SOURCE
CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
DEFINITION
The average annual percent change in the population, resulting from a surplus (or deficit) of births over deaths and the balance of migrants entering and leaving a country. The rate may be positive or negative. The growth rate is a factor in determining how great a burden would be imposed on a country by the changing needs of its people for infrastructure (e.g., schools, hospitals, housing, roads), resources (e.g., food, water, electricity), and jobs. Rapid population growth can be seen as threatening by neighboring countries.
People Statistics > Population growth rate (most recent) by country
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| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
(top to bottom)
|
| #1 | Liberia: |
4.836 %
| |
| #2 | United Arab Emirates: |
3.997 %
| |
| #3 | Gaza Strip: |
3.66 %
| |
| #4 | Mayotte: |
3.617 %
| |
| #5 | Burundi: |
3.593 %
| |
| #6 | Uganda: |
3.572 %
| |
| #7 | Kuwait: |
3.561 %
| |
| #8 | Yemen: |
3.461 %
| |
| #9 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
3.39 %
| |
| #10 | Oman: |
3.234 %
| |
| #11 | São Tomé and Príncipe: |
3.13 %
| |
| #12 | Madagascar: |
3.008 %
| |
| #13 | Burkina Faso: |
2.997 %
| |
| #14 | West Bank: |
2.985 %
| |
| #15 | Niger: |
2.898 %
| |
| #16 | Mauritania: |
2.867 %
| |
| #17 | Comoros: |
2.84 %
| |
| #18 | Somalia: |
2.832 %
| |
| #19 | Kenya: |
2.799 %
| |
| #20 | Gambia, The: |
2.781 %
| |
| #21 | Rwanda: |
2.766 %
| |
| #22 | Maldives: |
2.732 %
| |
| #23 | Turks and Caicos Islands: |
2.722 %
| |
| #24 | Togo: |
2.718 %
| |
| #25 | Mali: |
2.681 %
| |
| #26 | Benin: |
2.674 %
| |
| #27 | Senegal: |
2.645 %
| |
| #28 | Congo, Republic of the: |
2.639 %
| |
| #29 | Afghanistan: |
2.625 %
| |
| #30 | Guinea: |
2.62 %
| |
| #31 | Iraq: |
2.618 %
| |
| #32 | Solomon Islands: |
2.54 %
| |
| #33 | Cayman Islands: |
2.496 %
| |
| #34 | Northern Mariana Islands: |
2.461 %
| |
| #35 | Eritrea: |
2.461 %
| |
| #36 | Haiti: |
2.453 %
| |
| #37 | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): |
2.44 %
| |
| #38 | Paraguay: |
2.416 %
| |
| #39 | Jordan: |
2.412 %
| |
| #40 | Qatar: |
2.386 %
| |
| #41 | Malawi: |
2.383 %
| |
| #42 | Nigeria: |
2.379 %
| |
| #43 | Laos: |
2.37 %
| |
| #44 | Chad: |
2.32 %
| |
| #45 | Sierra Leone: |
2.292 %
| |
| #46 | Ethiopia: |
2.272 %
| |
| #47 | Libya: |
2.262 %
| |
| #48 | Belize: |
2.258 %
| |
| #49 | Syria: |
2.244 %
| |
| #50 | Cameroon: |
2.241 %
| |
| #51 | Kiribati: |
2.235 %
| |
| #52 | Marshall Islands: |
2.207 %
| |
| #53 | Angola: |
2.184 %
| |
| #54 | Papua New Guinea: |
2.163 %
| |
| #55 | Guatemala: |
2.152 %
| |
| #56 | Nepal: |
2.132 %
| |
| #57 | Tanzania: |
2.091 %
| |
| #58 | Honduras: |
2.091 %
| |
| #59 | Bhutan: |
2.082 %
| |
| #60 | Sudan: |
2.082 %
| |
| #61 | Saudi Arabia: |
2.06 %
| |
| #62 | East Timor: |
2.059 %
| |
| #63 | Bangladesh: |
2.056 %
| |
| #64 | Guinea-Bissau: |
2.052 %
| |
| #65 | Gabon: |
2.036 %
| |
| #66 | Equatorial Guinea: |
2.015 %
| |
| #67 | Côte d'Ivoire: |
1.995 %
| |
| #68 | Djibouti: |
1.984 %
| |
| #69 | Ghana: |
