Population growth by country
United States: 0.52% in 2025, 16th of 38 OECD members (highest first). 134th of all 217 with data.
Highest: 
United Arab Emirates (4.68%, 2025) · Lowest: 
St. Martin (French part) (-4.65%, 2025) · 217 countries and territories with data.
Annual change in the total population.
Ranking
Latest value for each country (within 5 years).
Over time
United States: rank over time
Rank among the countries with data in each year (highest first).
World ranking (highest first)
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 4.68% | 2025 |
| 2 |  Saudi Arabia | 4.63% | 2025 |
| 3 |  Oman | 3.96% | 2025 |
| 4 |  Qatar | 3.92% | 2025 |
| 5 |  Syria | 3.77% | 2025 |
| 6 |  Chad | 3.41% | 2025 |
| 7 |  Central African Republic | 3.37% | 2025 |
| 8 |  Somalia | 3.34% | 2025 |
| 9 |  Niger | 3.22% | 2025 |
| 10 |  DR Congo | 3.20% | 2025 |
| 11 |  Georgia | 3.18% | 2025 |
| 12 |  Angola | 3.00% | 2025 |
| 13 |  Ukraine | 2.92% | 2025 |
| 14 |  Mali | 2.90% | 2025 |
| 15 |  Yemen | 2.89% | 2025 |
| 16 |  Tanzania | 2.86% | 2025 |
| 17 |  Mozambique | 2.85% | 2025 |
| 18 |  Mauritania | 2.78% | 2025 |
| 19 |  Zambia | 2.77% | 2025 |
| 20 |  Afghanistan | 2.77% | 2025 |
| 21 |  Uganda | 2.70% | 2025 |
| 22 |  Cameroon | 2.56% | 2025 |
| 23 |  Malawi | 2.56% | 2025 |
| 24 |  Ethiopia | 2.55% | 2025 |
| 25 |  Burundi | 2.41% | 2025 |
| 26 |  Côte d'Ivoire | 2.40% | 2025 |
| 27 |  Benin | 2.40% | 2025 |
| 28 |  Madagascar | 2.40% | 2025 |
| 29 |  Equatorial Guinea | 2.40% | 2025 |
| 30 |  Sudan | 2.38% | 2025 |
| 31 |  Republic of the Congo | 2.36% | 2025 |
| 32 |  Solomon Islands | 2.35% | 2025 |
| 33 |  West Bank and Gaza | 2.33% | 2025 |
| 34 |  Guinea | 2.31% | 2025 |
| 35 |  Senegal | 2.30% | 2025 |
| 36 |  Vanuatu | 2.23% | 2025 |
| 37 |  Gambia | 2.23% | 2025 |
| 38 |  Burkina Faso | 2.21% | 2025 |
| 39 |  Togo | 2.18% | 2025 |
| 40 |  Rwanda | 2.17% | 2025 |
| 41 |  Guinea-Bissau | 2.16% | 2025 |
| 42 |  Gabon | 2.11% | 2025 |
| 43 |  Iraq | 2.10% | 2025 |
| 44 |  Liberia | 2.09% | 2025 |
| 45 |  Nigeria | 2.06% | 2025 |
| 46 |  Namibia | 2.05% | 2025 |
| 47 |  Sierra Leone | 2.04% | 2025 |
| 48 |  South Sudan | 2.03% | 2025 |
| 49 |  Gibraltar | 2.01% | 2025 |
| 50 |  Eritrea | 2.00% | 2025 |
| 51 |  São Tomé and Príncipe | 1.98% | 2025 |
| 52 |  Kenya | 1.93% | 2025 |
| 53 |  Malta | 1.89% | 2025 |
| 54 |  Zimbabwe | 1.88% | 2025 |
| 55 |  Uzbekistan | 1.88% | 2025 |
| 56 |  Comoros | 1.85% | 2025 |
| 57 |  Cayman Islands | 1.85% | 2025 |
| 58 |  Ghana | 1.83% | 2025 |
| 59 |  Tajikistan | 1.83% | 2025 |
| 60 |  Papua New Guinea | 1.75% | 2025 |
| 61 |  Armenia | 1.74% | 2025 |
| 62 |  Kyrgyzstan | 1.66% | 2025 |
| 63 |  Honduras | 1.65% | 2025 |
| 64 |  Turkmenistan | 1.65% | 2025 |
| 65 |  Ireland | 1.63% | 2025 |
| 66 |  Botswana | 1.61% | 2025 |
| 67 |  Pakistan | 1.56% | 2025 |
