World Population growth rate ranking 2026

Source: United Nations World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant.

China

China's detailed profile follows this site's original China dataset. World rankings use UN WPP 2024 figures for cross-country comparability.

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Showing 237 countries and areas for 2026.

Rank	Country or area	Population growth rate	Total population	Share of world population	Data type
1	Central African Republic	3.28%	5,698,984 people	0.07%	Projection
2	Somalia	3.24%	20,305,907 people	0.24%	Projection
3	Niger	3.14%	28,814,878 people	0.35%	Projection
4	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3.13%	116,452,162 people	1.40%	Projection
5	Syrian Arab Republic	3.04%	26,472,497 people	0.32%	Projection
6	Mayotte	3.04%	347,536 people	0.00%	Projection
7	Sudan	3.03%	53,282,719 people	0.64%	Projection
8	Angola	2.95%	40,215,180 people	0.48%	Projection
9	Mali	2.85%	25,932,275 people	0.31%	Projection
10	Oman	2.82%	5,671,458 people	0.07%	Projection
11	United Republic of Tanzania	2.80%	72,563,780 people	0.87%	Projection
12	Mozambique	2.79%	36,639,850 people	0.44%	Projection
13	Yemen	2.76%	42,961,653 people	0.52%	Projection
14	Zambia	2.72%	22,521,915 people	0.27%	Projection
15	Afghanistan	2.71%	45,047,068 people	0.54%	Projection
16	Mauritania	2.69%	5,461,319 people	0.07%	Projection
17	Uganda	2.62%	52,761,470 people	0.64%	Projection
18	Chad	2.61%	21,560,380 people	0.26%	Projection
19	Tokelau	2.60%	2,691 people	0.00%	Projection
20	Malawi	2.53%	22,785,535 people	0.27%	Projection
21	Cameroon	2.49%	30,640,817 people	0.37%	Projection
22	Ethiopia	2.48%	138,902,185 people	1.67%	Projection
23	Benin	2.36%	15,170,420 people	0.18%	Projection
24	Côte d'Ivoire	2.34%	33,494,346 people	0.40%	Projection
25	Madagascar	2.34%	33,522,052 people	0.40%	Projection
26	Congo	2.33%	6,637,786 people	0.08%	Projection
27	Equatorial Guinea	2.32%	1,984,468 people	0.02%	Projection
28	Burundi	2.31%	14,729,157 people	0.18%	Projection
29	Solomon Islands	2.30%	858,288 people	0.01%	Projection
30	Senegal	2.26%	19,366,548 people	0.23%	Projection
31	Guinea	2.21%	15,441,992 people	0.19%	Projection
32	Liberia	2.18%	5,853,949 people	0.07%	Projection
33	Vanuatu	2.16%	342,564 people	0.00%	Projection
34	Burkina Faso	2.15%	24,601,700 people	0.30%	Projection
35	Gambia	2.15%	2,884,079 people	0.03%	Projection
36	Togo	2.13%	9,930,918 people	0.12%	Projection
37	Jordan	2.12%	11,589,532 people	0.14%	Projection
38	Rwanda	2.12%	14,889,693 people	0.18%	Projection
39	Guinea-Bissau	2.10%	2,297,808 people	0.03%	Projection
40	Eritrea	2.07%	3,682,669 people	0.04%	Projection
41	Gabon	2.05%	2,647,400 people	0.03%	Projection
42	Iraq	2.05%	48,007,437 people	0.58%	Projection
43	Nigeria	2.03%	242,431,832 people	2.92%	Projection
44	South Sudan	2.02%	12,436,037 people	0.15%	Projection
45	Sierra Leone	1.96%	8,996,744 people	0.11%	Projection
46	Sao Tome and Principe	1.94%	244,994 people	0.00%	Projection
47	State of Palestine	1.90%	5,692,790 people	0.07%	Projection
48	Kenya	1.89%	58,636,412 people	0.71%	Projection
49	Namibia	1.89%	3,153,246 people	0.04%	Projection
50	Zimbabwe	1.88%	17,273,580 people	0.21%	Projection
51	Bahrain	1.82%	1,675,572 people	0.02%	Projection
52	Comoros	1.79%	899,010 people	0.01%	Projection
53	Ghana	1.77%	35,697,557 people	0.43%	Projection
54	Uzbekistan	1.75%	37,724,223 people	0.45%	Projection
55	Tajikistan	1.74%	10,978,598 people	0.13%	Projection
56	Cayman Islands	1.73%	77,196 people	0.00%	Projection
57	Gibraltar	1.73%	40,867 people	0.00%	Projection
