The CIA World Factbook Edition 2016 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 2016 edition carries it in 236 entries, in its People and Society section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
- entries in the 2016 edition
- 236
- the first edition with it
- 1993
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
the entry has the field in that editionnot in that editionthe open editionEach entry below ends in its editions with Population growth rate, 1990 to 2025. Point at a year above to follow it down; choose one in a row to read that edition’s text there.
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World
1 entry
1.06%
note: this rate results in about 148 net additions to the worldwide population every minute or 2.5 every second (2016 est.)
Africa
56 entries
1.77% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 64
2.72% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 14
2.75% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 13
1.19% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 96
3.01% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 6
3.26% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 3
1.35% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 85
2.58% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 18
2.12% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 41
1.88% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 56
1.71% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 67
2.42% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 28
2.06% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 44
1.88% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 54
2.18% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 39
2.51% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 21
2.48% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 22
0.81% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 136
1.1% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 106
2.88% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 9
1.92% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 52
2.11% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 42
2.18% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 40
2.62% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 17
1.88% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 55
1.81% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 60
0.3% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 176
2.44% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 25
1.8% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 61
2.54% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 19
3.32% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 2
2.96% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 7
2.2% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 38
0.61% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 153
0.99% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 118
2.45% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 24
1.98% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 49
3.22% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 4
2.44% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 26
2.53% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 20
0.21% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 185
1.78% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 63
2.42% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 27
0.8% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 140
2.36% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 32
1.92% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 51
0.99% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 116
3.92% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 1
1.69% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 68
2.77% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 11
2.66% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 15
0.86% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 127
3.22% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 5
2.76% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 12
2.94% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 8
2.2% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 37
Arctic Region
3 entries
-0.02% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 202
1.17% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 101
-0.03% (2014 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 203
Asia
22 entries
2.34% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 33
-0.18% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 213
0.92% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 123
1.05% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 112
1.09% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 108
0.43% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 164
-0.05% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 206
1.19% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 97
-0.19% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 214
1.09% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 107
0.53% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 155
0.53% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 156
1.09% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 109
-0.07% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 208
1.25% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 91
1.24% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 92
1.45% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 81
-0.06% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 207
0.8% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 138
1.66% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 69
1.13% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 104
0.93% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 122
Central America and the Caribbean
30 entries
2% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 48
1.23% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 93
1.3% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 88
0.83% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 131
0.3% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 177
1.84% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 59
2.28% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 35
2.05% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 45
1.19% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 98
-0.3% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 220
0.42% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 165
0.2% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 186
1.21% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 94
0.25% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 180
0.46% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 163
1.79% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 62
1.71% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 66
1.64% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 70
0.68% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 150
0.48% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 161
0.99% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 117
1.3% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 89
-0.54% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 227
0.75% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 144
0.33% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 171
-0.26% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 218
1.44% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 82
-0.17% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 212
2.23% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 36
-0.62% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 230
Europe
48 entries
0.31% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 175
0.07% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 193
0.51% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 160
-0.21% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 215
0.73% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 147
-0.14% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 210
-0.6% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 229
-0.5% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 226
0.14% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 191
0.22% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 184
-0.54% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 228
0.23% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 181
0.53% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 158
0.38% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 169
0.41% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 166
-0.16% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 211
0.24% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 182
-0.03% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 204
0.32% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 173
0% (2014 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 197
-0.24% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 216
1.2% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 95
0.72% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 148
0.23% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 183
0.79% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 141
-1.07% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 233
0.82% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 133
-1.06% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 232
2.05% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 47
0.29% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 178
-1.04% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 231
0.18% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 189
-0.35% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 222
0.4% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 167
Macedonia
now North Macedonia
0.18% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 188
1.07% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 110
-0.11% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 209
0.07% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 192
-0.32% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 221
0.78% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 142
-0.46% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 224
0.01% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 195
-0.29% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 219
0.84% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 130
0.81% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 134
0.7% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 149
-0.39% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 223
0.53% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 157
Middle East
17 entries
2.33% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 34
1.38% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 84
2.39% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 30
1.18% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 99
2.87% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 10
1.53% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 78
0.83% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 132
1.53% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 79
0.85% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 129
2.05% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 46
2.64% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 16
1.46% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 80
1.56% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 75
0.9% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 125
2.47% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 23
1.86% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 57
2.37% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 31
North America
5 entries
0.47% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 162
0.74% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 146
1.15% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 102
-1.09% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 234
0.81% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 135
Oceania
25 entries
-0.25% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 217
1.05% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 113
-2.88% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 235
0.63% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 152
0.91% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 124
0.64% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 151
1.14% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 103
1.6% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 71
-0.49% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 225
0.52% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 159
1.35% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 86
0.8% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 137
-0.03% (2014 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 205
0.01% (2014 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 196
2.07% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 43
0.39% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 168
1.75% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 65
0% (2014 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 198
0.59% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 154
1.98% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 50
-0.01% (2014 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 201
-0.01% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 200
0.85% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 128
1.9% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 53
0.33% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 172
South America
13 entries
0.93% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 121
1.54% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 76
0.75% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 145
0.8% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 139
1.02% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 114
1.31% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 87
0.01% (2014 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 194
0.17% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 190
1.17% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 100
0.96% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 119
1.05% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 111
0.27% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 179
1.28% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 90
Southeast Asia
16 entries
1.6% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 72
Burma
now Burma (Myanmar)
1% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 115
1.56% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 74
1.11% (2014 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 105
0% (2014 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 199
0.35% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 170
0.89% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 126
1.53% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 77
0.77% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 143
1.4% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 83
1.59% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 73
1.86% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 58
0.2% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 187
0.32% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 174
2.39% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 29
0.95% (2016 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 120
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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2016, “Population growth rate”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/population-growth-rate/2016.