Human Population Growth

List of Countries by Population Growth

Annual population growth rates today are above 1% in most of the world's countries. Ultimately 51 of the world's 233 countries have rates above 2.00% and 119, over half of them, have rates above 1.00%. 155 of 233 countries have rates in excess of 0.50%.

Surprisingly, many of these countries have very low life expectancies as well, and the higher a country's growth rate, the more disease, death, and war there tends to be in the country. (ranks are shown out of 223 countries)

The following is a complete list of countries sortable by population growth and life expectancy. Ten countries shown did not have life expectancy information provided, and ranking for life expectancy is only out of 223 countries rather than 233 for population growth.

Pop. Growth Rank	Country	Pop. Growth Rate	Life Expect. Rank	Life Expect. (years)
39	Afghanistan	2.29	220	50.49
172	Albania	0.3	60	77.96
61	Algeria	1.88	80	76.39
219	American Samoa	-0.35	104	74.91
181	Andorra	0.17	7	82.65
19	Angola	2.78	205	55.29
50	Anguilla	2.06	21	81.2
95	Antigua and Barbuda	1.25	85	76.12
123	Argentina	0.95	66	77.51
209	Armenia	-0.13	116	74.12
90	Aruba	1.36	82	76.35
112	Australia	1.09	10	82.07
191	Austria	0.01	32	80.17
121	Azerbaijan	0.99	141	71.91
128	Bahamas, The	0.87	140	71.93
31	Bahrain	2.49	51	78.58
77	Bangladesh	1.6	149	70.65
169	Barbados	0.33	102	74.99
213	Belarus	-0.19	138	72.15
188	Belgium	0.05	37	79.92
58	Belize	1.92	160	68.49
17	Benin	2.81	191	61.07
154	Bermuda	0.52	23	81.04
106	Bhutan	1.13	157	68.98
76	Bolivia	1.6	159	68.55
207	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.11	84	76.33
92	Botswana	1.26	210	54.06
137	Brazil	0.8	126	73.28
36	British Virgin Islands	2.36	57	78.29
74	Brunei	1.65	74	76.77
229	Bulgaria	-0.83	112	74.33
11	Burkina Faso	3.05	207	54.78
116	Burma	1.03	170	65.94
8	Burundi	3.28	196	59.55
87	Cabo Verde	1.39	145	71.57
75	Cambodia	1.63	179	63.78
26	Cameroon	2.6	202	57.35
144	Canada	0.76	14	81.67
45	Cayman Islands	2.14	24	81.02
46	Central African Republic	2.13	218	51.35
59	Chad	1.92	223	49.44
131	Chile	0.84	52	78.44
159	China	0.44	100	75.15
111	Christmas Island	1.11
196	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	0
114	Colombia	1.07	97	75.25
62	Comoros	1.87	184	63.48
30	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	2.5	203	56.54
55	Congo, Republic of the	1.94	198	58.52
232	Cook Islands	-3	95	75.38
96	Costa Rica	1.24	58	78.23
53	Cote d'Ivoire	1.96	200	58.01
208	Croatia	-0.12	79	76.41
211	Cuba	-0.14	59	78.22
82	Cyprus	1.48	54	78.34
182	Czech Republic	0.17	55	78.31
178	Denmark	0.22	47	79.09
41	Djibouti	2.23	187	62.4
179	Dominica	0.22	77	76.59
93	Dominican Republic	1.25	62	77.8
88	Ecuador	1.37	81	76.36
64	Egypt	1.84	122	73.45
174	El Salvador	0.27	114	74.18
28	Equatorial Guinea	2.54	183	63.49
38	Eritrea	2.3	181	63.51
228	Estonia	-0.68	118	74.07
14	Ethiopia	2.89	193	60.75
193	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	0.01	35	80.02
156	Faroe Islands	0.49	34	80.11
145	Fiji	0.7	139	72.15
187	Finland	0.05	41	79.69
158	France	0.45	15	81.66
122	French Polynesia	0.97	73	76.79
54	Gabon	1.94	214	52.06
43	Gambia, The	2.23	176	64.36
13	Gaza Strip	2.91	109	74.64
206	Georgia	-0.11	90	75.72
212	Germany	-0.18	28	80.44
44	Ghana	2.19	172	65.75
176	Gibraltar	0.25	46	79.13
192	Greece	0.01	30	80.3
190	Greenland	0.02	142	71.82
155	Grenada	0.5	120	73.8
160	Guam	0.44	50	78.82
63	Guatemala	1.86	143	71.74
164	Guernsey	0.36	9	82.39
24	Guinea	2.63	195	59.6
56	Guinea-Bissau	1.93	221	49.87
204	Guyana	-0.11	162	67.81
113	Haiti	1.08	186	63.18
195	Holy See (Vatican City)	0
71	Honduras	1.74	147	70.91
162	Hong Kong	0.41	6	82.78
214	Hungary	-0.21	93	75.46
149	Iceland	0.65	20	81.22
94	India	1.25	163	67.8
124	Indonesia	0.95	137	72.17
97	Iran	1.22	148	70.89
42	Iraq	2.23	146	71.42
99	Ireland	1.2	27	80.56
