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The CIA World Factbook Edition 2023 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 2023 edition carries it in 241 entries, in its People and Society section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2023 edition: 241
the first edition with it: 1993
the latest edition with it: 2025

Published as “Population growth rate” (1993 to 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.

2023

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World

1 entry

World

1.03% (2021 est.)

note: this rate results in about 154 net additions to the worldwide population every minute or 2.6 people every second

Africa

55 entries

Algeria

1.62% (2023 est.)

Angola

3.34% (2023 est.)

Benin

3.31% (2023 est.)

Botswana

1.37% (2023 est.)

Burkina Faso

2.46% (2023 est.)

Burundi

3.59% (2023 est.)

Cabo Verde

1.19% (2023 est.)

Cameroon

2.73% (2023 est.)

Central African Republic

1.77% (2023 est.)

Chad

3.05% (2023 est.)

Comoros

1.34% (2023 est.)

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

3.13% (2023 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

2.4% (2023 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

2.16% (2023 est.)

Djibouti

1.93% (2023 est.)

Egypt

1.59% (2023 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

3.36% (2023 est.)

Eritrea

1.08% (2023 est.)

Eswatini

0.72% (2023 est.)

Ethiopia

2.4% (2023 est.)

Gabon

2.39% (2023 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

2.23% (2023 est.)

Ghana

2.19% (2023 est.)

Guinea

2.75% (2023 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

2.54% (2023 est.)

Kenya

2.09% (2023 est.)

Lesotho

0.76% (2023 est.)

Liberia

2.37% (2023 est.)

Libya

1.54% (2023 est.)

Madagascar

2.22% (2023 est.)

Malawi

2.28% (2023 est.)

Mali

2.93% (2023 est.)

Mauritania

1.96% (2023 est.)

Mauritius

0.09% (2023 est.)

Morocco

0.88% (2023 est.)

note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara

Mozambique

2.55% (2023 est.)

Namibia

1.66% (2023 est.)

Niger

3.66% (2023 est.)

Nigeria

2.53% (2023 est.)

Rwanda

1.68% (2023 est.)

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

0.11% (2023 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

1.45% (2023 est.)

Senegal

2.52% (2023 est.)

Seychelles

0.6% (2023 est.)

Sierra Leone

2.41% (2023 est.)

Somalia

2.49% (2023 est.)

South Africa

1.08% (2023 est.)

South Sudan

4.78% (2023 est.)

Sudan

2.55% (2023 est.)

Tanzania

2.75% (2023 est.)

Togo

2.45% (2023 est.)

Tunisia

0.63% (2023 est.)

Uganda

3.22% (2023 est.)

Zambia

2.86% (2023 est.)

Zimbabwe

1.99% (2023 est.)

Antarctic Region

1 entry

South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands now South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

NA

Arctic Region

3 entries

Greenland

-0.04% (2023 est.)

Iceland

0.89% (2023 est.)

Svalbard

-0.03% (2019 est.)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

2.26% (2023 est.)

Armenia

-0.4% (2023 est.)

Azerbaijan

0.43% (2023 est.)

Bangladesh

0.91% (2023 est.)

Bhutan

0.96% (2023 est.)

China

0.18% (2023 est.)

Georgia

-0.57% (2023 est.)

India

0.7% (2023 est.)

Japan

-0.41% (2023 est.)

Kazakhstan

0.9% (2023 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

0.4% (2023 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

0.23% (2023 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

0.82% (2023 est.)

Maldives

-0.17% (2023 est.)

Mongolia

0.83% (2023 est.)

Nepal

0.74% (2023 est.)

Pakistan

1.91% (2023 est.)

Russia

-0.48% (2023 est.)

Sri Lanka

0.56% (2023 est.)

Tajikistan

1.94% (2023 est.)

Turkmenistan

0.95% (2023 est.)

Uzbekistan

1.61% (2023 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

32 entries

Anguilla

1.77% (2023 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

1.13% (2023 est.)

Aruba

1.11% (2023 est.)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

1.06% (2023 est.)

Barbados

0.24% (2023 est.)

Belize

1.47% (2023 est.)

British Virgin Islands

1.87% (2023 est.)

Cayman Islands

1.79% (2023 est.)

Costa Rica

0.72% (2023 est.)

Cuba

-0.19% (2023 est.)

Curacao

0.3% (2023 est.)

Dominica

0.02% (2023 est.)

Dominican Republic

0.73% (2023 est.)

El Salvador

0.46% (2023 est.)

Grenada

0.29% (2023 est.)

Guatemala

1.54% (2023 est.)

Haiti

1.23% (2023 est.)

Honduras

1.28% (2023 est.)

Jamaica

0.09% (2023 est.)

Montserrat

0.46% (2023 est.)

Nicaragua

0.97% (2023 est.)

Panama

1.51% (2023 est.)

Puerto Rico

-1.29% (2023 est.)

Saint Barthelemy

-0.11% (2023 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

0.59% (2023 est.)

Saint Lucia

0.27% (2023 est.)

Saint Martin

0.31% (2023 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

-0.16% (2023 est.)

Sint Maarten

1.19% (2023 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

0.12% (2023 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

1.81% (2023 est.)

Virgin Islands

-0.49% (2023 est.)

Europe

49 entries

Albania

0.19% (2023 est.)

Andorra

-0.11% (2023 est.)

Austria

0.31% (2023 est.)

Belarus

-0.39% (2023 est.)

