Population growth
% per year · no best or worst — smallest to largest
216 of 216 countries report a figure for population growth
World average: 1.0%
| Rank | Country | Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #216 | Saint-Martin | -4.7% | 2025 | |
| #215 | Marshall Islands | -3.4% | 2025 | |
| #214 | Moldova | -1.8% | 2025 | |
| #213 | Northern Mariana Islands | -1.7% | 2025 | |
| #212 | Tuvalu | -1.6% | 2025 | |
| #211 | American Samoa | -1.6% | 2025 | |
| #210 | Albania | -1.2% | 2025 | |
| #209 | Kosovo | -1.1% | 2025 | |
| #208 | Latvia | -1.0% | 2025 | |
| #207 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.8% | 2025 | |
| #206 | Monaco | -0.8% | 2025 | |
| #205 | Sri Lanka | -0.7% | 2025 | |
| #204 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -0.7% | 2025 | |
| #203 | Kuwait | -0.7% | 2025 | |
| #202 | Serbia | -0.6% | 2025 | |
| #201 | United States Virgin Islands | -0.6% | 2025 | |
| #200 | Puerto Rico | -0.6% | 2025 | |
| #199 | Belarus | -0.5% | 2025 | |
| #198 | Dominica | -0.5% | 2025 | |
| #197 | Hungary | -0.5% | 2025 | |
| #196 | Japan | -0.5% | 2025 | |
| #195 | Estonia | -0.4% | 2025 | |
| #194 | Tonga | -0.4% | 2025 | |
| #193 | Cuba | -0.4% | 2025 | |
| #192 | Poland | -0.3% | 2025 | |
| #191 | Hong Kong | -0.3% | 2025 | |
| #190 | Jordan | -0.3% | 2025 | |
| #189 | North Macedonia | -0.2% | 2025 | |
| #188 | Palau | -0.2% | 2025 | |
| #187 | People's Republic of China | -0.2% | 2025 | |
| #186 | Czech Republic | -0.2% | 2025 | |
| #185 | Romania | -0.2% | 2025 | |
| #184 | Mauritius | -0.2% | 2025 | |
| #183 | Macau | -0.2% | 2025 | |
| #182 | Slovakia | -0.2% | 2025 | |
| #181 | South Korea | -0.1% | 2025 | |
| #180 | Bulgaria | -0.1% | 2025 | |
| #179 | Bermuda | -0.1% | 2025 | |
| #178 | Nepal | -0.1% | 2025 | |
| #177 | Russia | -0.1% | 2025 | |
| #176 | Jamaica | -0.1% | 2025 | |
| #175 | Thailand | -0.1% | 2025 | |
| #174 | Montenegro | -0.1% | 2025 | |
| #173 | Italy | -0.1% | 2025 | |
| #172 | Uruguay | -0.1% | 2025 | |
| #171 | Isle of Man | -0.0% | 2025 | |
| #170 | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.0% | 2025 | |
| #169 | Germany | -0.0% | 2025 | |
| #168 | Greenland | -0.0% | 2025 | |
| #167 | Lithuania | 0.0% | 2025 | |
| #166 | Barbados | 0.1% | 2025 | |
| #165 | Grenada | 0.1% | 2025 | |
| #164 | Greece | 0.1% | 2025 | |
| #163 | Slovenia | 0.2% | 2025 | |
| #162 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.2% | 2025 | |
| #161 | Curaçao | 0.2% | 2025 | |
| #160 | Saint Lucia | 0.2% | 2025 | |
| #159 | French Polynesia | 0.2% | 2025 | |
| #158 | France | 0.2% | 2025 | |
| #157 | Sweden | 0.3% | 2025 | |
| #156 | Croatia | 0.3% | 2025 | |
| #155 | North Korea | 0.3% | 2025 | |
| #154 | United Kingdom | 0.3% | 2025 | |
| #153 | Austria | 0.3% | 2025 | |
| #152 | Argentina | 0.3% | 2025 | |
| #151 | Maldives | 0.4% | 2025 | |
