Population growth rate by country, 1961
Red: shrinking, blue: growing. Values are UN estimates.
| # | Country / area | Population growth rate | 1951 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | +11.4% | +3.2% |
| 2 | Kuwait | +10.7% | +2.9% |
| 3 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | +9.5% | +6.6% |
| 4 | Andorra | +7.7% | -7.8% |
| 5 | United States Virgin Islands | +7.7% | +1.7% |
| 6 | Western Sahara | +7.5% | +9.2% |
| 7 | Bahamas | +5.0% | +1.6% |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | +4.9% | +6.5% |
| 9 | Jordan | +4.8% | +7.2% |
| 10 | Brunei Darussalam | +4.5% | +5.7% |
| 11 | Libya | +4.2% | +1.3% |
| 12 | French Guiana | +4.1% | +1.3% |
| 13 | Djibouti | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| 14 | Bahrain | +4.0% | +3.0% |
| 15 | Israel | +3.9% | +4.6% |
| 16 | Uzbekistan | +3.9% | +2.3% |
| 17 | Kenya | +3.8% | +2.3% |
| 18 | Nauru | +3.8% | +2.9% |
| 19 | Côte d'Ivoire | +3.7% | +2.7% |
| 20 | Costa Rica | +3.7% | +3.4% |
| 21 | Saudi Arabia | +3.7% | +3.5% |
| 22 | Greenland | +3.6% | +1.7% |
| 23 | China, Taiwan Province of China | +3.6% | +3.5% |
| 24 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | +3.5% | +4.3% |
| 25 | Marshall Islands | +3.5% | +0.7% |
| 26 | Micronesia (Fed. States of) | +3.5% | +2.7% |
| 27 | New Caledonia | +3.4% | +1.5% |
| 28 | Armenia | +3.3% | +2.5% |
| 29 | Kyrgyzstan | +3.3% | +2.0% |
| 30 | Suriname | +3.3% | +2.9% |
| 31 | Tajikistan | +3.3% | +3.7% |
| 32 | Réunion | +3.3% | +3.6% |
| 33 | Kazakhstan | +3.2% | +3.4% |
| 34 | Saint Martin (French part) | +3.2% | +4.0% |
| 35 | Sudan | +3.2% | +3.0% |
| 36 | Philippines | +3.2% | +3.8% |
| 37 | Mexico | +3.2% | +2.7% |
| 38 | Mongolia | +3.2% | +1.6% |
| 39 | Lebanon | +3.2% | +2.8% |
| 40 | Azerbaijan | +3.1% | +1.8% |
| 41 | Colombia | +3.1% | +2.6% |
| 42 | Zambia | +3.1% | +3.0% |
| 43 | Zimbabwe | +3.1% | +3.2% |
| 44 | Dominican Republic | +3.1% | +3.0% |
| 45 | Turkmenistan | +3.1% | +2.0% |
| 46 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | +3.0% | +2.5% |
| 47 | Guatemala | +3.0% | +2.6% |
| 48 | Singapore | +3.0% | +5.3% |
| 49 | Thailand | +3.0% | +2.6% |
| 50 | Nicaragua | +3.0% | +2.8% |
| 51 | Panama | +3.0% | +2.5% |
| 52 | Fiji | +3.0% | +2.2% |
| 53 | Brazil | +3.0% | +3.0% |
| 54 | Burundi | +3.0% | +2.2% |
| 55 | Lesotho | +3.0% | +1.9% |
| 56 | American Samoa | +3.0% | +0.6% |
| 57 | Northern Mariana Islands | +3.0% | +1.3% |
| 58 | Uganda | +2.9% | +2.8% |
| 59 | Cabo Verde | +2.9% | +1.2% |
| 60 | Syrian Arab Republic | +2.9% | +2.1% |
| 61 | United Republic of Tanzania | +2.9% | +2.5% |
| 62 | Niger | +2.9% | +3.2% |
| 63 | Bangladesh | +2.9% | +2.0% |
| 64 | Bhutan | +2.9% | +2.7% |
| 65 | Peru | +2.9% | +2.8% |
| 66 | South Africa | +2.9% | +2.1% |
| 67 | Indonesia | +2.8% | +2.2% |
| 68 | Ecuador | +2.8% | +2.6% |
| 69 | El Salvador | +2.8% | +2.3% |
| 70 | Senegal | +2.8% | +2.5% |
| 71 | Tonga | +2.8% | +2.6% |
| 72 | Vanuatu | +2.8% | +1.5% |
| 73 | Honduras | +2.8% | +2.7% |
| 74 | Mayotte | +2.8% | +2.0% |
| 75 | Gambia | +2.7% | +2.5% |
| 76 | Switzerland | +2.7% | +1.3% |
| 77 | Tokelau | +2.7% | -1.0% |