138	Isle of Man	0.8	25	80.98
84	Israel	1.46	19	81.28
171	Italy	0.3	11	82.03
146	Jamaica	0.69	121	73.48
210	Japan	-0.13	3	84.46
136	Jersey	0.81	16	81.66
4	Jordan	3.86	117	74.1
103	Kazakhstan	1.17	150	70.24
47	Kenya	2.11	180	63.52
102	Kiribati	1.18	173	65.47
153	Korea, North	0.53	154	69.81
183	Korea, South	0.16	39	79.8
73	Kuwait	1.7	64	77.64
115	Kyrgyzstan	1.04	153	70.06
78	Laos	1.59	182	63.51
225	Latvia	-0.62	123	73.44
1	Lebanon	9.37	69	77.22
167	Lesotho	0.34	211	52.65
29	Liberia	2.52	199	58.21
10	Libya	3.08	86	76.04
134	Liechtenstein	0.82	13	81.68
218	Lithuania	-0.29	87	75.98
109	Luxembourg	1.12	36	80.01
133	Macau	0.83	2	84.48
180	Macedonia	0.21	89	75.8
25	Madagascar	2.62	174	65.2
6	Malawi	3.33	194	59.99
83	Malaysia	1.47	110	74.52
202	Maldives	-0.09	99	75.15
12	Mali	3	206	54.95
170	Malta	0.33	33	80.11
72	Marshall Islands	1.72	133	72.58
40	Mauritania	2.26	188	62.28
148	Mauritius	0.66	98	75.17
98	Mexico	1.21	94	75.43
220	Micronesia, Federated States of	-0.42	135	72.35
231	Moldova	-1.02	152	70.12
186	Monaco	0.06	1	89.57
89	Mongolia	1.37	158	68.98
223	Montenegro	-0.49
157	Montserrat	0.48	119	73.9
117	Morocco	1.02	78	76.51
34	Mozambique	2.45	213	52.6
147	Namibia	0.67	215	51.85
151	Nauru	0.56	169	66.4
66	Nepal	1.82	165	67.19
161	Netherlands	0.42	22	81.12
85	New Caledonia	1.42	68	77.31
132	New Zealand	0.83	26	80.93
118	Nicaragua	1.02	130	72.72
7	Niger	3.28	208	54.74
33	Nigeria	2.47	212	52.62
201	Niue	-0.03
194	Norfolk Island	0.01
107	Northern Mariana Islands	1.13	63	77.64
101	Norway	1.19	17	81.6
49	Oman	2.06	103	74.97
80	Pakistan	1.49	167	67.05
163	Palau	0.37	132	72.6
91	Panama	1.35	56	78.3
65	Papua New Guinea	1.84	168	66.85
100	Paraguay	1.19	72	76.8
120	Peru	0.99	127	73.23
67	Philippines	1.81	134	72.48
197	Pitcairn Islands	0
203	Poland	-0.11	76	76.65
184	Portugal	0.12	49	79.01
227	Puerto Rico	-0.65	48	79.09
5	Qatar	3.58	53	78.38
216	Romania	-0.29	108	74.69
200	Russia	-0.03	151	70.16
23	Rwanda	2.63	197	59.26
173	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	0.27	45	79.21
142	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.78	96	75.29
166	Saint Lucia	0.35	67	77.41
230	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	-1.02	31	80.26
217	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	-0.29	106	74.86
150	Samoa	0.59	128	73.21
127	San Marino	0.87	5	83.18
60	Sao Tome and Principe	1.89	177	64.22
81	Saudi Arabia	1.49	107	74.82
32	Senegal	2.48	192	60.95
221	Serbia	-0.46	101	75.02
129	Seychelles	0.87	113	74.25
37	Sierra Leone	2.33	201	57.39
57	Singapore	1.92	4	84.38
79	Sint Maarten	1.51	65	77.61
189	Slovakia	0.03	75	76.69
215	Slovenia	-0.23	61	77.83
48	Solomon Islands	2.07	105	74.89
70	Somalia	1.75	217	51.58
222	South Africa	-0.48	222	49.56
3	South Sudan	4.12
135	Spain	0.81	18	81.47
130	Sri Lanka	0.86	83	76.35
68	Sudan	1.78	185	63.32
110	Suriname	1.12	144	71.69
199	Svalbard	-0.03
105	Swaziland	1.14	219	50.54
140	Sweden	0.79	12	81.89
141	Switzerland	0.78	8	82.39
233	Syria	-9.73	161	68.41
177	Taiwan	0.25	38	79.84
69	Tajikistan	1.75	166	67.06
18	Tanzania	2.8	190	61.24
165	Thailand	0.35	115	74.18
35	Timor-Leste	2.44	164	67.39
22	Togo	2.71	178	64.06
198	Tokelau	-0.01
185	Tonga	0.09	88	75.82
205	Trinidad and Tobago	-0.11	136	72.29
126	Tunisia	0.92	92	75.68
108	Turkey	1.12	124	73.29
104	Turkmenistan	1.14	155	69.47
27	Turks and Caicos Islands	2.58	43	79.55
139	Tuvalu	0.8	171	65.81
9	Uganda	3.24	209	54.46
226	Ukraine	-0.64	156	69.14
21	United Arab Emirates	2.71	70	77.09
152	United Kingdom	0.54	29	80.42
143	United States	0.77	42	79.56
175	Uruguay	0.26	71	76.81
125	Uzbekistan	0.93	125	73.29
51	Vanuatu	2.01	131	72.72
86	Venezuela	1.42	111	74.39
119	Vietnam	1	129	72.91
224	Virgin Islands	-0.56	40	79.75
168	Wallis and Futuna	0.33	44	79.42
52	West Bank	1.99	91	75.69
15	Western Sahara	2.89	189	62.27
20	Yemen	2.72	175	64.83
16	Zambia	2.88	216	51.83
2	Zimbabwe	4.36	204	55.68