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Population growth by country

The annual exponential rate of growth in the midyear population, expressed as a percentage.

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Population growth·%· World Bank
YearItalyJapanUnited States
2025-0.06%-0.49%0.52%
2024-0.05%-0.44%0.96%
2023-0.05%-0.49%0.82%
2022-0.2%-0.44%0.57%
2021-0.52%-0.46%0.16%
2020-0.49%-0.29%0.41%
2019-0.25%-0.14%0.52%
2018-0.21%-0.13%0.59%
2017-0.19%-0.08%0.69%
2016-0.19%-0.05%0.79%
2015-0.15%-0.11%0.8%
20140.02%-0.13%0.8%
20130.2%-0.14%0.76%
20120.27%-0.16%0.8%
20110.35%-0.19%0.79%
20100.44%0.02%0.85%
20090.58%-0.01%0.88%
20080.77%0.05%0.95%
20070.61%0.11%0.95%
20060.4%0.06%0.96%
20050.58%0.01%0.92%
20040.74%0.03%0.93%
20030.54%0.21%0.86%
20020.2%0.23%0.93%
20010.06%0.24%0.99%
20000.05%0.17%1.11%
19990.02%0.18%1.15%
19980.03%0.27%1.17%
19970.05%0.24%1.2%
19960.03%0.23%1.16%
19950%0.23%1.19%
19940.02%0.28%1.23%
19930.06%0.32%1.32%
19920.07%0.37%1.39%
19910.07%0.39%1.34%
19900.08%0.33%1.13%
19890.08%0.4%0.94%
19880.05%0.42%0.91%
19870.01%0.48%0.89%
19860.01%0.53%0.92%
19850.03%0.63%0.89%
19840.02%0.65%0.87%
19830.04%0.7%0.91%
19820.07%0.69%0.95%
19810.12%0.73%0.98%
19800.21%0.79%0.96%
19790.29%0.85%1.1%
19780.36%0.91%1.06%
19770.42%0.97%1.01%
19760.5%1.07%0.95%
19750.6%1.27%0.99%
19740.65%1.33%0.91%
19730.68%1.41%0.95%
19720.57%1.4%1.07%
19710.47%2.19%1.26%
19700.53%1.15%1.17%
19690.57%1.19%0.98%
19680.63%1.13%1%
19670.72%1.03%1.09%
19660.78%0.91%1.15%
19650.84%1.08%1.25%
19640.82%1.04%1.39%
19630.73%1.01%1.44%
19620.68%0.93%1.54%
19610.67%0.9%1.66%

