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  Population growth rate
(Country profile category: People)

Afghanistan:
3.54% (2000 est.)
note: this rate reflects the continued return of refugees from Iran

Albania:
0.26% (2000 est.)

Algeria:
1.74% (2000 est.)

American Samoa:
2.53% (2000 est.)

Andorra:
1.22% (2000 est.)

Angola:
2.15% (2000 est.)

Anguilla:
2.93% (2000 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda:
0.73% (2000 est.)

Argentina:
1.16% (2000 est.)

Armenia:
-0.28% (2000 est.)

Aruba:
0.7% (2000 est.)

Australia:
1.02% (2000 est.)

Austria:
0.25% (2000 est.)

Azerbaijan:
0.27% (2000 est.)

Bahamas, The:
1.01% (2000 est.)

Bahrain:
1.78% (2000 est.)

Bangladesh:
1.59% (2000 est.)

Barbados:
0.55% (2000 est.)

Belarus:
-0.17% (2000 est.)

Belgium:
0.18% (2000 est.)

Belize:
2.75% (2000 est.)

Benin:
3.03% (2000 est.)

Bermuda:
0.75% (2000 est.)

Bhutan:
2.19% (2000 est.)

Bolivia:
1.83% (2000 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina:
3.1% (2000 est.)

Botswana:
0.76% (2000 est.)

Brazil:
0.94% (2000 est.)

British Virgin Islands:
2.34% (2000 est.)

Brunei:
2.17% (2000 est.)

Bulgaria:
-1.16% (2000 est.)

Burkina Faso:
2.71% (2000 est.)

Burma:
0.64% (2000 est.)

Burundi:
3.15% (2000 est.)

Cambodia:
2.27% (2000 est.)

Cameroon:
2.47% (2000 est.)

Canada:
1.02% (2000 est.)

Cape Verde:
0.98% (2000 est.)

Cayman Islands:
2.22% (2000 est.)

Central African Republic:
1.77% (2000 est.)

Chad:
3.31% (2000 est.)

Chile:
1.17% (2000 est.)

China:
0.9% (2000 est.)

Christmas Island:
7.77% (2000 est.)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands:
-0.21% (2000 est.)

Colombia:
1.68% (2000 est.)

Comoros:
3.05% (2000 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the:
3.19% (2000 est.)

Congo, Republic of the:
2.23% (2000 est.)

Cook Islands:
1.6% (2000 est.)

Costa Rica:
1.69% (2000 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire:
2.58% (2000 est.)

Croatia:
0.93% (2000 est.)

Cuba:
0.39% (2000 est.)

Cyprus:
0.6% (2000 est.)

Czech Republic:
-0.08% (2000 est.)

Denmark:
0.31% (2000 est.)

Djibouti:
1.45% (2000 est.)

Dominica:
-1.14% (2000 est.)

Dominican Republic:
1.64% (2000 est.)

Ecuador:
2.04% (2000 est.)

Egypt:
1.72% (2000 est.)

El Salvador:
1.87% (2000 est.)

Equatorial Guinea:
2.47% (2000 est.)

Eritrea:
3.86% (2000 est.)

Estonia:
-0.59% (2000 est.)

Ethiopia:
2.76% (2000 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):
2.44% (2000 est.)

Faroe Islands:
0.83% (2000 est.)

Fiji:
1.41% (2000 est.)

Finland:
0.17% (2000 est.)

France:
0.38% (2000 est.)

French Guiana:
2.93% (2000 est.)

French Polynesia:
1.78% (2000 est.)

Gabon:
1.08% (2000 est.)

Gambia, The:
3.2% (2000 est.)

Gaza Strip:
3.97% (2000 est.)

Georgia:
-0.62% (2000 est.)

Germany:
0.29% (2000 est.)

Ghana:
1.87% (2000 est.)

Gibraltar:
0.91% (2000 est.)

Greece:
0.21% (2000 est.)

Greenland:
0.09% (2000 est.)

Grenada:
-0.36% (2000 est.)

Guadeloupe:
1.11% (2000 est.)

Guam:
1.67% (2000 est.)

Guatemala:
2.63% (2000 est.)

Guernsey:
0.42% (2000 est.)

Guinea:
1.95% (2000 est.)

Guinea-Bissau:
2.4% (2000 est.)

Guyana:
-0.1% (2000 est.)

Haiti:
1.39% (2000 est.)

Holy See (Vatican City):
1.15% (2000 est.)

Honduras:
2.52% (2000 est.)

Hong Kong:
1.35% (2000 est.)

Hungary:
-0.33% (2000 est.)

Iceland:
0.57% (2000 est.)

India:
1.58% (2000 est.)

Indonesia:
1.63% (2000 est.)

Iran:
0.83% (2000 est.)

Iraq:
2.86% (2000 est.)

Ireland:
1.16% (2000 est.)

Israel:
1.67% (2000 est.)

Italy:
0.09% (2000 est.)

Jamaica:
0.46% (2000 est.)

Japan:
0.18% (2000 est.)

Jersey:
0.52% (2000 est.)

Jordan:
3.1% (2000 est.)

Kazakhstan:
-0.05% (2000 est.)

Kenya:
1.53% (2000 est.)

Kiribati:
2.34% (2000 est.)

Korea, North:
1.35% (2000 est.)

Korea, South:
0.93% (2000 est.)

Kuwait:
3.44% (2000 est.)
note: this rate reflects a return to pre-Gulf crisis immigration of expatriates

Kyrgyzstan:
1.43% (2000 est.)

Laos:
2.5% (2000 est.)

