The CIA World Factbook Edition 2012 People and Society

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 2012 edition carries it in 236 entries, in its People and Society section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2012 edition
236
the first edition with it
1993
the latest edition with it
2025

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

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Entries with Population growth rate in each edition

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World

1 entry

World

1.096%

note: this rate results in about 145 net additions to the worldwide population every minute or 2.4 every second (2012 est.)

Africa

56 entries

Algeria

1.92% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 62

Angola

2.784% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 17

Benin

2.877% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 14

Botswana

1.477% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 82

Burkina Faso

3.073% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 8

Burundi

3.104% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 7

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

1.428% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 85

Cameroon

2.082% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 47

Central African Republic

2.142% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 45

Chad

1.98% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 56

Comoros

2.063% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 49

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

2.579% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 26

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

2.849% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 16

Cote d'Ivoire

2.044% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 50

Djibouti

2.285% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 38

Egypt

1.922% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 61

Equatorial Guinea

2.607% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 25

Eritrea

2.418% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 34

Swaziland now Eswatini

1.195% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 99

Ethiopia

2.9% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 12

Gabon

1.977% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 57

Gambia, The now The Gambia

2.344% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 36

Ghana

2.2% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 42

Guinea

2.641% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 23

Guinea-Bissau

1.971% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 58

Kenya

2.444% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 31

Lesotho

0.332% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 164

Liberia

2.609% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 24

Libya

2.007% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 53

Madagascar

2.68% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 21

Malawi

2.758% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 18

Mali

3.02% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 11

Mauritania

2.323% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 37

Mauritius

0.705% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 140

Mayotte

1.533% (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 78

Morocco

1.054% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 110

Mozambique

2.442% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 33

Namibia

0.817% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 133

Niger

3.36% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 3

Nigeria

2.553% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 28

Rwanda

2.751% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 19

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

0.349% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 163

Sao Tome and Principe

1.996% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 54

Senegal

2.532% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 29

Seychelles

0.922% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 120

Sierra Leone

2.277% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 39

Somalia

1.596% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 74

South Africa

-0.412% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 216

Sudan

1.88% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 64

Tanzania

2.85% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 15

Togo

2.748% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 20

Tunisia

0.964% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 118

Uganda

3.3% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 4

Western Sahara

3.027% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 10

Zambia

2.89% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 13

Zimbabwe

4.357% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 2

Arctic Region

3 entries

Greenland

0.038% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 185

Iceland

0.674% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 141

Svalbard

-0.025% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 194

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

2.22% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 41

Armenia

0.107% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 180

Azerbaijan

1.017% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 114

Bangladesh

1.579% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 75

Bhutan

1.175% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 100

China

0.481% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 152

Georgia

-0.327% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 213

India

1.312% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 89

Japan

-0.077% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 198

Kazakhstan

1.235% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 95

Korea, North now North Korea

0.535% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 149

Korea, South now South Korea

0.204% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 176

Kyrgyzstan

0.89% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 125

Maldives

-0.127% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 203

Mongolia

1.469% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 83

Nepal

1.768% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 69

Pakistan

1.551% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 77

Russia

-0.01% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 192

Sri Lanka

0.913% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 122

Tajikistan

1.823% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 68

Turkmenistan

1.143% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 101

Uzbekistan

0.94% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 119

Central America and the Caribbean

30 entries

Anguilla

2.146% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 44

Antigua and Barbuda

1.276% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 92

Aruba

1.413% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 87

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

0.904% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 123

Barbados

0.354% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 162

Belize

2.011% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 52

British Virgin Islands

2.443% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 32

Cayman Islands

2.239% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 40

Costa Rica

1.288% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 91

Cuba

-0.115% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 202

Curacao

NA

Dominica

0.216% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 175

Dominican Republic

1.305% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 90

El Salvador

0.303% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 166

Grenada

0.538% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 148

Guatemala

1.948% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 59

Haiti

0.888%

country comparison to the world: 126

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 (2012 est.)

Honduras

1.838% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 67

Jamaica

0.714% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 139

Montserrat

0.484% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 151

Nicaragua

1.067% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 109

Panama

1.41% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 88

Puerto Rico

-0.44% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 218

Saint Kitts and Nevis

0.806% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 134

Saint Lucia

0.378% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 158

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

-0.313% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 211

Sint Maarten

NA

Trinidad and Tobago

-0.086% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 199

Turks and Caicos Islands

3.17% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 5

Virgin Islands

-0.5% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 220

Europe

48 entries

Albania

0.28% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 168

Andorra

0.274% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 169

Austria

0.026% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 186

Belarus

-0.18% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 205

Belgium

0.061% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 183

Bosnia and Herzegovina

-0.09% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 200

Bulgaria

-0.796% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 225

Croatia

-0.092% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 201

Czech Republic now Czechia

-0.134% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 204

Denmark

0.239% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 173

Estonia

-0.65% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 224

European Union

0.212% (2012 est.)

