Between 2000 and 2025, Azerbaijan's population increased by 29.1%.
Modern.az reports that this was noted in a study by the “Visual Capitalist” platform, which prepares visual data on business, investment, technology, and economic trends.
According to the study, the sharpest decline was observed in Eastern Europe. Ukraine leads the list with a 32.5% decrease. It is followed by Bulgaria (−23.2%), Latvia (−21.6%), Lithuania (−17.5%), Moldova (−18.8%), and Romania (−16.1%).
Looking at the countries in the region, Georgia's population decreased by 10.3% in 25 years. According to this indicator, the country ranked 13th in the list of states with the largest population decrease in the last 25 years. In Armenia, the population decreased by 3.3 percent, ranking 163rd on the list
The study notes that the fastest population growth was observed mainly in the Persian Gulf countries and African states south of the Sahara. Migration and high birth rates played a key role in this growth.
The highest growth was recorded in Qatar. Since 2000, the population has increased by 423.4%, rising more than fivefold.
Among other countries showing rapid growth are the UAE (+249.7%), Bahrain (+153.9%), Kuwait (+139.1%), Oman (+129.1%), and Saudi Arabia (+98.5%). In Africa, Equatorial Guinea (+166.6%), Niger (+157%), Angola (+139.7%), and Chad (+126.9%) stand out.
In major economies, growth has been more moderate. The population increased by 38.4% in India, 21% in the USA, 10.9% in China, and 22.1% in Brazil. Canada (+35.6%) and Australia (+44.9%) showed relatively high growth.
Among Asian countries, Japan's population decreased by 2.8%, while South Korea recorded a 9.9% increase, which is below the global average (46.6%).
The study emphasizes that the largest population growth in the last 25 years originated not from major economies, but from Persian Gulf countries with high migration flows and developing states with rapidly growing young populations.
It should be noted that the current world population is approximately 7.6 billion people, and despite low birth rates, it is projected to increase by an average of 83 million people annually.
