This article includes some versions of the list of countries, and self-governing dependent territories by population growth

Population growth

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 rate. A population's approximate doubling time

Doubling time

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 is found by dividing 70 by its annual percentage population growth. For example, at a 4 percent growth rate, a country's population will double in about 18 years; at a 1 percent growth rate, it will take about 70 years. The average population growth rate for the world

World

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 is 1.17%.

The first list is based on the estimates taken from the 2006 edition of the United Nations

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 World Population Prospects report. Figures are population growth rate estimates for the period 2005-2010 using the medium variant.

The second list is based on CIA World Factbook estimates for year 2009. Dependent territories and not fully recognized states are not ranked.

The third list is based on World Bank

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 estimates for year 2009. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of the country of origin.

2005-2010 List by the United Nations United Nations The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...	2009 List by the CIA World Factbook	2009 List by the World Bank World Bank The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...
Rank Country Population growth rate (%) 1  Liberia 4.50 2  Burundi 3.90 3  Afghanistan 3.85 4  Western Sahara 3.72 5  East Timor 3.50 6  Niger 3.49 7  Eritrea 3.24 8  Uganda 3.24 9 3.22 10  Palestinian territories 3.18 11  Jordan 3.04 12  Mali 3.02 13  Benin 3.02 14  Guinea-Bissau 2.98 15  Yemen 2.97 16  Somalia 2.92 17  Burkina Faso 2.89 18  Chad 2.88 19  United Arab Emirates 2.85 20  Angola 2.78 21  Rwanda 2.76 22  Madagascar 2.66 23  Kenya 2.65 24  Togo 2.65 25  The Gambia 2.63 26  Malawi 2.57 27  Mauritania 2.53 28  Syria 2.52 29  Ethiopia 2.51 30  Tanzania 2.47 31  Guatemala 2.47 32  Senegal 2.46 33  Comoros 2.46 34  Kuwait 2.44 35  French Guiana 2.41 36  Equatorial Guinea 2.38 37  Vanuatu 2.38 38  Solomon Islands 2.33 39  Nigeria 2.27 40  Saudi Arabia 2.24 41  Cape Verde 2.23 42  Marshall Islands 2.23 43  Sudan 2.22 44  Guinea 2.16 45  Republic of the Congo 2.11 46  Qatar 2.11 47  Belize 2.08 48  Brunei 2.05 49  Sierra Leone 2.04 50  American Samoa 2.01 51  Papua New Guinea 2.00 52  Cameroon 2.00 53  Ghana 1.99 54  Oman 1.97 55  Nepal 1.97 56  Libya 1.97 57  Honduras 1.95 58  Mozambique 1.95 59  Northern Mariana Islands 1.95 60  Zambia 1.91 61  Djibouti 1.90 62  Pakistan 1.84 63  Côte d'Ivoire 1.84 64  Iraq 1.84 65  Central African Republic 1.83 66  Paraguay 1.80 67  Bahrain 1.79 68  Bolivia 1.77 69  Republic of Ireland 1.77 70  Maldives 1.76 71  Egypt 1.76 72  Cambodia 1.74 73  Laos 1.74 74  Philippines 1.72 75  Malaysia 1.69 76  Bangladesh 1.67 77  Venezuela 1.67 78  Israel 1.66 79  Panama 1.65 