Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual growth rate by country

The year-on-year percentage change in Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.

Countries reporting
227
Highest
3.9 % change on previous year
Ethiopia PDR
Lowest
-2.46 % change on previous year
China, Hong Kong SAR
Median
-0.2366 % change on previous year
Years covered
150
1951–2100
Data points
38,696

What the numbers show

Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual growth rate is currently reported for 227 countries. The highest value is 3.9 % change on previous year in Ethiopia PDR; the lowest is -2.46 % change on previous year in China, Hong Kong SAR.

The median across all reporting countries is -0.2366 % change on previous year, and the mean is -0.2284 % change on previous year.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 45 countries rose and 182 fell. The largest increase was in Switzerland (up 401.1%), and the largest decrease in Algeria (down 116,415.0%).

Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ethiopia PDR 3.9 % change on previous year 1992 down 0.0% rising
2 Sudan (former) 2.81 % change on previous year 2011 down 2.6% falling
3 Pacific Islands Trust Territory 2.66 % change on previous year 1990 down 20.4% rising
4 Nicaragua 1.36 % change on previous year 2024 down 1.8% falling
5 Netherlands Antilles (former) 1.03 % change on previous year 2010 up 365.7% volatile
6 Qatar 1.01 % change on previous year 2100 down 7.1% volatile
7 Mayotte 0.9585 % change on previous year 2100 down 17.0% volatile
8 United Arab Emirates 0.9136 % change on previous year 2100 down 2.8% volatile
9 Kuwait 0.801 % change on previous year 2100 down 2.7% volatile
10 Angola 0.7608 % change on previous year 2100 down 25.7% falling
11 Congo 0.6949 % change on previous year 2100 down 21.9% falling
12 Oman 0.6675 % change on previous year 2100 down 10.8% volatile
13 Monaco 0.6528 % change on previous year 2100 up 9.4% volatile
14 Bahrain 0.6429 % change on previous year 2100 down 4.2% volatile
15 Saudi Arabia 0.6339 % change on previous year 2100 down 8.1% volatile
16 Gabon 0.6318 % change on previous year 2100 down 20.3% falling
17 Mauritania 0.6195 % change on previous year 2100 down 25.5% falling
18 French Guiana 0.591 % change on previous year 2100 down 24.4% volatile
19 Cameroon 0.5809 % change on previous year 2100 down 24.5% falling
20 Togo 0.5799 % change on previous year 2100 down 20.1% falling
21 USSR 0.549 % change on previous year 1991 down 33.4% falling
22 Zambia 0.5254 % change on previous year 2100 down 26.2% falling
23 Vanuatu 0.5174 % change on previous year 2100 down 25.3% falling
24 Australia 0.5057 % change on previous year 2100 down 10.7% volatile
25 Israel 0.4941 % change on previous year 2100 down 21.5% volatile
26 Ethiopia 0.4782 % change on previous year 2100 down 25.1% falling
27 Somalia 0.4652 % change on previous year 2100 down 35.8% volatile
28 Afghanistan 0.4637 % change on previous year 2100 down 30.7% volatile
29 Chad 0.4609 % change on previous year 2100 down 38.0% falling
30 Equatorial Guinea 0.4453 % change on previous year 2100 down 27.3% volatile
31 Madagascar 0.445 % change on previous year 2100 down 28.2% falling
32 Australia and New Zealand 0.4364 % change on previous year 2100 down 11.1% volatile
33 Malawi 0.4293 % change on previous year 2100 down 23.4% volatile
34 Sudan 0.4226 % change on previous year 2100 down 31.0% volatile
35 Benin 0.4203 % change on previous year 2100 down 31.0% falling
36 Central African Republic 0.4069 % change on previous year 2100 down 36.8% falling
