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Pakistan — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Pakistan, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
1.56%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -40.4% since 1961
Population growth for Pakistan was 1.56% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 4.18% in 1981. The lowest was 1.30% in 2016 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.81% per year.
Pakistan ranks 67 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 31%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 1.56%, so Pakistan sits above it. It peaked in 1981 and has fallen 63% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 11%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
1.56%
First (1961)
2.62%
Change
-40.4%
Highest
4.18%
in 1981
Lowest
1.30%
in 2016
Average
2.65%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.81%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.56% |
| 2024 | 1.51% |
| 2023 | 1.55% |
| 2022 | 1.75% |
| 2021 | 1.89% |
| 2020 | 1.8% |
| 2019 | 1.69% |
| 2018 | 1.62% |
| 2017 | 1.41% |
| 2016 | 1.3% |
| 2015 | 1.4% |
| 2014 | 1.5% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.