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Population Growth Rate by Country in 2066

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In the year 2066, the world is projected to have a population growth rate of 0.213% and the global population will grow with a total of 21,773,067 people.

The country with the highest annual population growth rate is projected to be 🇳🇪Niger with a rate of 2.133%. Closely followed by 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo with a population growth rate of 1.65%, and 🇾🇹Mayotte with 1.619% population growth.

The country with the lowest annual population growth rate is projected to be 🇯🇲Jamaica with -1.61%. Followed by 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy with a population growth rate of -1.423%, and 🇦🇸American Samoa with -1.363% population decline.

The geographic region with the highest population growth rate is projected to be Africa with a rate of 1.111%. Closely followed by Oceania with a population growth rate of 0.425%, and Northern America with a 0.185% population growth.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Middle Africa had the highest population growth rate of 1.517%. Closely followed by Western Africa with a population growth rate of 1.178%, and Eastern Africa with a 1.118% 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 1.227%. While the lowest population growth rate was recorded by Upper-middle-income countries with a rate of only -0.579%.

Similar Population Metrics for 2066

Countries with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2066

Rank Country Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 🇳🇪Niger 2.133% 2,116,497
2 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.65% 4,890,608
3 🇾🇹Mayotte 1.619% 14,387
4 🇻🇦Holy See 1.53% 14
5 🇲🇱Mali 1.484% 934,090
6 🇸🇳Senegal 1.484% 631,826
7 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 1.48% 2,533,541
8 🇦🇴Angola 1.456% 1,385,492
9 🇸🇴Somalia 1.455% 701,647
10 🇹🇩Chad 1.434% 687,268
11 🇧🇯Benin 1.434% 471,843
12 🇲🇷Mauritania 1.311% 149,445
13 🇻🇺Vanuatu 1.309% 9,609
14 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 1.307% 856,435
15 🇹🇬Togo 1.296% 254,195
16 🇨🇲Cameroon 1.266% 822,951
17 🇨🇫Central African Republic 1.266% 187,781
18 🇬🇫French Guiana 1.265% 8,469
19 🇿🇲Zambia 1.262% 599,638
20 🇲🇿Mozambique 1.261% 1,013,923
21 🇸🇩Sudan 1.214% 1,290,947
22 🇨🇬Congo 1.21% 156,649
23 🇧🇮Burundi 1.206% 366,538
24 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 1.165% 17,694
25 🇲🇬Madagascar 1.145% 734,202
26 🇲🇼Malawi 1.112% 513,251
27 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 1.069% 533,931
28 🇺🇬Uganda 1.041% 1,128,501
29 🇦🇫Afghanistan 1.024% 933,564
30 🇪🇹Ethiopia 1.009% 2,650,535
31 🇱🇷Liberia 0.994% 107,178
32 🇮🇶Iraq 0.992% 892,930
33 🇳🇬Nigeria 0.961% 4,393,154
34 🇪🇷Eritrea 0.95% 67,872
35 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 0.948% 4,162
36 🇵🇸State of Palestine 0.941% 100,449
37 🇬🇳Guinea 0.94% 269,670
38 🇷🇼Rwanda 0.937% 259,952
39 🇬🇲Gambia 0.934% 52,576
40 🇸🇸South Sudan 0.887% 183,072
41 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 0.841% 34,298
42 🇼🇸Samoa 0.83% 3,092
43 🇬🇦Gabon 0.817% 36,067
44 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 0.815% 26,872
45 🇬🇭Ghana 0.814% 498,409
46 🇮🇱Israel 0.794% 119,635
47 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 0.779% 242,060
48 🇹🇯Tajikistan 0.774% 136,628
49 🇾🇪Yemen 0.756% 491,053
50 🇵🇰Pakistan 0.746% 3,195,213
51 🇰🇪Kenya 0.736% 729,151
52 🇳🇦Namibia 0.705% 30,755
53 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 0.635% 99,409
54 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 0.634% 182,982
55 🇪🇬Egypt 0.632% 1,148,620
56 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 0.631% 67,156
57 🇲🇨Monaco 0.628% 256
58 🇰🇲Comoros 0.614% 8,741
59 🇰🇮Kiribati 0.601% 1,284
60 🇪🇭Western Sahara 0.589% 5,650
61 🇹🇰Tokelau 0.568% 15
62 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 0.567% 95,238
63 🇸🇿Eswatini 0.516% 9,549
64 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 0.506% 215,146
65 🇯🇴Jordan 0.498% 83,015
66 🇴🇲Oman 0.446% 31,632
67 🇶🇦Qatar 0.435% 15,984
68 🇵🇭Philippines 0.393% 678,196
69 🇲🇳Mongolia 0.392% 19,244
70 🇨🇦Canada 0.392% 191,004
71 🇦🇺Australia 0.389% 134,670
72 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.375% 68,042
73 🇳🇺Niue 0.369% 8
74 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 0.367% 231
75 🇯🇪Jersey 0.361% 522
76 🇧🇼Botswana 0.344% 13,790
77 🇹🇻Tuvalu 0.334% 47
78 🇩🇯Djibouti 0.32% 5,195
79 🇬🇹Guatemala 0.312% 83,358
80 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 0.302% 2,841
81 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 0.293% 143,266
82 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 0.291% 35,885
83 🇳🇴Norway 0.283% 18,894
84 🇩🇿Algeria 0.279% 180,595
85 🇵🇦Panama 0.262% 16,023
86 🇭🇳Honduras 0.259% 39,835
87 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 0.242% 21,162
88 🇩🇰Denmark 0.241% 16,100
89 🇭🇹Haiti 0.237% 38,382
90 🇸🇪Sweden 0.233% 28,895
91 🇧🇿Belize 0.231% 1,328
92 🇱🇺Luxembourg 0.226% 1,854
93 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 0.225% 4,382
94 🇹🇴Tonga 0.206% 284
95 🇱🇸Lesotho 0.189% 5,781
96 🇧🇭Bahrain 0.185% 3,527
97 🇳🇮Nicaragua 0.163% 15,738
98 🇺🇸United States of America 0.159% 612,145
99 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 0.147% 78
