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Author: Ian Graham, Staff Editor
Imagine a fictional country with a population of one million people and apply the 2003 population growth rate of Qatar, which was 2.87 percent.
The population would increase by 28,700 the first year. The second year, assuming the growth rate stayed the same, the population would grow by 29,524 people. The third year it would increase by 30,371.
After five years, the population would have grown by 151,988 people, or about 15 percent. After 10 years, the population would be 1,327,063. That’s almost a 33 percent increase.
The yearly increase after 10 years, in real terms, would have increased 29 percent, from 28,700 the first year to 37,024 in the tenth year.
Units: Percent Change in Population
Units: A threshold of 0 was applied. All countries with growth rates of 0 or below received the same score.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Chad | 282.01% | 2050 | |
2 | Uganda | 250.65% | 2050 | |
3 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 245.47% | 2050 | |
4 | Somalia | 240.5% | 2050 | |
5 | Mali | 230.27% | 2050 | |
6 | Oman | 218.02% | 2050 | |
7 | Liberia | 209.98% | 2050 | |
8 | Mauritania | 207.91% | 2050 | |
9 | The Gambia | 195.18% | 2050 | |
10 | Sierra Leone | 188.69% | 2050 | |
11 | Madagascar | 185.91% | 2050 | |
12 | Saudi Arabia | 185.38% | 2050 | |
13 | Kuwait | 180.75% | 2050 | |
14 | Burkina Faso | 179.53% | 2050 | |
15 | Niger | 174.81% | 2050 | |
16 | Benin | 173.96% | 2050 | |
17 | Guinea-Bissau | 166.78% | 2050 | |
18 | Ethiopia | 164.22% | 2050 | |
19 | Burundi | 158.47% | 2050 | |
20 | Paraguay | 155.25% | 2050 | |
21 | Tanzania | 143.65% | 2050 | |
22 | Guatemala | 142.58% | 2050 | |
23 | Angola | 140.89% | 2050 | |
24 | Nigeria | 139.73% | 2050 | |
25 | Pakistan | 138.11% | 2050 | |
26 | Guinea | 137.86% | 2050 | |
27 | Senegal | 135.1% | 2050 | |
28 | Jordan | 128.48% | 2050 | |
29 | Iraq | 127.14% | 2050 | |
30 | Bhutan | 127% | 2050 | |
31 | Papua New Guinea | 123.71% | 2050 | |
32 | Nicaragua | 122.22% | 2050 | |
33 | Cameroon | 119.34% | 2050 | |
34 | Cote d'Ivoire | 117.82% | 2050 | |
35 | Nepal | 110.78% | 2050 | |
36 | Malawi | 110.28% | 2050 | |
37 | Zambia | 107.67% | 2050 | |
38 | Libya | 106.39% | 2050 | |
39 | Syria | 105.86% | 2050 | |
40 | Bolivia | 100.01% | 2050 | |
41 | Sudan | 99.91% | 2050 | |
42 | Malaysia | 93.99% | 2050 | |
43 | El Salvador | 93% | 2050 | |
44 | Ecuador | 92.04% | 2050 | |
45 | Togo | 88.65% | 2050 | |
46 | Honduras | 81.17% | 2050 | |
47 | Central African Republic | 78.05% | 2050 | |
48 | Dominica | 73.91% | 2050 | |
49 | Laos | 71.76% | 2050 | |
50 | Haiti | 70.17% | 2050 | |
51 | Philippines | 67.36% | 2050 | |
52 | Algeria | 66.22% | 2050 | |
53 | Colombia | 66.03% | 2050 | |
54 | Morocco | 66% | 2050 | |
55 | Israel | 64.39% | 2050 | |
56 | Egypt | 64.26% | 2050 | |
57 | Venezuela | 63.33% | 2050 | |
58 | Peru | 62.05% | 2050 | |
59 | Mongolia | 61.02% | 2050 | |
60 | Uzbekistan | 60.94% | 2050 | |
61 | Ghana | 60.62% | 2050 | |
62 | India | 57.6% | 2050 | |
63 | Bangladesh | 56.24% | 2050 | |
64 | United Arab Emirates | 53.6% | 2050 | |
65 | Kyrgyzstan | 51.85% | 2050 | |
66 | Iran | 51.52% | 2050 | |
67 | Albania | 51.18% | 2050 | |
68 | Costa Rica | 51% | 2050 | |
69 | Mexico | 50.34% | 2050 | |
70 | Vietnam | 48.87% | 2050 | |
71 | Gabon | 48.57% | 2050 | |
72 | Jamaica | 48.04% | 2050 | |
73 | Indonesia | 47.88% | 2050 | |
74 | Panama | 47.54% | 2050 | |
75 | Turkey | 46.68% | 2050 | |
76 | Tunisia | 46.46% | 2050 | |
77 | Argentina | 45.49% | 2050 | |
78 | United States | 45.31% | 2050 | |
79 | Brazil | 43.94% | 2050 | |
80 | Burma | 43.37% | 2050 | |
81 | Azerbaijan | 41.75% | 2050 | |
82 | Tajikistan | 39.75% | 2050 | |
83 | Cambodia | 38.3% | 2050 | |
84 | Namibia | 37.1% | 2050 | |
85 | Lebanon | 35.38% | 2050 | |
86 | Uruguay | 33.92% | 2050 | |
87 | Turkmenistan | 29.16% | 2050 | |
88 | Australia | 28.9% | 2050 | |
89 | New Zealand | 28.54% | 2050 | |
90 | Kenya | 25.65% | 2050 | |
91 | Chile | 25.6% | 2050 | |
92 | Rwanda | 21.78% | 2050 | |
93 | North Korea | 20.12% | 2050 | |
94 | Sri Lanka | 18.94% | 2050 | |
95 | Mozambique | 18.42% | 2050 | |
96 | Canada | 18.05% | 2050 | |
97 | Ireland | 17.94% | 2050 | |
98 | Iceland | 17.54% | 2050 | |
99 | Denmark | 16.5% | 2050 | |
100 | Norway | 15.46% | 2050 | |
101 | Thailand | 15.21% | 2050 | |
102 | Netherlands | 12.2% | 2050 | |
