Puerto Rico with a population growth rate of -1.491%, and 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon with -1.453% population decline.

The geographic region with the highest population growth rate is projected to be Africa with a rate of 1.456%. Closely followed by Oceania with a population growth rate of 0.67%, and Northern America with a 0.234% population growth.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Middle Africa had the highest population growth rate of 2.046%. Closely followed by Eastern Africa with a population growth rate of 1.585%, and Western Africa with a 1.367% 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 1.642%. While the lowest population growth rate was recorded by Upper-middle-income countries with a rate of only -0.334%.

Similar Population Metrics for 2051

Countries with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2051

Rank Country Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.151% 4,798,034
2 🇾🇹Mayotte 2.141% 14,121
3 🇦🇴Angola 2.106% 1,598,322
4 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 2.014% 2,663,636
5 🇨🇫Central African Republic 2.004% 217,126
6 🇸🇴Somalia 1.977% 750,322
7 🇹🇩Chad 1.969% 780,451
8 🇳🇪Niger 1.932% 1,034,290
9 🇲🇱Mali 1.858% 873,870
10 🇲🇷Mauritania 1.849% 177,353
11 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 1.786% 1,013,926
12 🇨🇬Congo 1.735% 194,378
13 🇲🇿Mozambique 1.724% 1,114,245
14 🇨🇲Cameroon 1.722% 895,176
15 🇿🇲Zambia 1.665% 644,806
16 🇻🇦Holy See 1.653% 12
17 🇪🇹Ethiopia 1.617% 3,698,509
18 🇾🇪Yemen 1.614% 1,164,690
19 🇦🇫Afghanistan 1.596% 1,246,999
20 🇲🇼Malawi 1.595% 605,658
21 🇧🇯Benin 1.585% 393,515
22 🇸🇩Sudan 1.582% 1,369,889
23 🇹🇬Togo 1.577% 249,669
24 🇲🇬Madagascar 1.536% 829,748
25 🇬🇦Gabon 1.522% 63,117
26 🇧🇮Burundi 1.511% 370,154
27 🇻🇺Vanuatu 1.502% 8,150
28 🇺🇬Uganda 1.476% 1,279,986
29 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 1.464% 46,703
30 🇸🇳Senegal 1.462% 450,516
31 🇪🇷Eritrea 1.387% 80,084
32 🇬🇫French Guiana 1.36% 6,509
33 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 1.345% 352,623
34 🇷🇼Rwanda 1.321% 303,903
35 🇬🇳Guinea 1.306% 309,832
36 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 1.29% 4,773
37 🇰🇲Comoros 1.289% 17,071
38 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 1.272% 44,313
39 🇮🇶Iraq 1.253% 912,648
40 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 1.24% 468,438
41 🇱🇷Liberia 1.238% 111,654
42 🇵🇸State of Palestine 1.236% 105,831
43 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 1.235% 16,370
44 🇬🇲Gambia 1.219% 53,089
45 🇳🇬Nigeria 1.185% 4,307,033
46 🇵🇰Pakistan 1.179% 4,436,056
47 🇴🇲Oman 1.179% 93,386
48 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 1.15% 607,235
49 🇶🇦Qatar 1.15% 48,434
50 🇮🇱Israel 1.139% 150,791
51 🇳🇦Namibia 1.138% 51,928
52 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 1.136% 176,595
53 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 1.111% 145,523
54 🇸🇸South Sudan 1.106% 205,119
55 🇬🇭Ghana 1.083% 553,515
56 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 1.045% 503,847
57 🇹🇯Tajikistan 1.023% 160,995
58 🇰🇪Kenya 1.008% 851,488
59 🇳🇷Nauru 1.005% 160
60 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 0.924% 139,086
61 🇯🇴Jordan 0.885% 146,257
62 🇼🇸Samoa 0.874% 2,404
63 🇪🇬Egypt 0.867% 1,414,270
64 🇰🇮Kiribati 0.865% 1,594
65 🇧🇭Bahrain 0.852% 18,378
66 🇰🇼Kuwait 0.832% 53,449
67 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 0.828% 868
68 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 0.803% 78,021
69 🇧🇼Botswana 0.801% 27,771
70 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 0.801% 305,153
71 🇭🇳Honduras 0.801% 119,969
72 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 0.792% 211,934
73 🇲🇳Mongolia 0.747% 33,869
74 🇹🇻Tuvalu 0.731% 72
75 🇬🇹Guatemala 0.693% 172,120
76 🇱🇸Lesotho 0.678% 20,426
77 🇩🇿Algeria 0.665% 398,692
78 🇦🇺Australia 0.637% 208,270
79 🇩🇯Djibouti 0.636% 9,800
80 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.632% 102,516
81 🇿🇦South Africa 0.6% 477,888
82 🇭🇹Haiti 0.551% 81,570
83 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 0.549% 53,231
84 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 0.547% 10,416
85 🇵🇾Paraguay 0.538% 46,783
86 🇪🇭Western Sahara 0.53% 4,146
87 🇱🇾Libya 0.514% 47,819
88 🇰🇭Cambodia 0.514% 113,269
89 🇳🇮Nicaragua 0.504% 44,375
90 🇵🇦Panama 0.48% 27,161
91 🇧🇩Bangladesh 0.475% 1,025,069
92 🇲🇾Malaysia 0.458% 203,929
93 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.453% 44,427
94 🇹🇰Tokelau 0.443% 17
95 🇳🇵Nepal 0.379% 131,783
96 🇱🇧Lebanon 0.374% 26,300
97 🇬🇺Guam 0.366% 703
98 🇸🇿Eswatini 0.364% 5,495
99 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 0.341% 433
100 🇨🇦Canada 0.325% 148,648
101 🇧🇿Belize 0.315% 1,634
102 🇵🇪Peru 0.315% 128,235
103 🇪🇨Ecuador 0.273% 58,343
104 🇬🇮Gibraltar 0.262% 131
105 🇲🇻Maldives 0.256% 1,514
106 🇱🇺Luxembourg 0.235% 1,866
107 🇲🇨Monaco 0.231% 85
108 🇸🇷Suriname 0.225% 1,657
109 🇺🇸United States of America 0.224% 854,787
110 🇳🇨New Caledonia 0.221% 754
