Population: growth

rank country or area annual growth
rate in %
rank country or area annual growth
rate in %
highest rate of population growth 2000-2005 highest rate of population growth 2045-2050
1. United Arab Emirates 6.51 1. Uganda 2.39
2. Qatar 5.86 2. Niger 2.12
3. Timor-Leste 5.42 3. Burundi 2.10
4. Afghanistan 4.59 4. Liberia 2.08
5. Eritrea 4.26 5. Congo (Brazzaville) 2.07
6. Sierra Leone 4.07 6. Guinea-Bissau 2.05
7. Kuwait 3.73 7. Chad 2.03
8. Chad 3.42 8. Mali 1.84
9. Uganda 3.40 9. Afghanistan 1.83
10. Niger 3.39 10. Burkina Faso 1.75
lowest rate of population growth 2000-2005 lowest rate of population growth 2045-2050
1. Ukraine -1.10 1. Guyana -2.25
2. Georgia -1.07 2. Tonga -1.96
3. Bulgaria -0.69 3. Samoa -1.54
4. Latvia -0.57 4. Ukraine -1.52
5. Belarus -0.55 5. Virgin Islands (U.S.) -1.34
6. Estonia -0.55 6. Georgia -1.31
7. Russian Federation -0.46 7. Micronesia, F.S. of -1.19
8. Armenia -0.43 8. St.Vincent & the Grenadines. -1.19
9. Lithuania -0.40 9. Bulgaria -1.09
10. Romania -0.37 10. Cuba -0.93
  World 1.21   World 0.38
source: UN Population Division, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision. Highlights..
note: projection for 2045-2050 based on medium-variant for global population growth estimates by the UN.