Countries by population growth rate 2020

Population growth rate (UN)

Code	Country/Region	2020			2015-2020		1950-2020		Continent
Code	Country/Region	Population	Growth (%)	Rank	Growth (%)	Rank	Growth (%)	Rank	Continent
BDI	Burundi	11,890,784	3.12	7	17.03	10	414.99	68	Africa
COM	Comoros	869,601	2.20	47	11.86	48	445.34	58	Africa
DJI	Djibouti	988,000	1.48	77	8.10	75	1,493.52	8	Africa
ERI	Eritrea	3,546,421	1.41	81	6.09	106	331.25	97	Africa
ETH	Ethiopia	114,963,588	2.57	28	14.01	27	534.18	43	Africa
KEN	Kenya	53,771,296	2.28	45	12.31	46	784.87	20	Africa
MDG	Madagascar	27,691,018	2.68	23	14.26	25	578.11	35	Africa
MWI	Malawi	19,129,952	2.69	22	14.24	26	547.62	39	Africa
MUS	Mauritius	1,271,768	0.17	192	0.98	190	157.83	153	Africa
MYT	Mayotte	272,815	2.50	34	13.66	32	1,701.83	7	Africa
MOZ	Mozambique	31,255,435	2.93	13	15.58	16	424.51	66	Africa
REU	Réunion	895,312	0.72	141	3.70	146	260.85	121	Africa
RWA	Rwanda	12,952,218	2.58	26	13.93	29	492.46	50	Africa
SYC	Seychelles	98,347	0.62	153	3.55	148	170.74	147	Africa
SOM	Somalia	15,893,222	2.92	15	15.19	18	601.97	33	Africa
SSD	South Sudan	11,193,725	1.19	100	4.46	133	350.94	89	Africa
UGA	Uganda	45,741,007	3.32	4	19.66	6	786.76	19	Africa
TZA	United Republic of Tanzania	59,734,218	2.98	11	16.03	13	680.86	24	Africa
ZMB	Zambia	18,383,955	2.93	14	15.77	15	695.69	22	Africa
ZWE	Zimbabwe	14,862,924	1.48	76	7.59	83	441.09	61	Africa
AGO	Angola	32,866,272	3.27	5	17.87	8	622.65	30	Africa
CMR	Cameroon	26,545,863	2.59	25	13.94	28	516.34	47	Africa
CAF	Central African Republic	4,829,767	1.78	62	7.49	84	264.06	119	Africa
TCD	Chad	16,425,864	3.00	10	16.40	11	556.43	38	Africa
COG	Congo	5,518,087	2.56	30	13.63	33	567.04	37	Africa
COD	Democratic Republic of the Congo	89,561,403	3.19	6	17.47	9	635.09	28	Africa
GNQ	Equatorial Guinea	1,402,985	3.47	3	20.06	4	522.06	45	Africa
GAB	Gabon	2,225,734	2.45	36	14.28	24	370.26	84	Africa
STP	Sao Tome and Principe	219,159	1.91	55	9.89	62	265.25	118	Africa
BWA	Botswana	2,351,627	2.08	50	10.89	52	470.05	56	Africa
SWZ	Eswatini	1,160,164	1.05	113	5.08	121	324.96	99	Africa
LSO	Lesotho	2,142,249	0.80	135	4.04	139	204.00	136	Africa
NAM	Namibia	2,540,905	1.86	58	9.76	63	393.97	79	Africa
ZAF	South Africa	59,308,690	1.28	90	7.08	89	335.18	94	Africa
BEN	Benin	12,123,200	2.73	20	14.63	22	437.56	63	Africa
BFA	Burkina Faso	20,903,273	2.86	16	15.42	17	387.89	82	Africa
CPV	Cabo Verde	555,987	1.10	106	5.95	108	212.24	132	Africa
CIV	Côte d'Ivoire	26,378,274	2.57	29	13.57	34	902.92	16	Africa
GMB	Gambia	2,416,668	2.94	12	15.86	14	692.64	23	Africa
GHA	Ghana	31,072,940	2.15	48	11.58	49	517.00	46	Africa
GIN	Guinea	13,132,795	2.83	17	14.88	20	335.88	93	Africa
GNB	Guinea-Bissau	1,968,001	2.45	35	13.29	36	267.56	116	Africa
LBR	Liberia	5,057,681	2.44	37	13.09	39	443.82	60	Africa
MLI	Mali	20,250,833	3.02	9	16.13	12	330.10	98	Africa
MRT	Mauritania	4,649,658	2.74	19	14.91	19	613.76	31	Africa
NER	Niger	24,206,644	3.84	1	21.02	3	845.68	17	Africa
NGA	Nigeria	206,139,589	2.58	27	13.80	31	444.48	59	Africa
SHN	Saint Helena	6,077	0.30	179	3.61	147	15.84	224	Africa
