Population Growth — World Ranking

The yearly change in total population — positive means the country is growing, negative means its people are thinning out.

Malaysia sits at #96 of 215 countries with a value of 1.2% — the full leaderboard is in the table below.

The top 50 — Population Growth

Sorted with the highest value first (a neutral indicator — both ends of the scale have a story), data year 2023. Flags: flagcdn; every country name links to its full profile.

#	Country	Value
1	Oman	6.5%
2	Kuwait	5.6%
3	Syria	4.9%
4	Singapore	4.9%
5	Saudi Arabia	4.6%
6	Chad	4.6%
7	South Sudan	4.1%
8	Malta	4%
9	United Arab Emirates	4%
10	Bahrain	3.4%
11	Niger	3.3%
12	DR Congo	3.3%
13	Angola	3.1%
14	Somalia	3.1%
15	Yemen	3%
16	Israel	3%
17	Mali	3%
18	Mauritania	3%
19	Mozambique	3%
20	Tanzania	2.9%
21	Uganda	2.8%
22	Zambia	2.8%
23	Canada	2.8%
24	Burundi	2.7%
25	Cameroon	2.6%
26	Ethiopia	2.6%
27	Malawi	2.6%
28	Hong Kong	2.6%
29	Benin	2.5%
30	Namibia	2.5%
31	Ivory Coast	2.5%
32	Madagascar	2.5%
33	Guinea	2.5%
34	Australia	2.4%
35	Republic of the Congo	2.4%
36	Equatorial Guinea	2.4%
37	Solomon Islands	2.4%
38	Palestine	2.4%
39	Senegal	2.4%
40	Vanuatu	2.3%
41	New Zealand	2.3%
42	Gambia	2.3%
43	Burkina Faso	2.3%
44	Gibraltar	2.3%
45	Iraq	2.3%
46	Guinea-Bissau	2.2%
47	Liberia	2.2%
48	Gabon	2.2%
49	Rwanda	2.2%
50	Sierra Leone	2.2%

Global distribution

Source: World Bank Open Data (indicator SP.POP.GROW, year 2023) — public data with no API key, licensed CC BY 4.0. The full profile of every country: Country Complex · live natural events: Disaster Complex.