37 Mali 0.3916 % change on previous year 2100 down 38.4% falling
38 Niger 0.3834 % change on previous year 2100 down 38.8% falling
39 Mozambique 0.3732 % change on previous year 2100 down 37.4% volatile
40 Senegal 0.3558 % change on previous year 2100 down 32.6% falling
41 Uzbekistan 0.3429 % change on previous year 2100 down 33.5% falling
42 Canada 0.3281 % change on previous year 2100 up 20.6% volatile
43 Samoa 0.3243 % change on previous year 2100 down 34.1% volatile
44 Burundi 0.2923 % change on previous year 2100 down 43.4% volatile
45 Comoros 0.2913 % change on previous year 2100 down 38.2% falling
46 Eritrea 0.278 % change on previous year 2100 down 33.7% volatile
47 Belgium-Luxembourg 0.2757 % change on previous year 1999 up 19.7% volatile
48 Yemen 0.2706 % change on previous year 2100 down 46.1% falling
49 Rwanda 0.267 % change on previous year 2100 down 42.8% volatile
50 Sao Tome and Principe 0.2544 % change on previous year 2100 down 44.0% falling
51 South Africa 0.2264 % change on previous year 2100 down 11.1% volatile
52 Kazakhstan 0.2152 % change on previous year 2100 down 34.3% volatile
53 Solomon Islands 0.2119 % change on previous year 2100 down 44.8% volatile
54 Czechoslovakia 0.1899 % change on previous year 1992 down 37.2% volatile
55 Iraq 0.1891 % change on previous year 2100 down 46.0% volatile
56 Zimbabwe 0.1887 % change on previous year 2100 down 52.1% volatile
57 Pakistan 0.1692 % change on previous year 2100 down 46.3% volatile
58 Niue 0.1674 % change on previous year 2100 down 34.7% volatile
59 Naoero 0.16 % change on previous year 2100 down 47.1% volatile
60 Ghana 0.1512 % change on previous year 2100 down 50.8% volatile
61 Jordan 0.1447 % change on previous year 2100 down 58.9% volatile
62 Liberia 0.1439 % change on previous year 2100 down 62.8% volatile
63 Guinea-Bissau 0.1404 % change on previous year 2100 down 45.1% volatile
64 Tuvalu 0.1388 % change on previous year 2100 down 46.2% volatile
65 Mongolia 0.1039 % change on previous year 2100 down 61.7% volatile
66 Namibia 0.0916 % change on previous year 2100 down 62.0% volatile
67 Guinea 0.0779 % change on previous year 2100 down 68.0% volatile
68 Palestine, State of 0.0758 % change on previous year 2100 down 68.4% volatile
69 Djibouti 0.0663 % change on previous year 2100 down 60.4% volatile
70 Switzerland 0.0651 % change on previous year 2100 up 401.1% volatile
71 Papua New Guinea 0.0564 % change on previous year 2100 down 73.7% volatile
72 Egypt 0.0535 % change on previous year 2100 down 72.7% volatile
73 Burkina Faso 0.0413 % change on previous year 2100 down 78.9% volatile
74 Tajikistan 0.0347 % change on previous year 2100 down 85.0% volatile
75 Uganda 0.0339 % change on previous year 2100 down 87.3% volatile
76 Nigeria 0.0306 % change on previous year 2100 down 84.7% volatile
77 South Sudan 0.0243 % change on previous year 2100 down 81.4% volatile
78 Gambia 0.0232 % change on previous year 2100 down 88.1% volatile
79 Kyrgyzstan 0.0196 % change on previous year 2100 down 87.9% volatile
80 Tonga 0.0076 % change on previous year 2100 down 94.1% volatile
81 Liechtenstein 0.0069 % change on previous year 2100 down 85.0% volatile
82 Kiribati -0.0018 % change on previous year 2100 down 101.1% volatile
83 Kenya -0.0278 % change on previous year 2100 down 121.4% volatile
84 France -0.028 % change on previous year 2100 down 159.5% volatile
85 Saint Martin (French part) -0.035 % change on previous year 2100 down 108.8% volatile
86 Sweden -0.0422 % change on previous year 2100 down 100.4% volatile
87 Germany -0.0436 % change on previous year 2100 up 47.0% volatile