| 68 |  Egypt | 1.56% | 2025 |
| 69 |  Australia | 1.53% | 2025 |
| 70 |  Guatemala | 1.52% | 2025 |
| 71 |  Iceland | 1.51% | 2025 |
| 72 |  Luxembourg | 1.46% | 2025 |
| 73 |  Kiribati | 1.45% | 2025 |
| 74 |  Liechtenstein | 1.41% | 2025 |
| 75 |  Belize | 1.39% | 2025 |
| 76 |  Bolivia | 1.35% | 2025 |
| 77 |  Laos | 1.32% | 2025 |
| 78 |  Algeria | 1.32% | 2025 |
| 79 |  Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.31% | 2025 |
| 80 |  Nicaragua | 1.31% | 2025 |
| 81 |  Djibouti | 1.31% | 2025 |
| 82 |  Timor-Leste | 1.27% | 2025 |
| 83 |  Mongolia | 1.25% | 2025 |
| 84 |  Panama | 1.22% | 2025 |
| 85 |  Singapore | 1.22% | 2025 |
| 86 |  Bangladesh | 1.22% | 2025 |
| 87 |  Kazakhstan | 1.21% | 2025 |
| 88 |  Paraguay | 1.20% | 2025 |
| 89 |  Israel | 1.20% | 2025 |
| 90 |  Cambodia | 1.18% | 2025 |
| 91 |  Malaysia | 1.17% | 2025 |
| 92 |  Andorra | 1.17% | 2025 |
| 93 |  South Africa | 1.15% | 2025 |
| 94 |  Haiti | 1.13% | 2025 |
| 95 |  Seychelles | 1.13% | 2025 |
| 96 |  Lesotho | 1.10% | 2025 |
| 97 |  Eswatini | 1.07% | 2025 |
| 98 |  Libya | 1.04% | 2025 |
| 99 |  Peru | 1.04% | 2025 |
| 100 |  Spain | 1.03% | 2025 |
| 101 |  Portugal | 1.03% | 2025 |
| 102 |  Colombia | 1.01% | 2025 |
| 103 |  Switzerland | 0.96% | 2025 |
| 104 |  Canada | 0.94% | 2025 |
| 105 |  Iran | 0.92% | 2025 |
| 106 |  New Caledonia | 0.92% | 2025 |
| 107 |  Cyprus | 0.91% | 2025 |
| 108 |  Morocco | 0.91% | 2025 |
| 109 |  India | 0.89% | 2025 |
| 110 |  Suriname | 0.85% | 2025 |
| 111 |  Ecuador | 0.85% | 2025 |
| 112 |  Mexico | 0.83% | 2025 |
| 113 |  Philippines | 0.81% | 2025 |
| 114 |  Dominican Republic | 0.81% | 2025 |
| 115 |  Indonesia | 0.78% | 2025 |
| 116 |  Brunei | 0.78% | 2025 |
| 117 |  Lebanon | 0.75% | 2025 |
| 118 |  Bahrain | 0.73% | 2025 |
| 119 |  Aruba | 0.73% | 2025 |
| 120 |  Guam | 0.73% | 2025 |
| 121 |  Belgium | 0.70% | 2025 |
| 122 |  Norway | 0.69% | 2025 |
| 123 |  Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.69% | 2025 |
| 124 |  British Virgin Islands | 0.66% | 2025 |
| 125 |  New Zealand | 0.65% | 2025 |
| 126 |  Nauru | 0.65% | 2025 |
| 127 |  Bhutan | 0.65% | 2025 |
| 128 |  Myanmar | 0.64% | 2025 |
| 129 |  Vietnam | 0.60% | 2025 |
| 130 |  Samoa | 0.59% | 2025 |
| 131 |  Guyana | 0.59% | 2025 |
| 132 |  Tunisia | 0.58% | 2025 |
| 133 |  Denmark | 0.54% | 2025 |
| 134 |  United States | 0.52% | 2025 |
| 135 |  Netherlands | 0.52% | 2025 |
| 136 |  Chile | 0.48% | 2025 |
| 137 |  Faroe Islands | 0.47% | 2025 |
| 138 |  Finland | 0.47% | 2025 |
| 139 |  Fiji | 0.47% | 2025 |
| 140 |  Cabo Verde | 0.47% | 2025 |
| 141 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 0.46% | 2025 |
| 142 |  Micronesia | 0.46% | 2025 |
| 143 |  Costa Rica | 0.45% | 2025 |
| 144 |  Bahamas | 0.44% | 2025 |
| 145 |  Azerbaijan | 0.43% | 2025 |
| 146 |  El Salvador | 0.43% | 2025 |