80  São Tomé and Príncipe 1.61 81  Haiti 1.58 82  Kiribati 1.58 83  New Caledonia 1.54 84  Tajikistan 1.51 85  Algeria 1.51 86  Cayman Islands 1.51 87  Costa Rica 1.50 88  Gabon 1.48 89  Dominican Republic 1.47 90  India 1.46 91  Uzbekistan 1.44 92  Bhutan 1.43 93  Anguilla 1.41 94  El Salvador 1.37 95  Turks and Caicos Islands 1.37 96  Iran 1.35 97  Netherlands Antilles 1.33 98  Vietnam 1.32 99  Turkmenistan 1.32 100  Namibia 1.32 101  French Polynesia 1.31 102  Nicaragua 1.31 103  Guam 1.30 104  Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.27 105  Colombia 1.27 106  Réunion 1.27 107  Brazil 1.26 108  Turkey 1.26 109  Botswana 1.23 110  Saint Helena 1.23 111  Morocco 1.20 112  The Bahamas 1.20 113  Singapore 1.19 - World World World is a common name for the whole of human civilization, specifically human experience, history, or the human condition in general, worldwide, i.e. anywhere on Earth.... 1.17 114  Indonesia 1.16 115  Antigua and Barbuda 1.16 116  Peru 1.15 117  Montserrat 1.15 118  Luxembourg 1.13 119  British Virgin Islands 1.13 120  Mexico 1.12 121  Saint Lucia 1.12 122  Kyrgyzstan 1.10 123  Tunisia 1.08 124  Ecuador 1.07 125  Cyprus 1.06 126  Lebanon 1.05 127  Australia 1.01 128  Chile 1.00 129  Argentina 1.00 130  Hong Kong 1.00 131  United States 0.97 132  Mongolia 0.96 133  Zimbabwe 0.95 134  Canada 0.90 135  New Zealand 0.90 136  Liechtenstein 0.89 137  Samoa 0.87 138  Myanmar 0.85 139  Iceland 0.84 140  San Marino 0.81 141  Mauritius 0.78 142  Spain 0.77 143  Azerbaijan 0.75 144  Kazakhstan 0.71 145  Macau 0.70 146  Guadeloupe 0.68 147  Faroe Islands 0.68 148  Thailand 0.66 149  Wallis and Futuna 0.66 150  Lesotho 0.63 151  Swaziland 0.63 152  Norway 0.62 153  Fiji 0.62 154  Greenland 0.60 155  Falkland Islands 0.59 156  Albania 0.57 157  Suriname 0.56 158  South Africa 0.55 159  Puerto Rico 0.55 160  Jamaica 0.54 161  Tonga 0.50 162  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.50 163  Sweden 0.49 164  Early Modern France 0.49 165  Seychelles 0.49 166  United Kingdom 0.48 167  People's Republic of China 0.48 168  Sri Lanka 0.47 169 0.46 170  Malta 0.43 171  Tuvalu 0.42 172  Palau 0.41 173  Switzerland 0.38 174  Portugal 0.37 175  Trinidad and Tobago 0.37 176  Austria 0.36 177  Andorra 0.36 178 0.36 179  North Korea 0.34 180  Monaco 0.33 181  South Korea 0.33 182  Barbados 0.32 183  Finland 0.29 184  Nauru 0.29 185  Uruguay 0.29 186  Martinique 0.28 187  Bermuda 0.25 188  Belgium 0.24 189  Netherlands 0.21 190  Greece 0.21 191  Denmark 0.21 192 Channel Islands Channel Islands The Channel Islands are an archipelago of British Crown Dependencies in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They include two separate bailiwicks: the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey...   0.19 193  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.13 194  Italy 0.13 195  Serbia 0.13 196  Gibraltar 0.08 197  Republic of Macedonia 0.08 198  Saint-Pierre and Miquelon 0.07 199  Vatican City 0.05 200  Isle of Man 0.04 201  Slovakia 0.03 202  Grenada 