Countries by population growth rate 2024 - StatisticsTimes.com

List of countries by population growth rate

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	17 Jan 2024

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The Syrian Arab Republic would have the highest population growth rate of 4.56 % in 2024. Among the top ten fastest-growing countries/regions, nine are located in Africa one in Asia. Seven countries have growth rates above 3%. In the list of 43 countries/dependent territories with a population growth rate above 2%, 40 entrants belong to Africa (34) and Asia (5) continent.

The Republic of Moldova would have the lowest growth rate of -2.66 % followed by Lebanon (-2.42 %). Out of 43 countries and dependent territories with a negative growth rate, 24 belong to Europe, eight belong to North America, and seven belong to Asia, three belong to Oceania and one belong to Africa.

In the past five years (2019-2024), with 21.15%, the Population of Syrian Arab Republic has grown fastest, followed by Niger grown by 20.46%. Out of 44 countries which population has shrunk between 2019 and 2024, 21 are in Europe; ten are in North America, seven in Asia and four in Oceania.

Since 1950, the population of the United Arab Emirates and Qatar has grown by over 12,000%. The population of the United Arab Emirates has increased from 70 k in 1950 to 9.6 mn in 2024, while the population of Qatar has increased from 25 k in 1950 to 2.73 mn in 2024. Twelve countries have a growth rate above 1,000% between 1950-2024. There are five countries/dependent territories where the current population is less than of 1950: Niue, Montserrat, Holy See, Bulgaria, and Latvia. The first three are very low populated as no of people living is less than 5,000 in 2024.

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Population growth rate (UN)
Country/Region	2024			2019-2024		1950-2024		Continent
Country/Region	Population	Growth (%)	Rank	Growth (%)	Rank	Growth (%)	Rank	Continent
Burundi	13,591,657	2.62	18	14.46	15	502.97	60	Africa
Comoros	867,605	1.79	53	9.69	51	436.17	75	Africa
Djibouti	1,152,329	1.38	73	7.29	72	1748.64	7	Africa
Eritrea	3,817,651	1.85	50	9.11	54	364.11	90	Africa
Ethiopia	129,719,719	2.47	25	13.67	22	632.47	36	Africa
Kenya	56,203,030	1.98	44	10.31	46	873.37	18	Africa
Madagascar	31,056,610	2.37	28	12.80	28	685.47	30	Africa
Malawi	21,475,962	2.58	19	13.83	20	628.06	38	Africa
Mauritius	1,301,978	0.10	187	0.44	182	147.79	156	Africa
Mayotte	345,996	2.89	9	17.49	3	1584.17	8	Africa
Mozambique	34,858,402	2.78	11	15.10	11	488.80	64	Africa
Réunion	989,350	0.75	119	4.21	117	296.85	112	Africa
Rwanda	14,414,910	2.23	35	12.31	33	569.15	49	Africa
Seychelles	108,263	0.54	145	3.73	127	184.11	145	Africa
Somalia	18,706,922	3.05	6	17.06	5	745.30	26	Africa
South Sudan	11,277,092	1.71	55	7.94	66	352.52	94	Africa
Uganda	49,924,252	2.70	13	16.24	9	768.15	24	Africa
United Republic of Tanzania	69,419,073	2.88	10	15.94	10	809.53	23	Africa
Zambia	21,134,695	2.70	14	14.98	12	811.59	22	Africa
Zimbabwe	17,020,321	2.09	42	10.85	42	509.76	58	Africa
Angola	37,804,634	2.99	8	16.85	7	744.20	27	Africa
Cameroon	29,394,433	2.56	20	14.01	17	581.09	47	Africa
