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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.
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Rank
Countries
Amount
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
= 15
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
= 39
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
= 46
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
= 54
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
= 60
New Caledonia :
1.9 annual %
2005
= 60
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
= 71
Philippines :
1.75 annual %
2005
# 73
El Salvador :
1.74 annual %
2005
= 74
Costa Rica :
1.73 annual %
2005
= 74
Rwanda :
1.73 annual %
2005
# 76
Venezuela :
1.71 annual %
2005
= 77
Antigua and Barbuda :
1.7 annual %
2005
= 77
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
= 82
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
= 92
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
= 102
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
= 107
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
= 114
Lebanon :
1.03 annual %
2005
= 116
Seychelles :
1.01 annual %
2005
= 116
Mexico :
1.01 annual %
2005
# 118
Kyrgyzstan :
1 annual %
2005
# 119
Swaziland :
0.99 annual %
2005
= 120
Netherlands Antilles :
0.98 annual %
2005
= 120
Azerbaijan :
0.98 annual %
2005
= 122
Argentina :
0.97 annual %
2005
= 122
Tunisia :
0.97 annual %
2005
= 124
Canada :
0.96 annual %
2005
= 124
United States :
0.96 annual %
2005
# 126
New Zealand :
0.92 annual %
2005
= 127
Hong Kong :
0.88 annual %
2005
= 127
Kazakhstan :
0.88 annual %
2005
= 129
Thailand :
0.84 annual %
2005
= 129
Sri Lanka :
0.84 annual %
2005
# 131
Fiji :
0.82 annual %
2005
= 132
Dominica :
0.75 annual %
2005
= 132
Luxembourg :
0.75 annual %
2005
# 134
Italy :
0.74 annual %
2005
= 135
Micronesia, Federated States of :
0.72 annual %
2005
= 135
Austria :
0.72 annual %
2005
# 137
Grenada :
0.71 annual %
2005
# 138
Malta :
0.7 annual %
2005
# 139
Uruguay :
0.69 annual %
2005
# 140
Norway :
0.68 annual %
2005
# 141
Samoa :
0.67 annual %
2005
# 142
United Kingdom :
0.66 annual %
2005
= 143
China :
0.64 annual %
2005
= 143
Macau :
0.64 annual %
2005
= 143
Switzerland :
0.64 annual %
2005
# 146
Suriname :
0.62 annual %
2005
= 147
France :
0.58 annual %
2005
= 147
Albania :
0.58 annual %
2005
# 149
Zimbabwe :
0.56 annual %
2005
# 150
Belgium :
0.55 annual %
2005
= 151
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
0.52 annual %
2005
= 151
Nicaragua :
0.52 annual %
2005
# 153
Jamaica :
0.47 annual %
2005
# 154
Korea, North :
0.46 annual %
2005
# 155
Portugal :
0.45 annual %
2005
= 156
Korea, South :
0.44 annual %
2005
= 156
Puerto Rico :
0.44 annual %
2005
# 158
Greece :
0.38 annual %
2005
= 159
Bermuda :
0.36 annual %
2005
= 159
Sweden :
0.36 annual %
2005
= 161
Finland :
0.34 annual %
2005
= 161
Man, Isle of :
0.34 annual %
2005
# 163
Tonga :
0.32 annual %
2005
# 164
Trinidad and Tobago :
0.3 annual %
2005
= 165
Denmark :
0.27 annual %
2005
= 165
Czech Republic :
0.27 annual %
2005
# 167
Barbados :
0.25 annual %
2005
# 168
Netherlands :
0.23 annual %
2005
# 169
Cuba :
0.22 annual %
2005
= 170
Macedonia, Republic of :
0.18 annual %
2005
= 170
Slovenia :
0.18 annual %
2005
# 172
Guyana :
0.13 annual %
2005
# 173
Slovakia :
0.08 annual %
2005
# 174
Greenland :
0.04 annual %
2005
= 175
Croatia :
0.01 annual %
2005
= 175
Japan :
0.01 annual %
2005
# 177
Poland :
-0.04 annual %
2005
= 178
Virgin Islands :
-0.06 annual %
2005
= 178
Germany :
-0.06 annual %
2005
= 178
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
-0.06 annual %
2005
# 181
Lesotho :
-0.18 annual %
2005
# 182
Hungary :
-0.2 annual %
2005
# 183
Estonia :
-0.21 annual %
2005
= 184
Romania :
-0.23 annual %
2005
= 184
Botswana :
-0.23 annual %
2005
# 186
Serbia and Montenegro :
-0.25 annual %
2005
# 187
Moldova :
-0.29 annual %
2005
# 188
Armenia :
-0.32 annual %
2005
# 189
Belarus :
-0.5 annual %
2005
# 190
Russia :
-0.51 annual %
2005
= 191
Bulgaria :
-0.53 annual %
2005
= 191
Latvia :
-0.53 annual %
2005
# 193
Lithuania :
-0.62 annual %
2005
# 194
Ukraine :
-0.77 annual %
2005
# 195
Georgia :
-0.97 annual %
2005
Weighted average:
1.4 annual %
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.
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