Population growth is analyzed on total population and number of birth per year. The population of African countries is getting faster. Qatar is the fastest population growing country in the world, with a 5% population rate. The following list has 30 countries that ranked under the population growth.
| Rank | Country | Present Population | Population growth rate % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 1,951,591 | 5 |
| 2 | Zimbabwe | 12,619,600 | 4 |
| 3 | Niger | 16,344,687 | 4 |
| 4 | Uganda | 33,640,833 | 4 |
| 5 | Ethiopia | 91,195,675 | 3 |
| 6 | Burundi | 10,557,259 | 3 |
| 7 | Burkina Faso | 17,275,115 | 3 |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | 5,314,317 | 3 |
| 9 | Zambia | 13,817,479 | 3 |
| 10 | Madagascar | 22,005,222 | 3 |
| 11 | Benin | 9,598,787 | 3 |
| 12 | Republic of the Congo | 4,366,266 | 3 |
| 13 | Angola | 18,056,072 | 3 |
| 14 | Malawi | 16,323,044 | 3 |
| 15 | Rwanda | 11,689,696 | 3 |
| 16 | Togo | 6,961,049 | 3 |
| 17 | Bahrain | 1,248,348 | 3 |
| 18 | Guinea | 10,884,958 | 3 |
| 19 | Equatorial Guinea | 685,991 | 3 |
| 20 | Liberia | 3,887,886 | 3 |
| 21 | Mali | 15,494,466 | 3 |
| 22 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 73,599,190 | 3 |
| 23 | Yemen | 24,771,809 | 3 |
| 24 | Nigeria | 170,123,740 | 3 |
| 25 | Senegal | 12,969,606 | 3 |
| 26 | Kenya | 43,013,341 | 2 |
| 27 | Mozambique | 23,515,934 | 2 |
| 28 | Eritrea | 6,086,495 | 2 |
| 29 | Iraq | 31,129,225 | 2 |
| 30 | Gambia | 1,840,454 | 2 |