| 78 | Türkiye | +2.7% | +2.9% |
| 79 | China, Macao SAR | +2.7% | +0.4% |
| 80 | Albania | +2.6% | +2.4% |
| 81 | Iraq | +2.6% | +2.2% |
| 82 | Egypt | +2.6% | +2.2% |
| 83 | Guam | +2.6% | +0.9% |
| 84 | Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) | +2.6% | +2.0% |
| 85 | Congo | +2.6% | +2.2% |
| 86 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | +2.6% | +2.0% |
| 87 | Samoa | +2.6% | +2.6% |
| 88 | Somalia | +2.6% | +2.8% |
| 89 | Pakistan | +2.6% | +2.1% |
| 90 | Bermuda | +2.6% | +1.6% |
| 91 | Madagascar | +2.6% | +2.5% |
| 92 | Malaysia | +2.6% | +2.6% |
| 93 | Mauritania | +2.6% | +2.0% |
| 94 | Morocco | +2.6% | +2.5% |
| 95 | Rwanda | +2.6% | +3.6% |
| 96 | Ethiopia | +2.5% | +1.8% |
| 97 | Kiribati | +2.5% | +2.0% |
| 98 | Palau | +2.5% | +2.0% |
| 99 | Belize | +2.5% | +3.2% |
| 100 | Maldives | +2.5% | +1.7% |
| 101 | Liberia | +2.5% | +1.9% |
| 102 | Republic of Korea | +2.5% | +1.1% |
| 103 | India | +2.4% | +2.2% |
| 104 | Eritrea | +2.4% | +1.5% |
| 105 | Ghana | +2.4% | +2.9% |
| 106 | San Marino | +2.4% | +1.2% |
| 107 | Sri Lanka | +2.4% | +1.9% |
| 108 | Viet Nam | +2.4% | +1.8% |
| 109 | Malawi | +2.4% | +1.8% |
| 110 | Liechtenstein | +2.4% | +1.6% |
| 111 | Eswatini | +2.3% | +2.5% |
| 112 | Solomon Islands | +2.3% | +2.2% |
| 113 | Papua New Guinea | +2.3% | +1.9% |
| 114 | Paraguay | +2.3% | +2.2% |
| 115 | Botswana | +2.3% | +2.4% |
| 116 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | +2.3% | +2.4% |
| 117 | Yemen | +2.2% | +1.5% |
| 118 | Guyana | +2.2% | +2.7% |
| 119 | Cambodia | +2.2% | +2.3% |
| 120 | Guadeloupe | +2.2% | +2.7% |
| 121 | New Zealand | +2.2% | +2.2% |
| 122 | Myanmar | +2.2% | +1.9% |
| 123 | Cayman Islands | +2.1% | +1.4% |
| 124 | Seychelles | +2.1% | +0.8% |
| 125 | Chile | +2.1% | +2.0% |
| 126 | Nigeria | +2.1% | +1.9% |
| 127 | Republic of Moldova | +2.1% | +1.8% |
| 128 | Dem. People's Republic of Korea | +2.1% | -4.8% |
| 129 | Afghanistan | +2.0% | +1.4% |
| 130 | Australia | +2.0% | +2.7% |
| 131 | Cuba | +2.0% | +2.0% |
| 132 | Cook Islands | +2.0% | +2.1% |
| 133 | Chad | +2.0% | +1.8% |
| 134 | Trinidad and Tobago | +2.0% | +2.6% |
| 135 | Namibia | +2.0% | +1.1% |
| 136 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | +2.0% | +1.6% |
| 137 | French Polynesia | +2.0% | +2.5% |
| 138 | Iceland | +1.9% | +1.5% |
| 139 | Canada | +1.9% | +2.8% |
| 140 | Georgia | +1.9% | +1.3% |
| 141 | Nepal | +1.9% | +2.0% |
| 142 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | +1.9% | +1.5% |
| 143 | Martinique | +1.9% | +2.2% |
| 144 | Mozambique | +1.9% | +1.2% |
| 145 | Equatorial Guinea | +1.9% | +1.8% |
| 146 | Central African Republic | +1.9% | +1.6% |
| 147 | United States of America | +1.8% | +1.5% |
| 148 | Oman | +1.8% | +1.3% |
| 149 | Guinea | +1.8% | +1.6% |
| 150 | Comoros | +1.8% | +1.9% |
| 151 | Togo | +1.8% | +1.8% |
| 152 | Haiti | +1.8% | +1.5% |
| 153 | Argentina | +1.7% | +2.0% |
| 154 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | +1.7% | +0.8% |
| 155 | Curaçao | +1.7% | +2.6% |
| 156 | State of Palestine | +1.7% | +0.9% |
| 157 | Puerto Rico | +1.7% | +0.8% |
