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Population Growth Rate by Country in 2053

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In the year 2053, the world is projected to have a population growth rate of 0.395% and the global population will grow with a total of 38,854,888 people.

The country with the highest annual population growth rate is projected to be 🇳🇪Niger with a rate of 2.67%. Closely followed by 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo with a population growth rate of 2.127%, and 🇾🇹Mayotte with 1.984% population growth.

The country with the lowest annual population growth rate is projected to be 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) with -1.278%. Followed by 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands with a population growth rate of -1.152%, and 🇵🇷Puerto Rico with -1.12% population decline.

The geographic region with the highest population growth rate is projected to be Africa with a rate of 1.467%. Closely followed by Oceania with a population growth rate of 0.585%, and Northern America with a 0.168% population growth.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Middle Africa had the highest population growth rate of 1.962%. Closely followed by Western Africa with a population growth rate of 1.543%, and Eastern Africa with a 1.508% 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 1.621%. While the lowest population growth rate was recorded by Upper-middle-income countries with a rate of only -0.367%.

Similar Population Metrics for 2053

Countries with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2053

Rank Country Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 🇳🇪Niger 2.67% 1,943,242
2 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.127% 4,938,027
3 🇾🇹Mayotte 1.984% 14,013
4 🇲🇱Mali 1.948% 981,393
5 🇸🇴Somalia 1.939% 750,709
6 🇹🇩Chad 1.901% 734,833
7 🇦🇴Angola 1.893% 1,451,568
8 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 1.882% 2,590,999
9 🇻🇦Holy See 1.828% 14
10 🇸🇳Senegal 1.808% 622,324
11 🇧🇯Benin 1.798% 480,015
12 🇨🇫Central African Republic 1.778% 216,623
13 🇲🇿Mozambique 1.69% 1,122,116
14 🇲🇷Mauritania 1.681% 157,838
15 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 1.654% 893,630
16 🇿🇲Zambia 1.638% 645,407
17 🇨🇲Cameroon 1.635% 881,615
18 🇻🇺Vanuatu 1.603% 9,745
19 🇸🇩Sudan 1.591% 1,411,790
20 🇧🇮Burundi 1.585% 403,099
21 🇹🇬Togo 1.58% 256,822
22 🇬🇫French Guiana 1.542% 8,605
23 🇲🇼Malawi 1.516% 590,395
24 🇺🇬Uganda 1.511% 1,388,117
25 🇨🇬Congo 1.498% 162,863
26 🇲🇬Madagascar 1.492% 805,781
27 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 1.468% 622,997
28 🇦🇫Afghanistan 1.466% 1,136,383
29 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 1.457% 18,666
30 🇪🇹Ethiopia 1.424% 3,195,873
31 🇬🇳Guinea 1.343% 332,192
32 🇱🇷Liberia 1.336% 123,824
33 🇳🇬Nigeria 1.332% 5,240,450
34 🇬🇲Gambia 1.315% 64,001
35 🇷🇼Rwanda 1.314% 315,274
36 🇮🇶Iraq 1.307% 1,014,320
37 🇵🇸State of Palestine 1.302% 120,174
38 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 1.247% 4,751
39 🇪🇷Eritrea 1.239% 76,811
40 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 1.197% 42,817
41 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 1.196% 34,635
42 🇾🇪Yemen 1.165% 668,308
43 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 1.153% 316,124
44 🇸🇸South Sudan 1.145% 207,176
45 🇬🇦Gabon 1.134% 44,157
46 🇬🇭Ghana 1.116% 603,737
47 🇵🇰Pakistan 1.075% 4,090,307
48 🇰🇪Kenya 1.062% 935,284
49 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 1.042% 146,293
50 🇳🇦Namibia 1.029% 40,141
51 🇼🇸Samoa 1.028% 3,395
52 🇮🇱Israel 1.027% 137,769
53 🇹🇯Tajikistan 1.021% 160,206
54 🇰🇲Comoros 0.973% 12,501
55 🇰🇮Kiribati 0.917% 1,779
56 🇴🇲Oman 0.889% 57,880
57 🇪🇬Egypt 0.878% 1,447,608
58 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 0.875% 134,084
59 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 0.858% 83,132
60 🇪🇭Western Sahara 0.856% 7,486
61 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 0.822% 215,865
62 🇸🇿Eswatini 0.814% 13,820
63 🇹🇰Tokelau 0.81% 20
64 🇯🇴Jordan 0.766% 117,703
65 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 0.696% 272,489
66 🇵🇭Philippines 0.667% 1,076,089
67 🇧🇼Botswana 0.665% 24,986
68 🇶🇦Qatar 0.663% 22,731
69 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.662% 112,287
70 🇬🇹Guatemala 0.65% 163,120
71 🇩🇿Algeria 0.647% 396,629
72 🇲🇳Mongolia 0.638% 29,442
73 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 0.607% 11,180
74 🇭🇳Honduras 0.603% 87,631
75 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 0.592% 69,050
76 🇩🇯Djibouti 0.576% 8,811
77 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 0.573% 266,100
78 🇭🇹Haiti 0.561% 86,109
79 🇧🇿Belize 0.528% 2,892
80 🇵🇦Panama 0.501% 29,213
81 🇦🇺Australia 0.491% 160,508
82 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 0.49% 4,386
83 🇳🇮Nicaragua 0.488% 45,079
84 🇹🇻Tuvalu 0.485% 65
85 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 0.462% 38,747
86 🇱🇸Lesotho 0.456% 13,408
87 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 0.456% 223,777
88 🇯🇪Jersey 0.455% 625
89 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.448% 44,476
90 🇵🇾Paraguay 0.428% 37,318
91 🇧🇭Bahrain 0.417% 7,651
92 🇲🇨Monaco 0.412% 157
93 🇹🇴Tonga 0.407% 541
94 🇵🇪Peru 0.383% 163,008
95 🇨🇦Canada 0.375% 174,022
96 🇱🇺Luxembourg 0.36% 2,844
97 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 0.356% 214
