Am schnellsten wachsende Länder 2026

Am schnellsten wachsende Länder 2026

UN World Population Prospects, Revision 2024 (mittlere Variante)

Dies sind die Länder mit dem schnellsten Bevölkerungswachstum, eingestuft nach der Bevölkerungsveränderung der letzten zehn Jahre.

  • 200 Länder und Gebiete eingestuft
  • Höchster Wert: Tschad
  • Niedrigster Wert: Amerikanische Jungferninseln

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Rang Land 10-Jahres-WachstumRegionJährliches WachstumBevölkerung:Prognose +25 Jahre
1 Tschad +42.6% Afrika +2.7% 21,560,380 39,636,033
2 Somalia +41.5% Afrika +3.3% 20,305,907 37,953,802
3 Niger +39.3% Afrika +3.2% 28,814,878 53,546,930
4 D.R. Kongo +38.7% Afrika +3.2% 116,452,162 223,027,957
5 Syrien +37.9% Asien +3.3% 26,472,497 38,104,386
6 Angola +37.8% Afrika +3.0% 40,215,180 75,892,826
7 Uganda +36.0% Afrika +2.7% 52,761,470 86,718,842
8 Mayotte +35.8% Afrika +3.1% 347,536 659,491
9 Mali +35.1% Afrika +2.9% 25,932,275 47,029,244
10 Tansania +34.8% Afrika +2.9% 72,563,781 132,280,447
11 Mosambik +34.0% Afrika +2.8% 36,639,851 64,647,085
12 Jemen +33.8% Asien +2.8% 42,961,653 72,147,203
13 Mauretanien +33.6% Afrika +2.8% 5,461,319 9,592,001
14 Sambia +33.2% Afrika +2.8% 22,521,916 38,728,892
15 Äquatorialguinea +31.6% Afrika +2.4% 1,984,468 3,190,137
16 Burundi +31.0% Afrika +2.4% 14,729,157 24,498,523
17 Kamerun +30.6% Afrika +2.5% 30,640,817 51,989,016
18 Äthiopien +30.2% Afrika +2.5% 138,902,185 228,687,201
19 Afghanistan +29.8% Asien +2.7% 45,047,069 78,155,052
20 Malawi +29.8% Afrika +2.6% 22,785,535 37,964,325
21 Benin +29.7% Afrika +2.4% 15,170,420 24,827,845
22 Salomonen +29.6% Ozeanien +2.3% 858,288 1,325,604
23 Namibia +29.3% Afrika +2.0% 3,153,246 4,564,906
24 Oman +29.2% Asien +3.2% 5,671,459 7,920,185
25 Sudan +29.1% Afrika +3.1% 53,282,719 86,579,067
26 Elfenbeinküste +28.9% Afrika +2.4% 33,494,346 56,759,561
27 Senegal +28.8% Afrika +2.3% 19,366,548 30,817,068
28 Madagaskar +28.4% Afrika +2.4% 33,522,052 54,016,765
29 Vereinigte Arabische Emirate +28.2% Asien +2.0% 11,574,682 15,543,672
30 Guinea +27.9% Afrika +2.3% 15,441,993 23,715,929
31 Kuwait +27.4% Asien +1.5% 5,102,773 6,421,240
32 Burkina Faso +27.2% Afrika +2.2% 24,601,700 37,777,225
33 Kongo +27.1% Afrika +2.4% 6,637,786 11,200,449
34 Togo +26.4% Afrika +2.2% 9,930,919 15,831,367
35 Gambia +26.3% Afrika +2.2% 2,884,080 4,355,372
36 Gabun +26.0% Afrika +2.1% 2,647,400 4,147,627
37 Vanuatu +25.9% Ozeanien +2.2% 342,564 542,587
38 Guinea-Bissau +25.4% Afrika +2.1% 2,297,808 3,483,364
39 Sierra Leone +24.9% Afrika +2.0% 8,996,745 13,093,463
40 Ruanda +24.9% Afrika +2.2% 14,889,693 23,007,765
41 Irak +24.8% Asien +2.1% 48,007,437 72,837,415
42 Nigeria +24.0% Afrika +2.1% 242,431,832 363,523,611
43 Tadschikistan +23.8% Asien +1.8% 10,978,599 15,737,680
44 Liberia +23.1% Afrika +2.1% 5,853,949 9,020,146
45 Staat Palästina +22.9% Asien +1.8% 5,692,790 8,559,238
46 Seychellen +22.9% Afrika +1.6% 134,959 141,518
47 Westsahara +22.2% Afrika +1.6% 610,813 781,596
48 Papua-Neuguinea +22.2% Ozeanien +1.7% 10,947,848 15,046,436
49 Katar +22.1% Asien +1.9% 3,173,560 4,212,656
50 Kenia +21.8% Afrika +1.9% 58,636,412 84,451,673
51 Ghana +21.6% Afrika +1.8% 35,697,557 51,112,490
52 Turkmenistan +21.6% Asien +1.5% 7,736,632 9,694,833
53 Komoren +21.2% Afrika +1.8% 899,010 1,324,686
54 Kirgisistan +21.2% Asien +1.4% 7,400,465 9,722,163
55 Zentralafrikanische Republik +20.9% Afrika +3.4% 5,698,984 10,834,361
56 Usbekistan +20.6% Asien +1.8% 37,724,223 52,819,885
57 Malta +20.6% Europa +0.7% 549,011 533,639
58 São Tomé und Príncipe +20.3% Afrika +2.0% 244,994 369,876
59 Malediven +19.9% Asien +0.3% 531,517 591,628
60 Island +19.9% Europa +1.0% 402,329 432,981
61 Honduras +18.8% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN +1.6% 11,184,760 14,968,239
62 Simbabwe +18.3% Afrika +1.9% 17,273,580 26,217,392
63 Ägypten +18.2% Afrika +1.5% 120,101,176 163,063,539
64 Eritrea +17.9% Afrika +2.1% 3,682,669 5,775,739
65 Luxemburg +17.8% Europa +1.0% 687,449 793,283
66 Pakistan +17.8% Asien +1.6% 259,299,792 376,335,025
67 Algerien +17.6% Afrika +1.3% 48,028,334 59,975,606
68 Israel +17.5% Asien +1.4% 9,647,689 13,244,416
69 Belize +17.5% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN +1.4% 428,645 518,386