58	Saudi Arabia	1.69%	35,165,787 people	0.42%	Projection
59	United Arab Emirates	1.69%	11,574,682 people	0.14%	Projection
60	Papua New Guinea	1.68%	10,947,848 people	0.13%	Projection
61	Qatar	1.65%	3,173,559 people	0.04%	Projection
62	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.65%	31,913 people	0.00%	Projection
63	French Guiana	1.65%	318,872 people	0.00%	Projection
64	Botswana	1.60%	2,603,388 people	0.03%	Projection
65	Honduras	1.59%	11,184,760 people	0.13%	Projection
66	Pakistan	1.59%	259,299,792 people	3.12%	Projection
67	Western Sahara	1.58%	610,813 people	0.01%	Projection
68	Seychelles	1.53%	134,959 people	0.00%	Projection
69	Turkmenistan	1.48%	7,736,632 people	0.09%	Projection
70	Guatemala	1.47%	18,967,978 people	0.23%	Projection
71	Egypt	1.44%	120,101,175 people	1.45%	Projection
72	Kiribati	1.41%	138,445 people	0.00%	Projection
73	Kyrgyzstan	1.40%	7,400,464 people	0.09%	Projection
74	Kuwait	1.39%	5,102,773 people	0.06%	Projection
75	Holy See	1.38%	506 people	0.00%	Projection
76	Israel	1.36%	9,647,689 people	0.12%	Projection
77	Belize	1.33%	428,644 people	0.01%	Projection
78	Djibouti	1.31%	1,199,459 people	0.01%	Projection
79	Timor-Leste	1.31%	1,436,923 people	0.02%	Projection
80	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	1.31%	12,749,291 people	0.15%	Projection
81	Nicaragua	1.26%	7,097,329 people	0.09%	Projection
82	Lao People's Democratic Republic	1.25%	7,974,018 people	0.10%	Projection
83	Algeria	1.20%	48,028,334 people	0.58%	Projection
84	Bangladesh	1.19%	177,818,044 people	2.14%	Projection
85	Panama	1.17%	4,625,718 people	0.06%	Projection
86	Paraguay	1.15%	7,095,279 people	0.09%	Projection
87	Libya	1.12%	7,539,852 people	0.09%	Projection
88	Kazakhstan	1.11%	21,083,626 people	0.25%	Projection
89	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.11%	44,447 people	0.00%	Projection
90	Cambodia	1.11%	18,051,219 people	0.22%	Projection
91	Malaysia	1.10%	36,385,115 people	0.44%	Projection
92	Lesotho	1.10%	2,389,336 people	0.03%	Projection
93	Mongolia	1.09%	3,556,798 people	0.04%	Projection
94	Haiti	1.08%	12,037,506 people	0.15%	Projection
95	Eswatini	1.08%	1,269,859 people	0.02%	Projection
96	South Africa	1.05%	65,453,084 people	0.79%	Projection
97	Saint Barthélemy	1.05%	11,550 people	0.00%	Projection
98	Luxembourg	0.99%	687,448 people	0.01%	Projection
99	Peru	0.97%	34,922,148 people	0.42%	Projection
100	Andorra	0.96%	83,753 people	0.00%	Projection
101	Colombia	0.92%	53,936,226 people	0.65%	Projection
102	Iceland	0.92%	402,329 people	0.00%	Projection
103	Australia	0.91%	27,227,096 people	0.33%	Projection
104	Ireland	0.88%	5,356,950 people	0.06%	Projection
105	Faroe Islands	0.87%	56,526 people	0.00%	Projection
106	India	0.86%	1,476,625,576 people	17.79%	Projection
107	Ecuador	0.84%	18,444,506 people	0.22%	Projection
108	Lebanon	0.84%	5,897,467 people	0.07%	Projection
109	Morocco	0.84%	38,762,441 people	0.47%	Projection
110	New Caledonia	0.83%	297,892 people	0.00%	Projection
111	Suriname	0.83%	645,256 people	0.01%	Projection
112	Cyprus	0.80%	1,382,334 people	0.02%	Projection
113	Canada	0.79%	40,467,728 people	0.49%	Projection
114	Philippines	0.79%	117,724,472 people	1.42%	Projection
115	Mexico	0.78%	132,997,658 people	1.60%	Projection
116	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	0.76%	93,168,497 people	1.12%	Projection
117	Dominican Republic	0.75%	11,609,500 people	0.14%	Projection
118	Indonesia	0.74%	287,886,782 people	3.47%	Projection
119	Brunei Darussalam	0.72%	469,775 people	0.01%	Projection
120	Bhutan	0.70%	802,214 people	0.01%	Projection
121	Guam	0.69%	170,185 people	0.00%	Projection
