Population Growth - Country Listing (2000


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	Updated: 2 Jan 2012

Population Growth by Country 2000 - 2050

By Rate order (click column header to change order)

Rank	Country Name	2000 ('000s)	2050 ('000s)	-100%	1000%	Growth
1	Uganda	23,956	128,008			434.35%
2	Niger	10,951	55,304			405.00%
3	Turks and Caicos Islands	19	84			337.13%
4	Ethiopia	64,165	278,283			333.70%
5	Burkina Faso	11,588	47,430			309.31%
6	Qatar	640	2,559			299.88%
7	Burundi	6,823	27,149			297.92%
8	Zambia	10,345	38,372			270.91%
9	Angola	12,683	45,888			261.82%
10	Madagascar	15,742	56,514			259.00%
11	Sierra Leone	3,809	13,594			256.88%
12	Western Sahara	336	1,173			248.90%
13	Benin	6,619	22,119			234.16%
14	Togo	4,992	16,584			232.22%
15	Mozambique	17,997	58,998			227.83%
16	Rwanda	8,398	27,506			227.52%
17	Nigeria	124,207	402,426			224.00%
18	Malawi	11,802	37,407			216.97%
19	Guinea	8,350	26,407			216.24%
20	Liberia	2,601	8,192			215.00%
21	Congo, Republic of the	3,104	9,599			209.24%
22	Mali	10,621	32,367			204.75%
23	Somalia	7,501	22,626			201.66%
24	Gaza Strip	1,130	3,393			200.14%
25	Equatorial Guinea	491	1,428			190.58%
26	Senegal	9,469	27,244			187.71%
27	Sudan	34,109	97,165			184.86%
28	Afghanistan	22,461	63,795			184.02%
29	Bahrain	655	1,847			182.06%
30	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	52,445	144,805			176.11%
31	Eritrea	4,197	11,381			171.16%
32	Virgin Islands, British	23	60			164.86%
33	Yemen	17,407	45,781			163.00%
34	Mauritania	2,501	6,536			161.36%
35	Gabon	1,236	3,230			161.22%
36	Central African Republic	3,980	10,339			159.78%
37	Chad	7,943	20,474			157.77%
38	United Arab Emirates	3,219	8,019			149.09%
39	Iraq	22,679	56,316			148.32%
40	Jordan	4,688	11,243			139.85%
41	Cayman Islands	38	91			137.06%
42	Gambia, The	1,357	3,210			136.64%
43	Anguilla	11	27			136.13%
44	Solomon Islands	434	1,016			134.19%
45	Kenya	30,606	70,755			131.18%
46	Timor-Leste	847	1,955			130.73%
47	Cameroon	15,343	34,909			127.52%
48	Guinea-Bissau	1,279	2,895			126.34%
49	Oman	2,432	5,402			122.09%
50	West Bank	1,980	4,376			121.06%
51	Sao Tome and Principe	141	309			119.96%
52	Cote d‘Ivoire	16,885	37,112			119.80%
53	Belize	248	544			119.23%
54	Comoros	545	1,170			114.60%
55	Zimbabwe	11,820	25,198			113.18%
56	Libya	5,125	10,872			112.11%
57	Singapore	4,063	8,610			111.88%
58	Philippines	81,222	171,964			111.72%
59	Egypt	65,159	137,873			111.60%
60	Papua New Guinea	4,813	10,110			110.07%
61	Djibouti	669	1,396			108.51%
62	Guatemala	11,085	22,995			107.45%
63	Syria	16,471	33,658			104.34%
64	Ghana	19,752	40,243			103.74%
65	Honduras	6,359	12,949			103.62%
66	Tanzania	33,712	66,843			98.28%
67	Brunei	325	638			96.18%
68	Kuwait	1,972	3,863			95.89%
69	Bolivia	8,195	16,004			95.28%