Faroe Islands

0.447% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 154

Finland

0.065% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 182

France

0.5% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 150

Germany

-0.2% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 208

Gibraltar

0.265% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 170

Greece

0.06% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 184

Guernsey

0.41% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 156

Holy See (Vatican City)

0.004% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 189

Hungary

-0.184% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 206

Ireland

1.112% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 106

Isle of Man

0.882% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 127

Italy

0.38% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 157

Jersey

0.826% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 132

Latvia

-0.598% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 221

Liechtenstein

0.795% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 135

Lithuania

-0.278% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 210

Luxembourg

1.135% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 103

Malta

0.359% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 160

Moldova

-1.014% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 230

Monaco

-0.066% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 196

Montenegro

-0.633% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 223

Netherlands

0.452% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 153

Macedonia now North Macedonia

0.237% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 174

Norway

0.327% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 165

Poland

-0.075% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 197

Portugal

0.181% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 178

Romania

-0.26% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 209

San Marino

0.98% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 117

Serbia

-0.464% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 219

Slovakia

0.104% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 181

Slovenia

-0.185% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 207

Spain

0.654% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 142

Sweden

0.168% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 179

Switzerland

0.92% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 121

Ukraine

-0.625% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 222

United Kingdom

0.553% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 146

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

2.652% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 22

Cyprus

1.571% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 76

Gaza Strip

3.108% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 6

Iran

1.247% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 94

Iraq

2.345% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 35

Israel

1.541% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 79

Jordan

-0.965% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 228

Kuwait

1.883%

country comparison to the world: 63

note: this rate reflects a return to pre-Gulf crisis immigration of expatriates (2012 est.)

Lebanon

-0.38% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 215

Oman

2.043% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 51

Qatar

4.93% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 1

Saudi Arabia

1.523% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 80

Syria

-0.797% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 226

Turkey now Turkiye

1.197% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 98

United Arab Emirates

3.055% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 9

West Bank

2.063% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 48

Yemen

2.575% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 27

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

0.572% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 145

Canada

0.784% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 136

Mexico

1.086% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 107

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

-0.978% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 229

United States

0.9% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 124

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

-0.44% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 217

Australia

1.126% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 105

Cook Islands

-3.136% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 231

Fiji

0.766% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 137

French Polynesia

1.021% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 113

Guam

0.24% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 172

Kiribati

1.228% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 96

Marshall Islands

1.874% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 65

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

-0.343% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 214

Nauru

0.608% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 143

New Caledonia

1.489% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 81

New Zealand

0.863% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 130

Niue

-0.032% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 195

Norfolk Island

0.006% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 188

Northern Mariana Islands

-0.96% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 227

Palau

0.361% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 159

Papua New Guinea

1.936% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 60

Pitcairn Islands

0% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 190

Samoa

0.596% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 144

Solomon Islands

2.17% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 43

Tokelau

-0.011% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 193

Tonga

0.192% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 177

Tuvalu

0.725% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 138

Vanuatu

2.12% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 46

Wallis and Futuna

0.356% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 161

South America

13 entries

Argentina

0.997% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 116

Bolivia

1.664% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 72

Brazil

0.86% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 131

Chile

0.88% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 128

Colombia

1.128% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 104

Ecuador

1.419% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 86

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

0.011% (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 187

Guyana

-0.327% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 212

Paraguay

1.256% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 93

Peru

1.016% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 115

Suriname

1.222% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 97

Uruguay

0.24% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 171

Venezuela

1.468% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 84

Southeast Asia

16 entries

Brunei

1.691% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 70

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

1.07% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 108

Cambodia

1.687% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 71

Christmas Island

1.136% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 102

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

0% (2010 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 191

Hong Kong

0.421% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 155

Indonesia

1.03% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 112

Laos

1.655% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 73

Macau

0.866% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 129

Malaysia

1.542% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 78

Philippines

1.873% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 66

Singapore

1.993% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 55

Taiwan

0.29% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 167

Thailand

0.543% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 147

Timor-Leste

2.49% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 30

Vietnam

1.054% (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 111

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2012, “Population growth rate”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/population-growth-rate/2012.

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