1.972 %
| |
| #70 | British Virgin Islands: |
1.923 %
| |
| #71 | Tajikistan: |
1.895 %
| |
| #72 | Nicaragua: |
1.855 %
| |
| #73 | Tonga: |
1.847 %
| |
| #74 | Pakistan: |
1.828 %
| |
| #75 | Brunei: |
1.81 %
| |
| #76 | Mozambique: |
1.803 %
| |
| #77 | Nauru: |
1.781 %
| |
| #78 | Philippines: |
1.764 %
| |
| #79 | Malaysia: |
1.759 %
| |
| #80 | Uzbekistan: |
1.732 %
| |
| #81 | Cambodia: |
1.729 %
| |
| #82 | Egypt: |
1.721 %
| |
| #83 | El Salvador: |
1.699 %
| |
| #84 | Zambia: |
1.664 %
| |
| #85 | Turkmenistan: |
1.617 %
| |
| #86 | India: |
1.606 %
| |
| #87 | Panama: |
1.564 %
| |
| #88 | Ecuador: |
1.554 %
| |
| #89 | Tuvalu: |
1.543 %
| |
| #90 | Morocco: |
1.528 %
| |
| #91 | Aruba: |
1.522 %
| |
| #92 | Central African Republic: |
1.505 %
| |
| #93 | Botswana: |
1.503 %
| |
| #94 | Dominican Republic: |
1.5 %
| |
| #95 | Mongolia: |
1.486 %
| |
| #96 | Venezuela: |
1.486 %
| |
| #97 | French Polynesia: |
1.461 %
| |
| #98 | Vanuatu: |
1.46 %
| |
| #99 | Colombia: |
1.433 %
| |
| #100 | Bolivia: |
1.42 %
| |
| #101 | Costa Rica: |
1.412 %
| |
| #102 | Guam: |
1.4 %
| |
| #103 | Fiji: |
1.394 %
| |
| #104 | Bahrain: |
1.392 %
| |
| #105 | Anguilla: |
1.375 %
| |
| #106 | Kyrgyzstan: |
1.354 %
| |
| #107 | Saint Lucia: |
1.297 %
| |
| #108 | Samoa: |
1.291 %
| |
| #109 | Peru: |
1.289 %
| |
| #110 | Singapore: |
1.275 %
| |
| #111 | Palau: |
1.233 %
| |
| #112 | San Marino: |
1.219 %
| |
| #113 | Algeria: |
1.216 %
| |
| #114 | Indonesia: |
1.213 %
| |
| #115 | Luxembourg: |
1.207 %
| |
| #116 | New Caledonia: |
1.203 %
| |
| #117 | Lebanon: |
1.198 %
| |
| #118 | Israel: |
1.154 %
| |
| #119 | Mexico: |
1.153 %
| |
| #120 | Ireland: |
1.143 %
| |
| #121 | Suriname: |
1.103 %
| |
| #122 | Montserrat: |
1.048 %
| |
| #123 | Turkey: |
1.04 %
| |
| #124 | Brazil: |
1.008 %
| |
| #125 | Vietnam: |
1.004 %
| |
| #126 | Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
1.003 %
| |
| #127 | Tunisia: |
0.989 %
| |
| #128 | Sri Lanka: |
0.982 %
| |
| #129 | New Zealand: |
0.95 %
| |
| #130 | Argentina: |
0.938 %
| |
| #131 | Chile: |
0.916 %
| |
| #132 | United States: |
0.894 %
| |
| #133 | Canada: |
0.869 %
| |
| #134 | Andorra: |
0.842 %
| |
| #135 | Macau: |
0.841 %
| |
| #136 | Iceland: |
0.824 %
| |
| #137 | Australia: |
0.824 %
| |
| #138 | Burma: |
0.815 %
| |
| #139 | Mauritius: |
0.798 %
| |
| #140 | Korea, North: |
0.785 %
| |
| #141 | Jamaica: |
0.777 %
| |
| #142 | Netherlands Antilles: |
0.777 %
| |
| #143 | Liechtenstein: |
0.745 %
| |
| #144 | Azerbaijan: |
0.688 %
| |
| #145 | Iran: |
0.663 %
| |
| #146 | Thailand: |
0.663 %
| |
| #147 | Saint Kitts and Nevis: |
0.623 %
| |
| #148 | China: |
0.606 %
| |
| #149 | Cape Verde: |
0.606 %
| |
| #150 | Bahamas, The: |
0.602 %
| |
| #151 | Zimbabwe: |
0.595 %
| |
| #152 | France: |
0.588 %
| |
| #153 | Bermuda: |
0.576 %
| |
| #154 | Hong Kong: |
0.561 %
| |
| #155 | Faroe Islands: |
0.543 %
| |
| #156 | Saint Helena: |
0.53 %
| |
| #157 | Albania: |
0.529 %
| |
| #158 | Antigua and Barbuda: |
0.527 %
| |
| #159 | Cyprus: |
0.527 %
| |
| #160 | Man, Isle of: |
0.513 %
| |
| #161 | Uruguay: |
0.504 %