70	Tajikistan	6,230	12,132			94.75%
71	Marshall Islands	53	103			94.25%
72	Pakistan	152,429	290,848			90.81%
73	Bangladesh	132,151	250,155			89.30%
74	Saudi Arabia	21,312	40,251			88.86%
75	Laos	5,397	10,069			86.55%
76	Malaysia	23,151	42,929			85.43%
77	Nepal	24,818	45,985			85.29%
78	French Guiana	173	317			83.87%
79	Cambodia	12,351	22,339			80.86%
80	Israel	6,115	10,828			77.09%
81	New Caledonia	211	371			75.44%
82	Cape Verde	430	742			72.47%
83	Venezuela	23,493	40,256			71.35%
84	Botswana	1,680	2,871			70.95%
85	Mayotte	157	267			70.43%
86	American Samoa	58	98			70.10%
87	Kyrgyzstan	4,851	8,238			69.81%
88	Ecuador	12,446	21,103			69.56%
89	Panama	2,900	4,859			67.59%
90	Aruba	90	151			67.49%
91	Ireland	3,822	6,334			65.71%
92	India	1,006,300	1,656,554			64.62%
93	Vanuatu	190	312			64.41%
94	Luxembourg	439	721			64.23%
95	Kiribati	85	140			64.16%
96	Paraguay	5,418	8,840			63.15%
97	Antigua and Barbuda	75	123			63.14%
98	Mongolia	2,664	4,340			62.95%
99	Dominican Republic	8,469	13,690			61.65%
100	Swaziland	1,144	1,834			60.34%
101	Haiti	8,413	13,353			58.72%
102	Bhutan	606	952			57.11%
103	Reunion	721	1,132			57.06%
104	Guam	155	244			57.00%
105	Costa Rica	3,883	6,066			56.24%
106	Suriname	464	718			54.72%
107	Australia	19,053	29,013			52.27%
108	Cyprus	920	1,392			51.37%
109	Turkmenistan	4,385	6,607			50.66%
110	Turkey	67,329	100,955			49.94%
111	United States	282,172	422,554			49.75%
112	Morocco	28,113	42,026			49.49%
113	Myanmar (Burma)	47,439	70,673			48.98%
114	Nicaragua	4,866	7,234			48.65%
115	Maldives	300	444			48.15%
116	Mexico	99,927	147,908			48.02%
117	Brazil	176,320	260,692			47.85%
118	Indonesia	213,829	313,021			46.39%
119	Iran	68,632	100,045			45.77%
120	Algeria	30,429	44,163			45.13%
121	Colombia	38,910	56,228			44.51%
122	Montserrat	4	6			44.44%
123	Macau S.A.R.	432	620			43.65%
124	Argentina	37,336	53,511			43.32%
125	Peru	25,797	36,944			43.21%
126	Kazakhstan	15,687	22,237			41.75%
127	Vietnam	79,178	111,174			40.41%
128	Uzbekistan	25,042	35,116			40.23%
129	Samoa	176	245			39.05%
130	French Polynesia	236	325			37.67%
131	New Zealand	3,802	5,199			36.73%
132	Jamaica	2,616	3,555			35.90%
133	Tuvalu	10	13			33.74%
134	Liechtenstein	33	44			33.17%
135	Azerbaijan	8,463	11,210			32.45%
136	Canada	31,100	41,136			32.27%
137	Sri Lanka	19,041	25,167			32.17%
138	Bahamas, The	283	371			31.36%
139	Kosovo	1,700	2,223			30.73%
140	San Marino	27	35			29.91%
141	Spain	40,589	52,491			29.32%
142	Tunisia	9,508	12,180			28.11%
143	Chile	15,156	19,387			27.92%
144	Seychelles	79	100			26.82%
145	Fiji	805	1,014			25.93%
146	Iceland	281	351			24.86%
147	Faeroe Islands	46	57			24.72%
148	Guadeloupe	426	528			23.81%
149	Saint Kitts and Nevis	46	56			23.44%
150	Jersey	87	108			23.12%
151	Isle of Man	76	93			22.64%
152	Nauru	10	12			21.64%