0.02 203  Slovenia 0.01 204  Aruba 0.01 205  Pitcairn Islands 0.00 206  Cuba -0.01 207  Japan -0.02 208  Tokelau -0.03 209  United States Virgin Islands -0.03 210  Czech Republic -0.03 211  Germany -0.07 212  Independent State of Croatia -0.09 213  Poland -0.15 214  Armenia -0.21 215  Guyana -0.22 216  Kingdom of Montenegro -0.27 217  Dominica -0.29 218  Hungary -0.29 219  Estonia -0.35 220  Kingdom of Romania -0.45 221  Russia -0.51 222  Latvia -0.52 223  Lithuania -0.53 224  Belarus -0.55 225  Kingdom of Bulgaria -0.72 226  Ukraine -0.76 227  Georgia (country) -0.79 228  Moldova -0.90 229  Niue -1.85 230  Cook Islands -2.23	Rank Country Population growth rate (%) 1  United Arab Emirates 3.69 2  Burundi 3.69 3  Niger 3.68 4  Kuwait 3.55 5  Gaza Strip 3.35 6  Mayotte 3.32 7 3.21 8  Ethiopia 3.21 9  Oman 3.14 10  Burkina Faso 3.1 11  São Tomé and Príncipe 3.09 12  Madagascar 3 13  Benin 2.98 14  Rwanda 2.87 15  Western Sahara 2.83 16  Somalia 2.82 17  Yemen 2.79 18  Comoros 2.77 19  Republic of the Congo 2.75 20  Togo 2.75 21  Malawi 2.75 22  Senegal 2.71 23  Equatorial Guinea 2.7 24  Uganda 2.69 25  Kenya 2.69 26  Liberia 2.67 27  Mali 2.59 28 2.59 29  Eritrea 2.58 30  Afghanistan 2.58 31  Guinea 2.57 32  Turks and Caicos Islands 2.56 33  Iraq 2.51 34  Mauritania 2.4 35  Cayman Islands 2.39 36  Solomon Islands 2.39 37  Paraguay 2.36 38  Laos 2.32 39  Anguilla 2.27 40  Kiribati 2.24 41  Cameroon 2.19 42  Jordan 2.19 43  Sierra Leone 2.18 44  West Bank 2.18 45  Libya 2.17 46  Djibouti 2.16 47  Belize 2.15 48  Sudan 2.14 49  Côte d'Ivoire 2.13 50  Angola 2.1 51  Papua New Guinea 2.09 52  Marshall Islands 2.08 53  Chad 2.07 54  Guatemala 2.07 55  Tanzania 2.04 56  Egypt 2.03 57  East Timor 2.03 58  Guinea-Bissau 2.02 59  Syria 2.01 60  Honduras 2 61  Nigeria 2 62  Macau 2 63  Philippines 1.96 64  Botswana 1.94 65  Gabon 1.93 66  Ghana 1.9 67  Tajikistan 1.88 68  Saudi Arabia 1.85 69  Haiti 1.84 70  British Virgin Islands 1.84 71  Mozambique 1.79 72  Nicaragua 1.78 73  Bolivia 1.77 74  Cambodia 1.77 75  Brunei 1.76 76  Nauru 1.75 77  Malaysia 1.72 78  Cyprus 1.69 79  Israel 1.67 80  El Salvador 1.66 81  Zambia 1.63 82  Tuvalu 1.62 83  Pakistan 1.56 84  Zimbabwe 1.53 85  Venezuela 1.51 86  Panama 1.5 87  Ecuador 1.5 88  Mongolia 1.49 89  Central African Republic 1.49 90  Dominican Republic 1.49 91  Tonga 1.48 92  Aruba 1.48 93  India 1.41 94  Vanuatu 1.4 95  Kyrgyzstan 1.4 96  French Polynesia 1.39 97  Fiji 1.38 98  Costa Rica 1.36 99  Samoa 1.35 100  Turkey 1.31 101  Swaziland 1.31 102  Antigua and Barbuda 1.3 103  Bahrain 1.29 104  Bangladesh 1.29 105  Nepal 1.28 106  Bhutan 1.27 107  Peru 1.23 108  American Samoa 1.22 109  Colombia 1.22 110  Brazil 1.2 111  Algeria 1.2 112  Australia 1.2 113  Luxembourg 1.17 114  San Marino 1.15 115  Turkmenistan 1.14 116  Vietnam 1.14 117  Indonesia 1.14 118  New Caledonia 1.14 119  Andorra 1.14 - World World World is a common name for the whole of human civilization, specifically human experience, history, or the human condition in general, worldwide, i.e. anywhere on Earth.... 