SEN	Senegal	16,743,927	2.75	18	14.85	21	573.36	36	Africa
SLE	Sierra Leone	7,976,983	2.10	49	11.23	51	290.80	109	Africa
TGO	Togo	8,278,724	2.43	38	13.05	41	493.26	49	Africa
DZA	Algeria	43,851,044	1.85	59	10.38	56	394.25	78	Africa
EGY	Egypt	102,334,404	1.94	54	10.70	54	400.36	75	Africa
LBY	Libya	6,871,292	1.38	85	7.06	91	511.04	48	Africa
MAR	Morocco	36,910,560	1.20	98	6.48	100	310.76	103	Africa
SDN	Sudan	43,849,260	2.42	40	12.71	43	664.75	27	Africa
TUN	Tunisia	11,818,619	1.06	112	5.71	111	227.81	128	Africa
ESH	Western Sahara	597,339	2.55	31	13.52	35	4,239.23	3	Africa
ARM	Armenia	2,963,243	0.19	188	1.29	183	118.93	165	Asia
AZE	Azerbaijan	10,139,177	0.91	125	5.37	116	246.29	124	Asia
BHR	Bahrain	1,701,575	3.68	2	24.03	1	1,371.81	9	Asia
CYP	Cyprus	1,207,359	0.73	139	3.99	141	144.40	157	Asia
GEO	Georgia	3,989,167	-0.19	215	-0.87	214	13.10	226	Asia
IRQ	Iraq	40,222,493	2.32	44	13.07	40	603.29	32	Asia
ISR	Israel	8,655,535	1.60	70	8.49	70	588.06	34	Asia
JOR	Jordan	10,203,134	1.00	116	10.11	61	2,019.82	6	Asia
KWT	Kuwait	4,270,571	1.51	74	11.34	50	2,689.44	5	Asia
LBN	Lebanon	6,825,445	-0.44	224	4.48	132	411.41	71	Asia
OMN	Oman	5,106,626	2.65	24	19.67	5	1,018.85	13	Asia
QAT	Qatar	2,881,053	1.73	64	12.29	47	11,422.83	2	Asia
SAU	Saudi Arabia	34,813,871	1.59	71	9.76	64	1,015.35	14	Asia
PSE	State of Palestine	5,101,414	2.41	41	12.63	44	447.40	57	Asia
SYR	Syrian Arab Republic	17,500,658	2.52	33	-2.76	225	412.71	69	Asia
TUR	Turkey	84,339,067	1.09	107	7.40	85	293.95	105	Asia
ARE	United Arab Emirates	9,890,402	1.23	95	6.77	95	14,112.80	1	Asia
YEM	Yemen	29,825,964	2.28	46	12.56	45	539.87	42	Asia
KAZ	Kazakhstan	18,776,707	1.21	96	6.86	94	180.12	143	Asia
KGZ	Kyrgyzstan	6,524,195	1.69	65	9.48	65	274.95	114	Asia
TJK	Tajikistan	9,537,645	2.32	43	12.82	42	522.76	44	Asia
TKM	Turkmenistan	6,031,200	1.50	75	8.37	72	398.04	76	Asia
UZB	Uzbekistan	33,469,203	1.48	79	8.21	73	434.31	64	Asia
AFG	Afghanistan	38,928,346	2.33	42	13.12	38	402.16	73	Asia
BGD	Bangladesh	164,689,383	1.01	115	5.40	115	334.60	95	Asia
BTN	Bhutan	771,608	1.12	105	6.01	107	336.44	92	Asia
IND	India	1,380,004,385	0.99	117	5.33	117	266.71	117	Asia
IRN	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	83,992,949	1.30	89	7.01	92	390.63	81	Asia
MDV	Maldives	540,544	1.81	61	18.82	7	633.32	29	Asia
NPL	Nepal	29,136,808	1.85	60	7.85	77	243.46	125	Asia
PAK	Pakistan	220,892,340	2.00	51	10.76	53	488.38	52	Asia
LKA	Sri Lanka	21,413,249	0.42	169	2.42	168	168.64	148	Asia
CHN	China	1,439,323,776	0.39	171	2.31	171	159.61	152	Asia
HKG	China, Hong Kong SAR	7,496,981	0.82	134	4.33	134	279.79	111	Asia
MAC	China, Macao SAR	649,335	1.39	84	7.85	78	230.48	127	Asia
TWN	China, Taiwan Province of China	23,816,775	0.18	190	1.10	187	213.28	131	Asia
PRK	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	25,778,816	0.44	165	2.36	169	144.36	158	Asia
JPN	Japan	126,476,461	-0.30	221	-1.18	218	52.75	196	Asia
MNG	Mongolia	3,278,290	1.65	67	9.33	66	320.19	102	Asia
KOR	Republic of Korea	51,269,185	0.09	197	0.88	191	166.87	149	Asia
