Niger is the top country by population growth rate in the world. As of 2022, population growth rate in Niger was 3.7 %. The top 5 countries also includes Syrian Arab Republic, Singapore, Kazakhstan, and Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The description is composed by our digital data assistant.Annual population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage . 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 the country of origin.