CIA World Factbook (2017)[1]

Rank Country Annual growth (%)

1 South Sudan 3.83
2 Angola 3.52
3 Malawi 3.31
4 Burundi 3.25
5 Uganda 3.20
6 Niger 3.19
7 Mali 3.02
8 Burkina Faso 3.00
9 Zambia 2.93
10 Ethiopia 2.85
11 Tanzania 2.75
12 Benin 2.71
13 Togo 2.64
14 Guinea 2.61
15 Cameroon 2.56
16 Liberia 2.50
17 Madagascar 2.50
18 Mozambique 2.46
19 Egypt 2.45
20 Rwanda 2.45
21 Equatorial Guinea 2.44
22 Nigeria 2.43
23 Senegal 2.39
24 Sierra Leone 2.38
25 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.37
26 Ghana 2.17
27 Mauritania 2.17
28 Djibouti 2.16
29 Central African Republic 2.12
30 Republic of the Congo 2.11
31 Gambia 2.05
32 Somalia 2.00
33 Namibia 1.95
34 Gabon 1.92
35 Chad 1.86
36 Guinea-Bissau 1.86
37 Ivory Coast 1.84
38 São Tomé and Príncipe 1.72
39 Algeria 1.70
40 Kenya 1.69
41 Comoros 1.64
42 Sudan 1.64
43 Libya 1.58
44 Zimbabwe 1.56
45 Botswana 1.55
46 Cape Verde 1.33
47 Eswatini 1.08
48 Tunisia 1.01
49 South Africa 0.99
50 Morocco 0.97
51 Eritrea 0.85
52 Seychelles 0.77
53 Mauritius 0.59
54 Lesotho 0.28