Population growth rate: all countries and regions

Annual rate at which the population is growing, expressed as a percentage.

Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method.

Countries

CountryLatest yearValue (%)
Afghanistan20232.846
Albania2023-0.711
Algeria20231.442
American Samoa2023-1.599
Andorra20231.39
Angola20233.064
Anguilla20231.568
Antigua and Barbuda20230.5
Argentina20230.349
Armenia20232.789
Aruba20230.131
Australia20230.985
Austria2023-0.124
Azerbaijan2023-0.26
Bahamas20230.463
Bahrain20232.311
Bangladesh20231.214
Barbados20230.028
Belarus2023-0.653
Belgium20230.253
Belize20231.455
Benin20232.507
Bermuda2023-0.08
Bhutan20230.692
Bolivia20231.383
Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba20232.846
Bosnia and Herzegovina2023-0.59
Botswana20231.638
Brazil20230.411
British Virgin Islands20231.755
Brunei20230.837
Bulgaria2023-0.517
Burkina Faso20232.26
Burundi20232.71
Cambodia20231.253
Cameroon20232.643
Canada20231.218
Cape Verde20230.491
Cayman Islands20231.966
Central African Republic20233.41
Chad20235.71
Chile20230.566
China2023-0.236
Colombia20231.103
Comoros20231.91
Congo20232.418
Cook Islands2023-3.586
Costa Rica20230.492
Cote d'Ivoire20232.452
Croatia2023-0.343
Cuba2023-0.351
Curacao20230.036
Cyprus20231.02
Czechia2023-0.336
Democratic Republic of Congo20233.264
Denmark20230.53
Djibouti20231.375
Dominica2023-0.474
Dominican Republic20230.86
East Timor20231.075
Ecuador20230.868
Egypt20231.821
El Salvador20230.455
Equatorial Guinea20232.389
Eritrea20231.809
Estonia20230.004
Eswatini20230.943
Ethiopia20232.585
Falkland Islands2023-0.374
Faroe Islands20231.329
Fiji20230.519
Finland20230.388
France20230.173
French Guiana20231.687
French Polynesia20230.247
Gabon20232.179
Gambia20232.303
Georgia20230.018
Germany20230.349
Ghana20231.897
Gibraltar20232.332
Greece2023-2.077
Greenland2023-0.141
Grenada20230.126
Guadeloupe2023-0.404
Guam20230.779
Guatemala20231.549
Guernsey20230.475
Guinea20232.445
Guinea-Bissau20232.234
Guyana20230.552
Haiti20231.165
Honduras20231.701
Hong Kong2023-0.259
Hungary20230.067
Iceland20231.642
India20230.885
Indonesia20230.828
Iran20231.117
Iraq20232.147
Ireland20231.185
Isle of Man20230.018
Israel20231.415
Italy2023-0.216
Jamaica20230.003
Japan2023-0.482
Jersey20230.177
Jordan20231.604
Kazakhstan20231.319
Kenya20231.972
Kiribati20231.504
Kuwait20231.875
Kyrgyzstan20231.614
Laos20231.375
Latvia2023-0.287
Lebanon20230.426
Lesotho20231.123
Liberia20232.198
Libya20231.01
Liechtenstein20230.697
Lithuania20230.891
Luxembourg20231.235
Macao20231.388
Madagascar20232.452
Malawi20232.574
Malaysia20231.241
Maldives20230.323
Mali20232.972
Malta20231.29
Marshall Islands2023-3.323
Martinique2023-0.824
Mauritania20232.95
Mauritius2023-0.168
Mayotte20233.314
Mexico20230.877
Micronesia (country)20230.466
Moldova2023-0.89
Monaco2023-0.922
Mongolia20231.302
Montenegro20231.857
Montserrat2023-0.701
Morocco20231.001
Mozambique20232.941
Myanmar20230.69
Namibia20232.366
Nauru20230.505
Nepal2023-0.139
Netherlands20230.807
New Caledonia20230.966
New Zealand20230.83
Nicaragua20231.362
Niger20233.307
Nigeria20232.096
Niue2023-0.275
North Korea20230.319
North Macedonia2023-0.468
Northern Mariana Islands2023-2.105
Norway20231.109
Oman20234.591
Pakistan20231.48
Palau2023-0.231
Palestine20231.524
Panama20231.289
Papua New Guinea20231.798
Paraguay20231.245
Peru20231.118
Philippines20230.835
Poland2023-0.264
Portugal2023-0.002
Puerto Rico20230.124
Qatar20232.24
Reunion20230.41
Romania2023-0.53
Russia2023-0.323
Rwanda20232.177
Saint Barthelemy20231.66
Saint Helena2023-1.116
Saint Kitts and Nevis20230.192
Saint Lucia20230.266
Saint Martin (French part)2023-5.398
Saint Pierre and Miquelon2023-0.968
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2023-0.704
Samoa20230.627
San Marino2023-0.744
Sao Tome and Principe20232.004
Saudi Arabia20232.387
Senegal20232.329
Serbia2023-0.439
Seychelles20231.964
Sierra Leone20232.184
Singapore20230.807
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)20231.436
Slovakia20230.055
Slovenia20230.078
Solomon Islands20232.383
Somalia20233.565
South Africa20231.315
South Korea2023-0.041
South Sudan20235.862
Spain20230.018
Sri Lanka20230.582
Sudan20230.023
Suriname20230.909
Sweden20230.561
Switzerland20230.62
Syria20234.917
Taiwan2023-0.453
Tajikistan20231.962
Tanzania20232.884
Thailand2023-0.037
Togo20232.204
Tokelau20234.631
Tonga2023-0.418
Trinidad and Tobago20230.376
Tunisia20230.653
Turkey20230.232
Turkmenistan20231.8
Turks and Caicos Islands20230.745
Tuvalu2023-1.803
Uganda20232.777
Ukraine2023-1.546
United Arab Emirates20233.704
United Kingdom20230.699
United States20230.584
United States Virgin Islands2023-0.929
Uruguay2023-0.036
Uzbekistan20232.009
Vanuatu20232.295
Vatican2023-1.816
Venezuela20230.354
Vietnam20230.644
Wallis and Futuna2023-0.888
Western Sahara20231.882
Yemen20233.029
Zambia20232.833
Zimbabwe20231.684

Regions and groups

Aggregates as Our World in Data defines them.

Region or groupLatest yearValue (%)
Africa (UN)20232.316
Asia (UN)20230.606
Europe (UN)2023-0.06
High-income countries20230.387
Kosovo2023-1.072
Latin America and the Caribbean (UN)20230.703
Least developed countries20232.305
Less developed regions20231.009
Less developed regions, excluding China20231.348
Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries20230.743
Low-income countries20232.733
Lower-middle-income countries20231.231
More developed regions20230.136
Northern America (UN)20230.648
Oceania (UN)20231.155
Upper-middle-income countries20230.189
World20230.871