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217 countries & economies

Population growth· latest available values, mixed observation years ·%
#Country / economyYearRelative value
1AEUnited Arab Emirates4.7%2025
2SASaudi Arabia4.6%2025
3OMOman4%2025
4QAQatar3.9%2025
5SYSyrian Arab Republic3.8%2025
6TDChad3.4%2025
7CFCentral African Republic3.4%2025
8SOSomalia, Fed. Rep.3.3%2025
9NENiger3.2%2025
10CDDemocratic Republic of the Congo3.2%2025
11GEGeorgia3.2%2025
12AOAngola3%2025
13UAUkraine2.9%2025
14MLMali2.9%2025
15YEYemen2.9%2025
16TZTanzania2.9%2025
17MZMozambique2.8%2025
18MRMauritania2.8%2025
19ZMZambia2.8%2025
20AFAfghanistan2.8%2025
21UGUganda2.7%2025
22CMCameroon2.6%2025
23MWMalawi2.6%2025
24ETEthiopia2.6%2025
25BIBurundi2.4%2025
26CICote d'Ivoire2.4%2025
27BJBenin2.4%2025
28MGMadagascar2.4%2025
29GQEquatorial Guinea2.4%2025
30SDSudan2.4%2025
31CGRepublic of the Congo2.4%2025
32SBSolomon Islands2.3%2025
33PSWest Bank and Gaza2.3%2025
34GNGuinea2.3%2025
35SNSenegal2.3%2025
36VUVanuatu2.2%2025
37GMGambia, The2.2%2025
38BFBurkina Faso2.2%2025
39TGTogo2.2%2025
40RWRwanda2.2%2025
41GWGuinea-Bissau2.2%2025
42GAGabon2.1%2025
43IQIraq2.1%2025
44LRLiberia2.1%2025
45NGNigeria2.1%2025
46NANamibia2%2025
47SLSierra Leone2%2025
48SSSouth Sudan2%2025
49GIGibraltar2%2025
50EREritrea2%2025
51STSao Tome and Principe2%2025
52KEKenya1.9%2025
53MTMalta1.9%2025
54ZWZimbabwe1.9%2025
55UZUzbekistan1.9%2025
56KMComoros1.9%2025
57KYCayman Islands1.8%2025
58GHGhana1.8%2025
59TJTajikistan1.8%2025
60PGPapua New Guinea1.7%2025
61AMArmenia1.7%2025
62KGKyrgyz Republic1.7%2025
63HNHonduras1.7%2025
64TMTurkmenistan1.6%2025
65IEIreland1.6%2025
66BWBotswana1.6%2025
67PKPakistan1.6%2025
68EGEgypt1.6%2025
69AUAustralia1.5%2025
70GTGuatemala1.5%2025
71ISIceland1.5%2025
72LULuxembourg1.5%2025
73KIKiribati1.5%2025
74LILiechtenstein1.4%2025
75BZBelize1.4%2025
76BOBolivia1.3%2025
77LALaos1.3%2025
78DZAlgeria1.3%2025
79SXSint Maarten (Dutch part)1.3%2025
80NINicaragua1.3%2025
81DJDjibouti1.3%2025
82TLTimor-Leste1.3%2025
83MNMongolia1.2%2025
84PAPanama1.2%2025
85SGSingapore1.2%2025
86BDBangladesh1.2%2025
87KZKazakhstan1.2%2025
88PYParaguay1.2%2025
89ILIsrael1.2%2025
90KHCambodia1.2%2025
91MYMalaysia1.2%2025
92ADAndorra1.2%2025
93ZASouth Africa1.1%2025
94HTHaiti1.1%2025
95SCSeychelles1.1%2025
96LSLesotho1.1%2025
97SZEswatini1.1%2025
98LYLibya1%2025
99PEPeru1%2025
100ESSpain1%2025
101PTPortugal1%2025
102COColombia1%2025
103CHSwitzerland1%2025
104CACanada0.9%2025
105IRIran0.9%2025
106NCNew Caledonia0.9%2025
107CYCyprus0.9%2025
108MAMorocco0.9%2025
109INIndia0.9%2025
110SRSuriname0.9%2025
111ECEcuador0.8%2025
112MXMexico0.8%2025
113PHPhilippines0.8%2025
114DODominican Republic0.8%2025
115IDIndonesia0.8%2025
116BNBrunei Darussalam0.8%2025
117LBLebanon0.7%2025
118BHBahrain0.7%2025
119AWAruba0.7%2025
120GUGuam0.7%2025
121BEBelgium0.7%2025
122NONorway0.7%2025
123TCTurks and Caicos Islands0.7%2025
124VGBritish Virgin Islands0.7%2025
125NZNew Zealand0.7%2025
126NRNaoero0.7%2025
127BTBhutan0.6%2025
128MMMyanmar0.6%2025
129VNVietnam0.6%2025
130WSSamoa0.6%2025
131GYGuyana0.6%2025
132TNTunisia0.6%2025
133DKDenmark0.5%2025
134USUnited States0.5%2025
135NLNetherlands0.5%2025
136CLChile0.5%2025
137FOFaroe Islands0.5%2025
138FIFinland0.5%2025
139FJFiji0.5%2025
140CVCabo Verde0.5%2025
141AGAntigua and Barbuda0.5%2025
142FMMicronesia, Fed. Sts.0.5%2025
143CRCosta Rica0.4%2025
144BSBahamas, The0.4%2025
145AZAzerbaijan0.4%2025
146SVEl Salvador0.4%2025
147TRTürkiye0.4%2025
148VEVenezuela0.4%2025
149SMSan Marino0.4%2025
150BRBrazil0.4%2025
151MVMaldives0.4%2025
152ARArgentina0.3%2025
153ATAustria0.3%2025
154GBUnited Kingdom0.3%2025
155KPNorth Korea0.3%2025
156HRCroatia0.3%2025
157SESweden0.3%2025
158FRFrance0.2%2025
159PFFrench Polynesia0.2%2025
160LCSt. Lucia0.2%2025
161JGChannel Islands0.2%2025
162CWCuracao0.2%2025
163KNSt. Kitts and Nevis0.2%2025
164SISlovenia0.2%2025
165GRGreece0.1%2025
166GDGrenada0.1%2025
167BBBarbados0.1%2025
168LTLithuania0%2025
169GLGreenland-0%2025
170DEGermany-0%2025
171TTTrinidad and Tobago-0%2025
172IMIsle of Man-0%2025
173UYUruguay-0.1%2025
174ITItaly-0.1%2025
175MEMontenegro-0.1%2025
176THThailand-0.1%2025
177JMJamaica-0.1%2025
178RURussia-0.1%2025
179NPNepal-0.1%2025
180BMBermuda-0.1%2025
181BGBulgaria-0.1%2025
182KRSouth Korea-0.1%2025
183SKSlovakia-0.2%2025
184MOMacao SAR, China-0.2%2025
185MUMauritius-0.2%2025
186RORomania-0.2%2025
187CZCzechia-0.2%2025
188CNChina-0.2%2025
189PWPalau-0.2%2025
190MKNorth Macedonia-0.2%2025
191JOJordan-0.3%2025
192HKHong Kong SAR, China-0.3%2025
193PLPoland-0.3%2025
194CUCuba-0.4%2025
195TOTonga-0.4%2025
196EEEstonia-0.4%2025
197JPJapan-0.5%2025
198HUHungary-0.5%2025
199DMDominica-0.5%2025
200BYBelarus-0.5%2025
201PRPuerto Rico (US)-0.6%2025
202VIVirgin Islands (U.S.)-0.6%2025
203RSSerbia-0.6%2025
204KWKuwait-0.7%2025
205VCSt. Vincent and the Grenadines-0.7%2025
206LKSri Lanka-0.7%2025
207MCMonaco-0.8%2025
208BABosnia and Herzegovina-0.8%2025
209LVLatvia-1%2025
210XKKosovo-1.1%2025
211ALAlbania-1.2%2025
212ASAmerican Samoa-1.6%2025
213TVTuvalu-1.6%2025
214MPNorthern Mariana Islands-1.7%2025
215MDMoldova-1.8%2025
216MHMarshall Islands-3.4%2025
217MFSt. Martin (French part)-4.7%2025

Source: World Bank · World Development IndicatorsRetrieved 2026-09-23 · Source updated 2026-07-13

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