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Population growth rate
The average annual percent change in the population, resulting from a surplus (or deficit) of births over deaths and the balance of migrants entering and leaving a country. The rate may be positive or negative. The growth rate is a factor in determining how great a burden would be imposed on a country by the changing needs of its people for infrastructure (e.g., schools, hospitals, housing, roads), resources (e.g., food, water, electricity), and jobs. Rapid population growth can be seen as threatening by neighboring countries.
| Country | Population growth rate |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan |
2.38%
(2020 est.)
|
| Albania |
0.28%
(2020 est.)
|
| Algeria |
1.52%
(2020 est.)
|
| American Samoa |
-1.4%
(2020 est.)
|
| Andorra |
-0.06%
(2020 est.)
|
| Angola |
3.43%
(2020 est.)
|
| Anguilla |
1.86%
(2020 est.)
|
| Antigua and Barbuda |
1.18%
(2020 est.)
|
| Argentina |
0.86%
(2020 est.)
|
| Armenia |
-0.3%
(2020 est.)
|
| Aruba |
1.19%
(2020 est.)
|
| Australia |
1.4%
(2020 est.)
|
| Austria |
0.35%
(2020 est.)
|
| Azerbaijan |
0.77%
(2020 est.)
|
| Bahamas, The |
0.75%
(2020 est.)
|
| Bahrain |
2.08%
(2020 est.)
|
| Bangladesh |
0.98%
(2020 est.)
|
| Barbados |
0.23%
(2020 est.)
|
| Belarus |
-0.27%
(2020 est.)
|
| Belgium |
0.63%
(2020 est.)
|
| Belize |
1.72%
(2020 est.)
|
| Benin |
3.4%
(2020 est.)
|
| Bermuda |
0.39%
(2020 est.)
|
| Bhutan |
1.02%
(2020 est.)
|
| Bolivia |
1.44%
(2020 est.)
|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
-0.19%
(2020 est.)
|
| Botswana |
1.48%
(2020 est.)
|
| Brazil |
0.67%
(2020 est.)
|
| British Virgin Islands |
2.14%
(2020 est.)
|
| Brunei |
1.51%
(2020 est.)
|
| Bulgaria |
-0.65%
(2020 est.)
|
| Burkina Faso |
2.66%
(2020 est.)
|
| Burma |
0.85%
(2020 est.)
|
| Burundi |
2.85%
(2020 est.)
|
| Cabo Verde |
1.28%
(2020 est.)
|
| Cambodia |
1.4%
(2020 est.)
|
| Cameroon |
2.78%
(2020 est.)
|
| Canada |
0.81%
(2020 est.)
|
| Cayman Islands |
1.9%
(2020 est.)
|
| Central African Republic |
2.09%
(2020 est.)
|
| Chad |
3.18%
(2020 est.)
|
| Chile |
0.71%
(2020 est.)
|
| China |
0.32%
(2020 est.)
|
| Christmas Island |
1.11%
(2014 est.)
|
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
0%
(2014 est.)
|
| Colombia |
0.93%
(2020 est.)
|
| Comoros |
1.47%
(2020 est.)
|
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
3.18%
(2020 est.)
|
| Congo, Republic of the |
2.26%
(2020 est.)
|
| Cook Islands |
-2.59%
(2020 est.)
|
| Costa Rica |
1.08%
(2020 est.)
|
| Cote d'Ivoire |
2.26%
(2020 est.)
|
| Croatia |
-0.5%
(2020 est.)
|
| Cuba |
-0.25%
(2020 est.)
|
| Curacao |
0.35%
(2020 est.)
|
| Cyprus |
1.15%
(2020 est.)
|
| Czechia |
0.06%
(2020 est.)
|
| Denmark |
0.48%
(2020 est.)
|
| Djibouti |
2.07%
(2020 est.)
|
| Dominica |
0.13%
(2020 est.)
|
| Dominican Republic |
0.95%
(2020 est.)
|
| Ecuador |
1.2%
(2020 est.)
|
| Egypt |
2.28%
(2020 est.)
|
| El Salvador |
0.83%
(2020 est.)
|
| Equatorial Guinea |
2.35%
(2020 est.)
|
| Eritrea |
0.93%
(2020 est.)
|
| Estonia |
-0.65%
(2020 est.)
|
| Eswatini |
0.77%
(2020 est.)
|
| Ethiopia |
2.56%
(2020 est.)
|
| European Union |
0.10%
(2020 est.)
|
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
0.01%
(2014 est.)
|
| Faroe Islands |
0.6%
(2020 est.)
|
| Fiji |
0.5%
(2020 est.)
|
| Finland |
0.3%
(2020 est.)
|
| France |
0.35%
(2020 est.)