Central African Republic	5,915,627	3.01	7	13.56	23	311.78	104	Africa
Chad	18,847,148	3.05	5	16.87	6	650.08	33	Africa
Congo	6,244,547	2.21	37	12.10	35	647.73	34	Africa
Democratic Republic of the Congo	105,625,114	3.23	3	17.48	4	759.04	25	Africa
Equatorial Guinea	1,754,993	2.31	31	13.00	26	675.24	31	Africa
Gabon	2,484,557	1.95	45	10.78	43	425.38	79	Africa
Sao Tome and Principe	236,381	1.92	47	10.15	48	287.67	117	Africa
Algeria	46,278,751	1.42	68	8.37	57	413.08	82	Africa
Egypt	114,484,252	1.57	59	8.39	56	441.30	73	Africa
Libya	6,964,197	1.07	88	6.01	88	515.93	57	Africa
Morocco	38,211,459	0.96	99	5.25	99	327.12	103	Africa
Sudan	49,358,228	2.54	21	14.17	16	697.22	29	Africa
Tunisia	12,564,689	0.82	110	4.28	114	248.41	128	Africa
Western Sahara	598,385	1.85	51	9.82	49	4509.34	3	Africa
Botswana	2,719,694	1.62	58	8.80	55	557.76	52	Africa
Eswatini	1,222,075	1.03	90	4.49	111	349.88	96	Africa
Lesotho	2,356,083	1.08	87	5.86	90	306.59	107	Africa
Namibia	2,645,805	1.69	56	8.14	62	413.97	81	Africa
South Africa	61,020,221	1.09	86	5.05	103	367.81	89	Africa
Benin	14,080,072	2.64	16	14.56	14	521.79	55	Africa
Burkina Faso	23,840,247	2.49	23	13.79	21	465.77	69	Africa
Cabo Verde	604,461	0.96	98	4.75	105	226.74	131	Africa
Côte d'Ivoire	29,603,302	2.48	24	13.22	25	981.63	15	Africa
Gambia	2,841,803	2.43	26	13.27	24	826.33	20	Africa
Ghana	34,777,522	1.90	48	10.33	45	584.92	45	Africa
Guinea	14,528,770	2.36	29	12.82	27	386.96	85	Africa
Guinea-Bissau	2,197,149	2.14	41	11.50	40	304.32	108	Africa
Liberia	5,536,949	2.16	39	11.07	41	504.54	59	Africa
Mali	24,015,789	3.06	4	16.77	8	411.53	83	Africa
Mauritania	4,993,922	2.67	15	13.92	18	658.32	32	Africa
Niger	28,238,972	3.75	2	20.46	2	999.14	13	Africa
Nigeria	229,152,217	2.35	30	12.71	29	516.18	56	Africa
Saint Helena	5,253	-1.05	230	-3.56	228	0.56	232	Africa
Senegal	18,221,567	2.54	22	13.88	19	630.01	37	Africa
Sierra Leone	8,977,972	2.09	43	11.57	39	348.72	98	Africa
Togo	9,260,864	2.25	34	12.35	32	562.19	51	Africa
Kazakhstan	19,828,165	1.16	83	5.73	91	197.91	139	Asia
Kyrgyzstan	6,839,606	1.52	61	8.16	61	290.56	115	Asia
Tajikistan	10,331,513	1.81	52	10.65	44	576.97	48	Asia
Turkmenistan	6,598,071	1.22	81	7.14	75	443.46	72	Asia
Uzbekistan	35,673,804	1.39	72	8.18	59	471.00	68	Asia
China	1,425,178,782	-0.04	197	0.23	188	161.99	151	Asia
China, Hong Kong SAR	7,496,681	0.06	191	0.01	193	278.52	120	Asia
China, Macao SAR	713,082	1.25	79	7.45	70	262.27	124	Asia
China, Taiwan Province of China	23,950,214	0.11	184	0.73	179	214.18	136	Asia
Dem. People's Republic of Korea	26,244,582	0.30	163	1.90	161	136.37	161	Asia
Japan	122,631,432	-0.54	221	-2.51	223	45.38	202	Asia
Mongolia	3,493,629	1.30	78	8.08	63	347.18	99	Asia
Republic of Korea	51,741,963	-0.09	202	-0.12	195	157.37	154	Asia
Afghanistan	43,372,950	2.63	17	14.84	13	479.82	67	Asia
Bangladesh	174,701,211	0.99	95	5.55	96	339.74	101	Asia
Bhutan	792,382	0.62	135	3.25	139	349.28	97	Asia
India	1,441,719,852	0.90	103	4.24	115	303.82	109	Asia
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	89,809,781	0.69	128	3.75	126	433.54	77	Asia
Maldives	517,887	-0.58	225	2.65	151	595.30	42	Asia
Nepal	31,240,315	1.09	85	8.35	58	271.96	121	Asia
Pakistan	245,209,815	1.93	46	9.82	50	550.49	53	Asia
