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DEFINITION
Annual population growth rate. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of the country of origin.
People Statistics > Population growth > annual % (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
East Timor :
5.36 annual %
2005 ...
#2
United Arab Emirates :
4.82 annual %
2005 ...
#3
Qatar :
4.52 annual %
2005 ...
#4
Eritrea :
3.93 annual %
2005 ...
#5
Burundi :
3.58 annual %
2005 ...
#6
Uganda :
3.52 annual %
2005 ...
#7
Sierra Leone :
3.48 annual %
2005 ...
#8
Bhutan :
3.35 annual %
2005 ...
#9
Niger :
3.34 annual %
2005 ...
#10
Marshall Islands :
3.29 annual %
2005 ...
#11
Somalia :
3.25 annual %
2005 ...
#12
Belize :
3.2 annual %
2005 ...
#13
Benin :
3.15 annual %
2005 ...
#14
Chad :
3.14 annual %
2005 ...
#15
Yemen :
3.12 annual %
2005 ...
#16
Burkina Faso :
3.12 annual %
2005 ...
#17
Kuwait :
3.04 annual %
2005 ...
#18
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
2.99 annual %
2005 ...
#19
Guinea-Bissau :
2.98 annual %
2005 ...
#20
Mali :
2.96 annual %
2005 ...
#21
Congo, Republic of the :
2.94 annual %
2005 ...
#22
Mauritania :
2.92 annual %
2005 ...
#23
Iraq :
2.91 annual %
1999 ...
#24
Angola :
2.87 annual %
2005 ...
#25
Madagascar :
2.69 annual %
2005 ...
#26
Gambia, The :
2.63 annual %
2005 ...
#27
Saudi Arabia :
2.62 annual %
2005 ...
#28
Togo :
2.58 annual %
2005 ...
#29
Solomon Islands :
2.53 annual %
2005 ...
#30
Maldives :
2.46 annual %
2005 ...
#31
Syria :
2.45 annual %
2005 ...
#32
Guatemala :
2.44 annual %
2005 ...
#33
Cyprus :
2.43 annual %
2005 ...
#34
Pakistan :
2.41 annual %
2005 ...
#35
Singapore :
2.39 annual %
2005 ...
#36
Senegal :
2.36 annual %
2005 ...
#37
Kenya :
2.33 annual %
2005 ...
#38
Cape Verde :
2.32 annual %
2005 ...
#39
São Tomé and Príncipe :
2.3 annual %
2005 ...
#40
Jordan :
2.3 annual %
2005 ...
#41
Equatorial Guinea :
2.27 annual %
2005 ...
#42
Laos :
2.26 annual %
2005 ...
#43
Ireland :
2.23 annual %
2005 ...
#44
Brunei :
2.2 annual %
2005 ...
#45
Honduras :
2.19 annual %
2005 ...
#46
Afghanistan :
2.17 annual %
1989 ...
#47
Nigeria :
2.17 annual %
2005 ...
#48
Malawi :
2.16 annual %
2005 ...
#49
Guinea :
2.15 annual %
2005 ...
#50
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
2.14 annual %
2005 ...
#51
Comoros :
2.11 annual %
2005 ...
#52
Ghana :
2.05 annual %
2005 ...
#53
Nepal :
2.02 annual %
2005 ...
#54
Papua New Guinea :
1.98 annual %
2005 ...
#55
Sudan :
1.98 annual %
2005 ...
#56
Cambodia :
1.96 annual %
2005 ...
#57
Libya :
1.95 annual %
2005 ...
#58
Vanuatu :
1.93 annual %
2005 ...
#59
Paraguay :
1.91 annual %
2005 ...
#60
Bolivia :
1.9 annual %
2005 ...
#61
New Caledonia :
1.9 annual %
2005 ...
#62
Egypt :
1.9 annual %
2005 ...
#63
Mozambique :
1.88 annual %
2005 ...
#64
Bangladesh :
1.86 annual %
2005 ...
#65
Tanzania :
1.85 annual %
2005 ...
