Snelst groeiende landen 2026

Snelst groeiende landen 2026

VN World Population Prospects, herziening 2024 (middenvariant)

Dit zijn de landen waar de bevolking het snelst groeit, gerangschikt naar de bevolkingsverandering van de afgelopen tien jaar.

  • 200 landen en gebieden gerangschikt
  • Hoogste: Tsjaad
  • Laagste: Amerikaanse Maagdeneilanden

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Rang Land Groei over 10 jaarRegioJaarlijkse groeiBevolkingPrognose +25 jaar
1 Tsjaad +42.6% Afrika +2.7% 21,560,380 39,636,033
2 Somalië +41.5% Afrika +3.3% 20,305,907 37,953,802
3 Niger (land) +39.3% Afrika +3.2% 28,814,878 53,546,930
4 D.R. Congo +38.7% Afrika +3.2% 116,452,162 223,027,957
5 Syrië +37.9% Azië +3.3% 26,472,497 38,104,386
6 Angola +37.8% Afrika +3.0% 40,215,180 75,892,826
7 Oeganda +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 Tanzania +34.8% Afrika +2.9% 72,563,781 132,280,447
11 Mozambique +34.0% Afrika +2.8% 36,639,851 64,647,085
12 Jemen +33.8% Azië +2.8% 42,961,653 72,147,203
13 Mauritanië +33.6% Afrika +2.8% 5,461,319 9,592,001
14 Zambia +33.2% Afrika +2.8% 22,521,916 38,728,892
15 Equatoriaal-Guinea +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 Kameroen +30.6% Afrika +2.5% 30,640,817 51,989,016
18 Ethiopië +30.2% Afrika +2.5% 138,902,185 228,687,201
19 Afghanistan +29.8% Azië +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 Salomonseilanden +29.6% Oceanië +2.3% 858,288 1,325,604
23 Namibië +29.3% Afrika +2.0% 3,153,246 4,564,906
24 Oman +29.2% Azië +3.2% 5,671,459 7,920,185
25 Soedan +29.1% Afrika +3.1% 53,282,719 86,579,067
26 Ivoorkust +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 Verenigde Arabische Emiraten +28.2% Azië +2.0% 11,574,682 15,543,672
30 Guinee +27.9% Afrika +2.3% 15,441,993 23,715,929
31 Koeweit +27.4% Azië +1.5% 5,102,773 6,421,240
32 Burkina Faso +27.2% Afrika +2.2% 24,601,700 37,777,225
33 Congo +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 (land) +26.3% Afrika +2.2% 2,884,080 4,355,372
36 Gabon +26.0% Afrika +2.1% 2,647,400 4,147,627
37 Vanuatu +25.9% Oceanië +2.2% 342,564 542,587
38 Guinee-Bissau +25.4% Afrika +2.1% 2,297,808 3,483,364
39 Rwanda +24.9% Afrika +2.2% 14,889,693 23,007,765
40 Sierra Leone +24.9% Afrika +2.0% 8,996,745 13,093,463
41 Irak +24.8% Azië +2.1% 48,007,437 72,837,415
42 Nigeria +24.0% Afrika +2.1% 242,431,832 363,523,611
43 Tadzjikistan +23.8% Azië +1.8% 10,978,599 15,737,680
44 Liberia +23.1% Afrika +2.1% 5,853,949 9,020,146
45 Seychellen +22.9% Afrika +1.6% 134,959 141,518
46 Palestina (land) +22.9% Azië +1.8% 5,692,790 8,559,238
47 Papoea-Nieuw-Guinea +22.2% Oceanië +1.7% 10,947,848 15,046,436
48 Westelijke Sahara +22.2% Afrika +1.6% 610,813 781,596
49 Qatar +22.1% Azië +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% Azië +1.5% 7,736,632 9,694,833
53 Comoren +21.2% Afrika +1.8% 899,010 1,324,686
54 Kirgizië +21.2% Azië +1.4% 7,400,465 9,722,163
55 Centraal-Afrikaanse Republiek +20.9% Afrika +3.4% 5,698,984 10,834,361
56 Oezbekistan +20.6% Azië +1.8% 37,724,223 52,819,885
57 Malta (land) +20.6% Europa (werelddeel) +0.7% 549,011 533,639