111 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 0.208% 27,055
112 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 0.207% 131
113 🇮🇳India 0.205% 3,458,635
114 🇳🇿New Zealand 0.204% 11,775
115 🇳🇺Niue 0.203% 4
116 🇹🇴Tonga 0.197% 208
117 🇬🇾Guyana 0.192% 1,813
118 🇲🇦Morocco 0.163% 70,759
119 🇵🇭Philippines 0.162% 218,704
120 🇲🇽Mexico 0.146% 217,927
121 🇸🇪Sweden 0.14% 15,910
122 🇬🇧United Kingdom 0.14% 105,823
123 🇮🇩Indonesia 0.132% 423,211
124 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 0.124% 643
125 🇧🇹Bhutan 0.123% 1,086
126 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.066% 20,471
127 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.061% 62,217
128 🇨🇾Cyprus 0.058% 872
129 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 0.053% 23
130 🇫🇯Fiji 0.052% 518
131 🇮🇪Ireland 0.044% 2,613
132 🇹🇳Tunisia 0.005% 615
133 🇮🇸Iceland 0.005% 22
134 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 0.0% 2
135 🇨🇭Switzerland 0.0% 23
136 🇱🇰Sri Lanka -0.004% -875
137 🇳🇴Norway -0.008% -454
138 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) -0.011% -2
139 🇨🇴Colombia -0.014% -8,482
140 🇦🇿Azerbaijan -0.015% -1,710
141 🇧🇸Bahamas -0.02% -84
142 🇫🇷France -0.036% -24,433
143 🇦🇷Argentina -0.038% -18,341
144 🇲🇲Myanmar -0.045% -26,583
145 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) -0.049% -25
146 🇩🇰Denmark -0.061% -3,714
147 🇻🇳Viet Nam -0.062% -68,062
148 🇷🇪Réunion -0.072% -675
149 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands -0.091% -39
150 🇸🇻El Salvador -0.093% -6,215
151 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands -0.108% -55
152 🇧🇪Belgium -0.112% -13,257
153 🇹🇷Türkiye -0.141% -128,822
154 🇳🇱Netherlands -0.142% -26,823
155 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy -0.149% -19
156 🇯🇪Jersey -0.155% -162
157 🇸🇨Seychelles -0.172% -243
158 🇷🇺Russian Federation -0.196% -266,354
159 🇨🇷Costa Rica -0.203% -10,866
160 🇸🇲San Marino -0.214% -72
161 🇧🇷Brazil -0.216% -469,363
162 🇩🇲Dominica -0.217% -137
163 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba -0.225% -78
164 🇬🇪Georgia -0.256% -9,355
165 🇨🇱Chile -0.269% -54,435
166 🇸🇬Singapore -0.273% -16,584
167 🇫🇮Finland -0.28% -14,921
168 🇨🇿Czechia -0.313% -30,672
169 🇩🇪Germany -0.317% -247,513
170 🇦🇹Austria -0.318% -27,685
171 🇬🇬Guernsey -0.355% -222
172 🇭🇺Hungary -0.361% -31,396
173 🇵🇹Portugal -0.363% -35,386
174 🇺🇾Uruguay -0.368% -11,918
175 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda -0.37% -350
176 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea -0.38% -97,535
177 🇵🇫French Polynesia -0.385% -1,093
178 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands -0.403% -162
179 🇸🇮Slovenia -0.406% -8,022
180 🇲🇹Malta -0.407% -2,174
181 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) -0.41% -6,713
182 🇬🇩Grenada -0.411% -464
183 🇦🇸American Samoa -0.428% -160
184 🇲🇭Marshall Islands -0.454% -114
185 🇨🇼Curaçao -0.479% -827
186 🇪🇸Spain -0.493% -220,473
187 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -0.516% -457
188 🇧🇧Barbados -0.519% -1,364
189 🇬🇱Greenland -0.532% -264
190 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands -0.541% -383
191 🇱🇨Saint Lucia -0.547% -936
192 🇸🇰Slovakia -0.558% -27,387
193 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) -0.57% -18
194 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis -0.584% -257
195 🇦🇮Anguilla -0.587% -85
196 🇪🇪Estonia -0.59% -6,884
197 🇮🇲Isle of Man -0.601% -466
198 🇹🇭Thailand -0.613% -404,703
199 🇦🇼Aruba -0.616% -612
200 🇲🇸Montserrat -0.627% -23
201 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago -0.628% -8,731
202 🇬🇷Greece -0.631% -55,274
203 🇯🇵Japan -0.642% -670,315
204 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands -0.654% -66
205 🇨🇰Cook Islands -0.668% -62
206 🇦🇲Armenia -0.686% -17,005
207 🇦🇩Andorra -0.754% -616
208 🇷🇴Romania -0.756% -120,234
209 🇮🇹Italy -0.764% -393,456
210 🇷🇸Serbia -0.781% -42,885
211 🇵🇱Poland -0.782% -254,536
212 🇬🇵Guadeloupe -0.786% -2,545
213 🇵🇼Palau -0.786% -121
214 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR -0.794% -5,277
215 🇭🇷Croatia -0.805% -25,811
216 🇲🇪Montenegro -0.809% -4,279
217 🇱🇻Latvia -0.85% -12,764
218 🇨🇳China -0.87% -10,866,674
219 🇧🇾Belarus -0.887% -65,555
220 🇧🇲Bermuda -0.888% -501
221 🇧🇬Bulgaria -0.894% -47,846
222 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova -0.9% -20,980
223 🇨🇺Cuba -0.906% -84,288
224 🇲🇰North Macedonia -0.91% -13,645
225 🇲🇺Mauritius -0.914% -10,025
226 🇸🇭Saint Helena -0.943% -37
227 🇲🇶Martinique -0.966% -2,698
228 🇦🇱Albania -0.987% -21,901
229 🇯🇲Jamaica -1.039% -25,254
230 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China -1.054% -202,774
231 🇱🇹Lithuania -1.055% -23,580
232 🇰🇷Republic of Korea -1.08% -482,377
233 🇺🇦Ukraine -1.125% -355,777
234 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina -1.215% -29,481
235 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon -1.453% -61
236 🇵🇷Puerto Rico -1.491% -36,780
237 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR -1.502% -90,204

Regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2051

Rank Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Africa 1.456% 36,454,609
2 Oceania 0.67% 388,864
3 Northern America 0.234% 1,002,609
4 Americas 0.114% 1,315,362
5 Asia 0.059% 3,141,019
6 Latin America and the Caribbean 0.043% 312,753
7 Europe -0.336% -2,357,163

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2051

Rank Sub-Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Middle Africa 2.046% 8,598,080
2 Eastern Africa 1.585% 13,780,330
3 Western Africa 1.367% 10,186,501
4 Central Asia 0.969% 1,111,416
5 Melanesia 0.903% 164,879
6 Northern Africa 0.878% 3,306,190
7 Western Asia 0.839% 3,549,739
8 Southern Africa 0.633% 583,508
9 Australia/New Zealand 0.572% 220,045
10 Micronesia 0.434% 2,616
11 Southern Asia 0.412% 10,362,484
12 Central America 0.262% 566,105
13 Polynesia 0.18% 1,324
14 South-Eastern Asia 0.064% 498,667
15 Northern Europe 0.053% 61,332
16 South America -0.042% -196,229
17 Caribbean -0.124% -57,123
18 Western Europe -0.172% -337,714
19 Eastern Europe -0.48% -1,220,737
20 Southern Europe -0.64% -860,044
21 Eastern Asia -0.851% -12,381,287

Income Groups with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2051

Rank Income Group Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Low-income countries 1.642% 22,003,381
2 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 0.875% 48,970,913
3 Lower-middle-income countries 0.634% 26,967,532
4 Low-and-middle-income countries 0.473% 39,670,019
5 Middle-income countries 0.251% 17,666,638
6 No income group available 0.076% 24,281
7 High-income countries -0.058% -749,064
8 High-and-upper-middle-income countries -0.246% -10,049,958
9 Upper-middle-income countries -0.334% -9,300,894

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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