#66
Ethiopia :
1.83 annual %
2005 ...
#67
Malaysia :
1.8 annual %
2005 ...
#68
Djibouti :
1.78 annual %
2005 ...
#69
Israel :
1.77 annual %
2005 ...
#70
Cameroon :
1.76 annual %
2005 ...
#71
Panama :
1.75 annual %
2005 ...
#72
Philippines :
1.75 annual %
2005 ...
#73
El Salvador :
1.74 annual %
2005 ...
#74
Costa Rica :
1.73 annual %
2005 ...
#75
Rwanda :
1.73 annual %
2005 ...
#76
Venezuela :
1.71 annual %
2005 ...
#77
Antigua and Barbuda :
1.7 annual %
2005 ...
#78
Guam :
1.7 annual %
2005 ...
#79
Spain :
1.65 annual %
2005 ...
#80
Zambia :
1.64 annual %
2005 ...
#81
Iceland :
1.59 annual %
2005 ...
#82
Côte d'Ivoire :
1.57 annual %
2005 ...
#83
Gabon :
1.57 annual %
2005 ...
#84
Mongolia :
1.55 annual %
2005 ...
#85
French Polynesia :
1.54 annual %
2005 ...
#86
Algeria :
1.52 annual %
2005 ...
#87
Colombia :
1.51 annual %
2005 ...
#88
Bahrain :
1.5 annual %
2005 ...
#89
Peru :
1.46 annual %
2005 ...
#90
Saint Lucia :
1.45 annual %
2005 ...
#91
Dominican Republic :
1.44 annual %
2005 ...
#92
Ecuador :
1.43 annual %
2005 ...
#93
Haiti :
1.43 annual %
2005 ...
#94
Turkmenistan :
1.4 annual %
2005 ...
#95
Iran :
1.39 annual %
2005 ...
#96
India :
1.37 annual %
2005 ...
#97
Indonesia :
1.36 annual %
2005 ...
#98
Brazil :
1.35 annual %
2005 ...
#99
Bahamas, The :
1.34 annual %
2005 ...
#100
Liberia :
1.31 annual %
2005 ...
#101
Oman :
1.3 annual %
2005 ...
#102
Central African Republic :
1.29 annual %
2005 ...
#103
Turkey :
1.29 annual %
2005 ...
#104
Kiribati :
1.21 annual %
2005 ...
#105
Tajikistan :
1.19 annual %
2005 ...
#106
Australia :
1.18 annual %
2005 ...
#107
Vietnam :
1.16 annual %
2005 ...
#108
Uzbekistan :
1.16 annual %
2005 ...
#109
Morocco :
1.15 annual %
2005 ...
#110
South Africa :
1.14 annual %
2005 ...
#111
Mauritius :
1.11 annual %
2005 ...
#112
Namibia :
1.09 annual %
2005 ...
#113
Chile :
1.06 annual %
2005 ...
#114
Burma :
1.03 annual %
2005 ...
#115
Lebanon :
1.03 annual %
2005 ...
#116
Seychelles :
1.01 annual %
2005 ...
#117
Mexico :
1.01 annual %
2005 ...
#118
Kyrgyzstan :
1 annual %
2005 ...
#119
Swaziland :
0.99 annual %
2005 ...
#120
Netherlands Antilles :
0.98 annual %
2005 ...
#121
Azerbaijan :
0.98 annual %
2005 ...
#122
Argentina :
0.97 annual %
2005 ...
#123
Tunisia :
0.97 annual %
2005 ...
#124
Canada :
0.96 annual %
2005 ...
#125
United States :
0.96 annual %
2005 ...
#126
New Zealand :
0.92 annual %
2005 ...
#127
Hong Kong :
0.88 annual %
2005 ...
#128
Kazakhstan :
0.88 annual %
2005 ...
#129
Thailand :
0.84 annual %
2005 ...
#130
Sri Lanka :
0.84 annual %
2005 ...
#131
Fiji :
0.82 annual %
2005 ...