58 Sao Tomé en Principe +20.3% Afrika +2.0% 244,994 369,876
59 IJsland +19.9% Europa (werelddeel) +1.0% 402,329 432,981
60 Maldiven +19.9% Azië +0.3% 531,517 591,628
61 Honduras +18.8% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN +1.6% 11,184,760 14,968,239
62 Zimbabwe +18.3% Afrika +1.9% 17,273,580 26,217,392
63 Egypte (land) +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 (land) +17.8% Europa (werelddeel) +1.0% 687,449 793,283
66 Pakistan +17.8% Azië +1.6% 259,299,792 376,335,025
67 Algerije +17.6% Afrika +1.3% 48,028,334 59,975,606
68 Belize (land) +17.5% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN +1.4% 428,645 518,386
69 Israël +17.5% Azië +1.4% 9,647,689 13,244,416
70 Frans-Guyana +17.5% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN +1.7% 318,872 478,449
71 Bahrein +17.2% Azië +2.0% 1,675,572 2,157,875
72 Oost-Timor +17.0% Azië +1.3% 1,436,923 1,902,810
73 Mongolië +17.0% Azië +1.1% 3,556,798 4,535,765
74 Kiribati +16.9% Oceanië +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 Jordanië +15.8% Azië +0.6% 11,589,533 16,525,168
78 Djibouti (land) +15.6% Afrika +1.3% 1,199,460 1,540,678
79 Laos +15.4% Azië +1.3% 7,974,018 9,802,787
80 Kazachstan +14.8% Azië +1.2% 21,083,627 26,757,521
81 Panama (land) +14.8% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN +1.2% 4,625,718 5,658,479
82 Zuid-Soedan +14.8% Afrika +2.0% 12,436,037 18,542,997
83 Saoedi-Arabië +14.5% Azië +1.7% 35,165,787 48,198,043
84 Maleisië +14.5% Azië +1.1% 36,385,115 44,502,613
85 Zuid-Afrika +14.3% Afrika +1.1% 65,453,085 79,652,213
86 Bolivia +14.0% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN +1.3% 12,749,291 16,214,293
87 Macau +14.0% Azië +0.2% 723,189 664,201
88 Cambodja +13.9% Azië +1.1% 18,051,220 22,045,831
89 Nicaragua +13.9% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN +1.3% 7,097,329 8,801,963
90 Colombia +13.7% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN +1.0% 53,936,226 59,382,960
91 Libië +13.7% Afrika +1.1% 7,539,852 9,310,579
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 Haïti +12.8% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN +1.1% 12,037,506 14,794,290
95 Ierland (eiland) +12.7% Europa (werelddeel) +0.9% 5,356,950 5,973,838
96 Lesotho +12.2% Afrika +1.1% 2,389,336 3,013,558
97 Nieuw-Zeeland +12.1% Oceanië +0.7% 5,287,479 5,766,716
98 Australië (land) +11.9% Oceanië +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 Cyprus +11.7% Azië +0.8% 1,382,335 1,509,486
101 Canada +11.3% NORTHERN AMERICA +0.8% 40,467,728 45,771,463
102 Iran +11.2% Azië +0.8% 93,168,498 101,942,323
103 Marokko +10.7% Afrika +0.9% 38,762,441 43,517,149
104 Bangladesh +10.6% Azië +1.2% 177,818,045 215,750,556
105 Curaçao +10.5% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN -0.0% 185,441 172,687
106 Swaziland +10.5% Afrika +1.1% 1,269,859 1,510,782
107 Filipijnen +10.3% Azië +0.8% 117,724,472 134,612,611
108 Guyana +10.1% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN +0.6% 840,890 942,745
109 Dominicaanse Republiek +10.0% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN +0.8% 11,609,500 13,025,141
