Population growth
Exponential rate of growth of midyear population from year t−1 to t.
- World average (population-weighted)
- 0.92 %
- across 217 countries, 2025
- Latest observation
- 2025
- Source updated
- 13 Jul 2026
- CountryAtlas refreshed
- 11 Sep 2026
- Snapshot 20260911T072322Z
World map
One value per country for the selected year. Hatched = no data.
- -4.65 % – -0.13 %
- -0.13 % – 0.43 %
- 0.43 % – 0.89 %
- 0.89 % – 1.45 %
- 1.45 % – 2.23 %
- 2.23 % – 4.68 %
- No data
Trend
Aggregate across the countries of a group, year by year. Computed by CountryAtlas from country values — no published aggregate is used.
Not enough countries to aggregate this indicator for World.
Highest and lowest
The five leaders and the five trailing countries, 2025.
Highest 5
- 4.68 %
- 4.63 %
- 3Oman3.96 %
- 3.92 %
- 3.77 %
Source: World Bank — WDI · SP.POP.GROW
Lowest 5
- 213Tuvalu-1.61 %
- -1.68 %
- 215Moldova-1.75 %
- -3.43 %
- 217Saint Martin-4.65 %
Source: World Bank — WDI · SP.POP.GROW
Compare countries
Pick up to five countries. Defaults to the three largest economies with data.
Definition
- Definition
- Exponential rate of growth of midyear population from year t−1 to t.
- Unit
- annual % (%)
- Frequency
- Annual
- Aggregation
- none · No direction
- Valid range
- -30 – 30
Sources & provenance
Every value on this page comes from one of these series, chosen per country by priority.
- Priority #1Open at source217 countries · 14,073 obs. · → 2025 · CC BY 4.0
Annual population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), note: Derived from total population, publisher: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), note: Derived from total population; Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT), note: Derived from total population; Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), United Nations (UN), note: Derived from total population, publisher: UN Statistical Division
Series-level selection: for each country the whole series comes from the highest-priority source that has any non-forecast value for it. If a lower-priority source is more than three years fresher, the freshest source wins instead. Non-chosen values are kept as alternatives, never discarded.
Countries without data
1 of 218 countries have no value for 2025.
Typical reasons: the source does not survey small territories or micro-states; the statistical office reports with a lag of one to three years; the series is only compiled for member countries of the source organisation (OECD, EU, Eurostat); or a value exists but failed validation and is quarantined rather than shown.
Downloads & API
Every observation for this indicator, all countries and years, with provenance columns.
API example
One country, full history. Replace CAN by any ISO3 code or slug.
curl -s "https://www.countryatlas.co/api/v1/series?country=CAN&indicator=population-growth" | jq '.series[0] | {country: .country.name, unit, last: .stats.last, source: .provenance.source_name}'