List of countries by Population growth rate - wikipedia List of countries by Population growth rate The population growth rate estimates ( by United Nations ) The 20 countries in the world in which the population has declined between 2010 and 2015 This article includes a table of countries and self - governing dependent territories by annual population growth rate. Methodology The table below shows annual population growth rate history and projections for various areas, countries, regions and sub-regions from various sources for various time periods. The right-most column shows a projection for the time period shown using the medium fertility variant. Preceding columns show actual history. The number shown is the average annual growth rate for the period. 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. This means that population growth in this table includes net changes from immigration and emigration. For a table of natural increase, see List of countries by natural increase. 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 Country / Region WB 2009 % CIA WF 2012 % CIA WF 2014 % UN 2005 - % UN 2010 - 2015 % UN 2015 - 2020 % World 1.15 1.17 - 1.23 1.19 1.09 Afghanistan 2.44 2.29 2.29 2.78 3.16 2.41 Albania 0.26 0.30 0.30 − 0.92 − 0.12 0.13 Algeria 1.89 1.88 1.88 1.63 1.98 1.67 Andorra 0.63 0.17 0.17 1.37 − 1.59 − 0.21 Angola 3.12 2.78 2.78 3.57 3.52 3.28 Antigua and Barbuda 1.03 1.25 1.25 1.18 1.08 1.01 Argentina 0.88 0.95 0.95 1.04 1.04 0.94 Armenia 0.17 − 0.13 − 0.13 − 0.71 0.27 0.15 Australia 1.60 1.09 1.09 1.78 1.46 1.30 Austria 0.46 0.01 0.01 0.38 0.63 0.24 Azerbaijan 1.35 0.99 0.99 1.13 1.26 0.98 Bahamas 1.52 0.87 0.87 1.83 1.39 1.01 Bahrain 1.92 2.49 2.49 6.67 2.01 4.26 Bangladesh 1.19 1.60 1.60 1.18 1.16 1.04 Barbados 0.50 0.33 0.33 0.40 0.33 0.24 Belarus − 0.10 − 0.19 − 0.19 − 0.31 0.03 − 0.15 Belgium 0.85 0.05 0.05 0.73 0.63 0.58 Belize 2.43 1.92 1.92 2.54 2.22 2.05 Benin 2.73 2.81 2.81 2.84 2.79 2.73 Bhutan 1.68 1.13 1.13 2.05 1.58 1.18 Bolivia 1.65 1.60 1.60 1.67 1.56 1.47 Bosnia and Herzegovina − 0.14 − 0.11 − 0.11 − 0.32 − 1.03 − 0.22 Botswana 0.86 1.26 1.26 1.64 1.84 1.79 Brazil 0.87 0.80 0.80 1.03 0.91 0.75 Brunei 1.40 1.65 1.65 1.25 1.43 1.25 Bulgaria − 0.60 − 0.83 − 0.83 − 0.74 − 0.62 − 0.67 Burkina Faso 2.86 3.05 3.05 3.01 2.98 2.87 Burma 0.85 1.03 1.03 0.68 0.88 0.90 Burundi 3.19 3.28 3.28 