88 Cayman Islands -0.0483 % change on previous year 2100 down 145.0% volatile
89 Yugoslav SFR -0.0513 % change on previous year 1991 down 108.3% falling
90 Portugal -0.0538 % change on previous year 2100 down 7.2% volatile
91 San Marino -0.0577 % change on previous year 2100 down 1,001.2% volatile
92 New Zealand -0.0748 % change on previous year 2100 down 110.9% volatile
93 Russian Federation -0.0822 % change on previous year 2100 down 93.7% volatile
94 Western Sahara -0.1 % change on previous year 2100 down 932.7% volatile
95 Honduras -0.1079 % change on previous year 2100 down 9,347.0% volatile
96 Sierra Leone -0.1141 % change on previous year 2100 down 272.1% volatile
97 Guam -0.121 % change on previous year 2100 down 656.5% volatile
98 Denmark -0.1261 % change on previous year 2100 up 11.7% volatile
99 Botswana -0.146 % change on previous year 2100 down 231.7% volatile
100 Belgium -0.1652 % change on previous year 2100 down 29.8% volatile
101 Algeria -0.1786 % change on previous year 2100 down 116,415.0% volatile
102 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland -0.1791 % change on previous year 2100 down 60.1% volatile
103 Tokelau -0.1827 % change on previous year 2100 down 707.5% volatile
104 Libya -0.1881 % change on previous year 2100 down 41.3% volatile
105 Lesotho -0.1902 % change on previous year 2100 down 195.3% volatile
106 Panama -0.192 % change on previous year 2100 down 84.1% volatile
107 New Caledonia -0.1927 % change on previous year 2100 down 51.7% volatile
108 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) -0.1961 % change on previous year 2100 up 14.9% volatile
109 Austria -0.2039 % change on previous year 2100 up 26.8% volatile
110 Gibraltar -0.2087 % change on previous year 2100 down 29.5% volatile
111 Hungary -0.2145 % change on previous year 2100 down 5.5% volatile
112 Paraguay -0.23 % change on previous year 2100 down 82.2% volatile
113 Norway -0.2322 % change on previous year 2100 down 1.3% volatile
114 Faroe Islands -0.2366 % change on previous year 2100 down 60.8% volatile
115 Luxembourg -0.2379 % change on previous year 2100 down 9.5% volatile
116 Bahamas -0.2501 % change on previous year 2100 up 10.5% volatile
117 Cambodia -0.2557 % change on previous year 2100 down 88.0% volatile
118 Czechia -0.2622 % change on previous year 2100 down 22.3% volatile
119 Slovenia -0.2628 % change on previous year 2100 up 0.6% volatile
120 Malaysia -0.2671 % change on previous year 2100 down 10.6% volatile
121 Haiti -0.2679 % change on previous year 2100 down 48.6% volatile
122 Northern Mariana Islands -0.278 % change on previous year 2100 down 1,209.2% volatile
123 Turkmenistan -0.2917 % change on previous year 2100 down 82.5% volatile
124 Maldives -0.3002 % change on previous year 2100 up 53.2% volatile
125 United States Virgin Islands -0.3057 % change on previous year 2100 down 47.6% volatile
126 Lebanon -0.3208 % change on previous year 2100 down 97.2% volatile
127 Serbia and Montenegro -0.3221 % change on previous year 2005 down 120.5% falling
128 Brunei Darussalam -0.3232 % change on previous year 2100 up 0.9% volatile
129 Azerbaijan -0.3371 % change on previous year 2100 down 16.1% volatile
130 Guatemala -0.3404 % change on previous year 2100 down 46.4% volatile
131 Cyprus -0.3415 % change on previous year 2100 up 15.4% volatile
132 Suriname -0.3451 % change on previous year 2100 down 19.1% volatile
133 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) -0.354 % change on previous year 2100 up 7.7% volatile
134 Finland -0.3571 % change on previous year 2100 down 9.7% volatile
