Fastest Growing Countries | Check Population

Some countries are experiencing rapid population growth that will dramatically reshape their demographics by 2050. This growth is primarily driven by high fertility rates and a young population base, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa and parts of South Asia. Rapid population growth presents both opportunities — a large young workforce — and challenges, including the need for massive investments in education, healthcare, and infrastructure. The countries listed below show the highest projected percentage increase in population between 2024 and 2050. Understanding these trends is essential for global development planning and resource allocation.

#	Country	Pop. 2024	Pop. 2050	Change
1	Qatar Asia	2,857,822	13,322,981	+366.2%
2	Chad Africa	20,299,123	58,029,297	+185.9%
3	United Arab Emirates Asia	10,986,400	29,718,796	+170.5%
4	Saudi Arabia Asia	35,300,280	94,460,425	+167.6%
5	Oman Asia	5,281,538	13,743,837	+160.2%
6	Syrian Arab Republic Asia	24,672,760	63,813,081	+158.6%
7	South Sudan Africa	11,943,408	27,588,798	+131%
8	Somalia Africa	19,009,151	39,984,794	+110.3%
9	Central African Republic Africa	5,330,690	11,023,801	+106.8%
10	Niger Africa	27,032,412	54,502,451	+101.6%
11	Democratic Republic of the Congo Africa	109,276,265	218,543,121	+100%
12	Angola Africa	37,885,849	72,661,550	+91.8%
13	Yemen Asia	40,583,164	76,820,227	+89.3%
14	Canada North America	41,288,599	77,827,500	+88.5%
15	Mali Africa	24,478,595	45,936,372	+87.7%
16	Mozambique Africa	34,631,766	64,698,951	+86.8%
17	Mauritania Africa	5,169,395	9,584,238	+85.4%
18	United Republic of Tanzania Africa	68,560,157	126,852,590	+85%
19	Malta Europe	568,847	1,051,800	+84.9%
20	Afghanistan Asia	42,647,492	78,281,248	+83.6%
21	Zambia Africa	21,314,956	38,920,106	+82.6%
22	Uganda Africa	50,015,092	90,209,038	+80.4%
23	Cameroon Africa	29,123,744	50,982,154	+75.1%
24	Burundi Africa	14,047,786	24,441,721	+74%
25	Ethiopia Africa	132,059,767	229,749,642	+74%
26	Malawi Africa	21,655,286	37,617,972	+73.7%
27	Benin Africa	14,462,724	24,519,814	+69.5%
28	Cote d'Ivoire Africa	31,934,230	53,847,569	+68.6%
29	Madagascar Africa	31,964,956	53,888,688	+68.6%
30	Equatorial Guinea Africa	1,892,516	3,169,923	+67.5%
31	Congo Africa	6,332,961	10,593,083	+67.3%
32	Guinea Africa	14,754,785	24,667,964	+67.2%
33	Solomon Islands Oceania	819,198	1,362,283	+66.3%
34	State of Palestine Asia	5,289,152	8,775,974	+65.9%
35	Senegal Africa	18,501,984	30,441,428	+64.5%
36	Armenia Asia	3,033,500	4,977,298	+64.1%
37	Gambia Africa	2,759,988	4,499,442	+63%
38	Vanuatu Oceania	327,777	533,926	+62.9%
39	Burkina Faso Africa	23,548,781	38,135,337	+61.9%
40	Togo Africa	9,515,236	15,394,052	+61.8%
41	Namibia Africa	3,030,131	4,897,851	+61.6%
42	Guinea-Bissau Africa	2,201,352	3,534,134	+60.5%
43	Liberia Africa	5,612,817	8,919,569	+58.9%
44	Gabon Africa	2,538,952	4,033,995	+58.9%
45	Rwanda Africa	14,256,567	22,581,192	+58.4%
46	Iraq Asia	46,042,015	72,663,254	+57.8%
47	Sierra Leone Africa	8,642,022	13,632,758	+57.7%
48	Nigeria Africa	232,679,478	363,961,104	+56.4%
49	Sao Tome and Principe Africa	235,536	362,011	+53.7%
50	Singapore Asia	6,036,860	9,266,654	+53.5%
51	Australia Oceania	27,196,812	41,741,598	+53.5%
52	Uzbekistan Asia	36,361,859	55,533,060	+52.7%
53	Kenya Africa	56,432,944	85,945,281	+52.3%
54	Tajikistan Asia	10,590,927	15,991,984	+51%
55	Comoros Africa	866,628	1,301,488	+50.2%
56	Ghana Africa	34,427,414	51,517,303	+49.6%
