The CIA World Factbook Edition 2010 People

Population growth rate In 33 editions of 36.

Population growth rate was published in 33 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1993 to 2025. The 2010 edition carries it in 237 entries, in its People section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2010 edition
237
the first edition with it
1993
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Population growth rate” (1993 to 2025).

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World

1 entry

World

1.133% (2009 est.)

Africa

56 entries

Algeria

1.177% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 106

Angola

2.063% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 49

Benin

2.944% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 15

Botswana

1.843% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 66

Burkina Faso

3.095% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 12

Burundi

3.561% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 3

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

1.459% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 85

Cameroon

2.157% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 42

Central African Republic

2.149% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 43

Chad

2.038% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 50

Comoros

2.731% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 22

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

3.165% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 10

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

2.807% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 18

Cote d'Ivoire

2.105% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 47

Djibouti

2.181% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 40

Egypt

1.997% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 58

Equatorial Guinea

2.674% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 24

Eritrea

2.522% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 30

Swaziland now Eswatini

1.213% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 102

Ethiopia

3.202% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 7

Gabon

2.025% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 53

Gambia, The now The Gambia

2.528% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 29

Ghana

1.855% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 64

Guinea

2.649% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 25

Guinea-Bissau

2.004% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 56

Kenya

2.588% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 27

Lesotho

0.277% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 172

Liberia

2.782% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 19

Libya

2.117% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 45

Madagascar

2.993% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 13

Malawi

2.758% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 21

Mali

2.607% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 26

Mauritania

2.373% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 35

Mauritius

0.751% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 140

Mayotte

3.171% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 8

Morocco

1.077% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 118

Mozambique

1.797% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 67

Namibia

0.909% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 127

Niger

3.66% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 1

Nigeria

1.966% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 60

Rwanda

2.818% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 16

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

0.404% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 159

Sao Tome and Principe

2.112% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 46

Senegal

2.579% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 28

Seychelles

0.966% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 124

Sierra Leone

2.216% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 38

Somalia

2.809% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 17

South Africa

-0.051% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 202

Sudan

2.497% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 31

Tanzania

2.032% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 52

Togo

2.773% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 20

Tunisia

0.969% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 122

Uganda

3.563% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 2

Western Sahara

3.169% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 9

Zambia

3.118% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 11

Zimbabwe

2.954% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 14

Arctic Region

3 entries

Greenland

0.064% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 189

Iceland

0.699% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 142

Svalbard

-0.023% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 200

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

2.471% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 33

Armenia

0.016% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 191

Azerbaijan

0.805% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 137

Bangladesh

1.55% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 79

Bhutan

1.236% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 101

China

0.494% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 153

Georgia

-0.325% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 219

India

1.376% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 89

Japan

-0.242% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 215

Kazakhstan

0.399% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 160

Korea, North now North Korea

0.389% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 165

Korea, South now South Korea

0.258% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 176

Kyrgyzstan

1.414% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 88

Maldives

-0.178% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 213

Mongolia

1.495% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 82

Nepal

1.419% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 87

Pakistan

1.589% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 77

Russia

-0.465% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 222

Sri Lanka

0.863% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 132

Tajikistan

1.852% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 65

Turkmenistan

1.14% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 110

Uzbekistan

0.938% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 125

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

2.215% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 39

Antigua and Barbuda

1.3% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 95

Aruba

1.457% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 86

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

0.935% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 126

Barbados

0.374% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 167

Belize

2.102% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 48

British Virgin Islands

1.784% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 68

Cayman Islands

2.338% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 36

Costa Rica

1.347% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 93

Cuba

0.217% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 181

Curacao

NA

Dominica

0.213% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 182

Dominican Republic

1.357% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 91

El Salvador

0.332% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 171

Grenada

0.563% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 150

Guatemala

2.019% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 55

Haiti

0.787%

country comparison to the world: 139

note: the preliminary 2011 numbers differ significantly from those of 2010, which were strongly influenced by the demographic effect of the January 2010 earthquake; the latest figures more closely correspond to those of 2009 (2011 est.)

Honduras

1.935% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 62

Jamaica

0.747% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 141

Montserrat

0.391% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 163

Netherlands Antilles

0.712% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 142

Nicaragua

1.74% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 69

Panama

1.463% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 84

Puerto Rico

0.27% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 174

Saint Kitts and Nevis

0.838% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 135

Saint Lucia

0.398% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 161

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

-0.341% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 220

Sint Maarten

NA

Trinidad and Tobago

-0.094% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 209

Turks and Caicos Islands

2.491% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 32

Virgin Islands

-0.072% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 207

Europe

48 entries

Albania

0.249% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 178

Andorra

0.382% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 166

Austria

0.042% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 190

Belarus

-0.368% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 221

Belgium

0.082% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 188

Bosnia and Herzegovina

0.016% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 192

Bulgaria

-0.768% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 228

Croatia

-0.061% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 204

Czech Republic now Czechia

-0.106% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 210

Denmark

0.267% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 175

Estonia

-0.635% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 227

European Union

0.098 % (2010 est.)

