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Population growth in United States
1961 – 2025 · 65 data points
22 of 42 · Countries
Updated Oct 21, 2026
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1961 – 2025
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Overview
6 figures
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
since 2024
Countries · 2025
22 of 42
Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015
−0.28 pp
vs World
−0.39 pp
World: 0.91% · 2025
Population growth, 1961 – 2025 percent · United States · World
−0.28 pp since 2015
0%
1%
2%
3%
1961
1980
1990
2000
2010
2025
United States
World
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1961 – 2025
Compared with Population growth · percent
United States
0.52%
World
0.91%
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
All years · 1961 – 2025
| Year | United States | Change | 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% |
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% |
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2021
What it means
How fast the population changes from one year to the next.
How it is calculated
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