BRN	Brunei Darussalam	437,479	0.97	119	5.44	114	811.40	18	Asia
KHM	Cambodia	16,718,965	1.41	82	7.72	80	277.17	113	Asia
IDN	Indonesia	273,523,615	1.07	109	5.86	109	293.31	107	Asia
LAO	Lao People's Democratic Republic	7,275,560	1.48	78	7.93	76	332.32	96	Asia
MYS	Malaysia	32,365,999	1.30	88	6.92	93	429.73	65	Asia
MMR	Myanmar	54,409,800	0.67	147	3.28	151	206.02	135	Asia
PHL	Philippines	109,581,078	1.35	87	7.31	87	489.76	51	Asia
SGP	Singapore	5,850,342	0.79	136	4.62	130	472.39	55	Asia
THA	Thailand	69,799,978	0.25	182	1.58	182	237.03	126	Asia
TLS	Timor-Leste	1,318,445	1.96	52	10.21	59	217.88	129	Asia
VNM	Viet Nam	97,338,579	0.91	126	5.03	124	292.34	108	Asia
AIA	Anguilla	15,003	0.90	128	5.07	123	193.14	138	North America
ATG	Antigua and Barbuda	97,929	0.84	132	4.66	129	115.14	167	North America
ABW	Aruba	106,766	0.43	168	2.32	170	180.46	142	North America
BHS	Bahamas	393,244	0.97	120	5.09	120	397.19	77	North America
BRB	Barbados	287,375	0.12	195	0.72	193	36.20	205	North America
VGB	British Virgin Islands	30,231	0.67	148	3.70	145	306.33	104	North America
BES	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	26,223	0.94	121	6.73	96	268.20	115	North America
CYM	Cayman Islands	65,722	1.19	99	6.48	101	924.19	15	North America
CUB	Cuba	11,326,616	-0.06	209	0.02	204	91.33	173	North America
CUW	Curaçao	164,093	0.41	170	2.66	160	63.80	186	North America
DMA	Dominica	71,986	0.25	184	1.13	186	40.87	203	North America
DOM	Dominican Republic	10,847,910	1.01	114	5.51	113	358.75	87	North America
GRD	Grenada	112,523	0.46	163	2.67	159	46.74	198	North America
GLP	Guadeloupe	400,124	0.02	203	-0.03	205	90.53	174	North America
HTI	Haiti	11,402,528	1.24	94	6.61	98	253.97	123	North America
JAM	Jamaica	2,961,167	0.44	166	2.43	167	111.07	169	North America
MTQ	Martinique	375,265	-0.08	210	-0.85	213	69.04	180	North America
MSR	Montserrat	4,992	0.06	199	0.50	196	-63.07	234	North America
PRI	Puerto Rico	2,860,853	-2.47	235	-15.40	235	28.98	213	North America
BLM	Saint-Barthélemy	9,877	0.30	178	1.90	175	393.36	80	North America
KNA	Saint Kitts and Nevis	53,199	0.71	144	3.90	143	15.53	225	North America
LCA	Saint Lucia	183,627	0.46	164	2.51	163	121.81	164	North America
VCT	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	110,940	0.32	177	1.64	181	65.59	185	North America
SXM	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	42,876	1.15	102	7.28	88	2,760.31	4	North America
MAF	Saint-Martin (French part)	38,666	1.75	63	7.83	79	1,187.58	10	North America
TTO	Trinidad and Tobago	1,399,488	0.32	175	2.13	173	116.76	166	North America
TCA	Turks and Caicos Islands	38,717	1.38	86	7.60	82	666.52	25	North America
VIR	United States Virgin Islands	104,425	-0.15	214	-0.51	212	289.69	110	North America
BLZ	Belize	397,628	1.86	57	10.17	60	476.95	53	North America
CRI	Costa Rica	5,094,118	0.92	124	5.08	122	438.66	62	North America
SLV	El Salvador	6,486,205	0.51	160	2.55	161	194.84	137	North America
GTM	Guatemala	17,915,568	1.90	56	10.23	58	475.15	54	North America
HND	Honduras	9,904,607	1.63	68	8.69	69	540.36	41	North America