153	Mauritius	1,186	1,441			21.52%
154	United Kingdom	59,140	71,154			20.31%
155	Netherlands Antilles	210	253			20.20%
156	Korea, North	22,785	26,969			18.36%
157	Palau	19	23			17.45%
158	Martinique	415	479			15.47%
159	Andorra	65	75			14.85%
160	France	61,137	69,768			14.12%
161	Namibia	1,893	2,150			13.54%
162	Guyana	786	888			13.10%
163	Thailand	61,904	69,611			12.45%
164	Netherlands	15,930	17,907			12.41%
165	Grenada	102	114			12.40%
166	Curacao	134	150			12.07%
167	Bermuda	63	70			10.80%
168	Norway	4,492	4,966			10.55%
169	South Africa	45,064	49,401			9.62%
170	Lebanon	3,791	4,155			9.59%
171	Uruguay	3,220	3,495			8.55%
172	Guernsey	62	67			7.38%
173	Wallis and Futuna	15	16			6.35%
174	Italy	57,784	61,416			6.28%
175	Saint Lucia	153	162			5.91%
176	El Salvador	5,850	6,181			5.66%
177	Denmark	5,337	5,575			4.45%
178	Gibraltar	27	28			4.21%
179	China	1,263,638	1,303,723			3.17%
180	Barbados	274	282			3.06%
181	Sweden	8,924	9,085			1.81%
182	Malta	390	396			1.46%
183	Saint Helena	7	7			0.91%
184	Switzerland	7,267	7,296			0.40%
185	Lesotho	1,916	1,920			0.20%
186	Macedonia	2,015	1,991			-1.18%
187	Armenia	3,043	2,943			-3.26%
188	Puerto Rico	3,814	3,680			-3.53%
189	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,035	3,892			-3.56%
190	Belgium	10,264	9,883			-3.71%
191	Portugal	10,336	9,933			-3.89%
192	Greece	10,559	10,036			-4.95%
193	Northern Mariana Islands	70	66			-5.29%
194	Monaco	32	30			-6.42%
195	Finland	5,169	4,820			-6.75%
196	Hong Kong S.A.R.	6,659	6,173			-7.30%
197	Austria	8,113	7,521			-7.30%
198	Korea, South	46,839	43,369			-7.41%
199	Slovakia	5,400	4,944			-8.46%
200	Dominica	71	65			-8.54%
201	Taiwan	22,183	20,161			-9.11%
202	Albania	3,158	2,824			-10.59%
203	Croatia	4,411	3,864			-12.39%
204	Germany	82,184	71,542			-12.95%
205	Greenland	57	49			-13.24%
206	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	108	94			-13.31%
207	Virgin Islands, US	109	92			-15.00%
208	Japan	126,776	107,210			-15.43%
209	Hungary	10,147	8,490			-16.34%
210	Czech Republic	10,270	8,540			-16.84%
211	Poland	38,654	32,085			-17.00%
212	Cuba	11,072	9,161			-17.25%
213	Trinidad and Tobago	1,252	1,024			-18.22%
214	Romania	22,447	18,060			-19.54%
215	Slovenia	2,011	1,597			-20.57%
216	Georgia	4,777	3,785			-20.78%
217	Tonga	100	79			-21.10%
218	Montenegro	732	578			-21.12%
219	Serbia	7,604	5,869			-22.82%
220	Belarus	10,034	7,739			-22.87%
221	Lithuania	3,654	2,788			-23.72%
222	Russia	146,710	109,187			-25.58%
223	Micronesia, Federated States of	108	74			-30.86%
224	Ukraine	49,005	33,574			-31.49%
225	Latvia	2,376	1,544			-35.02%
226	Estonia	1,380	862			-37.54%
227	Bulgaria	7,818	4,651			-40.51%
228	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6	4			-45.14%
229	Moldova	4,180	2,261			-45.91%
230	Cook Islands	16	5			-66.52%