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Population Growth Rate by Country in 2052

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In the year 2052, the world is projected to have a population growth rate of 0.415% and the global population will grow with a total of 40,663,408 people.

The country with the highest annual population growth rate is projected to be 🇳🇪Niger with a rate of 2.713%. Closely followed by 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo with a population growth rate of 2.165%, and 🇾🇹Mayotte with 2.028% population growth.

The country with the lowest annual population growth rate is projected to be 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) with -1.343%. Followed by 🇸🇭Saint Helena with a population growth rate of -1.239%, and 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands with -1.165% population decline.

The geographic region with the highest population growth rate is projected to be Africa with a rate of 1.498%. Closely followed by Oceania with a population growth rate of 0.597%, and Northern America with a 0.173% population growth.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Middle Africa had the highest population growth rate of 1.998%. Closely followed by Western Africa with a population growth rate of 1.578%, and Eastern Africa with a 1.539% 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 1.654%. While the lowest population growth rate was recorded by Upper-middle-income countries with a rate of only -0.338%.

Similar Population Metrics for 2052

Countries with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2052

Rank Country Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 🇳🇪Niger 2.713% 1,922,183
2 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.165% 4,920,008
3 🇾🇹Mayotte 2.028% 14,039
4 🇲🇱Mali 1.993% 984,832
5 🇸🇴Somalia 1.973% 748,878
6 🇹🇩Chad 1.941% 735,856
7 🇦🇴Angola 1.929% 1,450,713
8 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 1.903% 2,570,595
9 🇸🇳Senegal 1.832% 619,176
10 🇧🇯Benin 1.821% 477,469
11 🇨🇫Central African Republic 1.82% 217,861
12 🇲🇿Mozambique 1.721% 1,123,448
13 🇲🇷Mauritania 1.705% 157,409
14 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 1.68% 892,610
15 🇿🇲Zambia 1.676% 649,280
16 🇨🇲Cameroon 1.666% 883,804
17 🇻🇺Vanuatu 1.634% 9,772
18 🇸🇩Sudan 1.632% 1,425,423
19 🇧🇮Burundi 1.627% 407,173
20 🇹🇬Togo 1.61% 257,440
21 🇬🇫French Guiana 1.566% 8,606
22 🇺🇬Uganda 1.561% 1,412,161
23 🇲🇼Malawi 1.543% 591,606
24 🇨🇬Congo 1.529% 163,658
25 🇲🇬Madagascar 1.517% 807,074
26 🇦🇫Afghanistan 1.503% 1,148,159
27 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 1.497% 625,739
28 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 1.481% 18,703
29 🇪🇹Ethiopia 1.454% 3,216,772
30 🇬🇳Guinea 1.39% 339,082
31 🇳🇬Nigeria 1.372% 5,326,761
32 🇱🇷Liberia 1.364% 124,686
33 🇷🇼Rwanda 1.345% 318,232
34 🇬🇲Gambia 1.342% 64,452
35 🇮🇶Iraq 1.34% 1,025,946
36 🇵🇸State of Palestine 1.334% 121,474
37 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 1.27% 4,778
38 🇪🇷Eritrea 1.266% 77,493
39 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 1.222% 34,975
40 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 1.22% 43,084
41 🇾🇪Yemen 1.208% 685,041
42 🇻🇦Holy See 1.193% 9
43 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 1.19% 322,316
44 🇸🇸South Sudan 1.169% 209,079
45 🇬🇦Gabon 1.165% 44,838
46 🇬🇭Ghana 1.15% 614,993
47 🇵🇰Pakistan 1.108% 4,167,919
48 🇰🇪Kenya 1.09% 949,904
49 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 1.071% 148,893
50 🇳🇦Namibia 1.053% 40,663
51 🇮🇱Israel 1.053% 139,791
52 🇹🇯Tajikistan 1.052% 163,436
53 🇼🇸Samoa 1.05% 3,433
54 🇰🇲Comoros 0.997% 12,681
55 🇰🇮Kiribati 0.939% 1,806
56 🇴🇲Oman 0.924% 59,616
57 🇪🇬Egypt 0.902% 1,473,332
58 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 0.9% 136,738
59 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 0.891% 85,509
60 🇪🇭Western Sahara 0.888% 7,696
61 🇸🇿Eswatini 0.842% 14,185
62 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 0.838% 218,327
63 🇯🇴Jordan 0.79% 120,437
64 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 0.703% 273,270
65 🇧🇼Botswana 0.693% 25,865
66 🇶🇦Qatar 0.691% 23,560
67 🇩🇿Algeria 0.689% 419,162
68 🇵🇭Philippines 0.687% 1,100,940
69 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.679% 114,292
70 🇬🇹Guatemala 0.675% 168,351
71 🇲🇳Mongolia 0.673% 30,871
72 🇭🇳Honduras 0.63% 90,964
73 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 0.628% 11,497
74 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 0.621% 72,022
75 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 0.604% 278,816
76 🇩🇯Djibouti 0.595% 9,046
77 🇭🇹Haiti 0.583% 89,028
78 🇧🇿Belize 0.556% 3,030
79 🇵🇦Panama 0.52% 30,155
80 🇹🇻Tuvalu 0.517% 69
81 🇳🇮Nicaragua 0.512% 47,072
82 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 0.509% 4,533
83 🇦🇺Australia 0.498% 162,032
84 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 0.489% 40,807
85 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 0.489% 239,145
86 🇹🇰Tokelau 0.489% 12
87 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.477% 47,102
88 🇱🇸Lesotho 0.474% 13,879
89 🇯🇪Jersey 0.455% 622
90 🇵🇾Paraguay 0.448% 38,889
91 🇧🇭Bahrain 0.447% 8,166
92 🇹🇴Tonga 0.417% 552
93 🇵🇪Peru 0.405% 171,473
94 🇲🇨Monaco 0.398% 151
95 🇨🇦Canada 0.379% 175,288
96 🇳🇺Niue 0.379% 8
97 🇪🇨Ecuador 0.378% 84,947
98 🇱🇺Luxembourg 0.375% 2,952
99 🇳🇵Nepal 0.357% 134,362