122	New Zealand	0.65%	5,287,479 people	0.06%	Projection
123	Nauru	0.64%	12,101 people	0.00%	Projection
124	Myanmar	0.59%	55,184,819 people	0.66%	Projection
125	Guyana	0.59%	840,890 people	0.01%	Projection
126	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.59%	47,148 people	0.00%	Projection
127	Liechtenstein	0.58%	40,368 people	0.00%	Projection
128	Singapore	0.56%	5,905,748 people	0.07%	Projection
129	Samoa	0.56%	220,528 people	0.00%	Projection
130	Viet Nam	0.55%	102,177,431 people	1.23%	Projection
131	Azerbaijan	0.53%	10,454,855 people	0.13%	Projection
132	United Kingdom	0.52%	69,931,528 people	0.84%	Projection
133	Tunisia	0.52%	12,415,138 people	0.15%	Projection
134	Netherlands	0.51%	18,448,775 people	0.22%	Projection
135	Sri Lanka	0.50%	23,348,315 people	0.28%	Projection
136	United States of America	0.49%	349,035,494 people	4.20%	Projection
137	Anguilla	0.47%	14,817 people	0.00%	Projection
138	Réunion	0.45%	886,298 people	0.01%	Projection
139	British Virgin Islands	0.44%	39,936 people	0.00%	Projection
140	Antigua and Barbuda	0.43%	94,626 people	0.00%	Projection
141	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	0.43%	114,182 people	0.00%	Projection
142	Fiji	0.43%	937,282 people	0.01%	Projection
143	Cabo Verde	0.42%	529,630 people	0.01%	Projection
144	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	0.42%	28,633,711 people	0.34%	Projection
145	Switzerland	0.42%	9,007,798 people	0.11%	Projection
146	Chile	0.41%	19,945,850 people	0.24%	Projection
147	Costa Rica	0.41%	5,174,789 people	0.06%	Projection
148	El Salvador	0.40%	6,391,254 people	0.08%	Projection
149	Sweden	0.39%	10,701,046 people	0.13%	Projection
150	Bahamas	0.38%	404,628 people	0.00%	Projection
151	Malta	0.37%	549,011 people	0.01%	Projection
152	Norway	0.37%	5,652,989 people	0.07%	Projection
153	Maldives	0.35%	531,517 people	0.01%	Projection
154	Brazil	0.34%	213,562,666 people	2.57%	Projection
155	Niue	0.33%	1,822 people	0.00%	Projection
156	Argentina	0.33%	46,003,734 people	0.55%	Projection
157	Denmark	0.31%	6,023,520 people	0.07%	Projection
158	Türkiye	0.30%	87,926,082 people	1.06%	Projection
159	China, Macao SAR	0.23%	723,188 people	0.01%	Projection
160	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	0.22%	26,633,691 people	0.32%	Projection
161	French Polynesia	0.21%	283,076 people	0.00%	Projection
162	Saint Lucia	0.17%	180,488 people	0.00%	Projection
163	Guernsey	0.15%	64,610 people	0.00%	Projection
164	Nepal	0.14%	29,629,410 people	0.36%	Projection
165	France	0.14%	66,746,401 people	0.80%	Projection
166	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.13%	46,992 people	0.00%	Projection
167	Belgium	0.12%	11,774,642 people	0.14%	Projection
168	Jersey	0.10%	104,106 people	0.00%	Projection
169	Trinidad and Tobago	0.10%	1,513,268 people	0.02%	Projection
170	San Marino	0.09%	33,605 people	0.00%	Projection
171	Barbados	0.03%	282,724 people	0.00%	Projection
172	Grenada	0.03%	117,362 people	0.00%	Projection
173	Aruba	-0.02%	108,164 people	0.00%	Projection
174	Curaçao	-0.03%	185,440 people	0.00%	Projection
175	Georgia	-0.06%	3,804,642 people	0.05%	Projection
176	Austria	-0.07%	9,107,266 people	0.11%	Projection
177	Uruguay	-0.07%	3,382,537 people	0.04%	Projection
178	Isle of Man	-0.08%	84,054 people	0.00%	Projection
179	Finland	-0.08%	5,621,739 people	0.07%	Projection
180	Thailand	-0.09%	71,559,614 people	0.86%	Projection
181	Spain	-0.10%	47,850,793 people	0.58%	Projection
182	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	-0.12%	3,465 people	0.00%	Projection
183	Slovenia	-0.13%	2,114,574 people	0.03%	Projection
