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  Field Listing - Population growth rate


Country
Population growth rate (%)
Afghanistan 3.43%
note: this rate reflects the continued return of refugees from Iran (2002 est.)
Albania 1.06% (2002 est.)
Algeria 1.68% (2002 est.)
American Samoa 2.31% (2002 est.)
Andorra 1.11% (2002 est.)
Angola 2.18% (2002 est.)
Anguilla 2.44% (2002 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda 0.69% (2002 est.)
Argentina 1.13% (2002 est.)
Armenia -0.15% (2002 est.)
Aruba 0.59% (2002 est.)
Australia 0.96% (2002 est.)
Austria 0.23% (2002 est.)
Azerbaijan 0.38% (2002 est.)
Bahamas, The 0.86% (2002 est.)
Bahrain 1.67% (2002 est.)
Bangladesh 1.59% (2002 est.)
Barbados 0.46% (2002 est.)
Belarus -0.14% (2002 est.)
Belgium 0.15% (2002 est.)
Belize 2.65% (2002 est.)
Benin 2.91% (2002 est.)
Bermuda 0.69% (2002 est.)
Bhutan 2.15% (2002 est.)
Bolivia 1.69% (2002 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.76% (2002 est.)
Botswana 0.18% (2002 est.)
Brazil 0.87% (2002 est.)
British Virgin Islands 2.16% (2002 est.)
Brunei 2.06% (2002 est.)
Bulgaria -1.11% (2002 est.)
Burkina Faso 2.64% (2002 est.)
Burma 0.56% (2002 est.)
Burundi 2.36% (2002 est.)
Cambodia 2.24% (2002 est.)
Cameroon 2.36% (2002 est.)
Canada 0.96% (2002 est.)
Cape Verde 0.85% (2002 est.)
Cayman Islands 2.03% (2002 est.)
Central African Republic 1.8% (2002 est.)
Chad 3.27% (2002 est.)
Chile 1.09% (2002 est.)
China 0.87% (2002 est.)
Christmas Island -9% (2002 est.)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands -0.22% (2002 est.)
Colombia 1.6% (2002 est.)
Comoros 2.99% (2002 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 2.79% (2002 est.)
Congo, Republic of the 2.18% (2002 est.)
Cook Islands NA% (2002 est.)
Costa Rica 1.61% (2002 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire 2.45% (2002 est.)
Croatia 1.12% (2002 est.)
Cuba 0.35% (2002 est.)
Cyprus 0.57% (2002 est.)
Czech Republic -0.07% (2002 est.)
Denmark 0.29% (2002 est.)
Djibouti 2.59% (2002 est.)
Dominica -0.81% (2002 est.)
Dominican Republic 1.61% (2002 est.)
East Timor 7.26% (2002 est.)
Ecuador 1.96% (2002 est.)
Egypt 1.66% (2002 est.)
El Salvador 1.83% (2002 est.)
Equatorial Guinea 2.45% (2002 est.)
Eritrea 3.8% (2002 est.)
Estonia -0.52% (2002 est.)
Ethiopia 2.64% (2002 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 2.44% (2002 est.)
Faroe Islands 0.74% (2002 est.)
Fiji 1.41% (2002 est.)
Finland 0.14% (2002 est.)
France 0.35% (2002 est.)
French Guiana 2.57% (2002 est.)
French Polynesia 1.67% (2002 est.)
Gabon 0.97% (2002 est.)
Gambia, The 3.09% (2002 est.)
Gaza Strip 3.95% (2002 est.)
Georgia -0.55% (2002 est.)
Germany 0.26% (2002 est.)
Ghana 1.7% (2002 est.)
Gibraltar 0.23% (2002 est.)
Greece 0.2% (2002 est.)
Greenland 0.03% (2002 est.)
Grenada 0.02% (2002 est.)
Guadeloupe 1.04% (2002 est.)
Guam 1.99% (2002 est.)
Guatemala 2.57% (2002 est.)
Guernsey 0.37% (2002 est.)
Guinea 2.23% (2002 est.)
Guinea-Bissau 2.23% (2002 est.)
Guyana 0.23% (2002 est.)
Haiti 1.42% (2002 est.)
Holy See (Vatican City) 1.15% (2002 est.)
Honduras 2.34% (2002 est.)
Hong Kong 1.26% (2002 est.)
Hungary -0.3% (2002 est.)
Iceland 0.52% (2002 est.)
India 1.51% (2002 est.)
Indonesia 1.54% (2002 est.)
Iran 0.77% (2002 est.)
Iraq 2.82% (2002 est.)
Ireland 1.07% (2002 est.)
Israel 1.48% (2002 est.)
Italy 0.05% (2002 est.)
Jamaica 0.56% (2002 est.)
Japan 0.15% (2002 est.)
Jersey 0.44% (2002 est.)
Jordan 2.89% (2002 est.)
Kazakhstan 0.1% (2002 est.)
Kenya 1.15% (2002 est.)
Kiribati 2.28% (2002 est.)
Korea, North 1.1% (2002 est.)
Korea, South 0.85% (2002 est.)
Kuwait 3.33%
note: this rate reflects a return to pre-Gulf crisis immigration of expatriates (2002 est.)
Kyrgyzstan 1.45% (2002 est.)
Laos 2.47% (2002 est.)
