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United States - Population Growth 1998

Name: United States Population Growth 1998
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Annual population growth rate · World Bank

1.17% −0.04pp from 1997 Global rank: 83rd

United States's population growth was 1.17% in 1998, decreased +0.04pp from 1.20% in 1997. This was the 83rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1998▾

Population Growth by Country - 1998
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Kosovo	-5.54%	-523.5%
2nd	Kazakhstan	-2.50%	-8.7%
3rd	Georgia	-2.47%	22.9%
4th	Curaçao	-1.70%	-484.6%
5th	Armenia	-1.17%	-18.0%
6th	Estonia	-0.96%	15.8%
7th	Latvia	-0.94%	5.4%
8th	Ukraine	-0.80%	6.5%
9th	St. Martin (French part)	-0.74%	-81.0%
10th	Lithuania	-0.72%	1.8%
11th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	-0.67%	-9.5%
12th	Bulgaria	-0.67%	-9.6%
13th	Albania	-0.63%	-0.6%
14th	Belarus	-0.45%	-8.4%
15th	Serbia	-0.41%	-30.7%
16th	Montenegro	-0.31%	-25.6%
17th	Dominica	-0.25%	-58.0%
18th	Hungary	-0.23%	-15.5%
19th	Slovenia	-0.22%	-62.2%
20th	Romania	-0.21%	28.1%
21st	Russian Federation	-0.17%	-0.1%
22nd	Czechia	-0.09%	12.1%
23rd	Croatia	-0.06%	87.4%
24th	Moldova	-0.04%	89.1%
25th	Nauru	0.01%	-92.9%
26th	Germany	0.02%	-89.6%
27th	Barbados	0.02%	-59.3%
28th	Italy	0.03%	-45.6%
29th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.03%	77.2%
30th	Poland	0.04%	-45.4%
31st	Sweden	0.06%	-3.1%
32nd	Austria	0.11%	-3.2%
33rd	European Union	0.13%	-11.0%
34th	Slovak Republic	0.13%	-27.4%
35th	Virgin Islands (US)	0.17%	-31.4%
36th	Guyana	0.18%	-22.1%
37th	Greenland	0.18%	-0.2%
38th	Belgium	0.21%	-11.8%
39th	Gibraltar	0.25%	-28.6%
40th	Finland	0.27%	-10.7%
41st	Japan	0.27%	14.0%
42nd	Micronesia, Federated States of	0.28%	-15.5%
43rd	United Kingdom	0.29%	13.1%
44th	Switzerland	0.30%	23.3%
45th	Cuba	0.33%	2.0%
46th	Trinidad and Tobago	0.34%	-10.9%
47th	Denmark	0.36%	-12.6%
48th	France	0.37%	3.9%
49th	Spain	0.41%	-1.3%
50th	Channel Islands	0.47%	6.1%
51st	Uruguay	0.49%	-6.9%
52nd	Lesotho	0.50%	-37.3%
53rd	Portugal	0.51%	13.2%
54th	North Macedonia	0.53%	168.0%
55th	Tuvalu	0.54%	-12.6%
56th	Greece	0.55%	12.4%
57th	Puerto Rico (US)	0.57%	-38.1%
58th	Tajikistan	0.59%	-50.6%
59th	Norway	0.60%	9.8%
60th	Netherlands	0.62%	19.8%
61st	El Salvador	0.62%	-8.5%
62nd	Monaco	0.63%	-10.3%
63rd	Malta	0.65%	-14.1%
64th	Grenada	0.68%	0.3%
65th	Tonga	0.71%	78.0%
66th	Korea	0.72%	-23.0%
67th	Samoa	0.76%	-8.7%
68th	Bermuda	0.76%	26.1%
69th	Canada	0.83%	-16.5%
70th	Hong Kong SAR, China	0.83%	0.3%
71st	Jamaica	0.86%	-7.2%