100 🇿🇦South Africa 0.352% 260,456
101 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 0.348% 2,550
102 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 0.347% 208
103 🇳🇴Norway 0.341% 21,897
104 🇳🇨New Caledonia 0.341% 1,214
105 🇱🇾Libya 0.334% 28,719
106 🇸🇪Sweden 0.325% 38,992
107 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 0.322% 166
108 🇲🇦Morocco 0.321% 145,773
109 🇲🇾Malaysia 0.303% 125,336
110 🇲🇻Maldives 0.299% 1,714
111 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.283% 102,401
112 🇫🇯Fiji 0.272% 2,992
113 🇰🇭Cambodia 0.264% 53,832
114 🇸🇷Suriname 0.232% 1,695
115 🇹🇳Tunisia 0.222% 31,915
116 🇧🇩Bangladesh 0.22% 450,563
117 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 0.211% 27,930
118 🇳🇷Nauru 0.21% 31
119 🇳🇿New Zealand 0.207% 12,361
120 🇮🇳India 0.202% 3,384,426
121 🇩🇰Denmark 0.196% 12,698
122 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 0.192% 261
123 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 0.188% 100
124 🇦🇷Argentina 0.184% 95,169
125 🇨🇭Switzerland 0.175% 17,168
126 🇮🇪Ireland 0.174% 10,014
127 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 0.157% 122
128 🇷🇪Réunion 0.148% 1,676
129 🇺🇸United States of America 0.148% 556,888
130 🇨🇾Cyprus 0.146% 2,035
131 🇬🇺Guam 0.126% 247
132 🇮🇩Indonesia 0.121% 385,236
133 🇹🇷Türkiye 0.115% 110,255
134 🇱🇧Lebanon 0.112% 5,530
135 🇨🇰Cook Islands 0.068% 12
136 🇨🇿Czechia 0.055% 5,855
137 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.045% 44,320
138 🇬🇧United Kingdom 0.04% 28,444
139 🇬🇩Grenada 0.029% 40
140 🇮🇸Iceland 0.027% 111
141 🇨🇼Curaçao 0.026% 54
142 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 0.006% 2
143 🇲🇽Mexico 0.003% 4,624
144 🇸🇨Seychelles 0.001% 1
145 🇲🇲Myanmar -0.006% -3,654
146 🇻🇳Viet Nam -0.019% -20,536
147 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba -0.021% -6
148 🇰🇼Kuwait -0.024% -1,240
149 🇨🇴Colombia -0.039% -22,129
150 🇱🇮Liechtenstein -0.047% -20
151 🇵🇫French Polynesia -0.049% -171
152 🇧🇹Bhutan -0.058% -505
153 🇧🇸Bahamas -0.067% -300
154 🇧🇪Belgium -0.072% -8,715
155 🇨🇷Costa Rica -0.075% -4,293
156 🇮🇲Isle of Man -0.086% -74
157 🇬🇾Guyana -0.096% -841
158 🇨🇱Chile -0.101% -20,862
159 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam -0.107% -534
160 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands -0.11% -38
161 🇧🇷Brazil -0.112% -257,509
162 🇫🇷France -0.124% -81,370
163 🇬🇬Guernsey -0.158% -105
164 🇫🇮Finland -0.172% -9,364
165 🇳🇱Netherlands -0.178% -31,801
166 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands -0.212% -24
167 🇸🇻El Salvador -0.234% -15,446
168 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda -0.238% -235
169 🇦🇹Austria -0.239% -21,273
170 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova -0.244% -7,283
171 🇸🇬Singapore -0.266% -16,753
172 🇲🇹Malta -0.291% -1,514
173 🇦🇿Azerbaijan -0.306% -33,108
174 🇩🇲Dominica -0.309% -228
175 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) -0.32% -12
176 🇺🇾Uruguay -0.332% -10,994
177 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea -0.34% -87,051
178 🇩🇪Germany -0.353% -277,005
179 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis -0.359% -167
180 🇷🇺Russian Federation -0.364% -480,915
181 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -0.379% -383
182 🇱🇰Sri Lanka -0.381% -82,456
183 🇵🇼Palau -0.386% -64
184 🇸🇮Slovenia -0.397% -7,896
185 🇲🇪Montenegro -0.417% -2,424
186 🇬🇮Gibraltar -0.418% -130
187 🇬🇱Greenland -0.43% -230
188 🇬🇵Guadeloupe -0.437% -1,684
189 🇸🇰Slovakia -0.444% -22,848
190 🇱🇨Saint Lucia -0.445% -784
191 🇭🇺Hungary -0.451% -39,380
192 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago -0.461% -6,790
193 🇬🇪Georgia -0.475% -15,917
194 🇧🇧Barbados -0.489% -1,297
195 🇦🇩Andorra -0.495% -395
196 🇷🇴Romania -0.5% -86,413
197 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands -0.508% -252
198 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) -0.523% -8,648
199 🇦🇲Armenia -0.526% -13,412
200 🇧🇾Belarus -0.529% -44,049
201 🇪🇪Estonia -0.564% -6,540
202 🇸🇲San Marino -0.574% -182
203 🇲🇺Mauritius -0.579% -7,021
204 🇦🇮Anguilla -0.588% -89
205 🇪🇸Spain -0.611% -266,897
206 🇵🇹Portugal -0.612% -55,969
207 🇵🇱Poland -0.62% -214,019
208 🇹🇭Thailand -0.629% -421,652
209 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR -0.63% -43,389
210 🇲🇰North Macedonia -0.63% -11,889
211 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China -0.656% -145,410
212 🇬🇷Greece -0.665% -60,020
213 🇯🇵Japan -0.685% -700,840
214 🇮🇹Italy -0.735% -378,592
215 🇨🇳China -0.742% -9,610,256
216 🇨🇺Cuba -0.755% -74,627
217 🇱🇹Lithuania -0.769% -16,578
218 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon -0.786% -40
219 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina -0.791% -21,339
220 🇭🇷Croatia -0.818% -26,842
221 🇱🇻Latvia -0.836% -11,792
222 🇦🇼Aruba -0.841% -779
223 🇲🇶Martinique -0.852% -2,766
224 🇧🇲Bermuda -0.893% -492
225 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy -0.906% -91
226 🇲🇸Montserrat -0.916% -34
227 🇷🇸Serbia -0.936% -53,086
228 🇺🇦Ukraine -0.95% -306,549
229 🇦🇸American Samoa -0.963% -317
230 🇦🇱Albania -0.976% -23,524
231 🇰🇷Republic of Korea -1.037% -465,189
232 🇧🇬Bulgaria -1.037% -52,723
233 🇯🇲Jamaica -1.048% -25,603
234 🇵🇷Puerto Rico -1.106% -29,507
235 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands -1.165% -883
236 🇸🇭Saint Helena -1.239% -47
237 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) -1.343% -509

Regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2052

Rank Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Africa 1.498% 38,379,305
2 Oceania 0.597% 349,581
3 Northern America 0.173% 731,414
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 0.08% 600,058
5 Asia 0.059% 3,102,092
6 Europe -0.358% -2,499,042

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2052

Rank Sub-Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Middle Africa 1.998% 8,456,491
2 Western Africa 1.578% 12,601,313
3 Eastern Africa 1.539% 13,434,433
4 Northern Africa 0.928% 3,532,020
5 Melanesia 0.915% 169,419
6 Central Asia 0.744% 786,895
7 Western Asia 0.695% 2,822,612
8 Australia/New Zealand 0.453% 174,393
9 Southern Africa 0.411% 355,048
10 Polynesia 0.403% 3,574
11 Southern Asia 0.371% 9,248,502
12 Micronesia 0.334% 2,195
13 South-Eastern Asia 0.159% 1,260,814
14 Central America 0.154% 324,457
15 South America 0.062% 305,125
16 Northern Europe 0.06% 68,533
17 Caribbean -0.062% -29,524
18 Western Europe -0.207% -399,913
19 Eastern Europe -0.486% -1,248,324
20 Southern Europe -0.685% -919,338
21 Eastern Asia -0.734% -11,016,731

Income Groups with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2052

Rank Income Group Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Low-income countries 1.654% 23,390,155
2 Lower-middle-income countries 0.597% 27,105,465
3 No income group available 0.296% 109,926
4 Middle-income countries 0.263% 18,589,707
5 High-income countries -0.111% -1,426,380
6 Upper-middle-income countries -0.338% -8,515,758

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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