CIA SealFactbook Logo Population growth rate
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Afghanistan: 3.48% (2001 est.)

note:  this rate reflects the continued return of refugees from Iran
Albania: 0.88% (2001 est.)
Algeria: 1.71% (2001 est.)
American Samoa: 2.42% (2001 est.)
Andorra: 1.17% (2001 est.)
Angola: 2.15% (2001 est.)
Anguilla: 2.68% (2001 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda: 0.74% (2001 est.)
Argentina: 1.15% (2001 est.)
Armenia: -0.21% (2001 est.)
Aruba: 0.64% (2001 est.)
Australia: 0.99% (2001 est.)
Austria: 0.24% (2001 est.)
Azerbaijan: 0.32% (2001 est.)
Bahamas, The: 0.93% (2001 est.)
Bahrain: 1.73% (2001 est.)
Bangladesh: 1.59% (2001 est.)
Barbados: 0.46% (2001 est.)
Belarus: -0.15% (2001 est.)
Belgium: 0.16% (2001 est.)
Belize: 2.7% (2001 est.)
Benin: 2.97% (2001 est.)
Bermuda: 0.74% (2001 est.)
Bhutan: 2.17% (2001 est.)
Bolivia: 1.76% (2001 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina: 1.38% (2001 est.)
Botswana: 0.47% (2001 est.)
Brazil: 0.91% (2001 est.)
British Virgin Islands: 2.22% (2001 est.)
Brunei: 2.11% (2001 est.)
Bulgaria: -1.14% (2001 est.)
Burkina Faso: 2.68% (2001 est.)
Burma: 0.6% (2001 est.)
Burundi: 2.38% (2001 est.)
Cambodia: 2.25% (2001 est.)
Cameroon: 2.41% (2001 est.)
Canada: 0.99% (2001 est.)
Cape Verde: 0.92% (2001 est.)
Cayman Islands: 2.12% (2001 est.)
Central African Republic: 1.85% (2001 est.)
Chad: 3.29% (2001 est.)
Chile: 1.13% (2001 est.)
China: 0.88% (2001 est.)
Christmas Island: 7.77% (2001 est.)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands: -0.21% (2001 est.)
Colombia: 1.64% (2001 est.)
Comoros: 3.02% (2001 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 3.1% (2001 est.)
Congo, Republic of the: 2.2% (2001 est.)
Costa Rica: 1.65% (2001 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire: 2.51% (2001 est.)
Croatia: 1.48% (2001 est.)
Cuba: 0.37% (2001 est.)
Cyprus: 0.59% (2001 est.)
Czech Republic: -0.07% (2001 est.)
Denmark: 0.3% (2001 est.)
Djibouti: 2.6% (2001 est.)
Dominica: -0.98% (2001 est.)
Dominican Republic: 1.63% (2001 est.)
Ecuador: 2% (2001 est.)
Egypt: 1.69% (2001 est.)
El Salvador: 1.85% (2001 est.)
Equatorial Guinea: 2.46% (2001 est.)
Eritrea: 3.84% (2001 est.)
Estonia: -0.55% (2001 est.)
Ethiopia: 2.7% (2001 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): 2.43% (2001 est.)
Faroe Islands: 0.78% (2001 est.)
Fiji: 1.41% (2001 est.)
Finland: 0.16% (2001 est.)
France: 0.37% (2001 est.)
French Guiana: 2.74% (2001 est.)
French Polynesia: 1.72% (2001 est.)
Gabon: 1.02% (2001 est.)
Gambia, The: 3.14% (2001 est.)
Gaza Strip: 4.01% (2001 est.)
Georgia: -0.59% (2001 est.)
Germany: 0.27% (2001 est.)
Ghana: 1.79% (2001 est.)
Gibraltar: 0.24% (2001 est.)
Greece: 0.21% (2001 est.)
Greenland: 0.06% (2001 est.)
Grenada: -0.06% (2001 est.)
Guadeloupe: 1.07% (2001 est.)
Guam: 2.09% (2001 est.)
Guatemala: 2.6% (2001 est.)
Guernsey: 0.39% (2001 est.)
Guinea: 1.96% (2001 est.)
Guinea-Bissau: 2.23% (2001 est.)
Guyana: 0.07% (2001 est.)
Haiti: 1.4% (2001 est.)
Holy See (Vatican City): 1.15% (2001 est.)
Honduras: 2.43% (2001 est.)
Hong Kong: 1.3% (2001 est.)
Hungary: -0.32% (2001 est.)
Iceland: 0.54% (2001 est.)
India: 1.55% (2001 est.)
Indonesia: 1.6% (2001 est.)
Iran: 0.72% (2001 est.)
Iraq: 2.84% (2001 est.)
Ireland: 1.12% (2001 est.)
Israel: 1.58% (2001 est.)
Italy: 0.07% (2001 est.)
Jamaica: 0.51% (2001 est.)
Japan: 0.17% (2001 est.)
Jersey: 0.48% (2001 est.)
Johnston Atoll: -5.94% (2001 est.)
Jordan: 3% (2001 est.)
Kazakhstan: 0.03% (2001 est.)
Kenya: 1.27% (2001 est.)
Kiribati: 2.31% (2001 est.)
Korea, North: 1.22% (2001 est.)
Korea, South: 0.89% (2001 est.)
Kuwait: 3.38% (2001 est.)

note:  this rate reflects a return to pre-Gulf crisis immigration of expatriates
Kyrgyzstan: 1.44% (2001 est.)
