Population during each national leader's tenure, worldwide
The leaders of 2 countries since 1991, ranked against one another by how population changed from their first day in office, each on its own country's figures. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.
| # | Office-holder | Place | In office | Total | Per year | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | INC Manmohan Singh | India Prime Minister | 22 May 2004 – 26 May 2014 | +16.0% 2003 → 2013 | +1.5%/yr | |
| 2 | LIB John Howard | Australia Prime Minister | 11 Mar 1996 – 3 Dec 2007 | +15.5% Q4 1995 → Q3 2007 | +1.2%/yr | |
| 3 | BJP Narendra Modi | India Prime Minister | 26 May 2014 – now | +13.0% 2013 → 2025 | +1.0%/yr | |
| 4 | BJP Atal Bihari Vajpayee | India Prime Minister | 19 Mar 1998 – 22 May 2004 | +11.8% 1997 → 2003 | +1.9%/yr | |
| 5 | INC P. V. Narasimha Rao | India Prime Minister | 21 Jun 1991 – 1 Jun 1996 from 1991 | +8.6% 1991 → 1995 | +2.1%/yr | |
| 6 | ALP Anthony Albanese | Australia Prime Minister | 23 May 2022 – now | +7.7% Q1 2022 → Q1 2026 | +1.9%/yr | |
| 7 | ALP Kevin Rudd | Australia Prime Minister | 3 Dec 2007 – 24 Jun 2010 | +5.0% Q3 2007 → Q1 2010 | +2.0%/yr | |
| 8 | ALP Julia Gillard | Australia Prime Minister | 24 Jun 2010 – 27 Jun 2013 | +4.9% Q1 2010 → Q1 2013 | +1.6%/yr | |
| 9 | LIB Malcolm Turnbull | Australia Prime Minister | 15 Sep 2015 – 24 Aug 2018 | +4.8% Q2 2015 → Q2 2018 | +1.6%/yr | |
| 10 | ALP Paul Keating | Australia Prime Minister | 20 Dec 1991 – 11 Mar 1996 | +4.5% Q3 1991 → Q4 1995 | +1.0%/yr |
Showing 10 of 12 tenures.
Sorted by total, highest first. Rows measure residents, as each statistics office estimates them; each place is read from its own statistics office's series (the row's chart names it), so a change is set against the place's own first day, never against another country's level. Every row is indexed to the last month, quarter or count complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it). Changes are per cent; "per year" compounds them. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. Data as of Sep 2026.