Latvia:
-0.84% (2000 est.)

Lebanon:
1.38% (2000 est.)

Lesotho:
1.65% (2000 est.)

Liberia:
1.94% (2000 est.)

Libya:
2.42% (2000 est.)

Liechtenstein:
1.02% (2000 est.)

Lithuania:
-0.29% (2000 est.)

Luxembourg:
1.27% (2000 est.)

Macau:
1.83% (2000 est.)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:
0.04% (2000 est.)

Madagascar:
3.02% (2000 est.)

Malawi:
1.61% (2000 est.)

Malaysia:
2.01% (2000 est.)

Maldives:
3.06% (2000 est.)

Mali:
2.98% (2000 est.)

Malta:
0.74% (2000 est.)

Man, Isle of:
0.52% (2000 est.)

Marshall Islands:
3.88% (2000 est.)

Martinique:
0.96% (2000 est.)

Mauritania:
2.94% (2000 est.)

Mauritius:
0.89% (2000 est.)

Mayotte:
4.76% (2000 est.)

Mexico:
1.53% (2000 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of:
3.28% (2000 est.)

Moldova:
-0% (2000 est.)

Monaco:
0.48% (2000 est.)

Mongolia:
1.54% (2000 est.)

Montserrat:
20.53% (2000 est.)

Morocco:
1.74% (2000 est.)

Mozambique:
1.47% (2000 est.)

Namibia:
1.57% (2000 est.)

Nauru:
2.05% (2000 est.)

Nepal:
2.34% (2000 est.)

Netherlands:
0.57% (2000 est.)

Netherlands Antilles:
1.01% (2000 est.)

New Caledonia:
1.52% (2000 est.)

New Zealand:
1.17% (2000 est.)

Nicaragua:
2.2% (2000 est.)

Niger:
2.75% (2000 est.)

Nigeria:
2.67% (2000 est.)

Niue:
0.47% (2000 est.)

Norfolk Island:
-0.68% (2000 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands:
3.75% (2000 est.)

Norway:
0.5% (2000 est.)

Oman:
3.46% (2000 est.)

Pakistan:
2.17% (2000 est.)

Palau:
1.75% (2000 est.)

Panama:
1.34% (2000 est.)

Papua New Guinea:
2.47% (2000 est.)

Paraguay:
2.64% (2000 est.)

Peru:
1.75% (2000 est.)

Philippines:
2.07% (2000 est.)

Pitcairn Islands:
-2.06% (2000 est.)

Poland:
-0.04% (2000 est.)

Portugal:
0.18% (2000 est.)

Puerto Rico:
0.56% (2000 est.)

Qatar:
3.35% (2000 est.)

Reunion:
1.63% (2000 est.)

Romania:
-0.21% (2000 est.)

Russia:
-0.38% (2000 est.)

Rwanda:
1.14% (2000 est.)

Saint Helena:
0.76% (2000 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis:
-0.22% (2000 est.)

Saint Lucia:
1.21% (2000 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon:
0.49% (2000 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:
0.43% (2000 est.)

Samoa:
-0.22% (2000 est.)

San Marino:
1.49% (2000 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe:
3.16% (2000 est.)

Saudi Arabia:
3.28% (2000 est.)

Senegal:
2.94% (2000 est.)

Serbia and Montenegro:
Serbia - 0.739%; Montenegro - -12.22% (2000 est.)

Seychelles:
0.49% (2000 est.)

Sierra Leone:
3.67% (2000 est.)

Singapore:
3.54% (2000 est.)

Slovakia:
0.12% (2000 est.)

Slovenia:
0.12% (2000 est.)

Solomon Islands:
3.04% (2000 est.)

Somalia:
2.9% (2000 est.)

South Africa:
0.5% (2000 est.)

Spain:
0.11% (2000 est.)

Sri Lanka:
0.89% (2000 est.)

Sudan:
2.84% (2000 est.)

Suriname:
0.65% (2000 est.)

Svalbard:
-3.55% (2000 est.)

Swaziland:
2.02% (2000 est.)

Sweden:
0.02% (2000 est.)

Switzerland:
0.3% (2000 est.)

Syria:
2.58% (2000 est.)

Tajikistan:
2.12% (2000 est.)

Tanzania:
2.57% (2000 est.)

Thailand:
0.93% (2000 est.)

Togo:
2.7% (2000 est.)

Tokelau:
-0.89% (2000 est.)

Tonga:
1.91% (2000 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago:
-0.49% (2000 est.)

Tunisia:
1.17% (2000 est.)

Turkey:
1.27% (2000 est.)

Turkmenistan:
1.87% (2000 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands:
3.55% (2000 est.)

Tuvalu:
1.41% (2000 est.)

Uganda:
2.72% (2000 est.)

Ukraine:
-0.83% (2000 est.)

United Arab Emirates:
1.61% (2000 est.)

United Kingdom:
0.25% (2000 est.)

United States:
0.91% (2000 est.)

Uruguay:
0.77% (2000 est.)

Uzbekistan:
1.6% (2000 est.)

Vanuatu:
1.74% (2000 est.)

Venezuela:
1.6% (2000 est.)

Vietnam:
1.49% (2000 est.)

Virgin Islands:
1.07% (2000 est.)

Wallis and Futuna:
NA%

West Bank:
3.38% (2000 est.)

Western Sahara:
2.29% (2000 est.)

World:
1.3% (2000 est.)

Yemen:
3.36% (2000 est.)

Zambia:
1.95% (2000 est.)

Zimbabwe:
0.26% (2000 est.)

Taiwan:
0.81% (2000 est.)


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