| #150 | Brazil | 0.4% | 2025 | |
| #149 | San Marino | 0.4% | 2025 | |
| #148 | Venezuela | 0.4% | 2025 | |
| #147 | Turkey | 0.4% | 2025 | |
| #146 | El Salvador | 0.4% | 2025 | |
| #145 | Azerbaijan | 0.4% | 2025 | |
| #144 | The Bahamas | 0.4% | 2025 | |
| #143 | Costa Rica | 0.4% | 2025 | |
| #142 | Federated States of Micronesia | 0.5% | 2025 | |
| #141 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.5% | 2025 | |
| #140 | Cape Verde | 0.5% | 2025 | |
| #139 | Fiji | 0.5% | 2025 | |
| #138 | Finland | 0.5% | 2025 | |
| #137 | Faroe Islands | 0.5% | 2025 | |
| #136 | Chile | 0.5% | 2025 | |
| #135 | Kingdom of the Netherlands | 0.5% | 2025 | |
| #134 | United States | 0.5% | 2025 | |
| #133 | Denmark | 0.5% | 2025 | |
| #132 | Tunisia | 0.6% | 2025 | |
| #131 | Guyana | 0.6% | 2025 | |
| #130 | Samoa | 0.6% | 2025 | |
| #129 | Vietnam | 0.6% | 2025 | |
| #128 | Myanmar | 0.6% | 2025 | |
| #127 | Bhutan | 0.6% | 2025 | |
| #126 | Nauru | 0.7% | 2025 | |
| #125 | New Zealand | 0.7% | 2025 | |
| #124 | British Virgin Islands | 0.7% | 2025 | |
| #123 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.7% | 2025 | |
| #122 | Norway | 0.7% | 2025 | |
| #121 | Belgium | 0.7% | 2025 | |
| #120 | Guam | 0.7% | 2025 | |
| #119 | Aruba | 0.7% | 2025 | |
| #118 | Bahrain | 0.7% | 2025 | |
| #117 | Lebanon | 0.7% | 2025 | |
| #116 | Brunei | 0.8% | 2025 | |
| #115 | Indonesia | 0.8% | 2025 | |
| #114 | Dominican Republic | 0.8% | 2025 | |
| #113 | Philippines | 0.8% | 2025 | |
| #112 | Mexico | 0.8% | 2025 | |
| #111 | Ecuador | 0.8% | 2025 | |
| #110 | Suriname | 0.9% | 2025 | |
| #109 | India | 0.9% | 2025 | |
| #108 | Morocco | 0.9% | 2025 | |
| #107 | Cyprus | 0.9% | 2025 | |
| #106 | New Caledonia | 0.9% | 2025 | |
| #105 | Iran | 0.9% | 2025 | |
| #104 | Canada | 0.9% | 2025 | |
| #103 | Switzerland | 1.0% | 2025 | |
| #102 | Colombia | 1.0% | 2025 | |
| #101 | Portugal | 1.0% | 2025 | |
| #100 | Spain | 1.0% | 2025 | |
| #99 | Peru | 1.0% | 2025 | |
| #98 | Libya | 1.0% | 2025 | |
| #97 | Eswatini | 1.1% | 2025 | |
| #96 | Lesotho | 1.1% | 2025 | |
| #95 | Seychelles | 1.1% | 2025 | |
| #94 | Haiti | 1.1% | 2025 | |
| #93 | South Africa | 1.1% | 2025 | |
| #92 | Andorra | 1.2% | 2025 | |
| #91 | Malaysia | 1.2% | 2025 | |
| #90 | Cambodia | 1.2% | 2025 | |
| #89 | Israel | 1.2% | 2025 | |
| #88 | Paraguay | 1.2% | 2025 | |
| #87 | Kazakhstan | 1.2% | 2025 | |
| #86 | Bangladesh | 1.2% | 2025 | |
| #85 | Singapore | 1.2% | 2025 | |
| #84 | Panama | 1.2% | 2025 | |
| #83 | Mongolia | 1.2% | 2025 | |
| #82 | Timor-Leste | 1.3% | 2025 | |
| #81 | Djibouti | 1.3% | 2025 | |
| #80 | Nicaragua | 1.3% | 2025 | |
| #79 | Sint Maarten | 1.3% | 2025 | |
| #78 | Algeria | 1.3% | 2025 | |
| #77 | Laos | 1.3% | 2025 | |
| #76 | Bolivia | 1.3% | 2025 | |
| #75 | Belize | 1.4% | 2025 | |