3.33 3.03 3.15 Cape Verde 0.78 1.39 1.39 1.25 Cambodia 1.76 1.63 1.63 1.51 1.62 1.49 Cameroon 2.54 2.60 2.60 2.73 2.68 2.56 Canada 1.14 0.76 0.76 1.13 1.02 0.90 Central African Republic 1.99 2.13 2.13 1.50 0.43 1.58 Chad 3.00 1.92 1.92 3.32 3.29 3.01 Chile 0.90 0.84 0.84 1.02 0.89 0.78 China 0.49 0.44 0.44 0.57 0.54 0.39 Colombia 1.32 1.07 1.07 1.18 0.98 0.81 Comoros 2.44 1.87 1.87 2.40 2.40 2.24 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.74 2.50 2.50 3.28 3.33 3.22 Congo 2.61 1.94 1.94 2.98 2.60 2.59 Costa Rica 1.42 1.24 1.24 1.35 1.12 0.96 Ivory Coast 2.29 1.96 1.96 2.13 2.49 2.49 Croatia − 0.32 − 0.12 − 0.12 − 0.23 − 0.43 − 0.58 Cuba − 0.05 − 0.14 − 0.14 0.09 0.23 0.06 Cyprus 1.11 1.48 1.48 1.59 0.85 0.78 Czech Republic 0.18 0.17 0.17 0.54 0.13 0.06 Denmark 0.36 0.22 0.22 0.49 0.48 0.38 Djibouti 1.52 2.23 2.23 1.66 1.72 1.51 Dominica 0.40 0.22 0.22 0.23 0.48 0.51 Dominican Republic 1.26 1.25 1.25 1.38 1.24 1.07 Ecuador 1.60 1.37 1.37 1.67 1.56 1.42 Egypt 1.66 1.84 1.84 1.82 2.18 1.87 El Salvador 0.66 0.27 0.27 0.45 0.47 0.52 Equatorial Guinea 2.80 2.54 2.54 4.56 4.24 3.59 Eritrea 3.28 2.30 2.30 2.02 1.98 2.28 Estonia − 0.04 − 0.68 − 0.68 − 0.35 − 0.25 − 0.23 Ethiopia 2.58 2.89 2.89 2.67 2.60 2.43 Fiji 0.78 0.70 0.70 0.91 0.74 0.72 Finland 0.48 0.05 0.05 0.40 0.43 0.36 France 0.50 0.45 0.45 0.58 0.45 0.39 Gabon 2.39 1.94 1.94 3.12 3.26 2.17 Gambia 3.19 2.23 2.23 3.17 3.12 2.93 Georgia 0.63 − 0.11 − 0.11 − 1.17 − 1.37 − 0.27 Germany 0.11 − 0.18 − 0.18 − 0.19 0.20 0.20 Ghana 2.17 2.19 2.19 2.58 2.36 2.16 Greece − 0.18 0.01 0.01 0.26 − 0.40 − 0.21 Grenada 0.39 0.50 0.50 0.33 0.41 0.46 Guatemala 2.53 1.86 1.86 2.22 2.10 1.94 Guinea 2.56 2.63 2.63 2.18 2.27 2.57 Guinea - Bissau 2.39 1.93 1.93 2.39 2.59 2.44 Guyana 0.57 − 0.11 − 0.11 − 0.12 0.58 0.57 Haiti 1.39 1.08 1.08 1.53 1.38 1.20 Honduras 2.03 1.74 1.74 2.11 1.79 1.63 Hungary − 0.28 − 0.21 − 0.21 − 0.32 − 0.29 − 0.34 Iceland 0.35 0.65 0.65 1.65 0.61 0.77 India 1.26 1.25 1.25 1.46 1.23 1.10 Indonesia 1.25 0.95 0.95 1.35 1.25 1.05 Iran 1.32 1.22 1.22 1.14 1.25 1.04 Iraq 2.54 2.23 2.23 2.60 3.21 2.78 Ireland 0.26 1.20 1.20 1.87 0.31 0.78 Israel 1.81 1.46 1.46 2.35 1.65 1.55 Italy 0.32 0.30 0.30 0.31 − 0.08 − 0.13 Jamaica 0.21 0.69 0.69 0.52 0.39 0.29 Japan − 0.20 − 0.13 − 0.13 0.03 − 0.09 − 0.23 Jordan 2.19 3.86 3.86 4.57 4.86 2.17 Kazakhstan 1.43 1.17 1.17 