72nd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	0.86%	-7.5%
73rd	New Zealand	0.89%	-32.4%
74th	Marshall Islands	0.93%	-6.3%
75th	Azerbaijan	0.95%	-1.6%
76th	China	0.96%	-6.2%
77th	Sierra Leone	0.98%	-23.7%
78th	Australia	1.00%	-7.9%
79th	Ireland	1.04%	4.0%
80th	Andorra	1.05%	-5.8%
81st	Mauritius	1.05%	-16.0%
82nd	Iceland	1.07%	30.7%
83rd	United States	1.17%	-3.2%
84th	Argentina	1.18%	-3.2%
85th	Macao SAR, China	1.19%	125.3%
86th	South Africa	1.21%	1.2%
87th	Faroe Islands	1.22%	-2.8%
88th	Fiji	1.24%	19.8%
89th	Luxembourg	1.24%	-0.8%
90th	Myanmar	1.25%	-2.1%
91st	San Marino	1.25%	0.9%
92nd	Tunisia	1.27%	-6.3%
93rd	Eswatini	1.28%	-23.6%
94th	Isle of Man	1.30%	9.1%
95th	Chile	1.30%	-2.8%
96th	Guam	1.30%	-2.5%
97th	St. Kitts and Nevis	1.30%	2.1%
98th	Thailand	1.31%	-2.1%
99th	Eritrea	1.31%	18.1%
100th	São Tomé and Principe	1.31%	-7.9%
101st	St. Lucia	1.37%	-2.5%
102nd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	1.37%	14.6%
103rd	Liechtenstein	1.39%	116.9%
104th	Mongolia	1.39%	-2.0%
105th	Türkiye	1.39%	-3.6%
106th	Bahamas, The	1.43%	-5.1%
107th	Viet Nam	1.43%	-1.2%
108th	Oman	1.44%	-7.4%
109th	Brazil	1.49%	0.1%
110th	Morocco	1.49%	-0.7%
111th	Libya	1.49%	-3.0%
112th	Nicaragua	1.53%	-8.4%
113th	Kyrgyz Republic	1.53%	5.2%
114th	Uzbekistan	1.57%	-9.1%
115th	Indonesia	1.58%	-2.8%
116th	Algeria	1.59%	-14.6%
117th	Cabo Verde	1.60%	-4.8%
118th	French Polynesia	1.63%	2.1%
119th	Mexico	1.64%	-2.6%
120th	Dominican Republic	1.65%	-5.1%
121st	Turkmenistan	1.69%	-0.5%
122nd	Comoros	1.72%	0.0%
123rd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.75%	-51.6%
124th	Lebanon	1.76%	-2.8%
125th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	1.77%	-2.2%
126th	American Samoa	1.77%	-5.4%
127th	Kiribati	1.78%	-2.7%
128th	Colombia	1.79%	0.1%
129th	Ecuador	1.81%	-1.9%
130th	Peru	1.82%	-1.6%
131st	Lao PDR	1.85%	-11.2%
132nd	Maldives	1.86%	-8.2%
133rd	Guinea-Bissau	1.86%	-2.2%
134th	Haiti	1.86%	-1.1%
135th	Cyprus	1.87%	-3.6%
136th	Guinea	1.88%	-8.5%
137th	Bangladesh	1.89%	1.9%
138th	Sri Lanka	1.89%	-0.6%
139th	Antigua and Barbuda	1.89%	-7.5%
140th	Bhutan	1.90%	6.3%
141st	Burundi	1.91%	25,090.5%
142nd	India	1.94%	-1.5%
143rd	Zimbabwe	1.96%	4.1%
144th	Seychelles	1.96%	66.7%
145th	Nepal	1.97%	-5.4%
146th	South Sudan	1.99%	-28.8%
147th	Panama	2.00%	-0.7%
148th	Suriname	2.06%	-1.0%
149th	Vanuatu	2.09%	-2.8%
150th	New Caledonia	2.12%	-3.0%
151st	Malawi	2.16%	7.8%
152nd	Costa Rica	2.17%	-4.0%
153rd	Paraguay	2.18%	-3.3%
154th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	2.18%	5.4%
155th	Congo, Republic of	2.20%	2.9%
156th	Botswana	2.22%	-3.8%