70 Französisch-Guayana +17.5% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN +1.7% 318,872 478,449
71 Bahrain +17.2% Asien +2.0% 1,675,572 2,157,875
72 Mongolei +17.0% Asien +1.1% 3,556,798 4,535,765
73 Osttimor +17.0% Asien +1.3% 1,436,923 1,902,810
74 Kiribati +16.9% Ozeanien +1.4% 138,445 184,260
75 Guatemala +16.6% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN +1.5% 18,967,978 24,845,333
76 Botswana +16.5% Afrika +1.6% 2,603,388 3,465,409
77 Jordanien +15.8% Asien +0.6% 11,589,533 16,525,168
78 Dschibuti +15.6% Afrika +1.3% 1,199,460 1,540,678
79 Laos +15.4% Asien +1.3% 7,974,018 9,802,787
80 Panama +14.8% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN +1.2% 4,625,718 5,658,479
81 Kasachstan +14.8% Asien +1.2% 21,083,627 26,757,521
82 Südsudan +14.8% Afrika +2.0% 12,436,037 18,542,997
83 Malaysia +14.5% Asien +1.1% 36,385,115 44,502,613
84 Saudi-Arabien +14.5% Asien +1.7% 35,165,787 48,198,043
85 Südafrika +14.3% Afrika +1.1% 65,453,085 79,652,213
86 Macao +14.0% Asien +0.2% 723,189 664,201
87 Bolivien +14.0% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN +1.3% 12,749,291 16,214,293
88 Nicaragua +13.9% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN +1.3% 7,097,329 8,801,963
89 Kambodscha +13.9% Asien +1.1% 18,051,220 22,045,831
90 Libyen +13.7% Afrika +1.1% 7,539,852 9,310,579
91 Kolumbien +13.7% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN +1.0% 53,936,226 59,382,960
92 Paraguay +13.5% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN +1.2% 7,095,280 8,687,837
93 Peru +13.1% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN +1.0% 34,922,148 40,716,361
94 Haiti +12.8% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN +1.1% 12,037,506 14,794,290
95 Irland (Insel) +12.7% Europa +0.9% 5,356,950 5,973,838
96 Lesotho +12.2% Afrika +1.1% 2,389,336 3,013,558
97 Neuseeland +12.1% Ozeanien +0.7% 5,287,479 5,766,716
98 Australien +11.9% Ozeanien +0.9% 27,227,096 32,716,087
99 Ecuador +11.8% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN +0.8% 18,444,507 21,398,377
100 Republik Zypern +11.7% Asien +0.8% 1,382,335 1,509,486
101 Kanada +11.3% NORTHERN AMERICA +0.8% 40,467,728 45,771,463
102 Iran +11.2% Asien +0.8% 93,168,498 101,942,323
103 Marokko +10.7% Afrika +0.9% 38,762,441 43,517,149
104 Bangladesch +10.6% Asien +1.2% 177,818,045 215,750,556
105 Swasiland +10.5% Afrika +1.1% 1,269,859 1,510,782
106 Curaçao +10.5% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN -0.0% 185,441 172,687
107 Philippinen +10.3% Asien +0.8% 117,724,472 134,612,611
108 Guyana +10.1% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN +0.6% 840,890 942,745
109 Dominikanische Republik +10.0% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN +0.8% 11,609,500 13,025,141
110 Indien +9.9% Asien +0.9% 1,476,625,577 1,683,220,886
111 Brunei +9.9% Asien +0.7% 469,775 520,267
112 Suriname +9.8% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN +0.8% 645,257 735,702
113 Chile +9.2% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN +0.4% 19,945,850 20,269,203
114 Indonesien +8.8% Asien +0.8% 287,886,783 321,175,112
115 Mexiko +8.8% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN +0.8% 132,997,658 149,181,847
116 Vietnam +8.7% Asien +0.6% 102,177,431 109,963,189
117 Samoa +8.4% Ozeanien +0.6% 220,528 275,124
118 Norwegen +8.0% Europa +0.5% 5,652,989 5,899,792
119 Schweden +7.8% Europa +0.4% 10,701,047 11,327,101
120 Tunesien +7.7% Afrika +0.5% 12,415,139 13,148,162
121 Türkei +7.7% Asien +0.3% 87,926,082 91,140,413
122 Schweiz +7.6% Europa +0.5% 9,007,798 9,343,512
123 Bhutan +7.3% Asien +0.7% 802,214 883,389
124 Myanmar +7.2% Asien +0.6% 55,184,819 58,602,739
125 Niederlande +7.2% Europa +0.6% 18,448,776 18,934,377
126 Sri Lanka +6.6% Asien +0.5% 23,348,315 24,814,758
127 Costa Rica +6.3% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN +0.4% 5,174,789 5,344,062
128 Vereinigtes Königreich +6.1% Europa +0.5% 69,931,528 75,616,457
129 Vereinigte Staaten +6.0% NORTHERN AMERICA +0.5% 349,035,494 381,708,397
130 Nepal +6.0% Asien 0.0% 29,629,410 34,777,003
131 Aserbaidschan +5.9% Asien +0.5% 10,454,855 11,224,460
132 Singapur +5.9% Asien +0.6% 5,905,748 6,064,528
133 Trinidad und Tobago +5.3% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN +0.1% 1,513,268 1,391,195
134 Dänemark +5.2% Europa +0.4% 6,023,521 6,121,371
