Countries with the Fastest Growing Population 2025
About This Dataset
Countries with the Fastest Growing Population 2025
Countries ranked by population growth (% a year) in 2025, using World Bank figures for the 217 countries that reported that year. United Arab Emirates leads on 4.68, ahead of Saudi Arabia (4.63) and Oman (3.96). The annual percentage change in the resident population, counting births, deaths and migration together. Small states can post extreme rates from a single wave of arrivals or departures.
Analysis
United Arab Emirates (4.68), Saudi Arabia (4.63) and Oman (3.96) take the top three. Across the twenty shown, values run from 4.68 down to 2.77, a spread of 1.91. Only 0.05 separates United Arab Emirates from Saudi Arabia in second, 1.1% of the leading figure. The chart shows the twenty highest of 217 reporting countries, so it describes the top of the distribution rather than the world average.
Source:
World Bank
Key Findings
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United Arab Emirates leads in Population Growth (% a Year) with 4.68 in 2025.
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Average Population Growth (% a Year) in 2025: 3 · median: 3.
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Gap in 2025: United Arab Emirates is 1.7× larger than Afghanistan.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- World Bank
- Coverage
- 20 entities · 2025 · 20 observations
- Measure
- Population Growth (% a Year)
- Last updated
- 6 September 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2025.
Data Sources & References
All external sources cited in this dataset
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