United States — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for United States, 1961–2025.
Population growth for United States was 0.52% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 1.66% in 1961. The lowest was 0.16% in 2021 (about 3.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.79% per year.
United States ranks 134 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 62%. The median for North America is 0.52%, so United States sits level with it. It peaked in 1961 and has fallen 68% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 35%. Its sharpest one-year move was up 262% in 2022. That is 16% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
World ranking. Climbed: 148th of 216 in 1961 → 159th of 216 in 1970 → 159th of 216 in 1980 → 141st of 216 in 1990 → 131st of 217 in 2000 → 128th of 217 in 2010 → 139th of 217 in 2020 → 134th of 217 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1961 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.52% | -0.4 pp |
| 2024 | 0.96% | +0.1 pp |
| 2023 | 0.82% | +0.3 pp |
| 2022 | 0.57% | +0.4 pp |
| 2021 | 0.16% | -0.3 pp |
| 2020 | 0.41% | -0.1 pp |
| 2019 | 0.52% | -0.1 pp |
| 2018 | 0.59% | -0.1 pp |
| 2017 | 0.69% | -0.1 pp |
| 2016 | 0.79% | -0.0 pp |
| 2015 | 0.8% | +0.0 pp |
| 2014 | 0.8% | +0.0 pp |
| 2013 | 0.76% | -0.0 pp |
| 2012 | 0.8% | +0.0 pp |
| 2011 | 0.79% | -0.1 pp |
| 2010 | 0.85% | -0.0 pp |
| 2009 | 0.88% | -0.1 pp |
| 2008 | 0.95% | -0.0 pp |
| 2007 | 0.95% | -0.0 pp |
| 2006 | 0.96% | +0.0 pp |
| 2005 | 0.92% | -0.0 pp |
| 2004 | 0.93% | +0.1 pp |
| 2003 | 0.86% | -0.1 pp |
| 2002 | 0.93% | -0.1 pp |
| 2001 | 0.99% | -0.1 pp |
| 2000 | 1.11% | -0.0 pp |
| 1999 | 1.15% | -0.0 pp |
| 1998 | 1.17% | -0.0 pp |
| 1997 | 1.2% | +0.0 pp |
| 1996 | 1.16% | -0.0 pp |
| 1995 | 1.19% | -0.0 pp |
| 1994 | 1.23% | -0.1 pp |
| 1993 | 1.32% | -0.1 pp |
| 1992 | 1.39% | +0.1 pp |
| 1991 | 1.34% | +0.2 pp |
| 1990 | 1.13% | +0.2 pp |
| 1989 | 0.94% | +0.0 pp |
| 1988 | 0.91% | +0.0 pp |
| 1987 | 0.89% | -0.0 pp |
| 1986 | 0.92% | +0.0 pp |
| 1985 | 0.89% | +0.0 pp |
| 1984 | 0.87% | -0.0 pp |
| 1983 | 0.91% | -0.0 pp |
| 1982 | 0.95% | -0.0 pp |
| 1981 | 0.98% | +0.0 pp |
| 1980 | 0.96% | -0.1 pp |
| 1979 | 1.1% | +0.0 pp |
| 1978 | 1.06% | +0.1 pp |
| 1977 | 1.01% | +0.1 pp |
| 1976 | 0.95% | -0.0 pp |
| 1975 | 0.99% | +0.1 pp |
| 1974 | 0.91% | -0.0 pp |
| 1973 | 0.95% | -0.1 pp |
| 1972 | 1.07% | -0.2 pp |
| 1971 | 1.26% | +0.1 pp |
| 1970 | 1.17% | +0.2 pp |
| 1969 | 0.98% | -0.0 pp |
| 1968 | 1% | -0.1 pp |
| 1967 | 1.09% | -0.1 pp |
| 1966 | 1.15% | -0.1 pp |
| 1965 | 1.25% | -0.1 pp |
| 1964 | 1.39% | -0.1 pp |
| 1963 | 1.44% | -0.1 pp |
| 1962 | 1.54% | -0.1 pp |
| 1961 | 1.66% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was United States’s Population growth in 1962?
1.54% (1962). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is United States’s Population growth growing or shrinking?
Between 1961 and 2025 the series was shrinking overall: -68.5% in total — about 1.8% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SP.POP.GROW. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 0.52%; 2024: 0.96%; 2023: 0.82%; 2022: 0.57%; 2021: 0.16%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
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.