Population: growth

rank country or area annual growth
rate in %
rank country or area annual growth
rate in %
highest rate of population growth 2010-2015 highest rate of population growth 2045-2050
1.Niger3.5231.Zambia2.946
2.Malawi3.2422.Niger2.705
3.Uganda3.1433.Malawi2.663
4.Afghanistan3.1314.Somalia2.596
5.Iraq3.0985.United Republic of Tanzania2.423
6.United Republic of Tanzania3.0826.Burkina Faso2.164
7.Zambia3.0477.Mali2.035
8.Yemen3.0258.Uganda2.009
9.Mayotte3.0219.Nigeria1.896
10.Burkina Faso2.98410.Madagascar1.869
11.Mali2.95711.Timor-Leste1.826
12.Rwanda2.92212.Iraq1.821
13.Timor-Leste2.91813.Benin1.763
14.Eritrea2.91314.Rwanda1.754
15.Qatar2.89515.Yemen1.746
16.Madagascar2.82216.Liberia1.732
17.Palestine, State of2.80717.Kenya1.719
18.Equatorial Guinea2.72218.Chad1.714
19.Angola2.70219.Comoros1.683
20.Benin2.70020.Guinea1.628
lowest rate of population growth 2010-2015 lowest rate of population growth 2045-2050
1.Niue-2.8031.Bosnia and Herzegovina-0.963
2.Saint Helena-0.8792.Republic of Moldova-0.921
3.Republic of Moldova-0.6833.Grenada-0.911
4.Bulgaria-0.6584.Bulgaria-0.854
5.Wallis and Futuna Islands-0.6495.Georgia-0.802
6.Georgia-0.5956.Jamaica-0.771
7.Ukraine-0.5477.Cuba-0.702
8.Lithuania-0.4388.Albania-0.672
9.Latvia-0.3769.Portugal-0.608
10.Belarus-0.32510.Greenland-0.605
11.United States Virgin Islands-0.25511.Martinique-0.590
12.Bosnia and Herzegovina-0.23712.Northern Mariana Islands-0.559
13.Romania-0.23113.China-0.551
14.Germany-0.20314.Belarus-0.547
15.Croatia-0.19415.Ukraine-0.543
16.Hungary-0.16216.Eastern Asia-0.534
17.Russian Federation-0.10217.Republic of Korea-0.532
18.Serbia-0.10018.Macedonia-0.521
19.Japan-0.07319.Japan-0.512
20.Estonia-0.06520.Romania-0.510
source: UN Population Division, World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision..
note: projection for 2045-2050 based on medium-variant for global population growth estimates by the UN.