| |
| #162 | Namibia: |
0.478 %
| |
| #163 | Netherlands: |
0.464 %
| |
| #164 | Seychelles: |
0.432 %
| |
| #165 | Malta: |
0.413 %
| |
| #166 | Korea, South: |
0.394 %
| |
| #167 | Puerto Rico: |
0.393 %
| |
| #168 | Monaco: |
0.386 %
| |
| #169 | Switzerland: |
0.381 %
| |
| #170 | Barbados: |
0.369 %
| |
| #171 | Norway: |
0.363 %
| |
| #172 | Kazakhstan: |
0.352 %
| |
| #173 | Grenada: |
0.336 %
| |
| #174 | Portugal: |
0.334 %
| |
| #175 | Denmark: |
0.311 %
| |
| #176 | Taiwan: |
0.304 %
| |
| #177 | United Kingdom: |
0.275 %
| |
| #178 | Cuba: |
0.273 %
| |
| #179 | Macedonia, Republic of: |
0.263 %
| |
| #180 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: |
0.248 %
| |
| #181 | Jersey: |
0.244 %
| |
| #182 | Guernsey: |
0.239 %
| |
| #183 | Guyana: |
0.234 %
| |
| #184 | Dominica: |
0.184 %
| |
| #185 | Greece: |
0.163 %
| |
| #186 | Sweden: |
0.159 %
| |
| #187 | Slovakia: |
0.147 %
| |
| #188 | Lesotho: |
0.144 %
| |
| #189 | Gibraltar: |
0.129 %
| |
| #190 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon: |
0.128 %
| |
| #191 | Finland: |
0.127 %
| |
| #192 | Belgium: |
0.12 %
| |
| #193 | Spain: |
0.116 %
| |
| #194 | Austria: |
0.077 %
| |
| #195 | Italy: |
0.01 %
| |
| #196 | Norfolk Island: |
0.006 %
| |
| #197 | Pitcairn Islands: |
0 %
| |
| #198 | Christmas Island: |
0 %
| |
| #199 | Cocos (Keeling) Islands: |
0 %
| |
| #200 | Holy See (Vatican City): |
0 %
| |
| #201 | Svalbard: |
-0.007 %
| |
| #202 | Tokelau: |
-0.018 %
| |
| #203 | Greenland: |
-0.03 %
| |
| #204 | Niue: |
-0.032 %
| |
| #205 | Germany: |
-0.033 %
| |
| #206 | Croatia: |
-0.035 %
| |
| #207 | Poland: |
-0.046 %
| |
| #208 | Slovenia: |
-0.065 %
| |
| #209 | Czech Republic: |
-0.071 %
| |
| #210 | Japan: |
-0.088 %
| |
| #211 | Moldova: |
-0.11 %
| |
| #212 | Romania: |
-0.127 %
| |
| #213 | Armenia: |
-0.129 %
| |
| #214 | Micronesia, Federated States of: |
-0.154 %
| |
| #215 | Virgin Islands: |
-0.171 %
| |
| #216 | Hungary: |
-0.253 %
| |
| #217 | American Samoa: |
-0.262 %
| |
| #218 | Lithuania: |
-0.289 %
| |
| #219 | Georgia: |
-0.329 %
| |
| #220 | Swaziland: |
-0.337 %
| |
| #221 | Belarus: |
-0.41 %
| |
| #222 | South Africa: |
-0.46 %
| |
| #223 | Russia: |
-0.484 %
| |
| #224 | Estonia: |
-0.635 %
| |
| #225 | Latvia: |
-0.648 %
| |
| #226 | Ukraine: |
-0.675 %
| |
| #227 | Bulgaria: |
-0.837 %
| |
| #228 | Trinidad and Tobago: |
-0.883 %
| |
| #229 | Cook Islands: |
-1.2 %
| |
| |
Weighted average: |
1.3 %
|
|
DEFINITION: The average annual percent change in the population, resulting from a surplus (or deficit) of births over deaths and the balance of migrants entering and leaving a country. The rate may be positive or negative. The growth rate is a factor in determining how great a burden would be imposed on a country by the changing needs of its people for infrastructure (e.g., schools, hospitals, housing, roads), resources (e.g., food, water, electricity), and jobs. Rapid population growth can be seen as threatening by neighboring countries.
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
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