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United States - Population Growth 1962

Name: United States Population Growth 1962
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Annual population growth rate · World Bank

1.54% −0.12pp from 1961 Global rank: 64th

United States's population growth was 1.54% in 1962, decreased +0.12pp from 1.66% in 1961. This was the 64th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1962▾

Population Growth by Country - 1962
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	St. Kitts and Nevis	-1.59%	-85.7%
2nd	Malta	-0.42%	-4.3%
3rd	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.25%	-39.3%
4th	Hungary	0.33%	-26.3%
5th	Czechia	0.40%	347.2%
6th	Belgium	0.40%	19.8%
7th	Ireland	0.41%	377.0%
8th	British Virgin Islands	0.45%	-57.5%
9th	Isle of Man	0.49%	156.9%
10th	Sweden	0.55%	17.1%
11th	Slovenia	0.60%	0.5%
12th	Greece	0.60%	-24.9%
13th	Austria	0.61%	11.7%
14th	Romania	0.65%	-18.8%
15th	Italy	0.68%	1.2%
16th	Finland	0.68%	-3.6%
17th	Croatia	0.70%	7.8%
18th	Portugal	0.72%	-10.4%
19th	Serbia	0.76%	1.4%
20th	Denmark	0.78%	11.5%
21st	Norway	0.80%	1.1%
22nd	Monaco	0.80%	89.2%
23rd	China	0.82%	180.8%
24th	European Union	0.84%	1.0%
25th	United Kingdom	0.85%	11.6%
26th	Bulgaria	0.88%	-8.7%
27th	Germany	0.88%	14.2%
28th	Barbados	0.89%	-8.8%
29th	Tuvalu	0.90%	1.1%
30th	Spain	0.92%	-1.0%
31st	Japan	0.93%	3.7%
32nd	Belarus	0.97%	9.2%
33rd	Angola	0.99%	-25.5%
34th	Cyprus	0.99%	-34.9%
35th	France	1.00%	-2.9%
36th	São Tomé and Principe	1.01%	-0.9%
37th	Channel Islands	1.04%	19.1%
38th	St. Lucia	1.08%	11.0%
39th	Grenada	1.08%	-19.5%
40th	Slovak Republic	1.10%	-63.1%
41st	Russian Federation	1.11%	0.1%
42nd	North Macedonia	1.13%	-18.6%
43rd	Poland	1.14%	4.3%
44th	Faroe Islands	1.17%	-6.7%
45th	Guinea-Bissau	1.18%	40.3%
46th	Uruguay	1.21%	-3.8%
47th	Tunisia	1.22%	6.6%
48th	Dominica	1.22%	-12.9%
49th	Gabon	1.22%	6.0%
50th	Luxembourg	1.22%	34.4%
51st	Ukraine	1.25%	-6.7%
52nd	Aruba	1.33%	11.7%
53rd	Latvia	1.33%	-10.1%
54th	Estonia	1.34%	20.7%
55th	Antigua and Barbuda	1.40%	-16.3%
56th	Lithuania	1.40%	-12.9%
57th	Jamaica	1.40%	0.4%
58th	Netherlands	1.42%	8.3%
59th	Burkina Faso	1.46%	1.2%
60th	Algeria	1.47%	-17.1%
61st	Gibraltar	1.47%	876.9%
62nd	Mali	1.48%	0.9%
63rd	Georgia	1.52%	-3.7%
64th	United States	1.54%	-7.2%
65th	Timor-Leste	1.56%	2.7%
66th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	1.58%	-9.3%
67th	South Sudan	1.59%	3.7%
68th	Sierra Leone	1.64%	4.3%
69th	Argentina	1.66%	0.1%
70th	Comoros	1.73%	-1.7%
71st	Benin	1.76%	6.5%
72nd	Togo	1.76%	0.4%
73rd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.76%	-12.4%
74th	Guinea	1.77%	1.3%
75th	Curaçao	1.80%	73.7%
76th	Haiti	1.83%	0.9%
77th	Oman	1.85%	5.7%
78th	Iceland	1.85%	-4.9%
79th	Canada	1.86%	-7.0%
80th	Cameroon	1.88%	21.7%
81st	Central African Republic	1.91%	2.1%
82nd	Equatorial Guinea	1.94%	3.9%
83rd	Nepal	1.95%	2.1%
84th	Mozambique	1.95%	8.8%
85th	Trinidad and Tobago	1.96%	-8.2%
86th	Virgin Islands (US)	2.02%	-62.5%
87th	Chad	2.02%	0.4%
88th	Afghanistan	2.04%	4.2%
89th	Chile	2.05%	-1.6%
90th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	2.06%	1.0%
91st	Cuba	2.06%	1.2%
92nd	Moldova	2.07%	-5.1%
93rd	Cayman Islands	2.07%	1.9%
94th	Namibia	2.08%	7.2%
95th	Puerto Rico (US)	2.09%	19.0%
96th	Nigeria	2.10%	2.2%
97th	French Polynesia	2.12%	1.5%
98th	Guyana	2.19%	-6.1%
99th	Myanmar	2.20%	0.6%
100th	Yemen, Republic of	2.22%	1.0%
101st	Cambodia	2.24%	2.0%
102nd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	2.24%	-0.6%
103rd	Eswatini	2.27%	-0.1%
104th	Solomon Islands	2.28%	-0.3%
105th	Lao PDR	2.28%	1.5%
106th	Botswana	2.29%	1.6%
107th	Montenegro	2.30%	5.7%
108th	Papua New Guinea	2.31%	-8.6%
109th	Paraguay	2.35%	1.8%
110th	India	2.37%	-1.0%
111th	San Marino	2.40%	1.1%
112th	Eritrea	2.40%	2.7%
113th	Ghana	2.41%	-15.5%