57	Eritrea Africa	3,535,603	5,275,688	+49.2%
58	Zimbabwe Africa	16,634,373	24,394,762	+46.7%
59	Papua New Guinea Oceania	10,576,502	15,517,766	+46.7%
60	Turkmenistan Asia	7,494,498	10,921,091	+45.7%
61	Egypt Africa	116,538,258	169,191,501	+45.2%
62	Kyrgyzstan Asia	7,221,868	10,422,644	+44.3%
63	Honduras North America	10,825,703	15,554,738	+43.7%
64	New Zealand Oceania	5,287,500	7,571,336	+43.2%
65	Botswana Africa	2,521,139	3,584,494	+42.2%
66	Luxembourg Europe	677,012	950,293	+40.4%
67	Ireland Europe	5,395,790	7,571,204	+40.3%
68	Guatemala North America	18,406,359	25,648,541	+39.3%
69	Pakistan Asia	251,269,164	347,767,910	+38.4%
70	Kiribati Oceania	134,518	185,356	+37.8%
71	Belize North America	417,072	568,807	+36.4%
72	Algeria Africa	46,814,308	63,269,034	+35.1%
73	Bolivia (Plurinational State of) South America	12,413,315	16,682,169	+34.4%
74	Djibouti Africa	1,168,722	1,566,320	+34%
75	Lao People's Democratic Republic Asia	7,769,819	10,411,119	+34%
76	Nicaragua North America	6,916,140	9,244,524	+33.7%
77	Seychelles Africa	121,354	160,979	+32.7%
78	Switzerland Europe	9,005,582	11,929,904	+32.5%
79	Kazakhstan Asia	20,592,571	27,149,715	+31.8%
80	Panama North America	4,515,577	5,932,403	+31.4%
81	Israel Asia	9,974,400	13,101,026	+31.3%
82	South Africa Africa	64,007,187	83,789,173	+30.9%
83	Mongolia Asia	3,524,788	4,610,584	+30.8%
84	Paraguay South America	6,929,153	9,041,300	+30.5%
85	Cambodia Asia	17,638,801	22,973,804	+30.2%
86	Malaysia Asia	35,557,673	46,259,275	+30.1%
87	Bangladesh Asia	173,562,364	225,509,695	+29.9%
88	China, Macao SAR Asia	687,000	889,973	+29.5%
89	Timor-Leste Asia	1,400,638	1,804,192	+28.8%
90	Haiti North America	11,772,557	15,100,817	+28.3%
91	Lesotho Africa	2,337,423	2,973,715	+27.2%
92	Portugal Europe	10,694,681	13,544,554	+26.6%
93	Peru South America	34,217,848	43,321,358	+26.6%
94	Colombia South America	52,886,363	66,679,564	+26.1%
95	United Kingdom Europe	69,226,000	87,121,132	+25.9%
96	Iran (Islamic Republic of) Asia	91,567,738	114,914,867	+25.5%
97	Libya Africa	7,381,023	9,210,261	+24.8%
98	Spain Europe	48,848,840	60,888,472	+24.6%
99	Eswatini Africa	1,242,822	1,540,740	+24%
100	Jordan Asia	11,552,876	14,300,111	+23.8%
101	Cyprus Asia	1,358,282	1,679,734	+23.7%
102	United States of America North America	340,110,988	419,876,982	+23.5%
103	Morocco Africa	38,081,173	46,976,028	+23.4%
104	Norway Europe	5,572,279	6,839,976	+22.8%
105	New Caledonia Oceania	292,639	359,282	+22.8%
106	Kuwait Asia	4,897,263	5,946,395	+21.4%
107	India Asia	1,450,935,791	1,758,519,525	+21.2%
108	Suriname South America	634,431	766,801	+20.9%
109	Ecuador South America	18,135,478	21,837,910	+20.4%
110	Mexico North America	130,861,007	157,575,696	+20.4%
111	Curacao North America	155,967	187,198	+20%
112	Dominican Republic North America	11,427,557	13,718,132	+20%
113	Philippines Asia	115,843,670	138,448,839	+19.5%
114	Brunei Darussalam Asia	462,721	552,172	+19.3%
115	Indonesia Asia	283,487,931	337,952,241	+19.2%
116	Sudan Africa	50,448,963	60,070,210	+19.1%
117	Guam Oceania	167,777	197,724	+17.8%
118	Bahrain Asia	1,588,670	1,861,424	+17.2%
119	Myanmar Asia	54,500,091	63,048,224	+15.7%
120	Belgium Europe	11,858,610	13,692,586	+15.5%
121	Bhutan Asia	791,524	911,146	+15.1%
122	Netherlands Europe	17,993,485	20,701,456	+15%
123	Finland Europe	5,619,911	6,457,083	+14.9%
124	Viet Nam Asia	100,987,686	115,747,313	+14.6%
125	Tunisia Africa	12,277,109	14,057,051	+14.5%
126	Samoa Oceania	218,019	249,487	+14.4%