Sri Lanka	21,949,268	0.24	169	1.38	168	176.23	146	Asia
Brunei Darussalam	455,858	0.71	124	4.07	119	844.41	19	Asia
Cambodia	17,121,847	1.02	91	5.64	95	290.88	114	Asia
Indonesia	279,798,049	0.80	112	3.79	124	302.20	111	Asia
Lao People's Democratic Republic	7,736,681	1.32	76	7.27	73	359.24	93	Asia
Malaysia	34,671,895	1.04	89	5.69	92	480.49	66	Asia
Myanmar	54,964,694	0.69	127	3.63	129	209.98	137	Asia
Philippines	119,106,224	1.48	63	7.90	67	544.87	54	Asia
Singapore	6,052,709	0.62	138	3.18	143	501.24	62	Asia
Thailand	71,885,799	0.10	186	0.81	173	252.18	127	Asia
Timor-Leste	1,379,883	1.40	69	7.77	69	232.67	129	Asia
Viet Nam	99,497,680	0.63	134	3.89	123	296.26	113	Asia
Armenia	2,777,979	-0.02	195	-1.51	211	100.57	171	Asia
Azerbaijan	10,462,904	0.46	154	2.25	159	231.21	130	Asia
Bahrain	1,498,712	0.87	107	0.30	185	1179.32	11	Asia
Cyprus	1,268,467	0.65	132	3.23	140	156.80	155	Asia
Georgia	3,717,425	-0.20	209	-1.42	209	5.69	227	Asia
Iraq	46,523,657	2.19	38	11.93	36	722.49	28	Asia
Israel	9,311,652	1.47	64	8.18	60	625.12	39	Asia
Jordan	11,384,922	0.46	153	6.41	83	2497.01	6	Asia
Kuwait	4,349,380	0.88	104	-2.07	217	2729.09	5	Asia
Lebanon	5,219,044	-2.42	236	-9.73	236	286.71	118	Asia
Oman	4,713,553	1.45	65	2.41	156	930.70	16	Asia
Qatar	2,737,061	0.74	120	-2.50	222	11169.19	2	Asia
Saudi Arabia	37,473,929	1.39	71	4.60	108	1112.87	12	Asia
State of Palestine	5,494,963	2.28	33	11.92	37	481.60	65	Asia
Syrian Arab Republic	24,348,053	4.56	1	21.15	1	587.11	44	Asia
Türkiye	86,260,417	0.51	148	3.33	136	311.20	105	Asia
United Arab Emirates	9,591,853	0.77	118	4.13	118	12759.26	1	Asia
Yemen	35,219,853	2.22	36	11.64	38	647.32	35	Asia
Belarus	9,455,037	-0.45	219	-2.26	218	19.58	220	Europe
Bulgaria	6,618,615	-0.80	227	-6.15	234	-7.53	234	Europe
Czechia	10,503,734	0.07	190	-0.31	199	17.80	223	Europe
Hungary	9,994,993	-1.43	234	2.28	157	7.04	226	Europe
Poland	40,221,726	-1.75	235	4.49	110	62.27	191	Europe
Republic of Moldova	3,329,865	-2.66	237	7.09	76	40.48	204	Europe
Romania	19,618,996	-1.13	232	0.49	181	19.68	219	Europe
Russian Federation	143,957,079	-0.33	214	-1.22	207	40.34	205	Europe
Slovakia	5,702,832	-1.41	233	4.56	109	64.55	190	Europe
Ukraine	37,937,821	2.73	12	-14.19	237	1.70	230	Europe
Denmark	5,939,695	0.48	150	2.48	155	39.18	206	Europe
Estonia	1,319,041	-0.30	212	-0.60	201	19.69	218	Europe
Faroe Islands	53,444	0.33	160	3.41	134	68.83	185	Europe
Finland	5,549,886	0.08	189	0.51	180	38.46	207	Europe
Guernsey	63,788	0.39	159	2.28	158	43.61	203	Europe
Iceland	377,689	0.62	137	4.69	107	164.77	150	Europe
Ireland	5,089,478	0.63	133	3.95	121	75.10	180	Europe
Isle of Man	84,904	0.21	173	1.16	171	54.90	195	Europe
Jersey	112,843	0.92	102	5.42	97	98.48	172	Europe
Latvia	1,810,240	-1.09	231	-5.55	233	-5.84	233	Europe
Lithuania	2,692,798	-0.93	229	-5.49	232	4.99	228	Europe
Norway	5,514,477	0.73	122	3.11	144	68.05	187	Europe
Sweden	10,673,669	0.57	141	3.95	120	52.16	198	Europe
United Kingdom	67,961,439	0.33	161	1.77	165	35.77	209	Europe
Albania	2,826,020	-0.15	206	-1.67	214	125.62	164	Europe
Andorra	80,341	0.31	162	5.24	100	1237.90	10	Europe
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,194,378	-0.40	217	-4.95	230	18.62	221	Europe