135 Réunion -0.3584 % change on previous year 2100 down 54.1% volatile
136 Seychelles -0.3617 % change on previous year 2100 up 9.3% volatile
137 Marshall Islands -0.3725 % change on previous year 2100 down 73.1% volatile
138 Indonesia -0.3782 % change on previous year 2100 down 21.4% volatile
139 Guyana -0.4095 % change on previous year 2100 down 31.5% volatile
140 Cook Islands -0.4158 % change on previous year 2100 down 238.8% volatile
141 Martinique -0.4215 % change on previous year 2100 down 20.1% volatile
142 Peru -0.4349 % change on previous year 2100 down 21.6% volatile
143 American Samoa -0.4409 % change on previous year 2100 down 89.9% volatile
144 Ireland -0.4488 % change on previous year 2100 down 40.9% volatile
145 Iceland -0.4964 % change on previous year 2100 up 6.0% volatile
146 Japan -0.4984 % change on previous year 2100 down 6.6% volatile
147 Bangladesh -0.4985 % change on previous year 2100 down 40.9% volatile
148 Myanmar -0.5005 % change on previous year 2100 down 8.9% volatile
149 India -0.5076 % change on previous year 2100 down 12.7% volatile
150 Fiji -0.5089 % change on previous year 2100 down 26.1% volatile
151 Guadeloupe -0.5217 % change on previous year 2100 down 17.9% volatile
152 Spain -0.527 % change on previous year 2100 down 10.1% volatile
153 Dominican Republic -0.5342 % change on previous year 2100 down 22.1% volatile
154 Sri Lanka -0.5555 % change on previous year 2100 down 12.5% volatile
155 Montserrat -0.5716 % change on previous year 2100 up 1.2% volatile
156 Georgia -0.5749 % change on previous year 2100 down 26.7% volatile
157 Ecuador -0.578 % change on previous year 2100 down 15.7% volatile
158 Mexico -0.5786 % change on previous year 2100 down 16.8% volatile
159 Palau -0.5897 % change on previous year 2100 up 9.0% volatile
160 Nepal -0.593 % change on previous year 2100 down 21.0% volatile
161 Morocco -0.6063 % change on previous year 2100 down 24.6% volatile
162 Greenland -0.6113 % change on previous year 2100 down 8.4% volatile
163 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba -0.6207 % change on previous year 2100 down 2.1% volatile
164 Isle of Man -0.6264 % change on previous year 2100 down 3.8% volatile
165 Turks and Caicos Islands -0.6347 % change on previous year 2100 up 0.4% volatile
166 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha -0.641 % change on previous year 2100 up 21.0% volatile
167 Greece -0.6524 % change on previous year 2100 down 19.2% volatile
168 Philippines -0.6532 % change on previous year 2100 down 8.2% volatile
169 Slovakia -0.6534 % change on previous year 2100 up 1.1% volatile
170 Aruba -0.6568 % change on previous year 2100 down 6.7% volatile
171 Eswatini -0.6638 % change on previous year 2100 down 26.4% volatile
172 Estonia -0.67 % change on previous year 2100 down 3.0% volatile
173 Italy -0.6708 % change on previous year 2100 down 5.6% volatile
174 Belize -0.7058 % change on previous year 2100 down 15.2% volatile
175 Barbados -0.7079 % change on previous year 2100 down 3.0% volatile
176 Armenia -0.7088 % change on previous year 2100 up 2.6% volatile
177 Tunisia -0.7093 % change on previous year 2100 down 25.5% volatile
178 Bhutan -0.7164 % change on previous year 2100 up 10.0% volatile
179 Colombia -0.7218 % change on previous year 2100 up 1.0% volatile
180 Sint Maarten -0.7232 % change on previous year 2100 down 26.4% volatile
181 Bulgaria -0.7248 % change on previous year 2100 down 7.1% volatile
182 Brazil -0.7328 % change on previous year 2100 down 1.9% volatile
183 British Virgin Islands -0.7332 % change on previous year 2100 down 11.7% volatile