127	Aruba North America	107,995	122,700	+13.6%
128	Lithuania Europe	2,888,278	3,273,766	+13.3%
129	Guyana South America	831,087	940,307	+13.1%
130	Lebanon Asia	5,805,962	6,554,200	+12.9%
131	Chile South America	19,764,771	22,199,719	+12.3%
132	Austria Europe	9,177,982	10,236,556	+11.5%
133	Denmark Europe	5,976,992	6,664,904	+11.5%
134	Fiji Oceania	928,784	1,034,980	+11.4%
135	Cabo Verde Africa	524,877	583,067	+11.1%
136	Azerbaijan Asia	10,202,830	11,319,062	+10.9%
137	Costa Rica North America	5,129,910	5,686,635	+10.9%
138	Micronesia (Fed. States of) Oceania	113,160	125,251	+10.7%
139	Bahamas North America	401,283	443,285	+10.5%
140	El Salvador North America	6,338,193	6,988,662	+10.3%
141	Brazil South America	211,998,573	231,430,711	+9.2%
142	Czechia Europe	10,905,028	11,830,499	+8.5%
143	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) South America	28,405,543	30,767,533	+8.3%
144	Argentina South America	45,696,159	49,246,324	+7.8%
145	Maldives Asia	527,799	568,404	+7.7%
146	Ukraine Europe	37,860,221	40,724,099	+7.6%
147	Slovenia Europe	2,127,400	2,283,226	+7.3%
148	Sweden Europe	10,569,709	11,311,419	+7%
149	Dem. People's Republic of Korea Asia	26,498,823	28,304,867	+6.8%
150	Germany Europe	83,516,593	88,637,091	+6.1%
151	France Europe	68,551,653	72,551,045	+5.8%
152	Saint Lucia North America	179,744	189,971	+5.7%
153	French Polynesia Oceania	281,807	297,141	+5.4%
154	Turkiye Asia	85,518,661	89,798,102	+5%
155	Iceland Europe	386,506	405,213	+4.8%
156	Croatia Europe	3,866,200	4,009,964	+3.7%
157	Estonia Europe	1,372,341	1,417,602	+3.3%
158	Grenada North America	117,207	119,969	+2.4%
159	Republic of Korea Asia	51,751,065	52,590,851	+1.6%
160	Trinidad and Tobago North America	1,368,333	1,386,282	+1.3%
161	Barbados North America	282,467	285,320	+1%
162	Montenegro Europe	623,525	623,438	+0%
163	Puerto Rico North America	3,203,295	3,192,545	+-0.3%
164	Greece Europe	10,405,134	10,357,210	+-0.5%
165	Jamaica North America	2,839,175	2,825,968	+-0.5%
166	Uruguay South America	3,386,588	3,354,395	+-1%
167	Romania Europe	19,051,804	18,852,274	+-1%
168	Thailand Asia	71,668,011	70,926,053	+-1%
169	Italy Europe	58,952,704	58,273,910	+-1.2%
170	Bulgaria Europe	6,441,421	6,330,273	+-1.7%
171	Slovakia Europe	5,422,069	5,321,809	+-1.8%
172	China Asia	1,408,975,000	1,371,883,856	+-2.6%
173	Nepal Asia	29,651,054	28,722,220	+-3.1%
174	China, Hong Kong SAR Asia	7,524,100	7,268,572	+-3.4%
175	North Macedonia Europe	1,824,359	1,750,985	+-4%
176	Russian Federation Europe	143,533,851	137,339,757	+-4.3%
177	Mauritius Africa	1,245,779	1,185,174	+-4.9%
178	Hungary Europe	9,562,065	8,931,364	+-6.6%
179	Poland Europe	36,559,233	33,886,763	+-7.3%
180	Cuba North America	10,979,783	10,143,701	+-7.6%
181	Tonga Oceania	104,175	95,424	+-8.4%
182	Georgia Asia	3,699,557	3,370,201	+-8.9%
183	Japan Asia	123,975,371	112,788,849	+-9%
184	Belarus Europe	9,132,629	8,195,193	+-10.3%
185	United States Virgin Islands North America	104,377	93,313	+-10.6%
186	Sri Lanka Asia	21,916,000	19,446,052	+-11.3%
187	Serbia Europe	6,586,476	5,837,600	+-11.4%
188	Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe	3,164,253	2,744,029	+-13.3%
189	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines North America	100,616	86,414	+-14.1%
190	Latvia Europe	1,866,124	1,521,698	+-18.5%
191	Albania Europe	2,377,128	1,697,820	+-28.6%
192	Republic of Moldova Europe	2,402,306	1,457,801	+-39.3%
193	Kosovo Europe	1,594,353	482,340	+-69.7%

Fastest Growing Countries (2024–2050)