110 Brunei +9.9% Azië +0.7% 469,775 520,267
111 India +9.9% Azië +0.9% 1,476,625,577 1,683,220,886
112 Suriname +9.8% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN +0.8% 645,257 735,702
113 Chili +9.2% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN +0.4% 19,945,850 20,269,203
114 Indonesië +8.8% Azië +0.8% 287,886,783 321,175,112
115 Mexico (land) +8.8% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN +0.8% 132,997,658 149,181,847
116 Vietnam +8.7% Azië +0.6% 102,177,431 109,963,189
117 Samoa +8.4% Oceanië +0.6% 220,528 275,124
118 Noorwegen +8.0% Europa (werelddeel) +0.5% 5,652,989 5,899,792
119 Zweden +7.8% Europa (werelddeel) +0.4% 10,701,047 11,327,101
120 Tunesië +7.7% Afrika +0.5% 12,415,139 13,148,162
121 Turkije +7.7% Azië +0.3% 87,926,082 91,140,413
122 Zwitserland +7.6% Europa (werelddeel) +0.5% 9,007,798 9,343,512
123 Bhutan +7.3% Azië +0.7% 802,214 883,389
124 Myanmar +7.2% Azië +0.6% 55,184,819 58,602,739
125 Nederland +7.2% Europa (werelddeel) +0.6% 18,448,776 18,934,377
126 Sri Lanka +6.6% Azië +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 Verenigd Koninkrijk +6.1% Europa (werelddeel) +0.5% 69,931,528 75,616,457
129 Verenigde Staten +6.0% NORTHERN AMERICA +0.5% 349,035,494 381,708,397
130 Nepal +6.0% Azië 0.0% 29,629,410 34,777,003
131 Singapore +5.9% Azië +0.6% 5,905,748 6,064,528
132 Azerbeidzjan +5.9% Azië +0.5% 10,454,855 11,224,460
133 Trinidad en Tobago +5.3% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN +0.1% 1,513,268 1,391,195
134 Antigua en Barbuda +5.2% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN +0.4% 94,626 94,710
135 Denemarken +5.2% Europa (werelddeel) +0.4% 6,023,521 6,121,371
136 Brazilië +5.1% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN +0.4% 213,562,667 217,040,325
137 Nieuw-Caledonië (gebiedsdeel) +5.1% Oceanië +0.9% 297,893 341,402
138 Argentinië +4.8% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN +0.3% 46,003,734 48,297,098
139 Micronesië +4.7% Oceanië +0.4% 114,183 126,854
140 Bahama's +4.3% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN +0.4% 404,629 424,211
141 Oostenrijk +4.2% Europa (werelddeel) -0.1% 9,107,266 8,696,686
142 België +3.9% Europa (werelddeel) +0.1% 11,774,643 11,859,003
143 Noord-Korea +3.6% Azië +0.2% 26,633,691 25,691,412
144 Guam +3.6% Oceanië +0.7% 170,185 192,170
145 Kaapverdië +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 Saint 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 Slovenië +2.6% Europa (werelddeel) -0.1% 2,114,574 1,973,640
151 Frankrijk +2.5% Europa (werelddeel) +0.1% 66,746,401 68,200,255
152 Spanje +2.4% Europa (werelddeel) -0.1% 47,850,793 44,712,280
153 Finland +2.3% Europa (werelddeel) -0.0% 5,621,739 5,337,090
154 Monaco +2.2% Europa (werelddeel) -0.7% 38,087 36,840
155 Fiji +2.0% Oceanië +0.4% 937,282 1,000,845
156 Grenada +1.9% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 0.0% 117,362 112,801
157 Frans-Polynesië +1.4% Oceanië +0.2% 283,076 283,748
158 Estland +1.2% Europa (werelddeel) -1.0% 1,331,062 1,167,469
159 Barbados +1.1% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 0.0% 282,725 262,867
