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Countries ranked by Population Growth

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Countries ranked by annual population growth rate. Positive values indicate a growing population; negative values indicate decline.

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Countries ranked by Population Growth
Rank Country Value Percentile Year
#1 AE United Arab Emirates 4.7% 100th 2025
#2 SA Saudi Arabia 4.6% 100th 2025
#3 OM Oman 4.0% 99th 2025
#4 QA Qatar 3.9% 99th 2025
#5 SY Syria 3.8% 98th 2025
#6 TD Chad 3.4% 98th 2025
#7 CF Central African Republic 3.4% 97th 2025
#8 SO Somalia 3.3% 97th 2025
#9 NE Niger 3.2% 96th 2025
#10 CD Democratic Republic of the Congo 3.2% 96th 2025
#11 GE Georgia 3.2% 95th 2025
#12 AO Angola 3.0% 95th 2025
#13 UA Ukraine 2.9% 94th 2025
#14 ML Mali 2.9% 94th 2025
#15 YE Yemen 2.9% 94th 2025
#16 TZ Tanzania 2.9% 93th 2025
#17 MZ Mozambique 2.9% 93th 2025
#18 MR Mauritania 2.8% 92th 2025
#19 AF Afghanistan 2.8% 92th 2025
#20 ZM Zambia 2.8% 91th 2025
#21 UG Uganda 2.7% 91th 2025
#22 CM Cameroon 2.6% 90th 2025
#23 MW Malawi 2.6% 90th 2025
#24 ET Ethiopia 2.6% 89th 2025
#25 BI Burundi 2.4% 89th 2025
#26 BJ Benin 2.4% 88th 2025
#27 GQ Equatorial Guinea 2.4% 88th 2025
#28 CI Ivory Coast 2.4% 88th 2025
#29 MG Madagascar 2.4% 87th 2025
#30 SD Sudan 2.4% 87th 2025
#31 CG Congo 2.4% 86th 2025
#32 SB Solomon Islands 2.4% 86th 2025
#33 PS Palestine 2.3% 85th 2025
#34 GN Guinea 2.3% 85th 2025
#35 SN Senegal 2.3% 84th 2025
#36 GM Gambia 2.2% 84th 2025
#37 VU Vanuatu 2.2% 83th 2025
#38 BF Burkina Faso 2.2% 83th 2025
#39 TG Togo 2.2% 82th 2025
#40 RW Rwanda 2.2% 82th 2025
#41 GW Guinea-Bissau 2.2% 81th 2025
#42 GA Gabon 2.1% 81th 2025
#43 IQ Iraq 2.1% 81th 2025
#44 LR Liberia 2.1% 80th 2025
#45 NG Nigeria 2.1% 80th 2025
#46 NA Namibia 2.1% 79th 2025
#47 SL Sierra Leone 2.0% 79th 2025
#48 SS South Sudan 2.0% 78th 2025
#49 GI Gibraltar 2.0% 78th 2025
#50 ER Eritrea 2.0% 77th 2025
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