Croatia	3,986,627	-0.56	222	-3.47	227	3.16	229	Europe
Gibraltar	32,718	0.08	188	0.10	192	52.87	197	Europe
Greece	10,302,720	-0.38	216	-2.57	224	34.34	210	Europe
Holy See	526	1.33	75	-0.38	200	-40.23	235	Europe
Italy	58,697,744	-0.30	213	-1.72	215	26.53	215	Europe
Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1,667,483	0.23	172	-1.15	205	117.33	167	Europe
Malta	536,740	0.30	164	6.57	82	83.90	178	Europe
Montenegro	626,102	-0.07	201	-0.68	203	55.65	193	Europe
North Macedonia	2,082,706	0.00	194	-1.49	210	66.43	188	Europe
Portugal	10,223,349	-0.24	211	-0.65	202	21.46	216	Europe
San Marino	33,614	-0.11	205	-1.65	213	159.31	153	Europe
Serbia	7,097,028	-0.56	224	-4.11	229	17.94	222	Europe
Slovenia	2,118,965	-0.05	198	0.29	186	46.64	199	Europe
Spain	47,473,373	-0.10	203	0.73	178	69.13	184	Europe
Austria	8,977,139	0.20	175	1.09	172	29.42	214	Europe
Belgium	11,715,774	0.25	168	1.78	163	35.96	208	Europe
France	64,881,830	0.19	178	0.75	176	55.06	194	Europe
Germany	83,252,474	-0.06	199	0.13	191	17.32	224	Europe
Liechtenstein	39,822	0.56	142	3.48	132	189.30	142	Europe
Luxembourg	661,594	1.01	93	6.71	79	123.07	165	Europe
Monaco	36,157	-0.34	215	-2.37	221	83.27	179	Europe
Netherlands	17,671,125	0.29	166	1.77	164	75.07	181	Europe
Switzerland	8,851,431	0.61	139	3.22	141	88.62	175	Europe
Anguilla	15,936	0.25	167	3.62	130	217.64	135	North America
Antigua and Barbuda	94,816	0.54	144	2.93	147	108.68	168	North America
Aruba	106,177	-0.11	204	-0.25	198	173.67	148	North America
Bahamas	415,223	0.62	136	2.64	152	408.58	84	North America
Barbados	282,309	0.10	185	0.76	174	34.08	211	North America
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	27,272	0.44	158	6.66	81	290.21	116	North America
British Virgin Islands	31,763	0.70	126	3.77	125	331.68	102	North America
Cayman Islands	69,885	0.81	111	5.67	93	911.07	17	North America
Cuba	11,174,587	-0.19	208	-1.26	208	88.55	176	North America
Curaçao	192,965	0.45	156	-0.07	194	92.84	174	North America
Dominica	73,368	0.44	157	2.72	149	46.19	201	North America
Dominican Republic	11,434,005	0.87	106	5.07	102	380.07	87	North America
Grenada	126,887	0.54	146	3.39	135	64.75	189	North America
Guadeloupe	396,346	0.13	183	0.22	189	84.12	177	North America
Haiti	11,867,030	1.20	82	6.33	85	265.45	122	North America
Jamaica	2,824,738	-0.04	196	0.39	183	100.70	170	North America
Martinique	366,416	-0.16	207	-1.57	212	57.94	192	North America
Montserrat	4,372	-0.46	220	-2.95	226	-66.34	237	North America
Puerto Rico	3,268,802	0.23	171	-0.73	204	46.60	200	North America
Saint Barthélemy	11,019	0.18	179	5.14	101	449.03	71	North America
Saint Kitts and Nevis	47,847	0.18	180	0.28	187	1.25	231	North America
Saint Lucia	180,805	0.29	165	1.24	169	108.55	169	North America
Saint Martin (French part)	32,337	0.78	117	-2.37	220	985.86	14	North America
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	103,683	0.14	182	-1.18	206	68.49	186	North America
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	44,309	0.21	174	3.09	145	2939.03	4	North America
Trinidad and Tobago	1,538,200	0.19	176	1.20	170	137.15	160	North America
Turks and Caicos Islands	46,431	0.80	113	7.78	68	821.98	21	North America
United States Virgin Islands	98,055	-0.72	226	-2.75	225	262.23	125	North America
