Based on a comparison of 178 countries in 2024, Niger ranked the highest in population growth rate with 3.75% followed by Mali and Zambia. On the other end of the scale was Moldova with -1.05%, Serbia with -0.975% and Latvia with -0.973%.
Average population growth rate reached 0.868% in 2024 in the World according to the National Statistical Office. This is 4.64 % less than in the previous year and 22.2 % less than the average we have seen in the last 10 years.
Historically, average population growth rate reached an all time high of 2.13% in 1963 and an all time low of 0.432% in 2050. The average annual growth amounted to -1.41 % since 1901.
Data for more countries are available at Population Growth Rate indicator page.
| Population Growth Rate | Unit | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Angola | % | 32.1% | 31.8% | 31.5% | 31.1% | 31.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | % | 27.2% | 25.8% | 24.4% | 24.0% | 23.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Burundi | % | 29.7% | 29.2% | 28.7% | 27.8% | 27.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | % | 31.5% | 31.8% | 31.4% | 31.1% | 31.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Congo (ROC) | % | 26.0% | 24.8% | 24.9% | 24.5% | 24.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Gambia | % | 25.4% | 25.1% | 24.7% | 24.2% | 24.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Madagascar | % | 26.2% | 26.1% | 25.4% | 25.0% | 24.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Malawi | % | 26.7% | 26.6% | 26.3% | 25.8% | 25.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | % | 32.8% | 31.7% | 31.5% | 31.4% | 31.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | % | 34.4% | 33.8% | 33.1% | 32.4% | 32.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | % | 22.7% | 22.0% | 21.1% | 21.2% | 21.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Somalia | % | 33.3% | 34.2% | 33.7% | 32.8% | 31.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | % | 31.0% | 30.7% | 30.5% | 29.9% | 29.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | % | 32.1% | 31.8% | 31.4% | 31.0% | 30.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | % | 28.7% | 28.5% | 28.1% | 27.3% | 28.0% |
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