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Country
Population growth rate (%)
Afghanistan 4.92%
note: this rate does not take into consideration the recent war and its continuing impact (2004 est.)
Albania 0.51% (2004 est.)
Algeria 1.28% (2004 est.)
American Samoa 0.04% (2004 est.)
Andorra 1% (2004 est.)
Angola 1.93% (2004 est.)
Anguilla 1.98% (2004 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda 0.6% (2004 est.)
Argentina 1.02% (2004 est.)
Armenia -0.32% (2004 est.)
Aruba 0.51% (2004 est.)
Australia 0.9% (2004 est.)
Austria 0.14% (2004 est.)
Azerbaijan 0.52% (2004 est.)
Bahamas, The 0.72% (2004 est.)
Bahrain 1.56% (2004 est.)
Bangladesh 2.08% (2004 est.)
Barbados 0.36% (2004 est.)
Belarus -0.11% (2004 est.)
Belgium 0.16% (2004 est.)
Belize 2.39% (2004 est.)
Benin 2.89% (2004 est.)
Bermuda 0.68% (2004 est.)
Bhutan 2.12% (2004 est.)
Bolivia 1.56% (2004 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.45% (2004 est.)
Botswana -0.89% (2004 est.)
Brazil 1.11% (2004 est.)
British Virgin Islands 2.06% (2004 est.)
Brunei 1.95% (2004 est.)
Bulgaria -0.92% (2004 est.)
Burkina Faso 2.57% (2004 est.)
Burma 0.47% (2004 est.)
Burundi 2.2% (2004 est.)
Cambodia 1.8% (2004 est.)
Cameroon 1.97% (2004 est.)
Canada 0.92% (2004 est.)
Cape Verde 0.73% (2004 est.)
Cayman Islands 2.71% (2004 est.)
Central African Republic 1.56% (2004 est.)
Chad 3% (2004 est.)
Chile 1.01% (2004 est.)
China 0.57% (2004 est.)
Christmas Island -9% (2004 est.)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 0.002% (2004 est.)
Colombia 1.53% (2004 est.)
Comoros 2.94% (2004 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 2.99% (2004 est.)
Congo, Republic of the 1.42% (2004 est.)
Cook Islands NA (2004 est.)
Costa Rica 1.52% (2004 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire 2.11% (2004 est.)
Croatia -0.02% (2004 est.)
Cuba 0.34% (2004 est.)
Cyprus 0.55% (2004 est.)
Czech Republic -0.05% (2004 est.)
Denmark 0.35% (2004 est.)
Djibouti 2.1% (2004 est.)
Dominica -0.45% (2004 est.)
Dominican Republic 1.33% (2004 est.)
East Timor 2.11% (2004 est.)
Ecuador 1.03% (2004 est.)
Egypt 1.83% (2004 est.)
El Salvador 1.78% (2004 est.)
Equatorial Guinea 2.43% (2004 est.)
Eritrea 2.57% (2004 est.)
Estonia -0.66% (2004 est.)
Ethiopia 1.89% (2004 est.)
European Union 0.17% (July 2004 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 2.44% (2004 est.)
Faroe Islands 0.66% (2004 est.)
Fiji 1.41% (2004 est.)
Finland 0.18% (2004 est.)
France 0.39% (2004 est.)
French Guiana 2.25% (2004 est.)
French Polynesia 1.57% (2004 est.)
Gabon 2.5% (2004 est.)
Gambia, The 2.98% (2004 est.)
Gaza Strip 3.83% (2004 est.)
Georgia -0.36% (2004 est.)
Germany 0.02% (2004 est.)
Ghana 1.36% (2004 est.)
Gibraltar 0.19% (2004 est.)
Greece 0.2% (2004 est.)
Greenland -0.01% (2004 est.)
Grenada 0.14% (2004 est.)
Guadeloupe 0.96% (2004 est.)
Guam 1.5% (2004 est.)
Guatemala 2.61% (2004 est.)
Guernsey 0.31% (2004 est.)
Guinea 2.37% (2004 est.)
Guinea-Bissau 1.99% (2004 est.)
Guyana 0.61% (2004 est.)
Haiti 1.71% (2004 est.)
Holy See (Vatican City) 0.01% (2004 est.)
Honduras 2.24% (2004 est.)
Hong Kong 0.65% (2004 est.)
Hungary -0.25% (2004 est.)
Iceland 0.97% (2004 est.)
India 1.44% (2004 est.)
Indonesia 1.49% (2004 est.)
Iran 1.07% (2004 est.)
Iraq 2.74% (2004 est.)
Ireland 1.16% (2004 est.)
Israel 1.29% (2004 est.)
Italy 0.09% (2004 est.)
Jamaica 0.66% (2004 est.)
Japan 0.08% (2004 est.)
Jersey 0.36% (2004 est.)
Jordan 2.67% (2004 est.)
Kazakhstan 0.26% (2004 est.)
Kenya 1.14% (2004 est.)
Kiribati 2.25% (2004 est.)
Korea, North 0.98% (2004 est.)
Korea, South 0.62% (2004 est.)
Kuwait 3.36%
note: this rate reflects a return to pre-Gulf crisis immigration of expatriates (2004 est.)
Kyrgyzstan 1.25% (2004 est.)