184	Republic of Korea	-0.14%	51,600,388 people	0.62%	Projection
185	Bermuda	-0.15%	64,459 people	0.00%	Projection
186	Jamaica	-0.16%	2,833,404 people	0.03%	Projection
187	Portugal	-0.16%	10,395,362 people	0.13%	Projection
188	Slovakia	-0.16%	5,451,342 people	0.07%	Projection
189	Czechia	-0.20%	10,527,780 people	0.13%	Projection
190	China View China data	-0.22%	1,412,914,089 people	17.02%	Projection
191	Russian Federation	-0.23%	143,394,458 people	1.73%	Projection
192	Germany	-0.23%	83,644,258 people	1.01%	Projection
193	Greenland	-0.23%	55,629 people	0.00%	Projection
194	Mauritius	-0.27%	1,265,059 people	0.02%	Projection
195	Palau	-0.30%	17,614 people	0.00%	Projection
196	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	-0.31%	1,666,992 people	0.02%	Projection
197	Hungary	-0.34%	9,585,818 people	0.12%	Projection
198	Guadeloupe	-0.36%	372,453 people	0.00%	Projection
199	Poland	-0.38%	37,843,188 people	0.46%	Projection
200	Italy	-0.39%	58,926,166 people	0.71%	Projection
201	Cuba	-0.42%	10,892,659 people	0.13%	Projection
202	Tonga	-0.43%	103,291 people	0.00%	Projection
203	Greece	-0.43%	9,897,116 people	0.12%	Projection
204	China, Taiwan Province of China	-0.44%	23,011,292 people	0.28%	Projection
205	China, Hong Kong SAR	-0.46%	7,378,602 people	0.09%	Projection
206	Puerto Rico	-0.47%	3,222,688 people	0.04%	Projection
207	Estonia	-0.53%	1,331,062 people	0.02%	Projection
208	Dominica	-0.53%	65,511 people	0.00%	Projection
209	Montenegro	-0.54%	626,233 people	0.01%	Projection
210	North Macedonia	-0.56%	1,804,062 people	0.02%	Projection
211	Japan	-0.56%	122,427,731 people	1.47%	Projection
212	Monaco	-0.58%	38,087 people	0.00%	Projection
213	Romania	-0.58%	18,800,605 people	0.23%	Projection
214	Croatia	-0.66%	3,822,345 people	0.05%	Projection
215	Serbia	-0.66%	6,641,964 people	0.08%	Projection
216	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	-0.68%	99,244 people	0.00%	Projection
217	Belarus	-0.69%	8,937,018 people	0.11%	Projection
218	Wallis and Futuna Islands	-0.72%	11,113 people	0.00%	Projection
219	Armenia	-0.72%	2,930,915 people	0.04%	Projection
220	Bulgaria	-0.73%	6,667,660 people	0.08%	Projection
221	Albania	-0.74%	2,751,025 people	0.03%	Projection
222	Ukraine	-0.74%	39,535,848 people	0.48%	Projection
223	Latvia	-0.78%	1,835,935 people	0.02%	Projection
224	Martinique	-0.80%	337,711 people	0.00%	Projection
225	Lithuania	-0.83%	2,797,338 people	0.03%	Projection
226	Montserrat	-0.83%	4,328 people	0.00%	Projection
227	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.84%	3,114,242 people	0.04%	Projection
228	United States Virgin Islands	-0.89%	83,400 people	0.00%	Projection
229	Republic of Moldova	-0.98%	2,961,253 people	0.04%	Projection
230	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	-1.14%	5,513 people	0.00%	Projection
231	Saint Helena	-1.15%	5,148 people	0.00%	Projection
232	Tuvalu	-1.24%	9,362 people	0.00%	Projection
233	Northern Mariana Islands	-1.31%	42,914 people	0.00%	Projection
234	American Samoa	-1.54%	45,318 people	0.00%	Projection
235	Cook Islands	-3.26%	12,826 people	0.00%	Projection
236	Marshall Islands	-3.28%	35,075 people	0.00%	Projection
237	Saint Martin (French part)	-4.16%	23,898 people	0.00%	Projection

Estimates cover 1950–2023; 2024 and later are UN medium-variant projections. Rankings use the latest available value for the selected year. The world total is the sum of all countries and areas in the dataset.

China's detailed profile follows this site's original China dataset. World rankings use UN WPP 2024 figures for cross-country comparability.