Belize	416,656	1.39	70	7.08	77	502.84	61	North America
Costa Rica	5,246,714	0.65	131	3.19	142	453.17	70	North America
El Salvador	6,396,289	0.48	151	1.85	162	193.08	141	North America
Guatemala	18,358,430	1.52	62	7.32	71	492.23	63	North America
Honduras	10,759,406	1.53	60	8.04	65	590.62	43	North America
Mexico	129,388,467	0.71	125	3.44	133	368.80	88	North America
Nicaragua	7,142,529	1.34	74	7.18	74	436.85	74	North America
Panama	4,527,961	1.31	77	6.98	78	425.85	78	North America
Argentina	46,057,866	0.61	140	2.93	146	170.65	149	South America
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	12,567,336	1.42	67	6.71	80	306.73	106	South America
Brazil	217,637,297	0.55	143	2.76	148	303.37	110	South America
Chile	19,658,839	0.15	181	3.25	138	196.80	140	South America
Colombia	52,340,774	0.49	149	4.29	113	344.71	100	South America
Ecuador	18,377,367	1.01	92	5.96	89	422.27	80	South America
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	3,803	0.47	152	2.51	154	73.57	182	South America
French Guiana	319,796	2.40	27	12.58	30	1266.77	9	South America
Guyana	819,594	0.68	129	2.61	153	96.21	173	South America
Paraguay	6,947,270	1.22	80	6.39	84	361.67	92	South America
Peru	34,683,444	0.95	100	5.66	94	351.67	95	South America
Suriname	628,785	0.88	105	4.74	106	221.19	134	South America
Uruguay	3,423,316	0.00	193	-0.15	196	53.23	196	South America
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	29,395,334	1.86	49	1.46	167	435.57	76	South America
Bermuda	63,935	-0.22	210	0.19	190	72.14	183	North America
Canada	39,107,046	0.83	109	4.22	116	184.56	144	North America
Greenland	56,789	0.24	170	1.53	166	145.64	157	North America
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,815	-0.45	218	-1.86	216	30.00	213	North America
United States of America	341,814,420	0.53	147	2.24	160	130.52	162	North America
Australia	26,699,482	0.97	97	5.29	98	226.51	132	Oceania
New Zealand	5,269,939	0.78	116	6.27	86	175.68	147	Oceania
Fiji	943,072	0.72	123	2.68	150	205.89	138	Oceania
New Caledonia	295,966	0.99	94	3.71	128	363.46	91	Oceania
Papua New Guinea	10,515,788	1.76	54	10.20	47	581.58	46	Oceania
Solomon Islands	756,673	2.15	40	12.10	34	619.21	40	Oceania
Vanuatu	342,325	2.29	32	12.46	31	563.83	50	Oceania
Guam	174,114	0.66	130	3.26	137	185.47	143	Oceania
Kiribati	135,763	1.65	57	9.27	53	258.72	126	Oceania
Marshall Islands	42,415	0.98	96	-5.17	231	224.62	133	Oceania
Micronesia (Fed. States of)	116,300	0.93	101	4.42	112	264.49	123	Oceania
Nauru	12,884	0.79	114	6.20	87	284.14	119	Oceania
Northern Mariana Islands	50,025	0.46	155	0.33	184	608.27	41	Oceania
Palau	18,051	-0.07	200	0.75	175	142.95	158	Oceania
American Samoa	43,544	-0.85	228	-7.98	235	128.79	163	Oceania
Cook Islands	17,072	0.19	177	-0.22	197	16.27	225	Oceania
French Polynesia	311,383	0.79	115	3.89	122	382.50	86	Oceania
Niue	1,935	0.05	192	0.73	177	-56.86	236	Oceania
Samoa	228,966	1.43	66	8.05	64	160.33	152	Oceania
Tokelau	1,915	1.10	84	9.30	52	19.76	217	Oceania
Tonga	108,683	0.83	108	3.56	131	118.11	166	Oceania
Tuvalu	11,478	0.73	121	4.76	104	142.56	159	Oceania
Wallis and Futuna Islands	11,439	-0.56	223	-2.35	219	34.02	212	Oceania
World		0.91		4.56		224.84