MEX	Mexico	128,932,753	1.06	110	5.81	110	361.39	86	North America
NIC	Nicaragua	6,624,554	1.21	97	6.45	102	411.55	70	North America
PAN	Panama	4,314,767	1.61	69	8.73	68	401.92	74	North America
ARG	Argentina	45,195,774	0.93	123	4.92	125	165.27	151	South America
BOL	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	11,673,021	1.39	83	7.39	86	278.77	112	South America
BRA	Brazil	212,559,417	0.72	142	3.96	142	293.81	106	South America
CHL	Chile	19,116,201	0.87	131	6.38	103	189.70	140	South America
COL	Colombia	50,882,891	1.08	108	7.08	90	324.68	100	South America
ECU	Ecuador	17,643,054	1.55	73	8.83	67	408.42	72	South America
FLK	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	3,480	3.05	8	22.79	2	54.05	193	South America
GUF	French Guiana	298,682	2.70	21	14.44	23	1,072.59	12	South America
GUY	Guyana	786,552	0.48	161	2.49	164	93.47	172	South America
PRY	Paraguay	7,132,538	1.25	93	6.63	97	384.14	83	South America
PER	Peru	32,971,854	1.42	80	8.21	74	323.94	101	South America
SUR	Suriname	586,632	0.90	127	4.92	126	172.85	146	South America
URY	Uruguay	3,473,730	0.35	174	1.81	178	55.18	191	South America
VEN	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	28,435,940	-0.28	219	-5.47	231	418.72	67	South America
AUS	Australia	25,499,884	1.18	101	6.55	99	211.84	133	Oceania
NZL	New Zealand	4,822,233	0.82	133	4.50	131	152.74	154	Oceania
FJI	Fiji	896,445	0.73	140	3.20	152	210.20	134	Oceania
NCL	New Caledonia	285,498	0.97	118	5.32	118	340.41	91	Oceania
PNG	Papua New Guinea	8,947,024	1.95	53	10.35	57	346.87	90	Oceania
SLB	Solomon Islands	686,884	2.55	32	13.89	30	664.96	26	Oceania
VUT	Vanuatu	307,145	2.42	39	13.28	37	543.95	40	Oceania
GUM	Guam	168,775	0.89	129	4.28	136	182.94	141	Oceania
KIR	Kiribati	119,449	1.57	72	7.68	81	261.44	120	Oceania
MHL	Marshall Islands	59,190	0.68	146	3.05	156	355.27	88	Oceania
FSM	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	115,023	1.06	111	5.63	112	259.44	122	Oceania
NRU	Nauru	10,824	0.63	151	4.25	138	216.12	130	Oceania
MNP	Northern Mariana Islands	57,559	0.60	154	3.19	153	722.39	21	Oceania
PLW	Palau	18,094	0.48	162	2.43	166	143.17	159	Oceania
ASM	American Samoa	55,191	-0.22	216	-1.11	217	191.40	139	Oceania
COK	Cook Islands	17,564	0.09	196	-0.13	206	16.50	223	Oceania
PYF	French Polynesia	280,908	0.58	156	2.85	157	366.11	85	Oceania
NIU	Niue	1,626	0.68	145	0.43	198	-65.16	235	Oceania
WSM	Samoa	198,414	0.67	149	2.53	162	141.68	160	Oceania
TKL	Tokelau	1,357	1.27	91	8.39	71	-13.35	233	Oceania
TON	Tonga	105,695	1.15	103	4.88	127	123.84	163	Oceania
TUV	Tuvalu	11,792	1.25	92	6.24	104	152.34	155	Oceania
WLF	Wallis and Futuna Islands	11,239	-1.69	234	-8.37	234	60.56	187	Oceania
BLR	Belarus	9,449,323	-0.03	208	0.10	203	22.01	216	Europe
BGR	Bulgaria	6,948,445	-0.74	231	-3.49	229	-4.17	231	Europe
CZE	Czechia	10,708,981	0.18	189	1.01	189	20.29	219	Europe
HUN	Hungary	9,660,351	-0.25	218	-1.20	219	3.46	229	Europe
POL	Poland	37,846,611	-0.11	212	-0.49	211	52.46	197	Europe
MDA	Republic of Moldova	4,033,963	-0.23	217	-0.90	215	72.32	176	Europe
ROU	Romania	19,237,691	-0.66	230	-3.45	228	18.49	221	Europe