114th	Malawi	2.41%	1.4%
115th	Sri Lanka	2.44%	0.2%
116th	Australia	2.44%	22.7%
117th	Palau	2.46%	2.3%
118th	Liberia	2.48%	1.5%
119th	Kiribati	2.48%	1.7%
120th	Maldives	2.49%	1.5%
121st	Kosovo	2.49%	-6.4%
122nd	Rwanda	2.52%	-8.6%
123rd	Switzerland	2.54%	28.1%
124th	Burundi	2.54%	0.2%
125th	Belize	2.54%	1.6%
126th	New Zealand	2.54%	27.1%
127th	Bermuda	2.56%	19.1%
128th	Macao SAR, China	2.56%	55,272.5%
129th	Madagascar	2.60%	-0.5%
130th	Pakistan	2.60%	-0.7%
131st	Viet Nam	2.60%	-2.3%
132nd	Guam	2.60%	2.6%
133rd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	2.60%	1.3%
134th	Malaysia	2.61%	0.9%
135th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	2.61%	0.4%
136th	Congo, Republic of	2.62%	1.4%
137th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	2.63%	1.8%
138th	Samoa	2.65%	0.5%
139th	Seychelles	2.65%	-5.6%
140th	Morocco	2.66%	2.4%
141st	Mauritania	2.68%	2.5%
142nd	Türkiye	2.70%	-1.8%
143rd	Gambia, The	2.71%	0.6%
144th	El Salvador	2.72%	-1.9%
145th	Tonga	2.76%	-0.9%
146th	Singapore	2.77%	-17.2%
147th	Indonesia	2.81%	0.7%
148th	Senegal	2.82%	0.1%
149th	Honduras	2.83%	-0.1%
150th	Mauritius	2.84%	4,432.7%
151st	Vanuatu	2.84%	1.3%
152nd	Ecuador	2.86%	1.3%
153rd	Korea	2.86%	-3.6%
154th	Uganda	2.88%	1.0%
155th	Tanzania	2.90%	1.7%
156th	Bangladesh	2.90%	3.0%
157th	Niger	2.91%	0.2%
158th	Peru	2.91%	-0.1%
159th	Syrian Arab Republic	2.94%	-1.6%
160th	Thailand	2.96%	1.0%
161st	Guatemala	2.96%	-0.3%
162nd	South Africa	2.97%	6.0%
163rd	Azerbaijan	2.98%	-21.8%
164th	Brazil	2.98%	-1.1%
165th	Lesotho	2.98%	0.0%
166th	Nicaragua	3.00%	0.3%
167th	Iraq	3.00%	23.7%
168th	Bhutan	3.00%	4.8%
169th	Panama	3.01%	1.5%
170th	American Samoa	3.01%	15.3%
171st	Iran, Islamic Republic of	3.04%	1.0%
172nd	Albania	3.06%	-2.1%
173rd	Colombia	3.08%	-0.1%
174th	Fiji	3.10%	1.7%
175th	Dominican Republic	3.11%	-1.4%
176th	Northern Mariana Islands	3.12%	6.8%
177th	Turkmenistan	3.12%	0.4%
178th	Cabo Verde	3.13%	31.3%
179th	Mongolia	3.14%	-1.7%
180th	Zimbabwe	3.14%	0.6%
181st	Zambia	3.15%	0.4%
182nd	St. Martin (French part)	3.16%	0.5%
183rd	Lebanon	3.17%	3.6%
184th	Philippines	3.18%	0.1%
185th	Kazakhstan	3.20%	-1.7%
186th	Mexico	3.22%	3.0%
187th	Sudan	3.24%	1.7%
188th	Armenia	3.28%	-2.6%
189th	Liechtenstein	3.30%	29.0%
190th	Tajikistan	3.30%	1.7%
191st	New Caledonia	3.35%	0.7%
192nd	Kyrgyz Republic	3.38%	-10.6%
193rd	Marshall Islands	3.46%	0.3%
194th	Micronesia, Federated States of	3.54%	0.2%
195th	Costa Rica	3.67%	-1.5%
196th	Saudi Arabia	3.67%	0.2%
197th	Côte d'Ivoire	3.78%	3.6%
198th	Greenland	3.79%	4.4%
199th	Kenya	3.83%	2.6%
200th	Uzbekistan	3.88%	5.0%
201st	Bahrain	3.98%	-2.1%
202nd	Suriname	4.00%	20.8%
203rd	Libya	4.17%	1.2%
204th	Nauru	4.20%	18.1%
205th	Hong Kong SAR, China	4.24%	81.1%
206th	Djibouti	4.26%	11.1%
207th	Brunei Darussalam	4.44%	-3.7%
208th	Jordan	4.68%	-7.2%
209th	Israel	4.82%	46.1%
210th	United Arab Emirates	4.92%	-0.5%
211th	Bahamas, The	5.02%	1.9%
212th	Andorra	7.52%	-3.8%
213th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	9.44%	5.1%
214th	Kuwait	10.70%	0.6%
215th	Qatar	11.76%	21.1%

FAQ

What was United States's population growth in 1962?▾

United States's population growth in 1962 was 1.54%. This ranked 64th globally.

How did United States's population growth change in 1962?▾

United States's population growth decreased by 7.2% in 1962 compared to 1961.

Which country had the highest population growth in 1962?▾

Qatar had the highest population growth in 1962 at 11.76%.

What is the population growth of United States in 1962?▾

The population growth of United States in 1962 was 1.54%. This ranked 64th globally.

How does 1962 compare to 1961 for United States's population growth?▾

United States's population growth went from 1.66% in 1961 to 1.54% in 1962, a 7.2% decrease.

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