Belgium

0.55% (2023 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

-0.23% (2023 est.)

Bulgaria

-0.66% (2023 est.)

Croatia

-0.47% (2023 est.)

Czechia

0.1% (2023 est.)

Denmark

0.44% (2023 est.)

Estonia

-0.74% (2023 est.)

European Union

(2021 est.) 0.10%

Faroe Islands

0.63% (2023 est.)

Finland

0.22% (2023 est.)

France

0.21% (2023 est.)

Germany

-0.12% (2023 est.)

Gibraltar

0.19% (2023 est.)

Greece

-0.35% (2023 est.)

Guernsey

0.22% (2023 est.)

Holy See (Vatican City)

0% (2014 est.)

Hungary

-0.33% (2023 est.)

Ireland

1.09% (2023 est.)

Isle of Man

0.48% (2023 est.)

Italy

-0.11% (2023 est.)

Jersey

0.61% (2023 est.)

Kosovo

0.62% (2023 est.)

Latvia

-1.13% (2023 est.)

Liechtenstein

0.7% (2023 est.)

Lithuania

-1.04% (2023 est.)

Luxembourg

1.58% (2023 est.)

Malta

0.59% (2023 est.)

Moldova

-0.58% (2023 est.)

Monaco

0.66% (2023 est.)

Montenegro

-0.43% (2023 est.)

Netherlands

0.48% (2023 est.)

North Macedonia

0.11% (2023 est.)

Norway

0.6% (2023 est.)

Poland

-1.03% (2023 est.)

Portugal

-0.17% (2023 est.)

Romania

-1.01% (2023 est.)

San Marino

0.59% (2023 est.)

Serbia

-0.63% (2023 est.)

Slovakia

-0.13% (2023 est.)

Slovenia

-0.08% (2023 est.)

Spain

0.12% (2023 est.)

Sweden

0.51% (2023 est.)

Switzerland

0.78% (2023 est.)

Ukraine

2.33% (2023 est.)

United Kingdom

0.49% (2023 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

0.85% (2023 est.)

Cyprus

1% (2023 est.)

Gaza Strip

2.07% (2023 est.)

Iran

0.93% (2023 est.)

Iraq

1.94% (2023 est.)

Israel

1.56% (2023 est.)

Jordan

0.79% (2023 est.)

Kuwait

1.13% (2023 est.)

Lebanon

0.64% (2023 est.)

Oman

1.8% (2023 est.)

Qatar

0.86% (2023 est.)

Saudi Arabia

1.65% (2023 est.)

Syria

6.39% (2023 est.)

Turkey (Turkiye) now Turkiye

0.64% (2023 est.)

United Arab Emirates

0.58% (2023 est.)

West Bank

2.1% (2023 est.)

Yemen

1.83% (2023 est.)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

0.32% (2023 est.)

Canada

0.73% (2023 est.)

Mexico

0.61% (2023 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

-1.19% (2023 est.)

United States

0.68% (2023 est.)

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

-1.74% (2023 est.)

Australia

1.19% (2023 est.)

Cook Islands

-2.31% (2023 est.)

Fiji

0.42% (2023 est.)

French Polynesia

0.7% (2023 est.)

Guam

0.13% (2023 est.)

Kiribati

1.02% (2023 est.)

Marshall Islands

1.3% (2023 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

-0.7% (2023 est.)

Nauru

0.42% (2023 est.)

New Caledonia

1.17% (2023 est.)

New Zealand

1.06% (2023 est.)

Niue

-0.03% (2021 est.)

Norfolk Island

0.01% (2014 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands

-0.35% (2023 est.)

Palau

0.39% (2023 est.)

Papua New Guinea

2.31% (2023 est.)

Pitcairn Islands

0% (2014 est.)

Samoa

0.65% (2023 est.)

Solomon Islands

1.69% (2023 est.)

Tokelau

-0.01% (2019 est.)

Tonga

-0.3% (2023 est.)

Tuvalu

0.81% (2023 est.)

Vanuatu

1.59% (2023 est.)

Wallis and Futuna

0.23% (2023 est.)

South America

13 entries

Argentina

0.8% (2023 est.)

Bolivia

1.06% (2023 est.)

Brazil

0.64% (2023 est.)

Chile

0.63% (2023 est.)

Colombia

0.54% (2023 est.)

Ecuador

0.99% (2023 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

0.01% (2014 est.)

Guyana

0.28% (2023 est.)

Paraguay

1.12% (2023 est.)

Peru

0.5% (2023 est.)

Suriname

1.11% (2023 est.)

Uruguay

0.27% (2023 est.)

Venezuela

2.4% (2023 est.)

Southeast Asia

18 entries

Brunei

1.43% (2023 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

0.73% (2023 est.)

Cambodia

1.04% (2023 est.)

Christmas Island

1.11% (2014 est.)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

NA

Hong Kong

0.15% (2023 est.)

Indonesia

0.76% (2023 est.)

Laos

1.3% (2023 est.)

Macau

0.71% (2023 est.)

Malaysia

1.01% (2023 est.)

Paracel Islands

0.75% (2021 est.)

Philippines

1.58% (2023 est.)

Singapore

0.9% (2023 est.)

Spratly Islands

NA

Taiwan

0.03% (2023 est.)

Thailand

0.2% (2023 est.)

Timor-Leste

2.1% (2023 est.)

Vietnam

0.93% (2023 est.)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2023, “Population growth rate”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/population-growth-rate/2023.

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