103 | France | 9.99% | 2050 | |
104 | China | 7.52% | 2050 | |
105 | Sweden | 7.37% | 2050 | |
106 | United Kingdom | 6.87% | 2050 | |
107 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5.84% | 2050 | |
108 | South Korea | 4.78% | 2050 | |
109 | Republic of Macedonia | 3.38% | 2050 | |
110 | Switzerland | 1.8% | 2050 | |
111 | Austria | 0.79% | 2050 | |
112 | Armenia | -0.29% | 2050 | |
113 | Moldova | -0.47% | 2050 | |
114 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.65% | 2050 | |
115 | Belgium | -2.7% | 2050 | |
116 | Cuba | -2.83% | 2050 | |
117 | Kazakhstan | -5.45% | 2050 | |
118 | Finland | -7.83% | 2050 | |
119 | Czech Republic | -8.88% | 2050 | |
120 | Greece | -11.47% | 2050 | |
121 | Russia | -11.57% | 2050 | |
122 | Poland | -12.25% | 2050 | |
123 | Slovakia | -13.03% | 2050 | |
124 | Romania | -14.02% | 2050 | |
125 | Germany | -14.48% | 2050 | |
126 | Belarus | -14.53% | 2050 | |
127 | Slovenia | -14.94% | 2050 | |
128 | Lithuania | -15.61% | 2050 | |
129 | Croatia | -16.01% | 2050 | |
130 | Portugal | -18.32% | 2050 | |
131 | Zimbabwe | -18.37% | 2050 | |
132 | Hungary | -19.49% | 2050 | |
133 | Italy | -20.39% | 2050 | |
134 | Japan | -20.95% | 2050 | |
135 | Ukraine | -21.84% | 2050 | |
136 | Spain | -22.71% | 2050 | |
137 | Latvia | -25.1% | 2050 | |
138 | South Africa | -25.35% | 2050 | |
139 | Botswana | -26.42% | 2050 | |
140 | Bulgaria | -34.8% | 2050 | |
141 | Estonia | -35.95% | 2050 |
Citation
"Countries Compared by People > Projected population growth. International Statistics at NationMaster.com", Population Reference Bureau, 2001 World Population Data Sheet, Washington, DC: PRB, 2001. via ciesin.org. Aggregates compiled by NationMaster. Retrieved from http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/People/Projected-population-growth
"Countries Compared by People > Projected population growth. International Statistics at NationMaster.com, Population Reference Bureau, 2001 World Population Data Sheet, Washington, DC: PRB, 2001. via ciesin.org. Aggregates compiled by NationMaster." 2050. <http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/People/Projected-population-growth>.
'Countries Compared by People > Projected population growth. International Statistics at NationMaster.com, Population Reference Bureau, 2001 World Population Data Sheet, Washington, DC: PRB, 2001. via ciesin.org. Aggregates compiled by NationMaster.', <http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/People/Projected-population-growth> [assessed 2050]
"Countries Compared by People > Projected population growth. International Statistics at NationMaster.com", Population Reference Bureau, 2001 World Population Data Sheet, Washington, DC: PRB, 2001. via ciesin.org. Aggregates compiled by NationMaster. [Internet]. 2050. Avaliable from: <http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/People/Projected-population-growth>.
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"Countries Compared by People > Projected population growth. International Statistics at NationMaster.com", Population Reference Bureau, 2001 World Population Data Sheet, Washington, DC: PRB, 2001. via ciesin.org. Aggregates compiled by NationMaster., http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/People/Projected-population-growth (last visited 2050)
"Countries Compared by People > Projected population growth. International Statistics at NationMaster.com", Population Reference Bureau, 2001 World Population Data Sheet, Washington, DC: PRB, 2001. via ciesin.org. Aggregates compiled by NationMaster., http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/People/Projected-population-growth (as of 2050)
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Imagine a fictional country with a population of one million people and apply the 2003 population growth rate of Qatar, which was 2.87 percent.
The population would increase by 28,700 the first year. The second year, assuming the growth rate stayed the same, the population would grow by 29,524 people. The third year it would increase by 30,371.
After five years, the population would have grown by 151,988 people, or about 15 percent. After 10 years, the population would be 1,327,063. That’s almost a 33 percent increase.
The yearly increase after 10 years, in real terms, would have increased 29 percent, from 28,700 the first year to 37,024 in the tenth year.
Posted on 06 Mar 2005

Ian Graham, Staff Editor