Fastest Growing Countries
Countries ranked by 10-year average annual population growth rate.
Growth rates
11 of the fastest-growing 12 are in Sub-Saharan Africa.
10-year average annual population growth. Click a bar to open the country page.
Biggest population gains since 2010
How much total population changed between 2010 and the latest estimate.
- Nigeria+66.0M
- Ethiopia+41.5M
- Congo, Dem. Rep.+40.7M
- Tanzania+23.8M
- Uganda+17.6M
- Sudan+15.0M
- Iraq+15.0M
- Angola+14.6M
- Afghanistan+14.4M
- Yemen, Rep.+13.8M
- Mozambique+11.6M
- Saudi Arabia+11.3M
| # | Country | Population | 1Y Growth | 10Y Avg Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chad | 20,299,123 | +5.07% | +3.65% |
| 2 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 19,009,151 | +3.54% | +3.61% |
| 3 | Niger | 27,032,412 | +3.34% | +3.47% |
| 4 | Angola | 37,885,849 | +3.09% | +3.38% |
| 5 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 109,276,265 | +3.30% | +3.38% |
| 6 | Uganda | 50,015,092 | +2.79% | +3.23% |
| 7 | United Arab Emirates | 10,986,400 | +4.79% | +3.15% |
| 8 | Tanzania | 68,560,157 | +2.92% | +3.13% |
| 9 | Mali | 24,478,595 | +2.98% | +3.11% |
| 10 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,892,516 | +2.43% | +3.06% |
| 11 | Mauritania | 5,169,395 | +2.93% | +2.99% |
| 12 | Mozambique | 34,631,766 | +2.96% | +2.99% |
| 13 | Yemen, Rep. | 40,583,164 | +3.03% | +2.99% |
| 14 | Zambia | 21,314,956 | +2.85% | +2.98% |
| 15 | Kuwait | 4,897,263 | +0.90% | +2.94% |
| 16 | Seychelles | 121,354 | +1.32% | +2.88% |
| 17 | Qatar | 2,857,822 | +7.60% | +2.88% |
| 18 | Solomon Islands | 819,198 | +2.40% | +2.88% |
| 19 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 46,535 | +0.73% | +2.87% |
| 20 | Cameroon | 29,123,744 | +2.65% | +2.82% |
| 21 | Oman | 5,281,538 | +4.60% | +2.81% |
| 22 | Jordan | 11,552,876 | +0.99% | +2.77% |
| 23 | Malta | 568,847 | +2.91% | +2.75% |
| 24 | Benin | 14,462,724 | +2.49% | +2.75% |
| 25 | Namibia | 3,030,131 | +2.26% | +2.74% |
| 26 | Senegal | 18,501,984 | +2.35% | +2.72% |
| 27 | Ethiopia | 132,059,767 | +2.62% | +2.71% |
| 28 | Malawi | 21,655,286 | +2.61% | +2.68% |
| 29 | Côte d'Ivoire | 31,934,230 | +2.47% | +2.67% |
| 30 | Burundi | 14,047,786 | +2.62% | +2.66% |
| 31 | Afghanistan | 42,647,492 | +2.88% | +2.66% |
| 32 | Sudan | 50,448,963 | +0.81% | +2.65% |
| 33 | Burkina Faso | 23,548,781 | +2.27% | +2.59% |
| 34 | Madagascar | 31,964,956 | +2.47% | +2.59% |
| 35 | Guinea | 14,754,785 | +2.42% | +2.55% |
| 36 | Gabon | 2,538,952 | +2.18% | +2.53% |
| 37 | Maldives | 527,799 | +0.34% | +2.47% |
| 38 | Gambia, The | 2,759,988 | +2.30% | +2.46% |
| 39 | Togo | 9,515,236 | +2.27% | +2.45% |
| 40 | Congo, Rep. | 6,332,961 | +2.43% | +2.44% |
| 41 | West Bank and Gaza | 5,289,152 | +2.39% | +2.40% |
| 42 | Guinea-Bissau | 2,201,352 | +2.23% | +2.37% |
| 43 | Iraq | 46,042,015 | +2.15% | +2.34% |
| 44 | Vanuatu | 327,777 | +2.30% | +2.33% |
| 45 | Tajikistan | 10,590,927 | +1.94% | +2.31% |
| 46 | Sierra Leone | 8,642,022 | +2.15% | +2.31% |
| 47 | Rwanda | 14,256,567 | +2.16% | +2.29% |
| 48 | Nigeria | 232,679,478 | +2.10% | +2.27% |
| 49 | Saudi Arabia | 35,300,280 | +4.74% | +2.23% |
| 50 | Papua New Guinea | 10,576,502 | +1.80% | +2.18% |