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Singapore — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Singapore, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
1.22%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -63.4% since 1961
Population growth for Singapore was 1.22% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 5.32% in 2008. The lowest was -4.17% in 2021 (about -3.4× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.56% per year.
Singapore ranks 85 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 39%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 0.64%, so Singapore sits above it. It peaked in 2008 and has fallen 77% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 3%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
1.22%
First (1961)
3.34%
Change
-63.4%
Highest
5.32%
in 2008
Lowest
-4.17%
in 2021
Average
2.02%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.56%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.22% |
| 2024 | 1.99% |
| 2023 | 4.86% |
| 2022 | 3.31% |
| 2021 | -4.17% |
| 2020 | -0.31% |
| 2019 | 1.14% |
| 2018 | 0.47% |
| 2017 | 0.09% |
| 2016 | 1.3% |
| 2015 | 1.19% |
| 2014 | 1.3% |
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.