1.13 120  Mexico 1.13 121  Republic of Ireland 1.12 122  Lebanon 1.11 123  Suriname 1.1 124  Morocco 1.1 125  Argentina 1.05 126  Seychelles 1 127  Singapore 1 128  Tunisia 0.98 129  United States 0.98 130  Qatar 0.96 131  Namibia 0.95 132  New Zealand 0.94 133  Uzbekistan 0.94 134 0.93 135  Sri Lanka 0.9 136  Iran 0.88 137  Chile 0.88 138  Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.85 139  Canada 0.82 140  Myanmar 0.78 141  Mauritius 0.78 142  Azerbaijan 0.76 143  Jamaica 0.76 144  Iceland 0.74 145  Netherlands Antilles 0.73 146  Liechtenstein 0.7 147  Bermuda 0.65 148  Thailand 0.63 149  Cape Verde 0.56 150  Early Modern France 0.56 151  Albania 0.55 152  Isle of Man 0.52 153  Hong Kong 0.5 154  Sweden 0.48 155  Grenada 0.47 156  People's Republic of China 0.47 157  United Kingdom 0.47 158  Uruguay 0.47 159  Saint Helena 0.45 160  Palau 0.43 161  North Korea 0.42 162  Saint Lucia 0.42 163  Netherlands 0.41 164  Malta 0.4 165  Faroe Islands 0.4 166  Monaco 0.39 167  Kazakhstan 0.39 168  Montserrat 0.39 169  Barbados 0.38 170  Wallis and Futuna 0.35 171  Norway 0.34 172  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.34 173  Puerto Rico 0.3 174  Gibraltar 0.29 175  South Africa 0.28 176  Denmark 0.28 177  Switzerland 0.28 178  Portugal 0.28 179  South Korea 0.27 180  Republic of Macedonia 0.26 181  Cuba 0.23 182  Guernsey 0.23 183 0.23 184  Jersey 0.21 185  Dominica 0.21 186  Slovakia 0.14 187  Greece 0.13 188  Lesotho 0.12 189  Saint-Pierre and Miquelon 0.1 190  Finland 0.1 191  Belgium 0.09 192  Spain 0.07 193  Greenland 0.06 194  Austria 0.05 195  Falkland Islands 0.01 196  Norfolk Island 0.01 197  Holy See 0 198  Cocos (Keeling) Islands 0 199  Pitcairn Islands 0 200  Christmas Island 0 201  Tokelau -0.01 202  Svalbard -0.02 203  United States Virgin Islands -0.03 204  Armenia -0.03 205  Niue -0.03 206  Italy -0.05 207  Poland -0.05 208  Independent State of Croatia -0.05 209  Germany -0.05 210  Moldova -0.08 211  Czech Republic -0.09 212  Trinidad and Tobago -0.1 213  Slovenia -0.11 214  Kingdom of Romania -0.15 215  Maldives -0.17 216  Japan -0.19 217 -0.24 218  Hungary -0.26 219  Lithuania -0.28 220  Georgia (country) -0.33 221  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -0.34 222  Belarus -0.38 223  Russia -0.47 224  Serbia -0.47 225  Latvia -0.61 226  Estonia -0.63 227  Ukraine -0.63 228  Guyana -0.63 229  Kingdom of Bulgaria -0.79 230  Kingdom of Montenegro -0.85 231  Cook Islands -3.3 232  Northern Mariana Islands -7.08	Rank Country Population growth rate (%) 1  Qatar 9.56 2  Liberia 4.17 3  Niger 3.91 4  Belize 3.39 5  Burkina Faso 3.38 6  Uganda 3.27 7  East Timor 3.16 8  Benin 3.10 9  Singapore 3.02 10  Eritrea 2.93 11  Tanzania 2.91 12  Yemen 2.85 13  Rwanda 2.81 14  Burundi 2.80 15  Malawi 2.77 16  Mayotte 2.75 17 2.71 18 2.68 19  Afghanistan 2.66 20  Madagascar 2.65 21  West Bank 2.65 22  Chad 2.64 23  Kenya 2.64 24  Angola 2.61 25  Senegal 2.61 26  Ethiopia 2.58 27  Equatorial Guinea 2.56 28  Iraq 2.52 29 2.50 30 2.50 31  Zambia 