List of countries by population growth rate

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Population growth rate estimates (by United Nations) for the period 2005-2010 using the medium variant.

This article includes two versions of the list of countries, and self-governing dependent territories by population growth rate. A population's approximate doubling time is found by dividing 70 by its annual percentage population growth. For example, at a 4 percent growth rate, a country's population will double in about 18 years; at a 1 percent growth rate, it will take about 70 years. The average population growth rate for the world is 1.17%.

The first list is based on the estimates taken from the 2006 edition of the United Nations World Population Prospects report.^[1] Figures are population growth rate estimates for the period 2005-2010 using the medium variant.

The second list is based on CIA World Factbook estimates for year 2008.^[2] Dependent territories and not fully recognized states are not ranked.

2005-2010 List by the UN

2008 List by the CIA World Factbook

Rank	Country	Population growth rate (%)
1	Liberia	4.50
2	Burundi	3.90
3	Afghanistan	3.85
4	Western Sahara	3.72
5	East Timor	3.50
6	Niger	3.49
7	Eritrea	3.24
8	Uganda	3.24
9	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3.22
10	Palestinian territories	3.18
11	Jordan	3.04
12	Mali	3.02
13	Benin	3.02
14	Guinea-Bissau	2.98
15	Yemen	2.97
16	Somalia	2.92
17	Burkina Faso	2.89
18	Chad	2.88
19	United Arab Emirates	2.85
20	Angola	2.78
21	Rwanda	2.76
22	Madagascar	2.66
23	Kenya	2.65
24	Togo	2.65
25	Gambia	2.63
26	Malawi	2.57
27	Mauritania	2.53
28	Syria	2.52
29	Ethiopia	2.51
30	Tanzania	2.47
31	Guatemala	2.47
32	Senegal	2.46
33	Comoros^[3]	2.46
34	Kuwait	2.44
35	French Guiana	2.41
36	Equatorial Guinea	2.38
37	Vanuatu	2.38
38	Solomon Islands	2.33
39	Nigeria	2.27
40	Saudi Arabia	2.24
41	Cape Verde	2.23
42	Marshall Islands	2.23
43	Sudan	2.22
44	Guinea	2.16
45	Republic of the Congo	2.11
46	Qatar	2.11
47	Belize	2.08
48	Brunei	2.05
49	Sierra Leone	2.04
50	American Samoa	2.01
51	Papua New Guinea	2.00
52	Cameroon	2.00
53	Ghana	1.99
54	Oman	1.97
55	Nepal	1.97
56	Libya	1.97
57	Honduras	1.95
58	Mozambique	1.95
59	Northern Mariana Islands	1.95
60	Zambia	1.91
61	Djibouti	1.90
62	Pakistan	1.84
63	Cote d'Ivoire	1.84
64	Iraq	1.84
65	Central African Republic	1.83
66	Paraguay	1.80
67	Bahrain	1.79
68	Bolivia	1.77
69	Ireland	1.77
70	Maldives	1.76
71	Egypt	1.76
72	Cambodia	1.74
73	Laos	1.74
74	Philippines	1.72
75	Malaysia	1.69
76	Bangladesh	1.67
77	Venezuela	1.67
78	Israel	1.66
79	Panama	1.65
80	Sao Tome and Principe	1.61
81	Haiti	1.58
82	Kiribati	1.58
83	New Caledonia	1.54
84	Tajikistan	1.51
85	Algeria	1.51
86	Cayman Islands	1.51
87	Costa Rica	1.50
88	Gabon	1.48
89	Dominican Republic	1.47
90	India	1.46
91	Uzbekistan	1.44
92	Bhutan	1.43