98 🇪🇨Ecuador 0.355% 79,912
99 🇳🇵Nepal 0.333% 125,770
100 🇳🇴Norway 0.333% 21,446
101 🇿🇦South Africa 0.331% 246,104
102 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 0.324% 2,382
103 🇳🇨New Caledonia 0.318% 1,135
104 🇸🇪Sweden 0.314% 37,695
105 🇱🇾Libya 0.302% 26,024
106 🇲🇦Morocco 0.298% 135,544
107 🇲🇾Malaysia 0.283% 117,212
108 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.271% 98,227
109 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 0.267% 138
110 🇲🇻Maldives 0.255% 1,469
111 🇫🇯Fiji 0.253% 2,789
112 🇰🇭Cambodia 0.246% 50,350
113 🇸🇷Suriname 0.223% 1,631
114 🇩🇰Denmark 0.201% 13,050
115 🇳🇿New Zealand 0.199% 11,924
116 🇧🇩Bangladesh 0.193% 395,379
117 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 0.192% 25,427
118 🇹🇳Tunisia 0.191% 27,510
119 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 0.184% 251
120 🇮🇳India 0.179% 3,016,157
121 🇦🇷Argentina 0.161% 83,455
122 🇨🇭Switzerland 0.159% 15,630
123 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 0.158% 84
124 🇳🇷Nauru 0.156% 23
125 🇮🇪Ireland 0.151% 8,695
126 🇺🇸United States of America 0.142% 536,870
127 🇷🇪Réunion 0.133% 1,509
128 🇨🇾Cyprus 0.123% 1,722
129 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 0.122% 95
130 🇬🇺Guam 0.11% 216
131 🇮🇩Indonesia 0.098% 313,356
132 🇹🇷Türkiye 0.085% 81,558
133 🇱🇧Lebanon 0.069% 3,416
134 🇨🇿Czechia 0.044% 4,664
135 🇨🇼Curaçao 0.025% 52
136 🇬🇧United Kingdom 0.02% 14,284
137 🇮🇸Iceland 0.016% 66
138 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.003% 2,914
139 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.003% 1
140 🇬🇩Grenada 0.002% 3
141 🇳🇺Niue 0.0% 0
142 🇨🇰Cook Islands -0.011% -2
143 🇲🇲Myanmar -0.018% -11,017
144 🇲🇽Mexico -0.021% -30,375
145 🇸🇨Seychelles -0.032% -37
146 🇻🇳Viet Nam -0.041% -43,715
147 🇨🇴Colombia -0.056% -31,939
148 🇱🇮Liechtenstein -0.059% -25
149 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) -0.062% -22
150 🇧🇹Bhutan -0.08% -696
151 🇵🇫French Polynesia -0.08% -278
152 🇧🇪Belgium -0.082% -9,920
153 🇰🇼Kuwait -0.085% -4,365
154 🇧🇸Bahamas -0.086% -386
155 🇮🇲Isle of Man -0.087% -75
156 🇨🇷Costa Rica -0.096% -5,469
157 🇨🇱Chile -0.12% -24,714
158 🇬🇾Guyana -0.124% -1,087
159 🇧🇷Brazil -0.13% -299,192
160 🇫🇷France -0.135% -88,738
161 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam -0.139% -691
162 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands -0.151% -17
163 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands -0.153% -53
164 🇬🇬Guernsey -0.168% -111
165 🇫🇮Finland -0.172% -9,340
166 🇳🇱Netherlands -0.176% -31,349
167 🇦🇹Austria -0.251% -22,244
168 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova -0.255% -7,590
169 🇸🇻El Salvador -0.259% -17,106
170 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda -0.273% -268
171 🇸🇬Singapore -0.283% -17,786
172 🇲🇹Malta -0.298% -1,542
173 🇵🇼Palau -0.315% -52
174 🇦🇿Azerbaijan -0.322% -34,674
175 🇩🇲Dominica -0.331% -243
176 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea -0.351% -89,571
177 🇺🇾Uruguay -0.352% -11,645
178 🇩🇪Germany -0.36% -280,909
179 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis -0.364% -169
180 🇷🇺Russian Federation -0.376% -495,390
181 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -0.396% -398
182 🇱🇰Sri Lanka -0.4% -86,395
183 🇸🇮Slovenia -0.409% -8,093
184 🇬🇱Greenland -0.42% -224
185 🇲🇪Montenegro -0.428% -2,478
186 🇬🇵Guadeloupe -0.441% -1,694
187 🇬🇮Gibraltar -0.446% -138
188 🇭🇺Hungary -0.451% -39,220
189 🇸🇰Slovakia -0.454% -23,248
190 🇱🇨Saint Lucia -0.473% -831
191 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago -0.482% -7,067
192 🇬🇪Georgia -0.489% -16,307
193 🇧🇧Barbados -0.49% -1,292
194 🇷🇴Romania -0.508% -87,454
195 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands -0.509% -251
196 🇦🇩Andorra -0.527% -418
197 🇦🇲Armenia -0.543% -13,753
198 🇧🇾Belarus -0.543% -44,985
199 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) -0.549% -9,035
200 🇪🇪Estonia -0.575% -6,628
201 🇲🇺Mauritius -0.586% -7,061
202 🇦🇮Anguilla -0.599% -90
203 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) -0.617% -23
204 🇸🇲San Marino -0.619% -195
205 🇵🇹Portugal -0.623% -56,689
206 🇵🇱Poland -0.626% -214,763
207 🇪🇸Spain -0.641% -278,549
208 🇲🇰North Macedonia -0.645% -12,097
209 🇹🇭Thailand -0.653% -435,150
210 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR -0.658% -45,027
211 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China -0.668% -147,129
212 🇬🇷Greece -0.688% -61,661
213 🇯🇵Japan -0.689% -700,723
214 🇲🇸Montserrat -0.706% -26
215 🇮🇹Italy -0.76% -388,682
216 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon -0.773% -39
217 🇱🇹Lithuania -0.779% -16,658
218 🇨🇺Cuba -0.781% -76,565
219 🇨🇳China -0.784% -10,072,171
220 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina -0.806% -21,561
221 🇭🇷Croatia -0.823% -26,775
222 🇱🇻Latvia -0.848% -11,855
223 🇦🇼Aruba -0.864% -794
224 🇲🇶Martinique -0.866% -2,787
225 🇸🇭Saint Helena -0.879% -33
226 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy -0.945% -94
227 🇷🇸Serbia -0.948% -53,239
228 🇧🇲Bermuda -0.959% -523
229 🇺🇦Ukraine -0.97% -309,882
230 🇦🇸American Samoa -0.987% -322
231 🇦🇱Albania -0.995% -23,755
232 🇧🇬Bulgaria -1.047% -52,679
233 🇰🇷Republic of Korea -1.079% -478,883
234 🇯🇲Jamaica -1.086% -26,261
235 🇵🇷Puerto Rico -1.12% -29,572
236 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands -1.152% -863
237 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) -1.278% -478

Regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2053

Rank Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Africa 1.467% 38,146,949
2 Oceania 0.585% 344,357
3 Northern America 0.168% 710,106
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 0.06% 452,646
5 Asia 0.034% 1,779,416
6 Europe -0.371% -2,578,586

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2053

Rank Sub-Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Middle Africa 1.962% 8,469,072
2 Western Africa 1.543% 12,513,926
3 Eastern Africa 1.508% 13,372,901
4 Northern Africa 0.899% 3,452,591
5 Melanesia 0.891% 166,419
6 Central Asia 0.717% 764,050
7 Western Asia 0.667% 2,729,450
8 Australia/New Zealand 0.446% 172,432
9 Southern Africa 0.391% 338,459
10 Polynesia 0.382% 3,402
11 Southern Asia 0.347% 8,681,288
12 Micronesia 0.319% 2,104
13 South-Eastern Asia 0.139% 1,104,304
14 Central America 0.13% 274,985
15 Northern Europe 0.045% 51,408
16 South America 0.044% 215,843
17 Caribbean -0.08% -38,182
18 Western Europe -0.215% -414,554
19 Eastern Europe -0.497% -1,270,547
20 Southern Europe -0.709% -944,893
21 Eastern Asia -0.772% -11,499,676

Income Groups with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2053

Rank Income Group Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Low-income countries 1.621% 23,303,223
2 Lower-middle-income countries 0.574% 26,218,074
3 No income group available 0.284% 105,557
4 Middle-income countries 0.24% 17,006,636
5 High-income countries -0.122% -1,560,528
6 Upper-middle-income countries -0.367% -9,211,438

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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