160 Duitsland +1.1% Europa (werelddeel) -0.5% 83,644,258 78,048,438
161 Thailand +1.0% Azië -0.1% 71,559,615 65,985,159
162 Jamaica +0.8% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN -0.1% 2,833,404 2,429,919
163 Zuid-Korea +0.6% Azië -0.1% 51,600,388 44,671,150
164 China +0.6% Azië -0.2% 1,412,914,089 1,249,692,538
165 Portugal +0.5% Europa (werelddeel) -0.2% 10,395,363 9,734,815
166 Armenië +0.4% Azië -0.7% 2,930,915 2,478,353
167 Slowakije +0.4% Europa (werelddeel) -0.4% 5,451,342 4,909,329
168 Georgia +0.3% Azië -0.1% 3,804,642 3,654,921
169 Montenegro +0.3% Europa (werelddeel) -1.0% 626,233 529,032
170 Uruguay +0.1% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN -0.1% 3,382,537 3,242,784
171 Tsjechië -0.0% Europa (werelddeel) -0.8% 10,527,781 9,795,302
172 Hongkong -0.4% Azië -0.2% 7,378,602 6,005,233
173 Polen -1.1% Europa (werelddeel) -0.8% 37,843,189 32,561,485
174 Rusland -1.6% Europa (werelddeel) -0.4% 143,394,458 135,876,189
175 Mauritius (land) -2.1% Afrika -0.3% 1,265,059 1,097,239
176 Tonga (land) -2.1% Oceanië -0.4% 103,291 105,416
177 Hongarije -2.3% Europa (werelddeel) -0.5% 9,585,818 8,693,973
178 Litouwen -2.5% Europa (werelddeel) -1.2% 2,797,338 2,235,291
179 Italië -2.6% Europa (werelddeel) -0.4% 58,926,167 51,499,509
180 Cuba (land) -3.3% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN -0.4% 10,892,659 9,298,547
181 Japan -3.7% Azië -0.5% 122,427,731 104,452,459
182 Roemenië -4.9% Europa (werelddeel) -0.6% 18,800,605 15,907,818
183 Albanië -5.1% Europa (werelddeel) -0.7% 2,751,025 2,218,012
184 Wit-Rusland -5.9% Europa (werelddeel) -0.7% 8,937,018 7,388,576
185 Letland -6.3% Europa (werelddeel) -1.0% 1,835,935 1,501,015
186 Bulgarije -6.5% Europa (werelddeel) -0.7% 6,667,660 5,354,139
187 Libanon -6.7% Azië +0.8% 5,897,467 7,025,484
188 Saint Vincent en de Grenadines -6.7% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN -0.7% 99,245 88,495
189 Servië -6.8% Europa (werelddeel) -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 Kroatië -7.6% Europa (werelddeel) -0.7% 3,822,345 3,208,229
193 Guadeloupe -8.0% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN -0.4% 372,453 323,770
194 Macedonië (land) -8.0% Europa (werelddeel) -0.5% 1,804,063 1,499,303
195 Griekenland -8.2% Europa (werelddeel) -0.4% 9,897,116 8,758,041
196 Moldavië (land) -8.5% Europa (werelddeel) -1.2% 2,961,254 2,331,186
197 Bosnië en Herzegovina -10.3% Europa (werelddeel) -0.8% 3,114,242 2,426,283
198 Martinique -10.9% LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN -0.8% 337,711 279,388
199 Oekraïne -13.3% Europa (werelddeel) +1.4% 39,535,849 31,637,038
200 Amerikaanse Maagdeneilanden -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.

Veelgestelde vragen

Hoeveel landen omvat deze ranglijst?

Deze tabel omvat 200 landen en gebieden, gerangschikt met gegevens van de World Population Prospects van de Verenigde Naties.

Welk land groeit het snelst?

De bevolking van Tsjaad groeide de afgelopen tien jaar met 42.6%, de snelste groei van alle landen.

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