📈 Fastest Growing Populations
Yearly change in the number of people living in the country.
1
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates
4.7%
2
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia
4.6%
3
🇴🇲Oman
4.0%
4
🇶🇦Qatar
3.9%
5
🇸🇾Syria
3.8%
6
🇹🇩Chad
3.4%
7
🇨🇫Central African Republic
3.4%
8
🇸🇴Somalia
3.3%
9
🇳🇪Niger
3.2%
10
🇨🇩DR Congo
3.2%
11
🇬🇪Georgia
3.2%
12
🇦🇴Angola
3.0%
13
🇺🇦Ukraine
2.9%
14
🇲🇱Mali
2.9%
15
🇾🇪Yemen
2.9%
16
🇹🇿Tanzania
2.9%
17
🇲🇿Mozambique
2.8%
18
🇲🇷Mauritania
2.8%
19
🇿🇲Zambia
2.8%
20
🇦🇫Afghanistan
2.8%
21
🇺🇬Uganda
2.7%
22
🇨🇲Cameroon
2.6%
23
🇲🇼Malawi
2.6%
24
🇪🇹Ethiopia
2.6%
25
🇧🇮Burundi
2.4%
26
🇨🇮Ivory Coast
2.4%
27
🇧🇯Benin
2.4%
28
🇲🇬Madagascar
2.4%
29
🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea
2.4%
30
🇸🇩Sudan
2.4%
31
🇨🇬Congo
2.4%
32
🇸🇧Solomon Islands
2.3%
33
🇵🇸Palestine
2.3%
34
🇬🇳Guinea
2.3%
35
🇸🇳Senegal
2.3%
36
🇻🇺Vanuatu
2.2%
37
🇬🇲Gambia
2.2%
38
🇧🇫Burkina Faso
2.2%
39
🇹🇬Togo
2.2%
40
🇷🇼Rwanda
2.2%
41
🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau
2.2%
42
🇬🇦Gabon
2.1%
43
🇮🇶Iraq
2.1%
44
🇱🇷Liberia
2.1%
45
🇳🇬Nigeria
2.1%
46
🇳🇦Namibia
2.0%
47
🇸🇱Sierra Leone
2.0%
48
🇸🇸South Sudan
2.0%
49
🇬🇮Gibraltar
2.0%
50
🇪🇷Eritrea
2.0%
Highlights
As of 2025, United Arab Emirates ranks first with 4.7%, followed by Saudi Arabia (4.6%) and Oman (4.0%).
Across 215 countries and territories, values run from 4.7% (United Arab Emirates) to -4.7% (Saint Martin), with a median of 0.9%.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 5 from Africa and 5 from Asia.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Population growth (annual %), 2025. Unit: % per year.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Population growth (annual %) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 13, 2026