100 🇵🇪Peru 0.128% 56,240
101 🇵🇾Paraguay 0.124% 11,160
102 🇳🇨New Caledonia 0.119% 436
103 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.118% 12,154
104 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.118% 43,935
105 🇳🇿New Zealand 0.104% 6,347
106 🇨🇭Switzerland 0.098% 9,713
107 🇿🇦South Africa 0.092% 69,867
108 🇱🇾Libya 0.076% 6,687
109 🇪🇨Ecuador 0.07% 16,311
110 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 0.054% 27,321
111 🇲🇦Morocco 0.052% 24,198
112 🇷🇪Réunion 0.05% 571
113 🇸🇷Suriname 0.048% 359
114 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 0.045% 24
115 🇨🇼Curaçao 0.024% 50
116 🇫🇯Fiji 0.019% 217
117 🇰🇭Cambodia 0.017% 3,572
118 🇲🇾Malaysia 0.009% 3,752
119 🇮🇲Isle of Man 0.008% 7
120 🇬🇺Guam 0.007% 14
121 🇨🇻Cabo Verde -0.001% -9
122 🇳🇵Nepal -0.008% -3,072
123 🇬🇧United Kingdom -0.013% -9,153
124 🇨🇿Czechia -0.023% -2,438
125 🇱🇧Lebanon -0.026% -1,296
126 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba -0.035% -10
127 🇮🇪Ireland -0.039% -2,251
128 🇮🇳India -0.049% -827,997
129 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) -0.06% -82
130 🇦🇷Argentina -0.061% -32,098
131 🇩🇴Dominican Republic -0.065% -8,720
132 🇮🇩Indonesia -0.066% -208,950
133 🇨🇰Cook Islands -0.068% -12
134 🇹🇳Tunisia -0.086% -12,456
135 🇧🇪Belgium -0.087% -10,326
136 🇳🇷Nauru -0.088% -13
137 🇳🇱Netherlands -0.099% -17,238
138 🇱🇮Liechtenstein -0.106% -44
139 🇫🇮Finland -0.113% -6,012
140 🇨🇾Cyprus -0.123% -1,727
141 🇧🇩Bangladesh -0.13% -268,022
142 🇮🇸Iceland -0.135% -549
143 🇫🇷France -0.148% -95,061
144 🇰🇾Cayman Islands -0.161% -125
145 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) -0.161% -56
146 🇧🇸Bahamas -0.174% -770
147 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands -0.18% -61
148 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands -0.181% -85
149 🇲🇲Myanmar -0.211% -124,181
150 🇬🇩Grenada -0.217% -292
151 🇸🇨Seychelles -0.22% -252
152 🇵🇼Palau -0.241% -38
153 🇹🇷Türkiye -0.245% -232,803
154 🇦🇹Austria -0.262% -22,418
155 🇬🇬Guernsey -0.284% -182
156 🇩🇪Germany -0.29% -216,338
157 🇲🇽Mexico -0.291% -410,456
158 🇻🇳Viet Nam -0.294% -307,651
159 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands -0.312% -34
160 🇨🇴Colombia -0.313% -174,205
161 🇵🇫French Polynesia -0.316% -1,064
162 🇬🇵Guadeloupe -0.325% -1,186
163 🇨🇷Costa Rica -0.334% -18,466
164 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) -0.338% -114
165 🇰🇼Kuwait -0.353% -17,525
166 🇨🇱Chile -0.359% -71,632
167 🇸🇬Singapore -0.369% -22,236
168 🇧🇷Brazil -0.377% -840,447
169 🇲🇻Maldives -0.391% -2,226
170 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam -0.412% -1,970
171 🇧🇹Bhutan -0.435% -3,676
172 🇬🇾Guyana -0.437% -3,695
173 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) -0.438% -421,016
174 🇷🇺Russian Federation -0.44% -547,998
175 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea -0.46% -111,286
176 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda -0.465% -436
177 🇸🇮Slovenia -0.472% -8,798
178 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova -0.478% -13,566
179 🇦🇿Azerbaijan -0.484% -49,507
180 🇬🇱Greenland -0.489% -246
181 🇧🇧Barbados -0.49% -1,214
182 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis -0.511% -224
183 🇲🇹Malta -0.522% -2,576
184 🇬🇮Gibraltar -0.528% -153
185 🇺🇾Uruguay -0.529% -16,490
186 🇩🇲Dominica -0.531% -369
187 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -0.539% -509
188 🇭🇺Hungary -0.572% -46,646
189 🇲🇪Montenegro -0.584% -3,167
190 🇸🇻El Salvador -0.589% -36,781
191 🇸🇲San Marino -0.599% -173
192 🇧🇾Belarus -0.602% -46,149
193 🇱🇰Sri Lanka -0.606% -122,470
194 🇲🇺Mauritius -0.653% -7,271
195 🇲🇶Martinique -0.664% -1,926
196 🇷🇴Romania -0.671% -106,743
197 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago -0.679% -9,224
198 🇬🇪Georgia -0.683% -21,126
199 🇸🇰Slovakia -0.689% -32,766
200 🇲🇸Montserrat -0.691% -23
201 🇱🇨Saint Lucia -0.696% -1,133
202 🇵🇹Portugal -0.71% -59,059
203 🇪🇪Estonia -0.721% -7,629
204 🇦🇩Andorra -0.736% -535
205 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) -0.798% -12,034
206 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon -0.804% -36
207 🇸🇭Saint Helena -0.814% -27
208 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) -0.818% -28
209 🇯🇵Japan -0.822% -757,139
210 🇦🇲Armenia -0.823% -19,090
211 🇬🇷Greece -0.826% -66,872
212 🇦🇼Aruba -0.829% -680
213 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China -0.83% -165,709
214 🇹🇭Thailand -0.83% -501,379
215 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR -0.839% -51,918
216 🇱🇹Lithuania -0.843% -16,191
217 🇮🇹Italy -0.854% -390,676
218 🇨🇺Cuba -0.867% -76,039
219 🇲🇰North Macedonia -0.869% -14,760
220 🇪🇸Spain -0.875% -343,072
221 🇵🇱Poland -0.879% -274,148
222 🇱🇻Latvia -0.894% -11,131
223 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina -0.906% -21,665
224 🇭🇷Croatia -0.917% -26,662
225 🇧🇲Bermuda -0.944% -453
226 🇦🇮Anguilla -1.0% -135
227 🇺🇦Ukraine -1.043% -291,551
228 🇨🇳China -1.055% -11,942,098
229 🇷🇸Serbia -1.174% -57,466
230 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands -1.2% -768
231 🇦🇱Albania -1.206% -24,975
232 🇧🇬Bulgaria -1.218% -52,805
233 🇵🇷Puerto Rico -1.299% -29,308
234 🇰🇷Republic of Korea -1.306% -494,597
235 🇦🇸American Samoa -1.363% -382
236 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy -1.423% -122
237 🇯🇲Jamaica -1.61% -32,722

Regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2066

Rank Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Africa 1.111% 34,120,008
2 Oceania 0.425% 267,323
3 Northern America 0.185% 802,414
4 Asia -0.177% -9,259,978
5 Latin America and the Caribbean -0.184% -1,371,210
6 Europe -0.423% -2,785,490

Sub-regions with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2066

Rank Sub-Region Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Middle Africa 1.517% 8,197,850
2 Western Africa 1.178% 11,402,920
3 Eastern Africa 1.118% 11,745,255
4 Northern Africa 0.624% 2,644,241
5 Melanesia 0.599% 123,194
6 Central Asia 0.48% 551,194
7 Western Asia 0.383% 1,673,503
8 Australia/New Zealand 0.347% 141,017
9 Polynesia 0.212% 1,954
10 Micronesia 0.17% 1,158
11 Southern Africa 0.145% 129,741
12 Southern Asia 0.096% 2,480,298
13 Northern Europe 0.01% 11,551
14 South-Eastern Asia -0.058% -464,311
15 Central America -0.147% -309,421
16 Western Europe -0.186% -349,602
17 South America -0.192% -934,079
18 Caribbean -0.274% -127,710
19 Eastern Europe -0.595% -1,414,810
20 Southern Europe -0.861% -1,032,629
21 Eastern Asia -1.024% -13,500,662

Income Groups with the Highest Population Growth Rate in 2066

Rank Income Group Growth Rate Population Change +/-
1 Low-income countries 1.227% 21,206,057
2 Lower-middle-income countries 0.336% 16,277,761
3 No income group available 0.129% 49,353
4 Middle-income countries 0.037% 2,645,366
5 High-income countries -0.17% -2,127,709
6 Upper-middle-income countries -0.579% -13,632,395

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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