Fastest Growing Countries by Population (2026)

The fastest growing countries in the world are predominantly in Sub-Saharan Africa. Syria leads with an annual growth rate of 4.83%, meaning its population doubles approximately every 14 years.

#1

Syria

4.83%

#2

Niger

3.73%

#3

Equatorial Guinea

3.40%

Fastest Growing Countries by Population - 174 countries ranked by Growth Rate

Rank	Country	Growth Rate	Population	Region
1	Syria	4.83%	25,620,000	Asia
2	Niger	3.73%	26,312,034	Africa
3	Equatorial Guinea	3.40%	1,668,768	Africa
4	Angola	3.13%	36,170,961	Africa
5	DR Congo	3.12%	112,832,000	Africa
6	Uganda	3.02%	45,905,417	Africa
7	Chad	3.00%	19,340,757	Africa
8	Tanzania	2.98%	68,153,004	Africa
9	Mali	2.98%	22,395,489	Africa
10	Somalia	2.90%	19,655,000	Africa
11	Burundi	2.87%	12,332,788	Africa
12	Mozambique	2.70%	34,090,466	Africa
13	Zambia	2.70%	19,693,423	Africa
14	Benin	2.62%	13,224,860	Africa
15	Madagascar	2.60%	31,727,042	Africa
16	Senegal	2.60%	18,593,258	Africa
17	Burkina Faso	2.57%	24,070,553	Africa
18	Malawi	2.57%	20,734,262	Africa
19	Gambia	2.48%	2,422,712	Africa
20	Ethiopia	2.46%	111,652,998	Africa
21	Sudan	2.40%	51,662,000	Africa
22	Cameroon	2.37%	29,442,327	Africa
23	Guinea	2.37%	14,363,931	Africa
24	Gabon	2.36%	2,469,296	Africa
25	Iraq	2.35%	46,118,793	Asia
26	Nigeria	2.32%	223,800,000	Africa
27	Togo	2.30%	8,095,498	Africa
28	Guinea-Bissau	2.28%	1,781,308	Africa
29	Rwanda	2.22%	14,104,969	Africa
30	Yemen	2.18%	32,684,503	Asia
31	Liberia	2.18%	5,248,621	Africa
32	Sierra Leone	2.11%	9,077,691	Africa
33	Tajikistan	2.06%	10,499,000	Asia
34	Papua New Guinea	1.93%	11,781,559	Oceania
35	Oman	1.89%	5,343,630	Asia
36	Ghana	1.88%	33,742,380	Africa
37	Zimbabwe	1.86%	17,073,087	Africa
38	Pakistan	1.83%	241,499,431	Asia
39	Kenya	1.80%	53,330,978	Africa
40	Namibia	1.65%	3,022,401	Africa
41	Uzbekistan	1.63%	37,859,698	Asia
42	Kyrgyzstan	1.61%	7,281,800	Asia
43	Israel	1.59%	10,134,800	Asia
44	Egypt	1.58%	107,271,260	Africa
45	Central African Republic	1.58%	6,470,307	Africa
46	Botswana	1.53%	2,359,609	Africa
47	Saudi Arabia	1.50%	35,300,280	Asia
48	Algeria	1.47%	47,400,000	Africa
49	Mongolia	1.47%	3,544,835	Asia
50	Djibouti	1.37%	1,066,809	Africa
51	Philippines	1.35%	114,123,600	Asia
52	Honduras	1.35%	9,892,632	Americas
53	Guatemala	1.33%	18,079,810	Americas
54	Laos	1.33%	7,647,000	Asia
55	Panama	1.26%	4,064,780	Americas
56	Kuwait	1.25%	4,881,254	Asia
57	Eritrea	1.21%	3,607,000	Africa
58	Haiti	1.20%	11,867,032	Americas
59	Paraguay	1.16%	6,109,644	Americas
60	Australia	1.15%	27,536,874	Oceania
61	Malaysia	1.12%	34,231,700	Asia
62	Libya	1.10%	7,459,000	Africa
63	Bolivia	1.07%	11,365,333	Americas
64	Cambodia	1.06%	17,577,760	Asia
65	Qatar	1.04%	3,173,024	Asia
66	Ecuador	1.01%	18,103,660	Americas
67	Bangladesh	0.98%	169,828,911	Asia
68	Morocco	0.98%	36,828,330	Africa
69	Nicaragua	0.98%	6,803,886	Americas
70	Eswatini	0.98%	1,235,549	Africa
71	Canada	0.92%	41,651,653	Americas
72	Nepal	0.92%	29,911,840	Asia
73	Dominican Republic	0.90%	10,771,504	Americas
74	Afghanistan	0.88%	43,844,000	Asia
75	Ivory Coast	0.88%	31,719,275	Africa
76	North Korea	0.88%	25,950,000	Asia
77	Kazakhstan	0.88%	20,426,568	Asia
78	United Arab Emirates	0.88%	11,294,243	Asia
79	Hong Kong	0.88%	7,527,500	Asia
80	Turkmenistan	0.88%	7,057,841	Asia
81	Republic of the Congo	0.88%	6,142,180	Africa
82	El Salvador	0.88%	6,029,976	Americas