157th	Palau	2.27%	-10.5%
158th	Mozambique	2.28%	-16.8%
159th	Brunei Darussalam	2.28%	-2.6%
160th	Israel	2.29%	-8.5%
161st	Jordan	2.31%	-14.0%
162nd	Senegal	2.34%	-1.0%
163rd	Ghana	2.43%	2.2%
164th	Malaysia	2.46%	-1.3%
165th	Aruba	2.46%	-36.5%
166th	Philippines	2.51%	6.9%
167th	Sudan	2.52%	13.3%
168th	Gabon	2.53%	0.4%
169th	Mali	2.53%	11.4%
170th	British Virgin Islands	2.54%	0.2%
171st	Namibia	2.54%	-1.8%
172nd	West Bank and Gaza	2.56%	-42.9%
173rd	Guatemala	2.56%	0.0%
174th	Syrian Arab Republic	2.58%	-1.7%
175th	Mauritania	2.59%	16.4%
176th	Nigeria	2.61%	0.4%
177th	Zambia	2.62%	2.6%
178th	Tanzania	2.63%	30.2%
179th	Bahrain	2.63%	0.0%
180th	Cameroon	2.65%	-0.1%
181st	Honduras	2.65%	-5.3%
182nd	Central African Republic	2.71%	-1.3%
183rd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	2.72%	69.1%
184th	Timor-Leste	2.73%	-1.0%
185th	Kenya	2.76%	1.0%
186th	Pakistan	2.76%	-2.4%
187th	Burkina Faso	2.76%	7.2%
188th	Gambia, The	2.81%	-1.2%
189th	Solomon Islands	2.81%	-1.7%
190th	Togo	2.84%	-10.4%
191st	Uganda	2.97%	2.6%
192nd	Benin	3.08%	4.4%
193rd	Kuwait	3.12%	-4.5%
194th	Iraq	3.14%	1.6%
195th	Yemen, Republic of	3.15%	-1.2%
196th	Madagascar	3.27%	0.5%
197th	Angola	3.35%	-1.4%
198th	Niger	3.38%	1.9%
199th	Singapore	3.40%	1.2%
200th	Chad	3.44%	-0.3%
201st	Belize	3.49%	4.6%
202nd	Papua New Guinea	3.52%	-1.3%
203rd	Saudi Arabia	3.74%	-3.1%
204th	Afghanistan	3.76%	-1.0%
205th	Côte d'Ivoire	3.77%	-1.8%
206th	Cayman Islands	3.81%	-5.3%
207th	Equatorial Guinea	3.91%	1.0%
208th	Djibouti	4.02%	13.0%
209th	Rwanda	4.12%	-71.6%
210th	Cambodia	4.12%	-40.1%
211th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	4.14%	17.9%
212th	Turks and Caicos Islands	4.33%	-2.6%
213th	Qatar	5.31%	33.5%
214th	United Arab Emirates	7.62%	-6.2%
215th	Northern Mariana Islands	8.04%	-11.0%
216th	Liberia	10.13%	30.1%

FAQ

What was United States's population growth in 1998?▾

United States's population growth in 1998 was 1.17%. This ranked 83rd globally.

How did United States's population growth change in 1998?▾

United States's population growth decreased by 3.2% in 1998 compared to 1997.

Which country had the highest population growth in 1998?▾

Liberia had the highest population growth in 1998 at 10.13%.

What is the population growth of United States in 1998?▾

The population growth of United States in 1998 was 1.17%. This ranked 83rd globally.

How does 1998 compare to 1997 for United States's population growth?▾

United States's population growth went from 1.20% in 1997 to 1.17% in 1998, a 3.2% decrease.

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