Population Growth Rates
WorldPopulationPopulation growth rates are 0 to 0.99 percent (pink) in North America, western Europe, and parts of Asia. Higher in Central/parts of South America, Africa, and Oceania, with some regions in Africa and the Middle East exceeding 2.99 percent (dark red). Countries with negative growth rates like Russia and Eastern European countries are shown in light blue.
Class | Rank | Percentage of change | Class | Rank | Metric tons | Class | Rank | Per 1,000 adults ages 15 to 49 | Tropical rain forest (Af) | Tropical monsoon (Am) | Tropical savanna (Aw) | Tropical, subtropical hot desert (BWh) | Midlatitude cold desert (BWk) | Tropical, subtropical hot steppe (BSh) | Midlatitude cold steppe (BSk) | Humid subtropical moist all year, hot summer (Cfa) | Marine West Coast (Cfb, Cfc) | Mediterranean (Csa, Csb) | Humid continental, hot summers (Dfa, Dwa, Dsa) | Humid continental, mild summers (Dfb, Dwb, Dsb) | Subarctic, cool summer (Dfc, Dwc, Dsc) | Tundra (ET) | Class | Rank | Million Metric Tons | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.90% | 4.19% | 1.68% | 17.2% | 2.57% | 9.24% | 20.9% | 55.8% | 0.656% | 11.0% | 16.7% | 25.1% | 45.5% | 11.1% | |||||||||||||