RUS	Russian Federation	145,934,462	0.04	201	0.65	195	41.96	200	Europe
SVK	Slovakia	5,459,642	0.05	200	0.44	197	58.87	189	Europe
UKR	Ukraine	43,733,762	-0.59	227	-2.64	224	17.26	222	Europe
JEY/GGY	Channel Islands	173,863	0.93	122	5.13	119	70.06	178	Europe
DNK	Denmark	5,792,202	0.35	173	1.82	177	35.70	207	Europe
EST	Estonia	1,326,535	0.07	198	0.85	192	20.49	218	Europe
FRO	Faroe Islands	48,863	0.38	172	1.69	180	55.11	192	Europe
FIN	Finland	5,540,720	0.15	194	1.09	188	38.23	204	Europe
ISL	Iceland	341,243	0.65	150	3.33	150	139.20	161	Europe
IRL	Ireland	4,937,786	1.13	104	6.13	105	69.53	179	Europe
IMN	Isle of Man	85,033	0.53	158	2.16	172	53.89	194	Europe
LVA	Latvia	1,886,198	-1.08	232	-5.58	232	-2.10	230	Europe
LTU	Lithuania	2,722,289	-1.35	233	-7.15	233	6.03	228	Europe
NOR	Norway	5,421,241	0.79	137	4.26	137	66.03	184	Europe
SWE	Sweden	10,099,265	0.63	152	3.42	149	44.07	199	Europe
GBR	United Kingdom	67,886,011	0.53	159	3.08	155	34.12	209	Europe
ALB	Albania	2,877,797	-0.11	211	-0.44	210	127.82	162	Europe
AND	Andorra	77,265	0.16	193	-0.96	216	1,147.01	11	Europe
BIH	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,280,819	-0.61	229	-4.33	230	23.28	215	Europe
HRV	Croatia	4,105,267	-0.61	228	-3.01	226	6.62	227	Europe
GIB	Gibraltar	33,691	-0.03	207	-0.13	207	52.87	195	Europe
GRC	Greece	10,423,054	-0.48	226	-2.22	223	35.92	206	Europe
VAT	Holy See	801	0.25	183	-0.25	209	-11.78	232	Europe
ITA	Italy	60,461,826	-0.15	213	-0.19	208	29.75	212	Europe
MLT	Malta	441,543	0.27	181	1.84	176	41.52	201	Europe
MNE	Montenegro	628,066	0.01	205	0.18	202	59.11	188	Europe
MKD	North Macedonia	2,083,374	0.00	206	0.19	200	66.08	183	Europe
PRT	Portugal	10,196,709	-0.29	220	-1.66	221	21.14	217	Europe
SMR	San Marino	33,931	0.21	187	1.98	174	165.48	150	Europe
SRB	Serbia	8,737,371	-0.40	223	-1.57	220	29.78	211	Europe
SVN	Slovenia	2,078,938	0.01	204	0.37	199	41.13	202	Europe
ESP	Spain	46,754,778	0.04	202	0.18	201	66.57	182	Europe
AUT	Austria	9,006,398	0.57	157	3.78	144	29.84	210	Europe
BEL	Belgium	11,589,623	0.44	167	2.67	158	34.18	208	Europe
FRA	France	65,273,511	0.22	185	1.27	184	56.03	190	Europe
DEU	Germany	83,783,942	0.32	176	2.44	165	19.75	220	Europe
LIE	Liechtenstein	38,128	0.29	180	1.76	179	177.13	144	Europe
LUX	Luxembourg	625,978	1.66	66	10.45	55	111.48	168	Europe
MCO	Monaco	39,242	0.71	143	4.04	140	96.25	171	Europe
NLD	Netherlands	17,134,872	0.22	186	1.16	185	70.63	177	Europe
CHE	Switzerland	8,654,622	0.74	138	4.31	135	85.40	175	Europe
BMU	Bermuda	62,278	-0.36	222	-2.22	222	67.14	181	North America
CAN	Canada	37,742,154	0.89	130	4.76	128	174.82	145	North America
GRL	Greenland	56,770	0.17	191	0.70	194	146.87	156	North America
SPM	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5,794	-0.48	225	-3.32	227	26.76	214	North America
USA	United States of America	331,002,651	0.59	155	3.16	154	108.43	170	North America
	World		1.05		5.62		207.31

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	06 Apr 2020

List of countries by population growth rate

Population growth rate (UN)