Data

Population growth by Country

Population growth by country, ranked. All 195 countries ranked by population growth, with Magna grades and factbook links.

South Sudan tops the population growth ranking at 4.5%, ahead of Niger (3.6%). 195 countries carry a published figure; this ranking is compiled and ordered by the Bureau from national sources.

The Magna grade shown alongside is our own 0–100 structural-power composite — our assessment, not a source mirror.

Top 10

#	Country	Population growth	Grade
1	South Sudan	4.5%	MCD
2	Niger	3.6%	MCD
3	Angola	3.3%	MCC
4	Somalia	3.3%	MCD
5	Benin	3.3%	MCC
6	Uganda	3.1%	MCC
7	Equatorial Guinea	3.1%	MCC
8	DRC	3.1%	MCD
9	Chad	3.0%	MCC
10	Burundi	3.0%	MCC

All countries ranked by population growth195 countries

#	Country	Population growth
1	South Sudan	4.5%
2	Niger	3.6%
3	Angola	3.3%
4	Somalia	3.3%
5	Benin	3.3%
6	Uganda	3.1%
7	Equatorial Guinea	3.1%
8	DRC	3.1%
9	Chad	3.0%
10	Burundi	3.0%
11	Mali	2.9%
12	Mauritania	2.9%
13	Afghanistan	2.9%
14	Tanzania	2.9%
15	Guinea	2.7%
16	Guinea-Bissau	2.5%
17	Sudan	2.5%
18	Mozambique	2.5%
19	Zambia	2.5%
20	Ukraine	2.4%
21	Senegal	2.4%
22	Burkina Faso	2.4%
23	Nigeria	2.4%
24	Cameroon	2.4%
25	Togo	2.4%
26	Congo (Brazzaville)	2.4%
27	Gabon	2.4%
28	Ethiopia	2.3%
29	Côte d'Ivoire	2.3%
30	Liberia	2.3%
31	Sierra Leone	2.2%
32	Papua New Guinea	2.2%
33	Yemen	2.2%
34	Malawi	2.2%
35	Kenya	2.1%
36	Madagascar	2.1%
37	Ghana	2.1%
38	The Gambia	2.1%
39	Palestine	2.0%
40	Rwanda	2.0%
41	Iraq	1.9%
42	Tajikistan	1.9%
43	Djibouti	1.8%
44	Pakistan	1.8%
45	Zimbabwe	1.8%
46	Namibia	1.8%
47	CT	1.7%
48	Saudi Arabia	1.7%
49	Oman	1.7%
50	Jordan	1.7%
51	Syria	1.6%
52	Solomon Islands	1.6%
53	Australia	1.6%
54	Israel	1.6%
55	Vanuatu	1.5%
56	Belize	1.5%
57	Algeria	1.5%
58	Panama	1.4%
59	Egypt	1.4%
60	Sao Tome and Principe	1.4%
61	Brunei	1.4%
62	Libya	1.4%
63	Botswana	1.3%
64	Honduras	1.3%
65	Timor-Leste	1.3%
66	Latvia	1.3%
67	Comoros	1.3%
68	Luxembourg	1.3%
69	Uzbekistan	1.3%
70	Haiti	1.2%
71	Laos	1.2%
72	Marshall Islands	1.2%
73	Eritrea	1.2%
74	Cabo Verde	1.1%
75	Antigua and Barbuda	1.1%
76	The Bahamas	1.1%
77	Mongolia	1.1%
78	Kuwait	1.1%
79	Albania	1.1%
80	Paraguay	1.1%
81	South Africa	1.1%
82	Suriname	1.0%
83	Bolivia	1.0%
84	Guatemala	1.0%
85	Kiribati	1.0%
86	Poland	1.0%
87	Malaysia	1.0%
88	Cambodia	0.9%
89	Bhutan	0.9%
90	Nicaragua	0.9%
91	Bangladesh	0.9%
92	Ecuador	0.9%
93	Cyprus	0.9%
94	Turkmenistan	0.9%
95	Venezuela	0.9%
96	Iran	0.9%
97	Eswatini	0.9%
98	Romania	0.9%
99	Vietnam	0.9%
100	Singapore	0.8%
101	Kazakhstan	0.8%
102	New Zealand	0.8%
103	Iceland	0.8%
104	Morocco	0.8%
105	Mexico	0.8%
106	Ireland	0.8%
107	Bahrain	0.8%
108	The Dominican	0.8%
109	FM	0.8%
110	Lebanon	0.8%
111	Monaco	0.8%
112	Costa Rica	0.8%
113	Kyrgyzstan	0.8%
114	Tuvalu	0.8%
115	Philippines	0.7%
116	Canada	0.7%
117	Lesotho	0.7%
118	Switzerland	0.7%
119	India	0.7%
120	Lithuania	0.7%
121	Indonesia	0.7%
122	Burma	0.7%
123	Liechtenstein	0.7%
124	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.7%
125	Bulgaria	0.7%
126	Nepal	0.7%
127	Samoa	0.7%
128	Malta	0.7%
129	Denmark	0.6%
130	AE	0.6%
131	Cuba	0.6%
132	Serbia	0.6%
133	Turkey	0.6%
134	Brazil	0.6%
135	Moldova	0.6%
136	Norway	0.6%
137	Qatar	0.6%
138	Peru	0.6%
139	San Marino	0.6%
140	Colombia	0.5%
141	Croatia	0.5%
142	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.5%
143	Seychelles	0.5%
144	Sweden	0.5%
145	Russia	0.5%
146	Estonia	0.5%
147	Chile	0.5%
148	Montenegro	0.5%
149	Armenia	0.5%
150	Belgium	0.5%
151	Georgia	0.5%
152	Japan	0.5%
153	United States	0.5%
154	Belarus	0.4%
155	Barbados	0.4%
156	Azerbaijan	0.4%
157	United Kingdom	0.4%
158	North Korea	0.4%
159	Fiji	0.4%
160	Palau	0.4%
161	Tunisia	0.4%
162	Nauru	0.4%
163	Tonga	0.4%
164	Greece	0.3%
165	Guyana	0.3%
166	El Salvador	0.3%
167	Netherlands	0.3%
168	Hungary	0.3%
169	Austria	0.3%
170	Argentina	0.3%
171	Jamaica	0.2%
172	Saint Lucia	0.2%
173	Grenada	0.2%
174	Maldives	0.2%
175	Sri Lanka	0.2%
176	France	0.2%
177	Slovenia	0.2%
178	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.1%
179	Germany	0.1%
180	Thailand	0.1%
181	Andorra	0.1%
182	Spain	0.1%
183	Portugal	0.1%
184	South Korea	0.1%
185	China	0.1%
186	North Macedonia	0.1%
187	Trinidad and Tobago	0.1%
188	Slovakia	0.1%
189	Mauritius	0.1%
190	Uruguay	0.1%
191	Italy	0.1%
192	Dominica	0.0%
193	Czechia	0.0%
194	Finland	0.0%
195	Holy See (Vatican City)	0.0%

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Across the Bureau

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