|
| French Polynesia |
0.79%
(2020 est.)
|
| Gabon |
2.5%
(2020 est.)
|
| Gambia, The |
1.87%
(2020 est.)
|
| Gaza Strip |
2.13%
(2020 est.)
|
| Georgia |
0.05%
(2020 est.)
|
| Germany |
-0.19%
(2020 est.)
|
| Ghana |
2.15%
(2020 est.)
|
| Gibraltar |
0.2%
(2020 est.)
|
| Greece |
-0.31%
(2020 est.)
|
| Greenland |
-0.08%
(2020 est.)
|
| Grenada |
0.38%
(2020 est.)
|
| Guam |
0.2%
(2020 est.)
|
| Guatemala |
1.68%
(2020 est.)
|
| Guernsey |
0.26%
(2020 est.)
|
| Guinea |
2.76%
(2020 est.)
|
| Guinea-Bissau |
2.51%
(2020 est.)
|
| Guyana |
0.72%
(2020 est.)
|
| Haiti |
1.26%
(2020 est.)
|
| Holy See (Vatican City) |
0%
(2014 est.)
|
| Honduras |
1.27%
(2020 est.)
|
| Hong Kong |
0.24%
(2020 est.)
|
| Hungary |
-0.28%
(2020 est.)
|
| Iceland |
1.02%
(2020 est.)
|
| India |
1.1%
(2020 est.)
|
| Indonesia |
0.79%
(2020 est.)
|
| Iran |
1.1%
(2020 est.)
|
| Iraq |
2.16%
(2020 est.)
|
| Ireland |
1.04%
(2020 est.)
|
| Isle of Man |
0.59%
(2020 est.)
|
| Israel |
1.46%
(2020 est.)
|
| Italy |
0.11%
(2020 est.)
|
| Jamaica |
-0.07%
(2020 est.)
|
| Japan |
-0.27%
(2020 est.)
|
| Jersey |
0.72%
(2020 est.)
|
| Jordan |
1.4%
(2020 est.)
|
| Kazakhstan |
0.89%
(2020 est.)
|
| Kenya |
2.2%
(2020 est.)
|
| Kiribati |
1.09%
(2020 est.)
|
| Korea, North |
0.51%
(2020 est.)
|
| Korea, South |
0.39%
(2020 est.)
|
| Kosovo |
0.66%
(2020 est.)
|
| Kuwait |
1.27%
(2020 est.)
|
| Kyrgyzstan |
0.96%
(2020 est.)
|
| Laos |
1.44%
(2020 est.)
|
| Latvia |
-1.12%
(2020 est.)
|
| Lebanon |
-6.68%
(2020 est.)
|
| Lesotho |
0.16%
(2020 est.)
|
| Liberia |
2.71%
(2020 est.)
|
| Libya |
1.94%
(2020 est.)
|
| Liechtenstein |
0.75%
(2020 est.)
|
| Lithuania |
-1.13%
(2020 est.)
|
| Luxembourg |
1.8%
(2020 est.)
|
| Macau |
0.64%
(2020 est.)
|
| Madagascar |
2.39%
(2020 est.)
|
| Malawi |
3.3%
(2020 est.)
|
| Malaysia |
1.29%
(2020 est.)
|
| Maldives |
-0.08%
(2020 est.)
|
| Mali |
2.95%
(2020 est.)
|
| Malta |
0.87%
(2020 est.)
|
| Marshall Islands |
1.43%
(2020 est.)
|
| Mauritania |
2.09%
(2020 est.)
|
| Mauritius |
0.54%
(2020 est.)
|
| Mexico |
1.04%
(2020 est.)
|
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
-0.6%
(2020 est.)
|
| Moldova |
-1.08%
(2020 est.)
|
| Monaco |
0.37%
(2020 est.)
|
| Mongolia |
0.99%
(2020 est.)
|
| Montenegro |
-0.37%
(2020 est.)
|
| Montserrat |
0.58%
(2020 est.)
|
| Morocco |
0.96%
(2020 est.)
|
| Mozambique |
2.62%
(2020 est.)
|
| Namibia |
1.86%
(2020 est.)
|
| Nauru |
0.46%
(2020 est.)
|
| Nepal |
0.98%
(2020 est.)
|
| Netherlands |
0.37%
(2020 est.)
|
| New Caledonia |
1.25%
(2020 est.)
|
| New Zealand |
1.44%
(2020 est.)
|
| Nicaragua |
0.96%
(2020 est.)
|
| Niger |
3.66%
(2020 est.)
|
| Nigeria |
2.53%
(2020 est.)
|
| Niue |
-0.03%
(2014 est.)
|
| Norfolk Island |
0.01%
(2014 est.)
|
| North Macedonia |
0.15%
(2020 est.)
