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Population growth in United States
1961 – 2025 · 65 data points
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section.updated Oct 21, 2026
section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1961 – 2025
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people
18 figures
economy
18 figures
housing
6 figures
education
10 figures
tourism
3 figures
climate
3 figures
Latest value · 2025
0.52%
−0.44 pp
section.change_since
Countries · 2025
section.rank
Place 1 is the highest value.
section.change_since
−0.28 pp
vs section.levels.world
−0.39 pp
section.levels.world: 0.91% · 2025
Population growth, 1961 – 2025 percent · United States · section.levels.world
−0.28 pp section.change_since
0%
1%
2%
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1961
1980
1990
2000
2010
2025
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
| Year | United States | Change | 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
2021 · Place 1 is the highest value.
| # | Territory | Population growth | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Congo - Kinshasa | 3.24% | |
| 2 | Yemen | 2.74% | |
| 3 | Congo - Brazzaville | 2.39% | |
| 4 | Gabon | 2.31% | |
| 5 | Sierra Leone | 2.27% | |
| 6 | Liberia | 2.11% | |
| 7 | Honduras | 1.67% | |
| 8 | Algeria | 1.62% | |
| 9 | Egypt | 1.49% | |
| 10 | Colombia | 1.10% | |
| 11 | Türkiye | 0.91% | |
| 12 | Philippines | 0.91% | |
| 13 | India | 0.82% | |
| 14 | Bangladesh | 0.81% | |
| 15 | Ecuador | 0.77% | |
| 16 | Indonesia | 0.70% | |
| 17 | Mexico | 0.67% | |
| 18 | Canada | 0.55% | |
| 19 | Norway | 0.53% | |
| 20 | Netherlands | 0.52% | |
| 21 | Chile | 0.44% | |
| 22 | Brazil | 0.43% | |
| 23 | France | 0.36% | |
| 24 | United Kingdom | 0.36% | |
| 25 | Lebanon | 0.28% | |
| 26 | Argentina | 0.27% | |
| 27 | Finland | 0.21% | |
| 28 | Spain | 0.18% | |
| 29 | United States | 0.16% | |
| 30 | China | 0.09% | |
| 31 | Germany | 0.04% | |
| 32 | Lithuania | -0.07% | |
| 33 | South Korea | -0.13% | |
| 34 | Russia | -0.34% | |
| 35 | Italy | -0.52% | |
| 36 | Bulgaria | -0.66% | |
| 37 | Romania | -0.75% | |
| 38 | Hong Kong SAR China | -0.91% | |
| 39 | Greece | -1.21% | |
| 40 | Poland | -1.43% | |
| 41 | Czechia | -1.81% | |
| 42 | Saudi Arabia | -2.46% |
section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2021
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.
people
United States in numbers
Population
342M
2025
Population density
37.3
2025
Median age
38.9
2024
Children under 15
17.6%
2024
Children under 18
22.0%
2024
Residents 65 and over
17.2%
2024
Life expectancy
79.0
2024
Births per woman
1.63
2024
Birth rate
10.6
2024
Infant mortality
5.5
2024
Net migration
3.9
2023
Born abroad
14.1%
2024