83	Palestine	0.88%	5,483,450	Asia
84	Mauritania	0.88%	4,927,532	Africa
85	Puerto Rico	0.88%	3,203,295	Americas
86	Moldova	0.88%	2,749,076	Europe
87	Slovenia	0.88%	2,130,638	Europe
88	North Macedonia	0.88%	1,822,612	Europe
89	Bahrain	0.88%	1,594,654	Asia
90	Kosovo	0.88%	1,585,566	Europe
91	Timor-Leste	0.88%	1,391,221	Asia
92	Comoros	0.88%	919,901	Africa
93	Réunion	0.88%	896,175	Africa
94	Bhutan	0.88%	784,043	Asia
95	Guyana	0.88%	772,975	Americas
96	Solomon Islands	0.88%	750,325	Oceania
97	Macau	0.88%	685,900	Asia
98	Luxembourg	0.88%	681,973	Europe
99	Montenegro	0.88%	623,327	Europe
100	Suriname	0.88%	616,500	Americas
101	Western Sahara	0.88%	600,904	Africa
102	Malta	0.88%	574,250	Europe
103	Maldives	0.88%	515,132	Asia
104	Cape Verde	0.88%	491,233	Africa
105	Brunei	0.88%	455,500	Asia
106	Belize	0.88%	417,634	Americas
107	Bahamas	0.88%	398,165	Americas
108	Iceland	0.88%	391,810	Europe
109	Guadeloupe	0.88%	378,561	Americas
110	Martinique	0.88%	349,925	Americas
111	Vanuatu	0.88%	321,409	Oceania
112	Mayotte	0.88%	320,901	Africa
113	French Guiana	0.88%	292,354	Americas
114	French Polynesia	0.88%	279,500	Oceania
115	Barbados	0.88%	267,800	Americas
116	New Caledonia	0.88%	264,596	Oceania
117	São Tomé and Príncipe	0.88%	209,607	Africa
118	Samoa	0.88%	205,557	Oceania
119	Saint Lucia	0.88%	184,100	Americas
120	Curaçao	0.88%	156,115	Americas
121	Guam	0.88%	153,836	Oceania
122	Seychelles	0.88%	122,729	Africa
123	Kiribati	0.88%	120,740	Oceania
124	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.88%	110,872	Americas
125	Grenada	0.88%	109,021	Americas
126	Aruba	0.88%	107,566	Americas
127	Micronesia	0.88%	105,564	Oceania
128	Antigua and Barbuda	0.88%	103,603	Americas
129	Jersey	0.88%	103,267	Europe
130	Tonga	0.88%	100,179	Oceania
131	India	0.83%	1,417,492,000	Asia
132	South Africa	0.82%	63,100,945	Africa
133	Ireland	0.77%	5,458,600	Europe
134	Lesotho	0.76%	2,116,427	Africa
135	Cyprus	0.76%	1,442,614	Europe
136	Iran	0.73%	85,961,000	Asia
137	South Sudan	0.73%	15,786,898	Africa
138	Singapore	0.72%	6,110,200	Asia
139	Tunisia	0.69%	11,972,169	Africa
140	Turkey	0.68%	85,664,944	Asia
141	New Zealand	0.68%	5,324,700	Oceania
142	Indonesia	0.67%	284,438,782	Asia
143	Jordan	0.63%	11,734,000	Asia
144	Switzerland	0.63%	9,082,848	Europe
145	Mexico	0.62%	130,575,786	Americas
146	Argentina	0.62%	46,735,004	Americas
147	Sweden	0.62%	10,605,098	Europe
148	Myanmar	0.60%	51,316,756	Asia
149	Vietnam	0.58%	101,343,800	Asia
150	Chile	0.57%	20,206,953	Americas
151	Norway	0.57%	5,606,944	Europe
152	Peru	0.55%	34,350,244	Americas
153	United Kingdom	0.53%	69,281,437	Europe
154	Brazil	0.52%	213,421,037	Americas
155	Azerbaijan	0.52%	10,241,722	Asia
156	Costa Rica	0.50%	5,309,625	Americas
157	Colombia	0.48%	53,057,212	Americas
158	United States	0.45%	340,110,988	Americas
159	Fiji	0.43%	900,869	Oceania
160	Denmark	0.35%	6,011,488	Europe
161	Sri Lanka	0.34%	21,763,170	Asia
162	Belgium	0.33%	11,825,551	Europe
163	Jamaica	0.29%	2,825,544	Americas
164	Netherlands	0.28%	18,100,436	Europe
165	Uruguay	0.28%	3,499,451	Americas
166	Trinidad and Tobago	0.28%	1,367,764	Americas
167	Austria	0.27%	9,200,931	Europe
168	France	0.19%	66,351,959	Europe
169	Czechia	0.17%	10,882,341	Europe
170	Spain	0.16%	49,315,949	Europe
171	Thailand	0.15%	65,859,640	Asia
172	Germany	0.12%	83,491,249	Europe
173	China	0.01%	1,408,280,000	Asia
174	Mauritius	0.01%	1,243,741	Africa