Population Growth - Country Listing (1970


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	Updated: 2 Jan 2012

Population Growth by Country 1970 - 2000

By Rate order (click column header to change order)

Rank	Country Name	1970 ('000s)	2000 ('000s)	-100%	1000%	Growth
1	United Arab Emirates	249	3,219			1,190.98%
2	Qatar	113	640			464.98%
3	Northern Mariana Islands	12	70			464.01%
4	Mayotte	37	157			328.86%
5	Cayman Islands	10	38			281.76%
6	Western Sahara	89	336			277.30%
7	Djibouti	180	669			272.10%
8	French Guiana	48	173			257.43%
9	Saudi Arabia	6,109	21,312			248.86%
10	Turks and Caicos Islands	6	19			243.08%
11	Andorra	20	65			233.07%
12	Gaza Strip	343	1,130			229.90%
13	Oman	779	2,432			212.43%
14	Jordan	1,503	4,688			211.89%
15	Cote d‘Ivoire	5,504	16,885			206.79%
16	Bahrain	220	655			198.28%
17	Botswana	584	1,680			187.62%
18	West Bank	690	1,980			186.99%
19	Kenya	11,272	30,606			171.51%
20	Gambia, The	502	1,357			170.19%
21	Solomon Islands	163	434			166.09%
22	Kuwait	748	1,972			163.85%
23	Syria	6,258	16,471			163.20%
24	Malawi	4,489	11,802			162.88%
25	Yemen	6,628	17,407			162.64%
26	Congo, Republic of the	1,183	3,104			162.47%
27	Niger	4,182	10,951			161.87%
28	Maldives	115	300			161.83%
29	Libya	1,999	5,125			156.38%
30	Brunei	128	325			155.03%
31	Togo	1,964	4,992			154.15%
32	Benin	2,620	6,619			152.66%
33	Swaziland	455	1,144			151.33%
34	Namibia	765	1,893			147.61%
35	Sudan	13,788	34,109			147.39%
36	Uganda	9,743	23,956			145.88%
37	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	21,395	52,445			145.13%
38	Marshall Islands	22	53			144.41%
39	Tanzania	13,842	33,712			143.55%
40	Zambia	4,252	10,345			143.32%
41	Iraq	9,414	22,679			140.92%
42	Gabon	515	1,236			140.28%
43	Iran	28,933	68,632			137.21%
44	Nicaragua	2,053	4,866			137.08%
45	Honduras	2,683	6,359			137.02%
46	Madagascar	6,766	15,742			132.67%
47	Pakistan	65,706	152,429			131.99%
48	Comoros	236	545			130.75%
49	Guinea	3,643	8,350			129.20%
50	Virgin Islands, British	10	23			129.03%
51	Cameroon	6,727	15,343			128.09%
52	Angola	5,606	12,683			126.25%
53	Ghana	8,789	19,752			124.73%
54	Costa Rica	1,736	3,883			123.71%
55	Nigeria	55,590	124,207			123.43%
56	Rwanda	3,769	8,398			122.82%
57	Vanuatu	85	190			122.32%
58	Senegal	4,318	9,469			119.30%
59	Paraguay	2,477	5,418			118.76%
60	Algeria	13,932	30,429			118.41%
61	Venezuela	10,758	23,493			118.37%
62	Central African Republic	1,827	3,980			117.79%
63	Ethiopia	29,673	64,165			116.24%
64	Zimbabwe	5,515	11,820			114.34%
65	Mongolia	1,248	2,664			113.51%
66	Chad	3,727	7,943			113.10%
67	Malaysia	10,910	23,151			112.20%
68	Tajikistan	2,939	6,230			112.00%
69	American Samoa	27	58			111.87%
70	Israel	2,903	6,115			110.60%
71	Papua New Guinea	2,288	4,813			110.34%
72	Philippines	38,680	81,222			109.98%
73	Uzbekistan	11,940	25,042			109.73%
74	Guatemala	5,287	11,085			109.65%
75	Ecuador	5,939	12,446			109.55%
76	Nepal	11,919	24,818			108.23%
77	French Polynesia	114	236			106.90%
78	Guinea-Bissau	620	1,279			106.26%
79	Burkina Faso	5,626	11,588			105.96%
80	Somalia	3,667	7,501			104.54%
81	Belize	122	248			103.17%
82	Turkmenistan	2,181	4,385			101.05%
83	South Africa	22,740	45,064			98.17%
84	Bangladesh	67,403	132,151			96.06%
85	Bhutan	309	606			95.91%
86	Singapore	2,075	4,063			95.87%
87	Peru	13,193	25,797			95.54%
88	Eritrea	2,153	4,197			94.98%
89	Burundi	3,513	6,823			94.24%
90	Egypt	33,574	65,159			94.07%
91	Mauritania	1,289	2,501			93.95%
92	Mozambique	9,304	17,997			93.42%
93	Mali	5,525	10,621			92.24%
94	Dominican Republic	4,423	8,469			91.49%
95	Sao Tome and Principe	74	141			91.07%
96	Laos	2,845	5,397			89.73%
97	Micronesia, Federated States of	57	108			89.58%
98	Panama	1,531	2,900			89.38%
99	Mexico	52,775	99,927			89.34%
100	New Caledonia	112	211			88.56%
101	Bolivia	4,346	8,195			88.56%
102	Turkey	35,758	67,329			88.29%
103	Anguilla	6	11			87.31%
104	Tunisia	5,099	9,508			86.48%
105	Liberia	1,397	2,601			86.22%
106	Vietnam	42,577	79,178			85.97%
107	Brazil	95,684	176,320			84.27%
108	Haiti	4,605	8,413			82.69%
109	Equatorial Guinea	270	491			81.74%