|
| Northern Mariana Islands |
-0.55%
(2020 est.)
|
| Norway |
0.85%
(2020 est.)
|
| Oman |
1.96%
(2020 est.)
|
| Pakistan |
2.07%
(2020 est.)
|
| Palau |
0.39%
(2020 est.)
|
| Panama |
1.2%
(2020 est.)
|
| Papua New Guinea |
1.6%
(2020 est.)
|
| Paraguay |
1.16%
(2020 est.)
|
| Peru |
0.92%
(2020 est.)
|
| Philippines |
1.52%
(2020 est.)
|
| Pitcairn Islands |
0%
(2014 est.)
|
| Poland |
-0.19%
(2020 est.)
|
| Portugal |
-0.25%
(2020 est.)
|
| Puerto Rico |
-1.59%
(2020 est.)
|
| Qatar |
1.55%
(2020 est.)
|
| Romania |
-0.37%
(2020 est.)
|
| Russia |
-0.16%
(2020 est.)
|
| Rwanda |
2%
(2020 est.)
|
| Saint Barthelemy |
-0.25%
(2020 est.)
|
| Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha |
0.13%
(2020 est.)
|
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
0.67%
(2020 est.)
|
| Saint Lucia |
0.29%
(2020 est.)
|
| Saint Martin |
0.4%
(2020 est.)
|
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
-1.15%
(2020 est.)
|
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
-0.22%
(2020 est.)
|
| Samoa |
0.61%
(2020 est.)
|
| San Marino |
0.65%
(2020 est.)
|
| Sao Tome and Principe |
1.58%
(2020 est.)
|
| Saudi Arabia |
1.6%
(2020 est.)
|
| Senegal |
2.31%
(2020 est.)
|
| Serbia |
-0.47%
(2020 est.)
|
| Seychelles |
0.69%
(2020 est.)
|
| Sierra Leone |
2.43%
(2020 est.)
|
| Singapore |
1.73%
(2020 est.)
|
| Sint Maarten |
1.34%
(2020 est.)
|
| Slovakia |
-0.05%
(2020 est.)
|
| Slovenia |
0.01%
(2020 est.)
|
| Solomon Islands |
1.84%
(2020 est.)
|
| Somalia |
2.21%
(2020 est.)
|
| South Africa |
0.97%
(2020 est.)
|
| South Sudan |
2.7%
(2020 est.)
|
| Spain |
0.67%
(2020 est.)
|
| Sri Lanka |
0.67%
(2020 est.)
|
| Sudan |
2.69%
(2020 est.)
|
| Suriname |
0.95%
(2020 est.)
|
| Svalbard |
-0.03%
(2014 est.)
|
| Sweden |
0.79%
(2020 est.)
|
| Switzerland |
0.66%
(2020 est.)
|
| Syria |
4.25%
NA
(2020 est.)
|
| Taiwan |
0.11%
(2020 est.)
|
| Tajikistan |
1.52%
(2020 est.)
|
| Tanzania |
2.71%
(2020 est.)
|
| Thailand |
0.25%
(2020 est.)
|
| Timor-Leste |
2.27%
(2020 est.)
|
| Togo |
2.56%
(2020 est.)
|
| Tokelau |
-0.01%
(2014 est.)
|
| Tonga |
-0.16%
(2020 est.)
|
| Trinidad and Tobago |
-0.3%
(2020 est.)
|
| Tunisia |
0.85%
(2020 est.)
|
| Turkey |
0.45%
(2020 est.)
|
| Turkmenistan |
1.06%
(2020 est.)
|
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
2%
(2020 est.)
|
| Tuvalu |
0.87%
(2020 est.)
|
| Uganda |
3.34%
(2020 est.)
|
| Ukraine |
-0.1%
(2020 est.)
|
| United Arab Emirates |
1.49%
(2020 est.)
|
| United Kingdom |
0.49%
(2020 est.)
|
| United States |
0.72%
(2020 est.)
|
| Uruguay |
0.27%
(2020 est.)
|
| Uzbekistan |
0.88%
(2020 est.)
|
| Vanuatu |
1.73%
(2020 est.)
|
| Venezuela |
-0.18%
(2020 est.)
|
| Vietnam |
0.84%
(2020 est.)
|
| Virgin Islands |
-0.37%
(2020 est.)
|
| Wallis and Futuna |
0.28%
(2020 est.)
|
| West Bank |
1.77%
(2020 est.)
|
| World |
1.03%
(2020 est.)
note: this rate results in about 149 net additions to the worldwide population every minute or 2.5 every second |
| Yemen |
2.04%
(2020 est.)
|
| Zambia |
2.89%
(2020 est.)
|
| Zimbabwe |
1.87%
(2020 est.)
|