| 158 | Benin | +1.7% | +0.8% |
| 159 | Mauritius | +1.7% | +3.0% |
| 160 | Cameroon | +1.6% | +1.5% |
| 161 | Sierra Leone | +1.6% | +1.2% |
| 162 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | +1.6% | +2.8% |
| 163 | South Sudan | +1.6% | +1.5% |
| 164 | Algeria | +1.5% | +2.7% |
| 165 | Mali | +1.5% | +1.5% |
| 166 | Lithuania | +1.5% | +1.1% |
| 167 | Timor-Leste | +1.5% | +0.9% |
| 168 | North Macedonia | +1.5% | +1.7% |
| 169 | Aruba | +1.4% | +2.6% |
| 170 | Antigua and Barbuda | +1.4% | +2.1% |
| 171 | Netherlands | +1.4% | +1.3% |
| 172 | Jamaica | +1.4% | +2.5% |
| 173 | Slovakia | +1.4% | +1.8% |
| 174 | Burkina Faso | +1.4% | +1.1% |
| 175 | Montenegro | +1.4% | +1.9% |
| 176 | Ukraine | +1.3% | +1.3% |
| 177 | Belarus | +1.3% | +1.0% |
| 178 | Poland | +1.3% | +1.8% |
| 179 | Russian Federation | +1.3% | +1.4% |
| 180 | Uruguay | +1.2% | +1.0% |
| 181 | Estonia | +1.2% | +1.3% |
| 182 | Gabon | +1.2% | +0.6% |
| 183 | Guinea-Bissau | +1.2% | +0.8% |
| 184 | Grenada | +1.2% | +1.1% |
| 185 | Tunisia | +1.2% | +2.0% |
| 186 | Dominica | +1.2% | +0.6% |
| 187 | Latvia | +1.2% | +0.8% |
| 188 | Spain | +1.1% | +0.5% |
| 189 | Faroe Islands | +1.1% | +0.6% |
| 190 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | +1.1% | +0.3% |
| 191 | Luxembourg | +1.1% | +0.6% |
| 192 | Angola | +1.0% | +1.0% |
| 193 | Cyprus | +1.0% | +1.5% |
| 194 | Sao Tome and Principe | +1.0% | +1.4% |
| 195 | Jersey | +1.0% | +1.3% |
| 196 | Serbia | +1.0% | +1.0% |
| 197 | Saint Lucia | +1.0% | +1.0% |
| 198 | France | +1.0% | +1.0% |
| 199 | Guernsey | +0.9% | +1.0% |
| 200 | Slovenia | +0.9% | +1.1% |
| 201 | Tuvalu | +0.9% | +2.2% |
| 202 | Niue | +0.9% | -0.1% |
| 203 | Bulgaria | +0.9% | +0.7% |
| 204 | Japan | +0.9% | +1.5% |
| 205 | Anguilla | +0.8% | +3.7% |
| 206 | Denmark | +0.8% | +0.7% |
| 207 | Norway | +0.8% | +0.9% |
| 208 | Barbados | +0.8% | +1.5% |
| 209 | United Kingdom | +0.7% | +0.1% |
| 210 | Croatia | +0.7% | +1.1% |
| 211 | Germany | +0.7% | +0.0% |
| 212 | Finland | +0.7% | +0.9% |
| 213 | Belgium | +0.7% | +0.4% |
| 214 | Italy | +0.6% | +0.6% |
| 215 | Austria | +0.6% | -0.1% |
| 216 | Sweden | +0.6% | +0.7% |
| 217 | Saint Barthélemy | +0.5% | +1.7% |
| 218 | Saint Helena | +0.5% | +0.7% |
| 219 | Romania | +0.5% | +1.4% |
| 220 | Greece | +0.4% | +0.8% |
| 221 | Gibraltar | +0.4% | -0.6% |
| 222 | Hungary | +0.4% | +0.8% |
| 223 | British Virgin Islands | +0.4% | -0.1% |
| 224 | Turks and Caicos Islands | +0.3% | -0.4% |
| 225 | Czechia | +0.3% | +0.9% |
| 226 | Monaco | +0.3% | +1.4% |
| 227 | China | +0.3% | +1.8% |
| 228 | Ireland | +0.1% | +0.7% |
| 229 | Holy See | +0.1% | +0.7% |
| 230 | Portugal | +0.1% | +0.5% |
| 231 | Isle of Man | +0.1% | -0.6% |
| 232 | Malta | -0.1% | +1.5% |
| 233 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | -0.5% | +0.7% |
| 234 | Montserrat | -0.6% | -0.8% |
| 235 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | -1.4% | +2.3% |
| 236 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | -4.1% | +4.5% |
| 237 | China, Hong Kong SAR | -4.9% | +4.5% |
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Includes small territories.