184 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -0.7465 % change on previous year 2100 down 3.6% volatile
185 Thailand -0.7473 % change on previous year 2100 up 4.1% volatile
186 Serbia -0.7737 % change on previous year 2100 down 0.1% falling
187 Saint Kitts and Nevis -0.7744 % change on previous year 2100 up 3.5% volatile
188 Romania -0.7777 % change on previous year 2100 down 9.1% volatile
189 Dominica -0.7779 % change on previous year 2100 down 19.6% volatile
190 Argentina -0.7783 % change on previous year 2100 down 10.7% volatile
191 Antigua and Barbuda -0.7896 % change on previous year 2100 up 3.1% volatile
192 Malta -0.8118 % change on previous year 2100 up 18.7% volatile
193 Croatia -0.8211 % change on previous year 2100 down 3.2% falling
194 El Salvador -0.8531 % change on previous year 2100 down 1.2% volatile
195 Curaçao -0.887 % change on previous year 2100 up 5.0% volatile
196 Bermuda -0.8892 % change on previous year 2100 down 1.6% volatile
197 Trinidad and Tobago -0.9186 % change on previous year 2100 down 1.5% volatile
198 Saint Lucia -0.9619 % change on previous year 2100 up 9.5% volatile
199 Singapore -0.967 % change on previous year 2100 up 19.7% volatile
200 Costa Rica -0.9965 % change on previous year 2100 down 2.9% volatile
201 Uruguay -1.02 % change on previous year 2100 down 4.5% volatile
202 Latvia -1.02 % change on previous year 2100 down 9.5% rising
203 Grenada -1.03 % change on previous year 2100 up 5.2% volatile
204 Bosnia and Herzegovina -1.03 % change on previous year 2100 up 1.0% volatile
205 Poland -1.03 % change on previous year 2100 up 3.6% volatile
206 Cuba -1.07 % change on previous year 2100 up 1.2% volatile
207 French Polynesia -1.12 % change on previous year 2100 down 8.0% volatile
208 Montenegro -1.13 % change on previous year 2100 down 9.3% volatile
209 Chile -1.14 % change on previous year 2100 down 0.6% volatile
210 Belarus -1.15 % change on previous year 2100 down 8.9% falling
211 Anguilla -1.16 % change on previous year 2100 down 11.7% volatile
212 Andorra -1.19 % change on previous year 2100 up 0.1% volatile
213 China, Taiwan Province of -1.2 % change on previous year 2100 up 7.1% volatile
214 North Macedonia -1.24 % change on previous year 2100 down 6.7% volatile
215 Saint Barthélemy -1.25 % change on previous year 2100 down 39.8% volatile
216 Lithuania -1.28 % change on previous year 2100 up 5.1% falling
217 Albania -1.31 % change on previous year 2100 up 13.3% volatile
218 Mauritius -1.42 % change on previous year 2100 up 6.2% volatile
219 China, Macao SAR -1.43 % change on previous year 2100 up 17.0% volatile
220 Republic of Korea -1.44 % change on previous year 2100 up 7.4% volatile
221 Ukraine -1.63 % change on previous year 2100 down 0.6% volatile
222 China -1.65 % change on previous year 2100 down 5.2% volatile
223 China, mainland -1.66 % change on previous year 2100 down 5.4% volatile
224 Saint Pierre and Miquelon -1.66 % change on previous year 2100 down 6.9% volatile
225 Jamaica -1.76 % change on previous year 2100 up 8.0% volatile
226 Puerto Rico -2.24 % change on previous year 2100 down 6.6% volatile
227 China, Hong Kong SAR -2.46 % change on previous year 2100 up 6.2% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual growth rate
Unit
% change on previous year
Source
Statizoid (derived)
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Coverage
277 places, 38,696 data points, 1951–2100
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The year-on-year percentage change in Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.