| 147 |  Türkiye | 0.42% | 2025 |
| 148 |  Venezuela | 0.39% | 2025 |
| 149 |  San Marino | 0.39% | 2025 |
| 150 |  Brazil | 0.38% | 2025 |
| 151 |  Maldives | 0.35% | 2025 |
| 152 |  Argentina | 0.34% | 2025 |
| 153 |  Austria | 0.33% | 2025 |
| 154 |  United Kingdom | 0.30% | 2025 |
| 155 |  North Korea | 0.27% | 2025 |
| 156 |  Croatia | 0.26% | 2025 |
| 157 |  Sweden | 0.25% | 2025 |
| 158 |  France | 0.25% | 2025 |
| 159 |  French Polynesia | 0.23% | 2025 |
| 160 |  St. Lucia | 0.23% | 2025 |
| 161 | Channel Islands | 0.20% | 2025 |
| 162 |  Curaçao | 0.19% | 2025 |
| 163 |  St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.17% | 2025 |
| 164 |  Slovenia | 0.17% | 2025 |
| 165 |  Greece | 0.08% | 2025 |
| 166 |  Grenada | 0.08% | 2025 |
| 167 |  Barbados | 0.06% | 2025 |
| 168 |  Lithuania | 0.02% | 2025 |
| 169 |  Greenland | -0.01% | 2025 |
| 170 |  Germany | -0.03% | 2025 |
| 171 |  Trinidad and Tobago | -0.04% | 2025 |
| 172 |  Isle of Man | -0.05% | 2025 |
| 173 |  Uruguay | -0.06% | 2025 |
| 174 |  Italy | -0.06% | 2025 |
| 175 |  Montenegro | -0.06% | 2025 |
| 176 |  Thailand | -0.07% | 2025 |
| 177 |  Jamaica | -0.07% | 2025 |
| 178 |  Russia | -0.11% | 2025 |
| 179 |  Nepal | -0.11% | 2025 |
| 180 |  Bermuda | -0.13% | 2025 |
| 181 |  Bulgaria | -0.13% | 2025 |
| 182 |  South Korea | -0.13% | 2025 |
| 183 |  Slovakia | -0.15% | 2025 |
| 184 |  Macao | -0.16% | 2025 |
| 185 |  Mauritius | -0.16% | 2025 |
| 186 |  Romania | -0.17% | 2025 |
| 187 |  Czechia | -0.17% | 2025 |
| 188 |  China | -0.17% | 2025 |
| 189 |  Palau | -0.18% | 2025 |
| 190 |  North Macedonia | -0.19% | 2025 |
| 191 |  Jordan | -0.28% | 2025 |
| 192 |  Hong Kong | -0.34% | 2025 |
| 193 |  Poland | -0.34% | 2025 |
| 194 |  Cuba | -0.39% | 2025 |
| 195 |  Tonga | -0.42% | 2025 |
| 196 |  Estonia | -0.43% | 2025 |
| 197 |  Japan | -0.49% | 2025 |
| 198 |  Hungary | -0.50% | 2025 |
| 199 |  Dominica | -0.51% | 2025 |
| 200 |  Belarus | -0.51% | 2025 |
| 201 |  Puerto Rico | -0.55% | 2025 |
| 202 |  U.S. Virgin Islands | -0.56% | 2025 |
| 203 |  Serbia | -0.57% | 2025 |
| 204 |  Kuwait | -0.65% | 2025 |
| 205 |  St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -0.69% | 2025 |
| 206 |  Sri Lanka | -0.73% | 2025 |
| 207 |  Monaco | -0.75% | 2025 |
| 208 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.77% | 2025 |
| 209 |  Latvia | -0.99% | 2025 |
| 210 |  Kosovo | -1.10% | 2025 |
| 211 |  Albania | -1.17% | 2025 |
| 212 |  American Samoa | -1.59% | 2025 |
| 213 |  Tuvalu | -1.61% | 2025 |
| 214 |  Northern Mariana Islands | -1.68% | 2025 |
| 215 |  Moldova | -1.75% | 2025 |
| 216 |  Marshall Islands | -3.43% | 2025 |
| 217 | St. Martin (French part) | -4.65% | 2025 |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (SP.POP.GROW). License: CC BY 4.0. Data retrieved: 2026-10-28.
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