2.47 32 2.46 33 2.45 34  Togo 2.45 35 2.43 36  Solomon Islands 2.42 37  Kuwait 2.41 38 2.38 39  Guinea 2.37 40  Mali 2.37 41  Jordan 2.36 42  Papua New Guinea 2.33 43 2.33 44 2.32 45  Côte d'Ivoire 2.32 46  Nigeria 2.30 47  Somalia 2.29 48  Mozambique 2.26 49  Marshall Islands 2.25 50  Cameroon 2.24 51  Macau 2.22 52  Guinea-Bissau 2.22 53  Sudan 2.21 54  Pakistan 2.14 55  Oman 2.13 56  Ghana 2.06 57  Australia 2.05 58  Bahrain 2.03 59 1.99 60  Libya 1.99 61 1.99 62 1.90 63 1.87 64 1.87 65 1.86 66 1.84 67 1.81 68  Israel 1.80 69 1.79 70 1.79 71  Egypt 1.79 72 1.78 73 1.76 74 1.75 75 1.73 76 1.68 77  Malaysia 1.66 78 1.66 79 1.65 80 1.62 81 1.61 82  Andorra 1.61 83  São Tomé and Príncipe 1.60 84  Venezuela 1.59 85  Haiti 1.57 86 1.53 87 1.52 88 1.51 89 1.50 90 1.48 91 1.46 92 1.45 93 1.43 94 1.43 95 1.38 96 1.38 97 1.37 98 1.36 99 1.34 100  India 1.34 101 1.34 102 1.32 103 1.32 104 1.31 105 1.31 106 1.28 107 1.28 108 1.23 109 1.23 110 1.23 111 1.22 112 1.21 113 1.19 114 1.16 115 1.16 - World World World is a common name for the whole of human civilization, specifically human experience, history, or the human condition in general, worldwide, i.e. anywhere on Earth.... 1.16 116  Indonesia 1.15 117  Peru 1.13 118 1.12 119 1.11 120 1.10 121  New Zealand 1.09 122  Switzerland 1.09 123  Slovenia 1.08 124  South Africa 1.07 125  Ecuador 1.06 126  Mexico 1.01 127  Tunisia 1.01 128  Aruba 1.01 129  Cyprus 0.99 130  Chile 0.98 131  Argentina 0.98 132  Myanmar 0.92 133  Brazil 0.91 134  Suriname 0.89 135  Sweden 0.89 136 0.88 137 0.86 138 0.85 139 0.82 140 0.82 141 0.79 142 0.75 143 0.73 144 0.73 145 0.71 146 0.70 147 0.65 148 0.65 149 0.63 150 0.61 151 0.58 152 0.56 153 0.56 154 0.56 155 0.55 156 0.54 157 0.52 158 0.52 159 0.51 160  Mauritius 0.51 161  Zimbabwe 0.48 162  El Salvador 0.47 163  Finland 0.47 164  Jamaica 0.46 165  Greece 0.41 166  Trinidad and Tobago 0.39 167  Tonga 0.39 168  Albania 0.38 169  Grenada 0.38 170  Hong Kong 0.37 171  North Korea 0.37 172  Uruguay 0.33 173  Austria 0.33 174  Puerto Rico 0.32 175  Bermuda 0.31 176  Kingdom of Montenegro 0.30 177  Monaco 0.33 178  South Korea 0.29 179 0.28 180  Faroe Islands 0.27 181  Barbados 0.26 182 0.21 182  Armenia 0.19 184 Channel Islands Channel Islands The Channel Islands are an archipelago of British Crown Dependencies in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They include two separate bailiwicks: the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey... 0.18 185  Portugal 0.09 186 0.08 187  Poland 0.06 188  Republic of Macedonia 0.06 189  Cuba 0.00 190  Samoa -0.01 191  United States Virgin Islands -0.01 192  Estonia -0.02 193  Independent State of Croatia -0.05 194  Isle of Man -0.06 195  Russia -0.07 196  Japan -0.11 197  Guyana -0.12 198  Kingdom of Romania -0.15 199  Hungary -0.16 200  Bosnia and Herzegovina -0.17 201  Belarus -0.18 202  Germany -0.28 203  Serbia -0.42 204  Greenland 205  Latvia -0.49 206  Kingdom of Bulgaria -0.50 207  Ukraine -0.54 208  Lithuania -0.55 209  Moldova -0.83 210  Georgia (country) -0.83