Population growth (annual %) - Population - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators



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Total 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 their country of origin. Source: World Bank staff estimates from various sources including census reports, the United Nations Statistics Division's Population and Vital Statistics Report, country statistical offices, and Demographic and Health Surveys from national sources and Macro International.
Population growth (annual %) - Population - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2008)

Rank

Country

Value

1Liberia4.58
2Niger3.34
3Uganda3.33
4Benin3.20
5Eritrea3.19
6Mali3.06
7Burundi3.01
8Somalia2.97
9Tanzania2.93
10Burkina Faso2.92
11Democratic Republic of the Congo2.89
12Chad2.82
13Rwanda2.82
14Gambia2.77
15Madagascar2.72
16Senegal2.67
17Kenya2.67
18Angola2.66
19Equatorial Guinea2.65
20Ethiopia2.63
21Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria2.59
22Sierra Leone2.57
23Malawi2.57
24Mauritania2.54
25Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa2.52
26Togo2.51
27Zambia2.49
28Sub-Saharan Africa2.48
29Comoros2.41
30Ivory Coast2.33
31Africa2.33
32Guinea2.27
33Sudan2.26
34Nigeria2.25
35Guinea-Bissau2.23
36Ghana2.10
37Cameroon1.97
38Libya1.95
39Mozambique1.91
40Sao Tome and Principe1.86
41Gabon1.85
42Central African Republic1.84
43Egypt1.83
44Republic of the Congo1.80
45Djibouti1.77
46South Africa1.75
47Namibia1.64
48North Africa1.59
49Seychelles1.53
50Algeria1.50
51Swaziland1.43
52Cape Verde1.41
53Botswana1.25
54Morocco1.19
55Tunisia0.99
56Mauritius0.65
57Lesotho0.55
58Zimbabwe0.11
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