Laos: 2.48% (2001 est.)
Latvia: -0.81% (2001 est.)
Lebanon: 1.38% (2001 est.)
Lesotho: 1.49% (2001 est.)
Liberia: 1.92% (2001 est.)
Libya: 2.42% (2001 est.)
Liechtenstein: 0.98% (2001 est.)
Lithuania: -0.27% (2001 est.)
Luxembourg: 1.26% (2001 est.)
Macau: 1.79% (2001 est.)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: 0.43% (2001 est.)
Madagascar: 3.02% (2001 est.)
Malawi: 1.5% (2001 est.)
Malaysia: 1.96% (2001 est.)
Maldives: 3.01% (2001 est.)
Mali: 2.97% (2001 est.)
Malta: 0.74% (2001 est.)
Man, Isle of: 0.52% (2001 est.)
Marshall Islands: 3.88% (2001 est.)
Martinique: 0.93% (2001 est.)
Mauritania: 2.93% (2001 est.)
Mauritius: 0.88% (2001 est.)
Mayotte: 4.58% (2001 est.)
Mexico: 1.5% (2001 est.)
Moldova: 0.05% (2001 est.)
Monaco: 0.46% (2001 est.)
Mongolia: 1.47% (2001 est.)
Montserrat: 13.39% (2001 est.)
Morocco: 1.71% (2001 est.)
Mozambique: 1.3% (2001 est.)
Namibia: 1.38% (2001 est.)
Nauru: 2% (2001 est.)
Nepal: 2.32% (2001 est.)
Netherlands: 0.55% (2001 est.)
Netherlands Antilles: 0.97% (2001 est.)
New Caledonia: 1.48% (2001 est.)
New Zealand: 1.14% (2001 est.)
Nicaragua: 2.15% (2001 est.)
Niger: 2.72% (2001 est.)
Nigeria: 2.61% (2001 est.)
Niue: 0.5% (2001 est.)
Norfolk Island: -0.71% (2001 est.)
Northern Mariana Islands: 3.62% (2001 est.)
Norway: 0.49% (2001 est.)
Oman: 3.43% (2001 est.)
Pakistan: 2.11% (2001 est.)
Palau: 1.69% (2001 est.)
Panama: 1.3% (2001 est.)
Papua New Guinea: 2.43% (2001 est.)
Paraguay: 2.6% (2001 est.)
Peru: 1.7% (2001 est.)
Philippines: 2.03% (2001 est.)
Pitcairn Islands: -2.08% (2001 est.)
Poland: -0.03% (2001 est.)
Portugal: 0.18% (2001 est.)
Puerto Rico: 0.54% (2001 est.)
Qatar: 3.18% (2001 est.)
Reunion: 1.57% (2001 est.)
Romania: -0.21% (2001 est.)
Russia: -0.35% (2001 est.)
Rwanda: 1.16% (2001 est.)
Saint Helena: 0.72% (2001 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis: -0.11% (2001 est.)
Saint Lucia: 1.23% (2001 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 0.43% (2001 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 0.4% (2001 est.)
Samoa: -0.23% (2001 est.)
San Marino: 1.45% (2001 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe: 3.18% (2001 est.)
Saudi Arabia: 3.27% (2001 est.)
Senegal: 2.93% (2001 est.)
Seychelles: 0.49% (2001 est.)
Sierra Leone: 3.61% (2001 est.)
Singapore: 3.5% (2001 est.)
Slovakia: 0.13% (2001 est.)
Slovenia: 0.14% (2001 est.)
Solomon Islands: 2.98% (2001 est.)
Somalia: 3.48% (2001 est.)
South Africa: 0.26% (2001 est.)
Spain: 0.1% (2001 est.)
Sri Lanka: 0.87% (2001 est.)
Sudan: 2.79% (2001 est.)
Suriname: 0.6% (2001 est.)
Svalbard: -3.55% (2001 est.)
Swaziland: 1.83% (2001 est.)
Sweden: 0.02% (2001 est.)
Switzerland: 0.27% (2001 est.)
Syria: 2.54% (2001 est.)
Tajikistan: 2.12% (2001 est.)
Tanzania: 2.61% (2001 est.)
Thailand: 0.91% (2001 est.)
Togo: 2.6% (2001 est.)
Tokelau: -0.92% (2001 est.)
Tonga: 1.79% (2001 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago: -0.51% (2001 est.)
Tunisia: 1.15% (2001 est.)
Turkey: 1.24% (2001 est.)
Turkmenistan: 1.85% (2001 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands: 3.41% (2001 est.)
Tuvalu: 1.4% (2001 est.)
Uganda: 2.93% (2001 est.)
Ukraine: -0.78% (2001 est.)
United Arab Emirates: 1.59% (2001 est.)
United Kingdom: 0.23% (2001 est.)
United States: 0.9% (2001 est.)
Uruguay: 0.78% (2001 est.)
Uzbekistan: 1.6% (2001 est.)
Vanuatu: 1.7% (2001 est.)
Venezuela: 1.56% (2001 est.)
Vietnam: 1.45% (2001 est.)
Virgin Islands: 1.06% (2001 est.)
Wallis and Futuna: NA%
West Bank: 3.48% (2001 est.)
World: 1.25% (2001 est.)
Yemen: 3.38% (2001 est.)
Yugoslavia: -0.27% (2001 est.)
Zambia: 1.93% (2001 est.)
Zimbabwe: 0.15% (2001 est.)
Taiwan: 0.8% (2001 est.)