93	Anguilla	1.41
94	El Salvador	1.37
95	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.37
96	Iran	1.35
97	Netherlands Antilles	1.33
98	Vietnam	1.32
99	Turkmenistan	1.32
100	Namibia	1.32
101	French Polynesia	1.31
102	Nicaragua	1.31
103	Guam	1.30
104	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.27
105	Colombia	1.27
106	Réunion	1.27
107	Brazil	1.26
108	Turkey	1.26
109	Botswana	1.23
110	Saint Helena^[4]	1.23
111	Morocco	1.20
112	Bahamas	1.20
113	Singapore	1.19
World		1.17
114	Indonesia	1.16
115	Antigua and Barbuda	1.16
116	Peru	1.15
117	Montserrat	1.15
118	Luxembourg	1.13
119	British Virgin Islands	1.13
120	Mexico	1.12
121	Saint Lucia	1.12
122	Kyrgyzstan	1.10
123	Tunisia	1.08
124	Ecuador	1.07
125	Cyprus	1.06
126	Lebanon	1.05
127	Australia	1.01
128	Chile	1.00
129	Argentina	1.00
130	Hong Kong	1.00
131	United States	0.97
132	Mongolia	0.96
133	Zimbabwe	0.95
134	Canada	0.90
135	New Zealand	0.90^[5]
136	Liechtenstein	0.89
137	Samoa	0.87
138	Myanmar	0.85
139	Iceland	0.84
140	San Marino	0.81
141	Mauritius	0.78
142	Spain	0.77
143	Azerbaijan	0.75
144	Kazakhstan	0.71
145	Macau	0.70
146	Guadeloupe	0.68
147	Faroe Islands	0.68
148	Thailand	0.66
149	Wallis and Futuna	0.66
150	Lesotho	0.63
151	Swaziland	0.63
152	Norway	0.62
153	Fiji	0.62
154	Greenland	0.60
155	Falkland Islands	0.59
156	China^[6]	0.58
157	Albania	0.57
158	Suriname	0.56
159	South Africa	0.55
160	Puerto Rico	0.55
161	Jamaica	0.54
162	Tonga	0.50
163	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.50
164	France^[7]	0.49
165	Seychelles	0.49
166	Sri Lanka	0.47
167	Micronesia	0.46
168	Sweden	0.45
169	Malta	0.43
170	United Kingdom	0.42
171	Tuvalu	0.42
172	Palau	0.41
173	Switzerland	0.38
174	Portugal	0.37
175	Trinidad and Tobago	0.37
176	Austria	0.36
177	Andorra	0.36
178	Taiwan^[8]	0.36
179	North Korea	0.34
180	Monaco	0.33
181	South Korea	0.33
182	Barbados	0.32
183	Finland	0.29
184	Nauru	0.29
185	Uruguay	0.29
186	Martinique	0.28
187	Bermuda	0.25
188	Belgium	0.24
189	Netherlands	0.21
190	Greece	0.21
191	Denmark	0.21
192	Channel Islands^[9]	0.19
193	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.13
194	Italy	0.13
195	Serbia	0.13
196	Gibraltar	0.08
197	Macedonia	0.08
198	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0.07
199	Vatican City	0.05
200	Isle of Man	0.04
201	Slovakia	0.03
202	Grenada	0.02
203	Slovenia	0.01
204	Aruba	0.01
205	Pitcairn Islands	0.00
206	Cuba	-0.01
207	Japan	-0.02
208	Tokelau	-0.03
209	United States Virgin Islands	-0.03
210	Czech Republic	-0.03
211	Germany	-0.07
212	Croatia	-0.09
213	Poland	-0.15
214	Armenia	-0.21
215	Guyana	-0.22
216	Montenegro	-0.27
217	Dominica	-0.29
218	Hungary	-0.29
219	Estonia	-0.35
220	Romania	-0.45
221	Russia	-0.51
222	Latvia	-0.52
223	Lithuania	-0.53
224	Belarus	-0.55
225	Bulgaria	-0.72
226	Ukraine	-0.76
227	Georgia	-0.79
228	Moldova	-0.90
229	Niue	-1.85
230	Cook Islands	-2.23