110	Colombia	21,430	38,910			81.57%
111	India	555,043	1,006,300			81.30%
112	Afghanistan	12,431	22,461			80.69%
113	Guam	86	155			79.63%
114	Lesotho	1,067	1,916			79.58%
115	Morocco	15,909	28,113			76.71%
116	Kiribati	49	85			74.08%
117	Indonesia	122,889	213,829			74.00%
118	Myanmar (Burma)	27,386	47,439			73.22%
119	Tuvalu	6	10			72.61%
120	Virgin Islands, US	63	109			71.15%
121	Wallis and Futuna	9	15			68.57%
122	Hong Kong S.A.R.	3,959	6,659			68.19%
123	Cambodia	7,394	12,351			67.04%
124	Thailand	37,091	61,904			66.90%
125	Bahamas, The	170	283			65.91%
126	Macau S.A.R.	261	432			65.18%
127	Korea, North	13,912	22,785			63.78%
128	Azerbaijan	5,169	8,463			63.73%
129	Kyrgyzstan	2,964	4,851			63.68%
130	Palau	12	19			62.37%
131	El Salvador	3,604	5,850			62.32%
132	Reunion	445	721			62.08%
133	Chile	9,369	15,156			61.77%
134	Cape Verde	269	430			59.98%
135	Lebanon	2,383	3,791			59.10%
136	Argentina	23,962	37,336			55.81%
137	Liechtenstein	21	33			55.18%
138	Fiji	521	805			54.50%
139	China	820,403	1,263,638			54.03%
140	Aruba	59	90			52.43%
141	Taiwan	14,598	22,183			51.95%
142	Sri Lanka	12,532	19,041			51.95%
143	Australia	12,660	19,053			50.50%
144	Cyprus	615	920			49.64%
145	Saint Lucia	103	153			49.27%
146	Nauru	7	10			47.18%
147	Albania	2,157	3,158			46.45%
148	Seychelles	54	79			46.30%
149	Korea, South	32,241	46,839			45.28%
150	Isle of Man	53	76			44.02%
151	Canada	21,750	31,100			42.99%
152	Mauritius	830	1,186			42.97%
153	Montenegro	514	732			42.34%
154	San Marino	19	27			41.12%
155	Puerto Rico	2,722	3,814			40.15%
156	Iceland	204	281			37.70%
157	United States	205,052	282,172			37.61%
158	Sierra Leone	2,789	3,809			36.56%
159	Jamaica	1,944	2,616			34.56%
160	New Zealand	2,828	3,802			34.45%
161	Monaco	24	32			34.12%
162	Guadeloupe	321	426			33.01%
163	Netherlands Antilles	158	210			32.70%
164	Trinidad and Tobago	955	1,252			31.08%
165	Cuba	8,543	11,072			29.61%
166	Ireland	2,950	3,822			29.56%
167	Luxembourg	339	439			29.37%
168	Macedonia	1,574	2,015			27.95%
169	Saint Helena	6	7			27.38%
170	Martinique	325	415			27.35%
171	Jersey	69	87			26.63%
172	Suriname	373	464			24.44%
173	Samoa	142	176			23.80%
174	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	88	108			23.26%
175	Greenland	46	57			22.53%
176	Netherlands	13,032	15,930			22.24%
177	Japan	104,345	126,776			21.50%
178	Armenia	2,520	3,043			20.75%
179	Tonga	83	100			20.49%
180	France	50,787	61,137			20.38%
181	Greece	8,793	10,559			20.09%
182	Slovenia	1,676	2,011			19.98%
183	Bermuda	53	63			19.89%
184	Spain	33,876	40,589			19.81%
185	Malta	326	390			19.77%
186	Kazakhstan	13,106	15,687			19.69%
187	Slovakia	4,524	5,400			19.37%
188	Poland	32,526	38,654			18.84%
189	Faeroe Islands	39	46			18.64%
190	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5	6			17.06%
191	Lithuania	3,138	3,654			16.47%
192	Moldova	3,595	4,180			16.29%
193	Guernsey	53	62			16.26%
194	Switzerland	6,267	7,267			15.96%
195	Norway	3,877	4,492			15.86%
196	Antigua and Barbuda	66	75			14.82%
197	Barbados	239	274			14.63%
198	Portugal	9,044	10,336			14.28%
199	Uruguay	2,824	3,220			14.03%
200	Russia	130,245	146,710			12.64%
201	Finland	4,606	5,169			12.21%
202	Belarus	9,027	10,034			11.15%
203	Sweden	8,043	8,924			10.95%
204	Romania	20,253	22,447			10.84%
205	Guyana	715	786			9.90%
206	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,703	4,035			8.98%
207	Austria	7,467	8,113			8.66%
208	Denmark	4,929	5,337			8.29%
209	Italy	53,661	57,784			7.68%
210	Grenada	95	102			6.50%
211	Belgium	9,638	10,264			6.49%
212	United Kingdom	55,632	59,140			6.31%
213	Germany	77,783	82,184			5.66%
214	Croatia	4,205	4,411			4.89%
215	Czech Republic	9,795	10,270			4.85%
216	Ukraine	47,236	49,005			3.75%
217	Georgia	4,694	4,777			1.76%
218	Estonia	1,363	1,380			1.22%
219	Latvia	2,361	2,376			0.64%
220	Dominica	71	71			0.08%
221	Saint Kitts and Nevis	46	46			-0.99%
222	Hungary	10,337	10,147			-1.83%
223	Gibraltar	29	27			-4.79%
224	Serbia	8,167	7,604			-6.89%
225	Bulgaria	8,490	7,818			-7.90%
226	Cook Islands	21	16			-21.71%
227	Montserrat	12	4			-65.91%