1.07 1.58 1.13 Kenya 2.70 2.11 2.11 2.74 2.66 2.49 Kiribati 1.54 1.18 1.18 2.12 1.82 1.71 North Korea 0.53 0.53 0.53 0.34 0.42 0.47 South Korea 0.45 0.16 0.16 0.57 0.52 0.36 Kuwait 3.95 1.70 1.70 5.51 5.44 1.78 Kyrgyzstan 1.22 1.04 1.04 1.32 1.57 1.44 Laos 1.89 1.59 1.59 1.64 1.30 1.45 Latvia − 1.60 − 0.62 − 0.62 − 1.22 − 1.30 − 1.03 Lebanon 0.96 9.73 9.37 1.68 5.99 0.57 Lesotho 1.08 0.34 0.34 0.91 1.27 1.31 Liberia 2.68 2.52 2.52 3.82 2.62 2.52 Libya 0.84 3.08 3.08 1.26 0.21 1.33 Liechtenstein 0.73 0.82 0.82 0.65 0.76 0.65 Lithuania − 1.48 − 0.29 − 0.29 − 1.36 − 1.27 − 0.55 Luxembourg 2.49 1.12 1.12 2.08 2.19 1.27 Macedonia 0.08 0.21 0.21 0.10 0.08 0.08 Madagascar 2.80 2.62 2.62 2.86 2.72 2.67 Malawi 2.86 3.33 3.33 3.02 2.95 2.87 Malaysia 1.66 1.47 1.47 1.83 1.78 1.35 Maldives 1.93 − 0.09 − 0.09 2.68 2.76 1.85 Mali 2.99 3.00 3.00 3.27 2.95 2.99 Malta 0.40 0.33 0.33 0.45 0.55 0.31 Marshall Islands 0.11 1.72 1.72 − 0.04 0.14 0.10 Mauritania 2.49 2.26 2.26 2.85 2.95 2.69 Mauritius 0.42 0.66 0.66 0.42 0.18 0.23 Mexico 1.24 1.21 1.21 1.57 1.41 1.23 Micronesia − 0.03 − 0.42 − 0.42 − 0.49 0.16 0.63 Moldova − 0.04 − 1.02 − 1.02 − 0.36 − 0.09 − 0.24 Monaco 0.85 0.06 0.06 1.86 0.65 0.51 Mongolia 1.52 1.37 1.37 1.42 1.86 1.50 Montenegro 0.07 − 0.49 − 0.49 0.26 0.12 0.04 Morocco 1.43 1.02 1.02 1.20 1.43 1.26 Mozambique 2.50 2.45 2.45 2.93 2.91 2.86 Namibia 1.87 0.67 0.67 1.34 2.20 2.12 Nauru 0.56 0.56 − 0.18 2.32 − 0.06 Nepal 1.16 1.82 1.82 1.05 1.17 1.09 Netherlands 0.45 0.42 0.42 0.36 0.30 0.29 New Zealand 0.63 0.83 0.83 1.10 1.09 0.93 Nicaragua 1.46 1.02 1.02 1.29 1.17 1.07 Niger 3.84 3.28 3.28 3.75 3.84 3.81 Nigeria 2.79 2.47 2.47 2.64 2.67 2.58 Norway 1.32 1.19 1.19 1.07 1.25 0.94 Oman 9.13 2.06 2.06 3.83 6.45 4.08 Pakistan 2.69 2.49 2.4 2.05 2.09 1.91 Palau 0.72 0.37 0.37 0.56 0.79 1.06 Palestine / Gaza Strip 3.01 2.91 2.91 Panama 1.64 1.35 1.35 1.80 1.71 1.55 Papua New Guinea 2.17 1.84 1.84 2.37 2.16 2.01 Paraguay 1.72 1.19 1.19 1.38 1.34 1.25 Peru 1.25 0.99 0.99 1.24 1.32 1.20 Philippines 1.72 1.81 1.81 1.66 1.64 1.51 Poland 0.02 − 0.11 − 0.11 − 0.02 − 0.03 − 0.17 Portugal − 0.29 0.12 0.12 0.16 − 0.44 − 0.39 Qatar 7.05 3.58 3.58 14.93 6.65 2.36 Romania − 0.27 − 0.29 − 0.29 − 0.95 − 0.56 − 0.50 Russia 0.40 − 0.03 − 0.03 − 0.07 0.04 − 0.01 Rwanda 2.77 2.63 2.63 2.61 2.53 2.36 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.15 