Faroe Islands

0.424% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 158

Finland

0.084% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 187

France

0.525% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 152

Germany

-0.061% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 205

Gibraltar

0.27% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 173

Greece

0.106% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 186

Guernsey

0.466% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 156

Holy See (Vatican City)

0.004% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 195

Hungary

-0.156% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 212

Ireland

1.007% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 120

Isle of Man

0.968% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 123

Italy

-0.075% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 208

Jersey

0.86% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 133

Latvia

-0.602% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 225

Liechtenstein

0.683% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 143

Lithuania

-0.276% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 217

Luxembourg

1.158% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 109

Malta

0.391% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 162

Moldova

-0.072% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 206

Monaco

-0.183% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 214

Montenegro

-0.777% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 229

Netherlands

0.39% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 164

Macedonia now North Macedonia

0.257% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 177

Norway

0.334% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 170

Poland

-0.053% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 203

Portugal

0.244% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 179

Romania

-0.247% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 216

San Marino

1.106% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 114

Serbia

-0.469% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 223

Slovakia

0.129% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 185

Slovenia

-0.142% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 211

Spain

0.493% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 154

Sweden

0.16% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 184

Switzerland

0.223% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 180

Ukraine

-0.619% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 226

United Kingdom

0.563% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 151

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

1.243% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 100

Cyprus

1.663% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 74

Gaza Strip

3.29% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 6

Iran

1.253% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 99

Iraq

2.449% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 34

Israel

1.628% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 75

Jordan

2.159% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 41

Kuwait

3.501%

country comparison to the world: 5

note: this rate reflects a return to pre-Gulf crisis immigration of expatriates (2010 est.)

Lebanon

0.621% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 146

Oman

1.996% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 59

Qatar

0.869% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 130

Saudi Arabia

1.548% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 80

Syria

1.954% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 61

Turkey now Turkiye

1.272% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 97

United Arab Emirates

3.561% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 4

West Bank

2.13% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 44

Yemen

2.713% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 23

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

0.62% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 147

Canada

0.804% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 138

Mexico

1.118% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 112

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

-0.909% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 230

United States

0.97% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 121

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

1.212% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 103

Australia

1.171% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 107

Cook Islands

-3.256% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 231

Fiji

0.827% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 136

French Polynesia

1.355% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 92

Guam

1.346% (2010 est.)

Kiribati

1.271% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 98

Marshall Islands

2.023% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 54

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

-0.284% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 218

Nauru

0.594% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 149

New Caledonia

1.561% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 78

New Zealand

0.901% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 128

Niue

-0.032% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 201

Norfolk Island

0.006% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 194

Northern Mariana Islands

-5.567% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 232

Palau

0.374% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 168

Papua New Guinea

2.033% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 51

Pitcairn Islands

0% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 198

Samoa

0.605% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 148

Solomon Islands

2.27% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 37

Tokelau

-0.011% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 199

Tonga

1.282% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 96

Tuvalu

0.659% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 144

Vanuatu

1.359% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 90

Wallis and Futuna

0.365% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 169

South America

13 entries

Argentina

1.036% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 119

Bolivia

1.72% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 71

Brazil

1.166% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 108

Chile

0.856% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 134

Colombia

1.184% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 105

Ecuador

1.466% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 83

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

0.011% (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 193

Guyana

-0.547% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 224

Paraguay

1.31% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 94

Peru

1.193% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 104

Suriname

1.108% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 113

Uruguay

0.447% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 157

Venezuela

1.515% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 81

Southeast Asia

16 entries

Brunei

1.733% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 70

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

1.096% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 116

Cambodia

1.705% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 73

Christmas Island

0% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 196

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

0% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 197

Hong Kong

0.476% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 155

Indonesia

1.097% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 115

Laos

1.712% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 72

Macau

0.89% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 129

Malaysia

1.609% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 76

Philippines

1.931% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 63

Singapore

0.863% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 131

Taiwan

0.213% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 183

Thailand

0.653% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 145

Timor-Leste

1.999% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 57

Vietnam

1.096% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 117

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2010, “Population growth rate”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/population-growth-rate/2010.

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