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Population growth in United States

1961 – 2025 · 65 data points section.rank · Countries section.updated Oct 21, 2026

section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1961 – 2025

Population growth, 1961 – 2025 percent · United States · section.levels.world
−0.28 pp section.change_since
United States section.levels.world

section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1961 – 2025

section.compare Population growth · percent
United States
0.52%
section.levels.world
0.91%

section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance United States · 1961 – 2025
Latest value 0.52% · 2025
First value 1.66% · 1961
Highest 1.66% · 1961
Lowest 0.16% · 2021
Data points 65

By year

section.all_years · 1961 – 2025

YearUnited StatesChange section.levels.world
2025 0.52% −0.44 pp 0.91%
2024 0.96% +0.14 pp 0.96%
2023 0.82% +0.25 pp 0.93%
2022 0.57% +0.41 pp 0.87%
2021 0.16% −0.25 pp 0.83%
2020 0.41% −0.11 pp 0.98%
2019 0.52% −0.07 pp 1.05%
2018 0.59% −0.11 pp 1.08%
2017 0.69% −0.09 pp 1.13%
2016 0.79% −0.01 pp 1.16%
2015 0.80% +0.00 pp 1.18%
2014 0.80% +0.04 pp 1.21%
2013 0.76% −0.04 pp 1.23%
2012 0.80% +0.01 pp 1.26%
2011 0.79% −0.05 pp 1.22%
2010 0.85% −0.03 pp 1.22%
2009 0.88% −0.07 pp 1.25%
2008 0.95% −0.01 pp 1.27%
2007 0.95% −0.01 pp 1.26%
2006 0.96% +0.04 pp 1.27%
2005 0.92% −0.00 pp 1.27%
2004 0.93% +0.07 pp 1.29%
2003 0.86% −0.07 pp 1.29%
2002 0.93% −0.06 pp 1.31%
2001 0.99% −0.12 pp 1.34%
2000 1.11% −0.04 pp 1.36%
1999 1.15% −0.02 pp 1.40%
1998 1.17% −0.04 pp 1.44%
1997 1.20% +0.04 pp 1.46%
1996 1.16% −0.03 pp 1.49%
1995 1.19% −0.04 pp 1.50%
1994 1.23% −0.09 pp 1.54%
1993 1.32% −0.07 pp 1.59%
1992 1.39% +0.05 pp 1.63%
1991 1.34% +0.21 pp 1.67%
1990 1.13% +0.19 pp 1.74%
1989 0.94% +0.04 pp 1.75%
1988 0.91% +0.01 pp 1.78%
1987 0.89% −0.03 pp 1.79%
1986 0.92% +0.04 pp 1.78%
1985 0.89% +0.02 pp 1.76%
1984 0.87% −0.05 pp 1.76%
1983 0.91% −0.04 pp 1.80%
1982 0.95% −0.03 pp 1.81%
1981 0.98% +0.02 pp 1.77%
1980 0.96% −0.14 pp 1.76%
1979 1.10% +0.04 pp 1.77%
1978 1.06% +0.05 pp 1.75%
1977 1.01% +0.06 pp 1.75%
1976 0.95% −0.04 pp 1.80%
1975 0.99% +0.07 pp 1.86%
1974 0.91% −0.04 pp 1.93%
1973 0.95% −0.12 pp 1.98%
1972 1.07% −0.19 pp 2.00%
1971 1.26% +0.10 pp 2.10%
1970 1.17% +0.19 pp 2.08%
1969 0.98% −0.02 pp 2.08%
1968 1.00% −0.09 pp 2.05%
1967 1.09% −0.07 pp 2.04%
1966 1.15% −0.10 pp 2.09%
1965 1.25% −0.14 pp 2.06%
1964 1.39% −0.05 pp 2.09%
1963 1.44% −0.10 pp 2.12%
1962 1.54% −0.12 pp 1.77%
1961 1.66% 1.36%

section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1961 – 2025

Ranking · Countries

2018 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryPopulation growth
1 Congo - Kinshasa 3.35%
2 Yemen 2.96%
3 Gabon 2.54%
4 Congo - Brazzaville 2.44%
5 Sierra Leone 2.35%
6 Liberia 1.96%
7 Algeria 1.94%
8 Egypt 1.90%
9 Colombia 1.84%
10 Honduras 1.83%
11 Chile 1.79%
12 Ecuador 1.72%
13 Canada 1.43%
14 Türkiye 1.35%
15 Philippines 1.24%
16 India 1.10%
17 Indonesia 0.97%
18 Mexico 0.95%
19 Argentina 0.82%
20 Bangladesh 0.82%
21 Hong Kong SAR China 0.80%
22 Brazil 0.68%
23 Norway 0.66%
24 United States 0.59%
25 Netherlands 0.58%
26 United Kingdom 0.49%
27 China 0.47%
28 Spain 0.45%
29 South Korea 0.43%
30 France 0.36%
31 Czechia 0.33%
32 Germany 0.30%
33 Finland 0.13%
34 Russia 0.07%
35 Poland -0.00%
36 Greece -0.20%
37 Italy -0.21%
38 Romania -0.59%
39 Lithuania -0.83%
40 Bulgaria -1.37%
41 Saudi Arabia -2.55%
42 Lebanon -2.90%

section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2018

section.what

How fast the population changes from one year to the next.

section.how

Change in the number of residents over the year, as a percentage of the population at the start.