0.78 0.78 1.13 1.08 0.91 Saint Lucia 0.89 0.35 0.35 1.06 0.53 0.45 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.01 − 0.29 − 0.29 0.10 0.03 0.24 Samoa 0.78 0.59 0.59 0.69 0.80 0.65 San Marino 0.64 0.87 0.87 1.24 1.16 0.51 São Tomé and Príncipe 2.65 1.89 1.89 2.32 2.25 2.18 Saudi Arabia 1.88 1.49 1.49 2.75 2.81 1.90 Senegal 2.92 2.48 2.48 2.76 2.96 2.77 Serbia − 0.48 − 0.46 − 0.46 − 0.41 − 0.40 − 0.34 Seychelles 0.39 0.87 0.87 0.59 0.50 0.50 Sierra Leone 1.91 2.33 2.33 2.65 2.28 2.12 Singapore 2.45 1.92 1.92 2.44 1.74 1.40 Slovakia 0.22 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.13 0.04 Slovenia 0.26 − 0.23 − 0.23 0.48 0.29 0.07 Solomon Islands 2.13 2.07 2.07 2.32 2.14 1.94 Somalia 2.86 1.75 1.75 2.93 2.86 2.93 South Africa 1.18 − 0.48 − 0.48 1.10 1.39 1.20 South Sudan 4.30 4.12 4.33 3.32 2.72 Spain 0.09 0.81 0.81 1.21 − 0.17 0.03 Sri Lanka 1.04 0.86 0.86 0.68 0.50 0.35 Sudan 2.08 1.78 1.78 2.13 2.34 2.38 Suriname 0.90 1.12 1.12 1.06 1.01 0.87 Swaziland 1.54 1.14 1.14 1.68 1.84 1.75 Sweden 0.71 0.79 0.79 0.76 0.78 0.72 Switzerland 1.07 0.78 0.78 1.11 1.21 0.83 Syria 1.97 − 9.73 − 9.73 2.78 − 2.30 0.20 Taiwan 0.25 0.25 0.44 0.33 0.28 Tajikistan 2.45 1.75 1.75 2.18 2.24 2.06 Tanzania 3.04 2.80 2.80 3.14 3.12 3.06 Thailand 0.31 0.35 0.35 0.54 0.43 0.22 Timor - Leste 2.88 2.44 2.44 1.56 2.24 2.14 Togo 2.60 2.71 2.71 2.70 2.63 2.45 Tonga 0.37 0.09 0.09 0.60 0.42 0.86 Trinidad and Tobago 0.33 − 0.11 − 0.11 0.48 0.48 0.26 Tunisia 0.97 0.92 0.92 1.04 1.16 1.09 Turkey 1.28 1.12 1.12 1.26 1.58 1.37 Turkmenistan 1.29 1.14 1.14 1.35 1.80 1.61 Tuvalu 0.16 0.80 0.80 0.99 0.87 0.88 Uganda 3.35 3.24 3.24 3.45 3.37 3.23 Ukraine − 0.25 − 0.64 − 0.64 − 0.48 − 0.50 − 0.49 United Arab Emirates 3.10 2.71 2.71 11.82 2.03 1.39 United Kingdom 0.75 0.54 0.54 0.98 0.65 0.58 United States 0.74 0.77 0.77 0.90 0.72 0.71 Uruguay 0.35 0.26 0.26 0.29 0.34 0.36 Uzbekistan 1.47 0.93 0.93 1.52 1.59 1.41 Vanuatu 2.24 2.01 2.01 2.42 2.26 2.10 Vatican City 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.03 0.08 Venezuela 1.53 1.42 1.42 1.61 1.41 1.26 Vietnam 1.06 1.00 1.00 0.96 1.12 1.00 Western Sahara ( Sahrawi ) 2.89 2.89 1.87 1.83 2.54 Yemen 2.33 2.72 2.72 2.74 2.62 2.33 Zambia 3.19 2.88 2.88 2.78 3.01 2.97 Zimbabwe 2.70 4.36 4.36 1.70 2.27 2.28 Anguilla ( UK ) 2.06 2.06 1.71 1.19 Aruba ( Netherlands ) 0.44 1.36 1.36 0.31 0.45 