Laos 2.44% (2004 est.)
Latvia -0.71% (2004 est.)
Lebanon 1.3% (2004 est.)
Lesotho 0.14% (2004 est.)
Liberia 2.7% (2004 est.)
Libya 2.37% (2004 est.)
Liechtenstein 0.86% (2004 est.)
Lithuania -0.33% (2004 est.)
Luxembourg 1.28% (2004 est.)
Macau 0.87% (2004 est.)
Macedonia 0.39% (2004 est.)
Madagascar 3.03% (2004 est.)
Malawi 2.14% (2004 est.)
Malaysia 1.83% (2004 est.)
Maldives 2.86% (2004 est.)
Mali 2.78% (2004 est.)
Malta 0.42% (2004 est.)
Man, Isle of 0.53% (2004 est.)
Marshall Islands 2.29% (2004 est.)
Martinique 0.81% (2004 est.)
Mauritania 2.91% (2004 est.)
Mauritius 0.81% (2004 est.)
Mayotte 4.09% (2004 est.)
Mexico 1.18% (2004 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of -0.02% (2004 est.)
Moldova 0.18% (2004 est.)
Monaco 0.44% (2004 est.)
Mongolia 1.43% (2004 est.)
Montserrat 1.03% (2004 est.)
Morocco 1.61% (2004 est.)
Mozambique 1.22% (2004 est.)
Namibia 1.25% (2004 est.)
Nauru 1.87% (2004 est.)
Nepal 2.23% (2004 est.)
Netherlands 0.57% (2004 est.)
Netherlands Antilles 0.86% (2004 est.)
New Caledonia 1.33% (2004 est.)
New Zealand 1.05% (2004 est.)
Nicaragua 1.97% (2004 est.)
Niger 2.67% (2004 est.)
Nigeria 2.45% (2004 est.)
Niue 0.01% (2004 est.)
Norfolk Island -0.01% (2004 est.)
Northern Mariana Islands 2.71% (2004 est.)
Norway 0.41% (2004 est.)
Oman 3.35% (2004 est.)
Pakistan 1.98% (2004 est.)
Palau 1.46% (2004 est.)
Panama 1.31% (2004 est.)
Papua New Guinea 2.3% (2004 est.)
Paraguay 2.51% (2004 est.)
Peru 1.39% (2004 est.)
Philippines 1.88% (2004 est.)
Pitcairn Islands -0.013% (2004 est.)
Poland 0.02% (2004 est.)
Portugal 0.41% (2004 est.)
Puerto Rico 0.49% (2004 est.)
Qatar 2.74% (2004 est.)
Reunion 1.42% (2004 est.)
Romania -0.11% (2004 est.)
Russia -0.45% (2004 est.)
Rwanda 1.82% (2004 est.)
Saint Helena 0.62% (2004 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.25% (2004 est.)
Saint Lucia 1.27% (2004 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.26% (2004 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.31% (2004 est.)
Samoa -0.25% (2004 est.)
San Marino 1.33% (2004 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe 3.18% (2004 est.)
Saudi Arabia 2.44% (2004 est.)
Senegal 2.52% (2004 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro 0.03% (2004 est.)
Seychelles 0.45% (2004 est.)
Sierra Leone 2.27% (2004 est.)
Singapore 1.71% (2004 est.)
Slovakia 0.14% (2004 est.)
Slovenia -0.01% (2004 est.)
Solomon Islands 2.76% (2004 est.)
Somalia 3.41% (2004 est.)
South Africa -0.25% (2004 est.)
Spain 0.16% (2004 est.)
Sri Lanka 0.81% (2004 est.)
Sudan 2.64% (2004 est.)
Suriname 0.31% (2004 est.)
Svalbard -0.02% (2004 est.)
Swaziland 0.55% (2004 est.)
Sweden 0.18% (2004 est.)
Switzerland 0.54% (2004 est.)
Syria 2.4% (2004 est.)
Taiwan 0.64% (2004 est.)
Tajikistan 2.14% (2004 est.)
Tanzania 1.95% (2004 est.)
Thailand 0.91% (2004 est.)
Togo 2.27% (2004 est.)
Tokelau -0.01% (2004 est.)
Tonga 1.94% (2004 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago -0.71% (2004 est.)
Tunisia 1.01% (2004 est.)
Turkey 1.13% (2004 est.)
Turkmenistan 1.81% (2004 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands 3.03% (2004 est.)
Tuvalu 1.44% (2004 est.)
Uganda 2.97% (2004 est.)
Ukraine -0.66% (2004 est.)
United Arab Emirates 1.57% (2004 est.)
United Kingdom 0.29% (2004 est.)
United States 0.92% (2004 est.)
Uruguay 0.51% (2004 est.)
Uzbekistan 1.65% (2004 est.)
Vanuatu 1.57% (2004 est.)
Venezuela 1.44% (2004 est.)
Vietnam 1.3% (2004 est.)
Virgin Islands -0.05% (2004 est.)
Wallis and Futuna NA
West Bank 3.21% (2004 est.)
Western Sahara NA
World 1.14% (2004 est.)
Yemen 3.44% (2004 est.)
Zambia 1.47% (2004 est.)
Zimbabwe 0.68% (2004 est.)

This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005
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