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Population growth by country

annual % · 217 countries ranked · 2025

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Rank 1 = highest value; “better” is not defined for this indicator.25 of 217
  1. 1United Arab EmiratesWorld rank 1st of 217
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  2. 2Saudi ArabiaWorld rank 2nd of 217
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  3. 3OmanWorld rank 3rd of 217
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  4. 4QatarWorld rank 4th of 217
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  5. 5SyriaWorld rank 5th of 217
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  6. 6ChadWorld rank 6th of 217
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  7. 7Central African RepublicWorld rank 7th of 217
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  8. 8SomaliaWorld rank 8th of 217
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  9. 9NigerWorld rank 9th of 217
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  10. 10DR CongoWorld rank 10th of 217
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  11. 11GeorgiaWorld rank 11th of 217
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  12. 12AngolaWorld rank 12th of 217
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  13. 13UkraineWorld rank 13th of 217
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  14. 14MaliWorld rank 14th of 217
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  15. 15YemenWorld rank 15th of 217
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  16. 16TanzaniaWorld rank 16th of 217
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  17. 17MozambiqueWorld rank 17th of 217
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  18. 18MauritaniaWorld rank 18th of 217
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  19. 19ZambiaWorld rank 19th of 217
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  20. 20AfghanistanWorld rank 20th of 217
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  21. 21UgandaWorld rank 21st of 217
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  22. 22CameroonWorld rank 22nd of 217
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  23. 23MalawiWorld rank 23rd of 217
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  24. 24EthiopiaWorld rank 24th of 217
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  25. 25BurundiWorld rank 25th of 217
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Population growth, 2025. Quantile classes; hatched = no data.

Population growth, 2025World map of Population growth (2025) for 217 countries, from -4.65 % to 4.68 %.Fiji: 0.47 %Tanzania: 2.86 %W. Sahara: —Canada: 0.94 %United States: 0.52 %Kazakhstan: 1.21 %Uzbekistan: 1.88 %Papua New Guinea: 1.75 %Indonesia: 0.78 %Argentina: 0.34 %Chile: 0.48 %DR Congo: 3.20 %Somalia: 3.34 %Kenya: 1.93 %Sudan: 2.38 %Chad: 3.41 %Haiti: 1.13 %Dominican Republic: 0.81 %Russia: -0.11 %Bahamas: 0.44 %Falkland Is.: —Norway: 0.69 %Greenland: -0.01 %Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: —Timor-Leste: 1.27 %South Africa: 1.15 %Lesotho: 1.10 %Mexico: 0.83 %Uruguay: -0.06 %Brazil: 0.38 %Bolivia: 1.35 %Peru: 1.04 %Colombia: 1.01 %Panama: 1.22 %Costa Rica: 0.45 %Nicaragua: 1.31 %Honduras: 1.65 %El Salvador: 0.43 %Guatemala: 1.52 %Belize: 1.39 %Venezuela: 0.39 %Guyana: 0.59 %Suriname: 0.85 %France: 0.25 %Ecuador: 0.85 %Puerto Rico: -0.55 %Jamaica: -0.07 %Cuba: -0.39 %Zimbabwe: 1.88 %Botswana: 1.61 %Namibia: 2.05 %Senegal: 2.30 %Mali: 2.90 %Mauritania: 2.78 %Benin: 2.40 %Niger: 3.22 %Nigeria: 2.06 %Cameroon: 2.56 %Togo: 2.18 %Ghana: 1.83 %Côte d'Ivoire: 2.40 %Guinea: 2.31 %Guinea-Bissau: 2.16 %Liberia: 2.09 %Sierra Leone: 2.04 %Burkina Faso: 2.21 %Central African Republic: 3.37 %Republic of the Congo: 2.36 %Gabon: 2.11 %Equatorial Guinea: 2.40 %Zambia: 2.77 %Malawi: 2.56 %Mozambique: 2.85 %Eswatini: 1.07 %Angola: 3.00 %Burundi: 2.41 %Israel: 1.20 %Lebanon: 0.75 %Madagascar: 2.40 %Palestine: 2.33 %Gambia: 2.23 %Tunisia: 0.58 %Algeria: 1.32 %Jordan: -0.28 %United Arab Emirates: 4.68 %Qatar: 3.92 %Kuwait: -0.65 %Iraq: 2.10 %Oman: 3.96 %Vanuatu: 2.23 %Cambodia: 1.18 %Thailand: -0.07 %Laos: 1.32 %Myanmar: 0.64 %Vietnam: 0.60 %North Korea: 0.27 %South Korea: -0.13 %Mongolia: 1.25 %India: 0.89 %Bangladesh: 1.22 %Bhutan: 0.65 %Nepal: -0.11 %Pakistan: 1.56 %Afghanistan: 2.77 %Tajikistan: 1.83 %Kyrgyzstan: 1.66 %Turkmenistan: 1.65 %Iran: 0.92 %Syria: 3.77 %Armenia: 1.74 %Sweden: 0.25 %Belarus: -0.51 %Ukraine: 2.92 %Poland: -0.34 %Austria: 0.33 %Hungary: -0.50 %Moldova: -1.75 %Romania: -0.17 %Lithuania: 0.02 %Latvia: -0.99 %Estonia: -0.43 %Germany: -0.03 %Bulgaria: -0.13 %Greece: 0.08 %Türkiye: 0.42 %Albania: -1.17 %Croatia: 0.26 %Switzerland: 0.96 %Luxembourg: 1.46 %Belgium: 0.70 %Netherlands: 0.52 %Portugal: 1.03 %Spain: 1.03 %Ireland: 1.63 %New Caledonia: 0.92 %Solomon Islands: 2.35 %New Zealand: 0.65 %Australia: 1.53 %Sri Lanka: -0.73 %China: -0.17 %Taiwan: —Italy: -0.06 %Denmark: 0.54 %United Kingdom: 0.30 %Iceland: 1.51 %Azerbaijan: 0.43 %Georgia: 3.18 %Philippines: 0.81 %Malaysia: 1.17 %Brunei: 0.78 %Slovenia: 0.17 %Finland: 0.47 %Slovakia: -0.15 %Czechia: -0.17 %Eritrea: 2.00 %Japan: -0.49 %Paraguay: 1.20 %Yemen: 2.89 %Saudi Arabia: 4.63 %N. Cyprus: —Cyprus: 0.91 %Morocco: 0.91 %Egypt: 1.56 %Libya: 1.04 %Ethiopia: 2.55 %Djibouti: 1.31 %Somaliland: —Uganda: 2.70 %Rwanda: 2.17 %Bosnia and Herzegovina: -0.77 %North Macedonia: -0.19 %Serbia: -0.57 %Montenegro: -0.06 %Kosovo: -1.10 %Trinidad and Tobago: -0.04 %South Sudan: 2.03 %
  • -4.65 % – -0.13 %
  • -0.13 % – 0.43 %
  • 0.43 % – 0.89 %
  • 0.89 % – 1.45 %
  • 1.45 % – 2.23 %
  • 2.23 % – 4.68 %
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Rank over time

Position in the world ranking by year, up to 5 countries. Rank 1 is at the top.

United Arab EmiratesSaudi ArabiaOman
Rank over timeRank by year for United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Oman, 1961–2025.197019801990200020102020150100150200RankUnited Arab Emirates · 1Saudi Arabia · 2Oman · 3

Rank by year for United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Oman, 1961–2025.