Declining Populations
Countries with negative year-over-year population change.
Year-over-year decline
5 of the 10 declining countries are in Europe & Central Asia.
| # | Country | Population | 1Y Growth | 10Y Avg Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kosovo | 1,594,353 | -5.25% | -1.28% |
| 2 | St. Martin (French part) | 26,129 | -5.04% | -3.54% |
| 3 | Marshall Islands | 37,548 | -3.29% | -2.78% |
| 4 | Moldova | 2,402,306 | -2.26% | -1.72% |
| 5 | Northern Mariana Islands | 44,278 | -1.92% | -1.63% |
| 6 | Tuvalu | 9,646 | -1.73% | -1.29% |
| 7 | American Samoa | 46,765 | -1.59% | -1.33% |
| 8 | Albania | 2,377,128 | -1.53% | -1.53% |
| 9 | Latvia | 1,866,124 | -0.93% | -0.66% |
| 10 | Monaco | 38,631 | -0.83% | +0.67% |
| 11 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 100,616 | -0.70% | -0.66% |
| 12 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,164,253 | -0.65% | -1.18% |
| 13 | Serbia | 6,586,476 | -0.55% | -0.79% |
| 14 | Sri Lanka | 21,916,000 | -0.55% | +0.53% |
| 15 | Virgin Islands (US) | 104,377 | -0.51% | -0.33% |
| 16 | Belarus | 9,132,629 | -0.50% | -0.34% |
| 17 | Dominica | 66,205 | -0.46% | -0.61% |
| 18 | Japan | 123,975,371 | -0.43% | -0.26% |
| 19 | Georgia | 3,699,557 | -0.43% | -0.05% |
| 20 | Tonga | 104,175 | -0.40% | -0.23% |
| 21 | Cuba | 10,979,783 | -0.36% | -0.27% |
| 22 | Poland | 36,559,233 | -0.35% | -0.39% |
| 23 | Hungary | 9,562,065 | -0.31% | -0.28% |
| 24 | Mauritius | 1,245,779 | -0.23% | -0.12% |
| 25 | Russian Federation | 143,533,851 | -0.20% | -0.05% |
| 26 | North Macedonia | 1,824,359 | -0.19% | -0.50% |
| 27 | Palau | 17,695 | -0.18% | -0.01% |
| 28 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 7,524,100 | -0.16% | +0.40% |
| 29 | Nepal | 29,651,054 | -0.15% | +0.69% |
| 30 | China | 1,408,975,000 | -0.12% | +0.27% |
| 31 | Bermuda | 64,636 | -0.10% | +0.17% |
| 32 | Slovak Republic | 5,422,069 | -0.09% | +0.01% |
| 33 | Bulgaria | 6,441,421 | -0.08% | -0.93% |
| 34 | Italy | 58,952,704 | -0.05% | -0.23% |
| 35 | Greenland | 56,836 | -0.05% | +0.10% |
| 36 | Romania | 19,051,804 | -0.05% | -0.44% |
| 37 | Thailand | 71,668,011 | -0.05% | +0.20% |
| 38 | Uruguay | 3,386,588 | -0.04% | +0.09% |
| 39 | Jamaica | 2,839,175 | -0.02% | +0.16% |
| 40 | Greece | 10,405,134 | -0.02% | -0.46% |
| 41 | Puerto Rico (US) | 3,203,295 | -0.02% | -1.12% |
| 42 | Isle of Man | 84,160 | -0.01% | +0.03% |
| 43 | Montenegro | 623,525 | -0.00% | -0.00% |