Latvia -0.77% (2002 est.)
Lebanon 1.36% (2002 est.)
Lesotho 1.33% (2002 est.)
Liberia 1.91% (2002 est.)
Libya 2.41% (2002 est.)
Liechtenstein 0.94% (2002 est.)
Lithuania -0.25% (2002 est.)
Luxembourg 1.25% (2002 est.)
Macau 1.75% (2002 est.)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of 0.41% (2002 est.)
Madagascar 3.03% (2002 est.)
Malawi 1.39% (2002 est.)
Malaysia 1.91% (2002 est.)
Maldives 2.95% (2002 est.)
Mali 2.97% (2002 est.)
Malta 0.73% (2002 est.)
Man, Isle of 0.52% (2002 est.)
Marshall Islands 3.89% (2002 est.)
Martinique 0.89% (2002 est.)
Mauritania 2.92% (2002 est.)
Mauritius 0.86% (2002 est.)
Mayotte 4.41% (2002 est.)
Mexico 1.47% (2002 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of NA% (2002 est.)
Moldova 0.09% (2002 est.)
Monaco 0.45% (2002 est.)
Mongolia 1.48% (2002 est.)
Montserrat 8.43% (2002 est.)
Morocco 1.68% (2002 est.)
Mozambique 1.13% (2002 est.)
Namibia 1.19% (2002 est.)
Nauru 1.96% (2002 est.)
Nepal 2.29% (2002 est.)
Netherlands 0.53% (2002 est.)
Netherlands Antilles 0.93% (2002 est.)
New Caledonia 1.43% (2002 est.)
New Zealand 1.12% (2002 est.)
Nicaragua 2.09% (2002 est.)
Niger 2.7% (2002 est.)
Nigeria 2.54% (2002 est.)
Niue 0.5% (2002 est.)
Norfolk Island -0.69% (2002 est.)
Northern Mariana Islands 3.49% (2002 est.)
Norway 0.47% (2002 est.)
Oman 3.41% (2002 est.)
Pakistan 2.06% (2002 est.)
Palau 1.61% (2002 est.)
Panama 1.26% (2002 est.)
Papua New Guinea 2.39% (2002 est.)
Paraguay 2.57% (2002 est.)
Peru 1.66% (2002 est.)
Philippines 1.99% (2002 est.)
Pitcairn Islands -1.32% (2002 est.)
Poland -0.02% (2002 est.)
Portugal 0.18% (2002 est.)
Puerto Rico 0.51% (2002 est.)
Qatar 3.02% (2002 est.)
Reunion 1.52% (2002 est.)
Romania -0.21% (2002 est.)
Russia -0.33% (2002 est.)
Rwanda 1.16% (2002 est.)
Saint Helena 0.7% (2002 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.01% (2002 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.35% (2002 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.37% (2002 est.)
Samoa -0.25% (2002 est.)
San Marino 1.41% (2002 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe 3.18% (2002 est.)
Saudi Arabia 3.27% (2002 est.)
Senegal 2.91% (2002 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro -0.12% (2002 est.)
Seychelles 0.47% (2002 est.)
Sierra Leone 3.21% (2002 est.)
Singapore 3.46% (2002 est.)
Slovakia 0.14% (2002 est.)
Slovenia 0.14% (2002 est.)
Solomon Islands 2.91% (2002 est.)
Somalia 3.46% (2002 est.)
South Africa 0.02% (2002 est.)
Spain 0.09% (2002 est.)
Sri Lanka 0.85% (2002 est.)
Sudan 2.73% (2002 est.)
Suriname 0.55% (2002 est.)
Svalbard -1.99% (2002 est.)
Swaziland 1.63% (2002 est.)
Sweden 0.02% (2002 est.)
Switzerland 0.24% (2002 est.)
Syria 2.5% (2002 est.)
Taiwan 0.78% (2002 est.)
Tajikistan 2.12% (2002 est.)
Tanzania 2.6% (2002 est.)
Thailand 0.88% (2002 est.)
Togo 2.48% (2002 est.)
Tokelau -0.92% (2002 est.)
Tonga 1.85% (2002 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago -0.52% (2002 est.)
Tunisia 1.12% (2002 est.)
Turkey 1.2% (2002 est.)
Turkmenistan 1.84% (2002 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands 3.28% (2002 est.)
Tuvalu 1.4% (2002 est.)
Uganda 2.94% (2002 est.)
Ukraine -0.72% (2002 est.)
United Arab Emirates 1.58% (2002 est.)
United Kingdom 0.21% (2002 est.)
United States 0.89% (2002 est.)
Uruguay 0.79% (2002 est.)
Uzbekistan 1.62% (2002 est.)
Vanuatu 1.66% (2002 est.)
Venezuela 1.52% (2002 est.)
Vietnam 1.43% (2002 est.)
Virgin Islands 1.04% (2002 est.)
Wallis and Futuna NA (2002 est.)
West Bank 3.39% (2002 est.)
Western Sahara NA (2002 est.)
World 1.23% (2002 est.)
Yemen 3.4% (2002 est.)
Zambia 1.9% (2002 est.)
Zimbabwe 0.05% (2002 est.)

This page was last updated on 19 March 2003

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