Rank	Country	Population growth rate (%)
1	Maldives	5.57
2	United Arab Emirates	3.83
3	Liberia	3.66
4	Uganda	3.60
5	Kuwait	3.59
—	Mayotte	3.47
6	Yemen	3.46
7	Burundi	3.44
—	Gaza Strip	3.42
8	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3.24
9	Ethiopia	3.21
10	Oman	3.19
—	Macau	3.15
11	Sao Tome and Principe	3.12
12	Burkina Faso	3.11
13	Benin	3.01
14	Madagascar	3.01
15	Niger	2.88
—	Western Sahara	2.87
16	Mauritania	2.85
17	Somalia	2.82
18	Comoros	2.80
19	Rwanda	2.78
20	Kenya	2.76
21	Equatorial Guinea	2.73
22	Mali	2.73
23	Gambia	2.72
24	Togo	2.72
25	Republic of the Congo	2.70
—	Turks and Caicos Islands	2.64
26	Eritrea	2.63
27	Afghanistan	2.63
28	Senegal	2.58
29	Iraq	2.56
30	Haiti	2.49
31	Guinea	2.49
32	Solomon Islands	2.47
—	Cayman Islands	2.45
33	Malawi	2.39
34	Paraguay	2.39
—	Northern Mariana Islands	2.38
35	Laos	2.34
36	Jordan	2.34
—	Anguilla	2.33
37	Sierra Leone	2.28
38	Kiribati	2.24
—	West Bank	2.23
39	Cameroon	2.22
40	Libya	2.22
41	Belize	2.21
42	Chad	2.20
43	Syria	2.19
44	Cote d'Ivoire	2.16
45	Marshall Islands	2.14
46	Angola	2.14
47	Sudan	2.13
48	Papua New Guinea	2.12
49	Guatemala	2.11
50	Nepal	2.10
51	Tanzania	2.07
52	Timor-Leste	2.05
53	Guinea-Bissau	2.04
54	Nigeria	2.03
55	Honduras	2.02
56	Bangladesh	2.02
57	Pakistan	2.00
58	Philippines	1.99
59	Gabon	1.95
60	Saudi Arabia	1.95
61	Djibouti	1.95
62	Ghana	1.93
63	Andorra	1.90
64	Tajikistan	1.89
—	British Virgin Islands	1.88
65	Nicaragua	1.83
66	Mozambique	1.79
67	Brunei	1.79
68	Nauru	1.77
69	Cambodia	1.75
70	Malaysia	1.74
71	Israel	1.71
72	Egypt	1.68
73	El Salvador	1.68
74	Tonga	1.67
75	Zambia	1.65
76	Turkmenistan	1.60
77	India	1.58
78	Tuvalu	1.58
79	Panama	1.54
80	Central African Republic	1.51
81	Morocco	1.51
—	Aruba	1.50
82	Venezuela	1.50
83	Dominican Republic	1.50
84	Mongolia	1.49
85	Botswana	1.43
86	Vanuatu	1.43
—	French Polynesia	1.43
87	Colombia	1.41
88	Costa Rica	1.39
89	Fiji	1.39
90	Bolivia	1.38
91	Kyrgyzstan	1.38
—	Guam	1.37
92	Bahrain	1.34
93	Samoa	1.32
94	Antigua and Barbuda	1.31
95	Bhutan	1.30
96	Peru	1.26
—	American Samoa	1.24
97	Brazil	1.23
98	Australia	1.22
99	Algeria	1.21
100	Luxembourg	1.19
—	World	1.19
101	San Marino	1.18
102	Indonesia	1.18
—	New Caledonia	1.18
103	Palau	1.16
104	Lebanon	1.15
105	Mexico	1.14
106	Singapore	1.14
107	Ireland	1.13
108	Suriname	1.10
109	Qatar	1.09
110	Argentina	1.07
111	Turkey	1.01
112	Vietnam	0.99
113	Tunisia	0.99
114	New Zealand	0.97
115	Uzbekistan	0.97
116	Namibia	0.95
117	Sri Lanka	0.94
118	Ecuador	0.94
119	Chile	0.91
120	United States	0.88
121	Canada	0.83
122	South Africa	0.83
123	Burma	0.80
124	Mauritius	0.80
125	Iran	0.79
126	Iceland	0.78
127	Jamaica	0.78
—	Netherlands Antilles	0.75
128	North Korea	0.73
129	Azerbaijan	0.72
130	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.72
131	Liechtenstein	0.71
132	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.67
133	Thailand	0.64
134	China	0.63
135	Cape Verde	0.60
136	France	0.57
137	Bahamas	0.57
—	Bermuda	0.55
138	Albania	0.54
—	Hong Kong	0.53
139	Cyprus	0.52
—	Isle of Man	0.51
—	Saint Helena	0.49
140	Uruguay	0.49
141	Netherlands	0.44
142	Saint Lucia	0.44
143	Seychelles	0.43
144	Malta	0.41
145	Grenada	0.41
—	Faroe Islands	0.38
146	Monaco	0.38
147	Kazakhstan	0.37
—	Puerto Rico	0.37
148	Barbados	0.36
149	Norway	0.35
150	Switzerland	0.33
—	Montserrat	0.32
151	Portugal	0.31
152	Denmark	0.30
153	United Kingdom	0.28
154	South Korea	0.27
155	Macedonia	0.26
156	Cuba	0.25
—	Taiwan	0.24
157	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.23
—	Guernsey	0.23
—	Jersey	0.22
158	Guyana	0.21
159	Dominica	0.20
160	Sweden	0.16
161	Greece	0.15
162	Slovakia	0.14
163	Lesotho	0.13
—	Gibraltar	0.13
—	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0.11
164	Finland	0.11
—	European Union	0.11
165	Belgium	0.11
166	Spain	0.10
167	Austria	0.06
—	Greenland	0.06
—	Falkland Islands	0.01
—	Norfolk Island	0.01
168	Vatican City	0.00
—	U.S. Virgin Islands	0.00
—	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	0.00
—	Christmas Island	0.00
—	Pitcairn Islands	0.00
—	Tokelau	-0.01
169	Italy	-0.02
—	Svalbard	-0.02
—	Niue	-0.03
170	Croatia	-0.04
171	Germany	-0.04
172	Poland	-0.05
173	Armenia	-0.08
174	Czech Republic	-0.08
175	Slovenia	-0.09
176	Moldova	-0.09
177	Romania	-0.14
178	Japan	-0.14
179	Federated States of Micronesia	-0.19
180	Hungary	-0.25
181	Lithuania	-0.28
182	Georgia	-0.33
183	Belarus	-0.39
184	Swaziland	-0.41
185	Russia	-0.47
186	Latvia	-0.63
187	Estonia	-0.63
188	Ukraine	-0.65
189	Zimbabwe	-0.79
190	Bulgaria	-0.81
191	Trinidad and Tobago	-0.89
192	Montenegro	-0.93