Countries with Declining Population 2025

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Population Growth Rate 2024

-5%

-4.5%

-4%

-3.5%

-3%

-2.5%

-2%

-1.5%

-1%

-0.5%

0%

5 Countries with the Fastest Declining Populations

Country
Population Growth Rate 2024
Esimated Population 2024
Projected Population 2050
Projected Population 2100
Saint Martin-4.92%26K19K20K
Cook Islands-3.47%14K9K8K
Marshall Islands-3.38%38K25K24K
Greece-1.77%10M8.8M6.3M
Northern Mariana Islands-1.76%44K43K42K
Tuvalu-1.69%10K10K12K
American Samoa-1.61%47K38K32K
Moldova-1.22%3M2.4M1.5M
Czech Republic-1.04%10.7M9.8M8.2M
Estonia-0.98%1.4M1.2M826K
United States Virgin Islands-0.94%85K71K62K
Saint Pierre and Miquelon-0.92%6K4K2K
Poland-0.9%38.5M32.8M19.3M
Latvia-0.84%1.9M1.5M925K
Martinique-0.81%343K282K210K
Monaco-0.76%39K37K47K
Wallis and Futuna-0.75%11K10K7K
Montserrat-0.73%4K4K3K
Croatia-0.72%3.9M3.2M2.1M
Bosnia and Herzegovina-0.72%3.2M2.5M1.4M
Armenia-0.71%3M2.5M1.7M
Albania-0.71%2.8M2.2M1.2M
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines-0.7%101K89K64K
Serbia-0.66%6.4M5.5M3.7M
Belarus-0.65%9.1M7.5M4.4M
Bulgaria-0.61%6.8M5.4M3.5M
Romania-0.56%19M16M10.8M
Lithuania-0.54%2.9M2.3M1.2M
Russia-0.53%144.8M136.1M126.4M
Japan-0.51%123.8M105.1M76.8M
Hong Kong-0.49%7.4M6.1M2.1M
North Macedonia-0.49%1.8M1.5M863K
Slovakia-0.47%5.5M4.9M3.4M
Dominica-0.45%66K63K49K
Taiwan-0.43%23.2M19.4M10M
Tonga-0.39%104K105K118K
Cuba-0.38%11M9.4M5.6M
Guadeloupe-0.35%375K326K244K
Germany-0.34%84.6M78.3M70.9M
Italy-0.31%59.3M51.9M35.4M
Montenegro-0.3%638K533K326K
Hungary-0.28%9.7M8.7M7.5M
China-0.22%1.4B1.3B633.4M
Mauritius-0.21%1.3M1.1M582K
Greenland-0.16%56K50K37K
San Marino-0.16%34K34K31K
Nepal-0.15%29.7M34.6M31.8M
Palau-0.13%18K16K11K
Puerto Rico-0.11%3.2M2.5M1M
Bermuda-0.11%65K57K36K
Portugal-0.1%10.4M9.8M8.8M
Austria-0.09%9.1M8.7M7.4M
South Korea-0.08%51.7M45.1M21.8M
Thailand-0.06%71.7M66.4M45.6M
Uruguay-0.05%3.4M3.3M2.2M
Jamaica-0.05%2.8M2.5M1.1M
Slovenia-0.05%2.1M2M1.6M
Isle of Man-0.03%84K78K58K
Spain-0.02%47.9M44.9M33.1M
Georgia-0.01%3.8M3.7M3M
Ukraine37.9M32M15.2M
Azerbaijan10.3M11.2M10M
Central African Republic5.3M10.6M18.8M
Barbados282K264K195K
Falkland Islands3K3K2K
Niue2K2K2K
Vatican City1K1K