GEOGRAPHY
Social - Population
Countries with the Fastest Growing Populations
This list features the countries with the fastest growing population as of 2026.
RANK | COUNTRY | POPULATION | GROWTH RATE (annual change) |
1 | Central African Republic | 5,698,980 | 3.37% |
2 | Syria | 26,472,500 | 3.33% |
3 | Somalia | 20,305,900 | 3.31% |
4 | Oman | 5,671,460 | 3.22% |
5 | Niger | 28,814,900 | 3.21% |
6 | DR Congo | 116,452,000 | 3.21% |
7 | Tokelau | 2,691 | 3.18% |
8 | Sudan | 53,282,700 | 3.14% |
9 | Mayotte | 347,536 | 3.12% |
10 | Angola | 40,215,200 | 3.01% |
11 | Mali | 25,932,300 | 2.91% |
12 | Tanzania | 72,563,800 | 2.86% |
13 | Yemen | 42,961,700 | 2.84% |
14 | Mozambique | 36,639,900 | 2.83% |
15 | Zambia | 22,521,900 | 2.77% |
16 | Mauritania | 5,461,320 | 2.75% |
17 | Afghanistan | 45,047,100 | 2.74% |
18 | Uganda | 52,761,500 | 2.68% |
19 | Chad | 21,560,400 | 2.65% |
20 | Malawi | 22,785,500 | 2.56% |
21 | Cameroon | 30,640,800 | 2.55% |
22 | Ethiopia | 138,902,000 | 2.53% |
23 | Benin | 15,170,400 | 2.40% |
24 | Ivory Coast | 33,494,300 | 2.39% |
25 | Madagascar | 33,522,100 | 2.39% |
26 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,984,470 | 2.38% |
27 | Republic of the Congo | 6,637,780 | 2.37% |
28 | Burundi | 14,729,200 | 2.36% |
29 | Solomon Islands | 858,288 | 2.34% |
30 | Senegal | 19,366,500 | 2.30% |
31 | Guinea | 15,442,000 | 2.27% |
32 | Vanuatu | 342,564 | 2.21% |
33 | Rwanda | 14,889,700 | 2.20% |
34 | Gambia | 2,884,080 | 2.20% |
35 | Burkina Faso | 24,601,700 | 2.19% |
36 | Togo | 9,930,920 | 2.15% |
37 | Guinea-Bissau | 2,297,810 | 2.15% |
38 | Liberia | 5,853,950 | 2.14% |
39 | Iraq | 48,007,400 | 2.10% |
40 | Eritrea | 3,682,670 | 2.10% |
41 | Gabon | 2,647,400 | 2.09% |
42 | Nigeria | 242,432,000 | 2.07% |
43 | South Sudan | 12,436,000 | 2.03% |
44 | United Arab Emirates | 11,574,700 | 2.02% |
45 | Sierra Leone | 8,996,740 | 2.01% |
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