135 Antigua und Barbuda +5.2% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN +0.4% 94,626 94,710
136 Neukaledonien +5.1% Ozeanien +0.9% 297,893 341,402
137 Brasilien +5.1% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN +0.4% 213,562,667 217,040,325
138 Argentinien +4.8% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN +0.3% 46,003,734 48,297,098
139 Mikronesien +4.7% Ozeanien +0.4% 114,183 126,854
140 Bahamas +4.3% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN +0.4% 404,629 424,211
141 Österreich +4.2% Europa -0.1% 9,107,266 8,696,686
142 Belgien +3.9% Europa +0.1% 11,774,643 11,859,003
143 Guam +3.6% Ozeanien +0.7% 170,185 192,170
144 Nordkorea +3.6% Asien +0.2% 26,633,691 25,691,412
145 Kap Verde +3.3% Afrika +0.4% 529,630 566,201
146 El Salvador +3.1% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN +0.4% 6,391,254 6,658,585
147 Aruba +3.0% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 0.0% 108,164 99,414
148 St. Lucia +2.8% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN +0.2% 180,488 171,147
149 Réunion +2.7% Afrika +0.4% 886,298 940,884
150 Slowenien +2.6% Europa -0.1% 2,114,574 1,973,640
151 Frankreich +2.5% Europa +0.1% 66,746,401 68,200,255
152 Spanien +2.4% Europa -0.1% 47,850,793 44,712,280
153 Finnland +2.3% Europa -0.0% 5,621,739 5,337,090
154 Monaco +2.2% Europa -0.7% 38,087 36,840
155 Fidschi +2.0% Ozeanien +0.4% 937,282 1,000,845
156 Grenada +1.9% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 0.0% 117,362 112,801
157 Französisch-Polynesien +1.4% Ozeanien +0.2% 283,076 283,748
158 Estland +1.2% Europa -1.0% 1,331,062 1,167,469
159 Barbados +1.1% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 0.0% 282,725 262,867
160 Deutschland +1.1% Europa -0.5% 83,644,258 78,048,438
161 Thailand +1.0% Asien -0.1% 71,559,615 65,985,159
162 Jamaika +0.8% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN -0.1% 2,833,404 2,429,919
163 China +0.6% Asien -0.2% 1,412,914,089 1,249,692,538
164 Südkorea +0.6% Asien -0.1% 51,600,388 44,671,150
165 Portugal +0.5% Europa -0.2% 10,395,363 9,734,815
166 Armenien +0.4% Asien -0.7% 2,930,915 2,478,353
167 Slowakei +0.4% Europa -0.4% 5,451,342 4,909,329
168 Georgia (Begriffsklärung) +0.3% Asien -0.1% 3,804,642 3,654,921
169 Montenegro +0.3% Europa -1.0% 626,233 529,032
170 Uruguay +0.1% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN -0.1% 3,382,537 3,242,784
171 Tschechien -0.0% Europa -0.8% 10,527,781 9,795,302
172 Hongkong -0.4% Asien -0.2% 7,378,602 6,005,233
173 Polen -1.1% Europa -0.8% 37,843,189 32,561,485
174 Russland -1.6% Europa -0.4% 143,394,458 135,876,189
175 Tonga -2.1% Ozeanien -0.4% 103,291 105,416
176 Mauritius -2.1% Afrika -0.3% 1,265,059 1,097,239
177 Ungarn -2.3% Europa -0.5% 9,585,818 8,693,973
178 Litauen -2.5% Europa -1.2% 2,797,338 2,235,291
179 Italien -2.6% Europa -0.4% 58,926,167 51,499,509
180 Kuba -3.3% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN -0.4% 10,892,659 9,298,547
181 Japan -3.7% Asien -0.5% 122,427,731 104,452,459
182 Rumänien -4.9% Europa -0.6% 18,800,605 15,907,818
183 Albanien -5.1% Europa -0.7% 2,751,025 2,218,012
184 Weißrussland -5.9% Europa -0.7% 8,937,018 7,388,576
185 Lettland -6.3% Europa -1.0% 1,835,935 1,501,015
186 Bulgarien -6.5% Europa -0.7% 6,667,660 5,354,139
187 Libanon -6.7% Asien +0.8% 5,897,467 7,025,484
188 St. Vincent und die Grenadinen -6.7% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN -0.7% 99,245 88,495
189 Serbien -6.8% Europa -0.7% 6,641,964 5,489,990
190 Venezuela -6.9% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN +0.4% 28,633,711 31,122,397
191 Puerto Rico -7.3% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN -0.4% 3,222,688 2,467,481
192 Kroatien -7.6% Europa -0.7% 3,822,345 3,208,229
193 Guadeloupe -8.0% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN -0.4% 372,453 323,770
194 Mazedonien -8.0% Europa -0.5% 1,804,063 1,499,303
195 Griechenland -8.2% Europa -0.4% 9,897,116 8,758,041
196 Moldawien -8.5% Europa -1.2% 2,961,254 2,331,186
197 Bosnien und Herzegowina -10.3% Europa -0.8% 3,114,242 2,426,283
198 Martinique -10.9% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN -0.8% 337,711 279,388
199 Ukraine -13.3% Europa +1.4% 39,535,849 31,637,038
200 Amerikanische Jungferninseln -14.7% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN -0.9% 83,401 70,853