| #74 | Liechtenstein | 1.4% | 2025 | |
| #73 | Kiribati | 1.5% | 2025 | |
| #72 | Luxembourg | 1.5% | 2025 | |
| #71 | Iceland | 1.5% | 2025 | |
| #70 | Guatemala | 1.5% | 2025 | |
| #69 | Australia | 1.5% | 2025 | |
| #68 | Egypt | 1.6% | 2025 | |
| #67 | Pakistan | 1.6% | 2025 | |
| #66 | Botswana | 1.6% | 2025 | |
| #65 | Ireland | 1.6% | 2025 | |
| #64 | Turkmenistan | 1.6% | 2025 | |
| #63 | Honduras | 1.7% | 2025 | |
| #62 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.7% | 2025 | |
| #61 | Armenia | 1.7% | 2025 | |
| #60 | Papua New Guinea | 1.7% | 2025 | |
| #59 | Tajikistan | 1.8% | 2025 | |
| #58 | Ghana | 1.8% | 2025 | |
| #57 | Cayman Islands | 1.8% | 2025 | |
| #56 | Comoros | 1.9% | 2025 | |
| #55 | Uzbekistan | 1.9% | 2025 | |
| #54 | Zimbabwe | 1.9% | 2025 | |
| #53 | Malta | 1.9% | 2025 | |
| #52 | Kenya | 1.9% | 2025 | |
| #51 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 2.0% | 2025 | |
| #50 | Eritrea | 2.0% | 2025 | |
| #49 | Gibraltar | 2.0% | 2025 | |
| #48 | South Sudan | 2.0% | 2025 | |
| #47 | Sierra Leone | 2.0% | 2025 | |
| #46 | Namibia | 2.0% | 2025 | |
| #45 | Nigeria | 2.1% | 2025 | |
| #44 | Liberia | 2.1% | 2025 | |
| #43 | Iraq | 2.1% | 2025 | |
| #42 | Gabon | 2.1% | 2025 | |
| #41 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.2% | 2025 | |
| #40 | Rwanda | 2.2% | 2025 | |
| #39 | Togo | 2.2% | 2025 | |
| #38 | Burkina Faso | 2.2% | 2025 | |
| #37 | The Gambia | 2.2% | 2025 | |
| #36 | Vanuatu | 2.2% | 2025 | |
| #35 | Senegal | 2.3% | 2025 | |
| #34 | Guinea | 2.3% | 2025 | |
| #33 | Palestine | 2.3% | 2025 | |
| #32 | Solomon Islands | 2.3% | 2025 | |
| #31 | Republic of the Congo | 2.4% | 2025 | |
| #30 | Sudan | 2.4% | 2025 | |
| #29 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.4% | 2025 | |
| #28 | Madagascar | 2.4% | 2025 | |
| #27 | Benin | 2.4% | 2025 | |
| #26 | Ivory Coast | 2.4% | 2025 | |
| #25 | Burundi | 2.4% | 2025 | |
| #24 | Ethiopia | 2.6% | 2025 | |
| #23 | Malawi | 2.6% | 2025 | |
| #22 | Cameroon | 2.6% | 2025 | |
| #21 | Uganda | 2.7% | 2025 | |
| #20 | Afghanistan | 2.8% | 2025 | |
| #19 | Zambia | 2.8% | 2025 | |
| #18 | Mauritania | 2.8% | 2025 | |
| #17 | Mozambique | 2.8% | 2025 | |
| #16 | Tanzania | 2.9% | 2025 | |
| #15 | Yemen | 2.9% | 2025 | |
| #14 | Mali | 2.9% | 2025 | |
| #13 | Ukraine | 2.9% | 2025 | |
| #12 | Angola | 3.0% | 2025 | |
| #11 | Georgia | 3.2% | 2025 | |
| #10 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3.2% | 2025 | |
| #9 | Niger | 3.2% | 2025 | |
| #8 | Somalia | 3.3% | 2025 | |
| #7 | Central African Republic | 3.4% | 2025 | |
| #6 | Chad | 3.4% | 2025 | |
| #5 | Syria | 3.8% | 2025 | |
| #4 | Qatar | 3.9% | 2025 | |
| #3 | Oman | 4.0% | 2025 | |
| #2 | Saudi Arabia | 4.6% | 2025 | |
| #1 | United Arab Emirates | 4.7% | 2025 |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)