Bermuda ( UK ) 0.37 0.52 0.52 − 0.36 − 0.62 Caribbean Netherlands 7.49 3.43 Cayman Islands ( UK ) 1.70 2.14 2.14 2.65 1.55 Channel Islands ( UK ) 0.51 0.58 0.36 0.67 0.51 Christmas Island ( Australia ) 1.11 Cook Islands ( NZ ) − 3.00 − 3.00 0.89 0.53 Curaçao ( Netherlands ) 0.73 2.63 1.26 Faroe Islands ( Denmark ) 0.01 0.01 − 0.59 0.33 Falkland Islands − 0.09 0.49 0.49 0.10 − 0.15 Gibraltar ( UK ) 0.25 0.25 1.11 0.94 Greenland ( Denmark ) − 0.11 0.02 0.02 − 0.14 − 0.13 Guadeloupe ( France ) 0.27 0.50 Guam ( USA ) 1.21 0.44 0.44 0.13 1.27 French Guiana 2.78 2.78 Hong Kong 1.17 0.41 0.41 0.44 0.83 Isle of Man ( UK ) 0.74 0.80 0.80 0.97 0.80 Kosovo 0.86 Macau 1.90 0.83 0.83 2.66 1.89 Martinique ( France ) − 0.12 0.09 Mayotte ( France ) 3.17 2.79 Montserrat ( UK ) 0.48 0.48 0.72 0.68 New Caledonia ( France ) 1.60 1.42 1.42 1.49 1.32 Niue ( New Zealand ) − 0.03 − 0.03 − 0.79 − 0.14 Norfolk Island ( Australia ) 0.01 Northern Mariana Islands ( USA ) 0.14 1.13 1.13 − 3.57 0.44 Pitcairn Islands ( UK ) 0.00 0.00 French Polynesia 1.08 0.97 0.97 1.01 1.07 Puerto Rico ( USA ) − 0.73 − 0.65 − 0.65 − 0.28 − 0.14 Réunion ( France ) 0.96 0.73 Saint Helena & dependencies ( UK ) 0.27 0.27 − 0.48 − 1.04 Saint Pierre and Miquelon ( France ) − 1.02 − 1.02 0.05 0.05 American Samoa − 0.26 − 0.35 − 0.35 − 1.21 − 0.04 Sint Maarten ( Netherlands ) 1.51 0.36 3.13 Svalbard ( Norway ) − 0.03 Tokelau ( NZ ) − 0.01 − 0.01 − 1.28 1.93 Turks and Caicos Islands ( UK ) 2.19 2.58 2.58 3.17 2.05 British Virgin Islands 2.36 2.36 3.23 2.02 U.S. Virgin Islands − 0.48 − 0.56 − 0.56 − 0.26 − 0.02 Wallis and Futuna ( France ) 0.33 0.33 − 0.98 − 0.62 Asia / Other non-specified areas 0.43 0.16 See also World population Human overpopulation Overshoot ( population ) List of population concern organizations List of countries by future population ( United Nations, medium fertility variant ) References ^ `` World Bank Population growth ( annual % ) ''. Retrieved 4 October 2014. ^ `` The World Factbook ''. Retrieved 4 October 2014. ^ CIA The World Factbook : Population growth rate. Retrieved 11 / 08 / 2015. ^ `` United Nations Population Div, World Population Prospects 2017, File : Population Growth Rate, retrieved 5 / 20 / 18 ''. ^ Mainland only. 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Question: where is the human population growing the least
Answer: Latvia