Central Africa is growing fastest, by a wide margin

Chad leads this ranking with population growth of 42.6% over the past ten years, followed by Somalia (41.5%), Niger (39.3%), D.R. Congo (38.7%) and Syria (37.9%). Four of the top five are in Central or East Africa, and the pattern extends well beyond the top five: this ranking and our youngest median age ranking are nearly the same list in a different order, because a young population is, almost by definition, a fast-growing one — most of today's population wasn't yet born ten years ago, and a large cohort now entering childbearing age keeps growth high even before considering any further fertility change.

Syria is the exception worth explaining

Syria's presence in the top five isn't a fertility story like its neighbours — it reflects the post-2011 civil war and the return of refugees and displaced people to a population base that had been sharply depleted, an example of how this ranking's ten-year window can pick up recovery from a shock as easily as organic growth. It's a useful caveat for the whole table: a high growth rate can mean a young, expanding population, or it can mean a population recovering toward where it previously was.

The other end of the table

The slowest-growing (in practice, shrinking) countries in this ranking are led by Moldova, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Martinique, Ukraine and the US Virgin Islands, each down more than 8% over ten years — see our shrinking populations ranking for the full picture of decline measured from each country's peak rather than a fixed ten-year window. Both rankings point to the same underlying fact: population growth today is overwhelmingly a story about Sub-Saharan Africa, while population decline is overwhelmingly a story about Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Wie viele Länder umfasst dieses Ranking?

Diese Tabelle umfasst 200 Länder und Gebiete, eingestuft anhand der Daten der World Population Prospects der Vereinten Nationen.

Welches Land wächst am schnellsten?

Die Bevölkerung von Tschad ist in den letzten zehn Jahren um 42.6% gewachsen — schneller als in jedem anderen Land.

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