Population
Population growth
SP.POP.GROW ยท %
Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, South Sudan, Sierra Leone, Iceland. The chart carries the trajectory, the table carries the year by year figures, and the definition at the foot of the page is the World Bank's own, quoted as it stands.
- Latest value, Italy
- -0.06%2025
- Period covered
- 1961 - 202565 annual values
- Highest of the compared countries
- 2.04%Sierra Leone, 2025
- Lowest of the compared countries
- -0.17%China, 2025
8 countries compared, that is the maximum. Remove one to add another.
Latest known valuesorted by value
Sierra Leone2.04%2025
South Sudan2.03%2025
Iceland1.51%2025
Spain1.03%2025
United States0.52%2025
Netherlands0.52%2025
Italy-0.06%2025
China-0.17%2025
Year by year values
Click the Year header to reverse the order. An empty cell means the World Bank publishes nothing for that country that year.
| Italy | Spain | Netherlands | United States | China | South Sudan | Sierra Leone | Iceland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -0.06% | 1.03% | 0.52% | 0.52% | -0.17% | 2.03% | 2.04% | 1.51% |
| 2024 | -0.05% | 1.02% | 0.65% | 0.96% | -0.12% | 3.93% | 2.12% | 0.22% |
| 2023 | -0.05% | 1.18% | 0.99% | 0.82% | -0.1% | 4.11% | 2.2% | 0.95% |
| 2022 | -0.2% | 0.72% | 0.95% | 0.57% | -0.01% | 1.42% | 2.23% | 2.51% |
| 2021 | -0.52% | 0.18% | 0.52% | 0.16% | 0.09% | 1.55% | 2.27% | 1.64% |
| 2020 | -0.49% | 0.51% | 0.56% | 0.41% | 0.24% | 2.6% | 2.31% | 1.62% |
| 2019 | -0.25% | 0.72% | 0.66% | 0.52% | 0.35% | 2.92% | 2.32% | 2.2% |
| 2018 | -0.21% | 0.45% | 0.58% | 0.59% | 0.47% | -1.34% | 2.35% | 2.68% |
| 2017 | -0.19% | 0.24% | 0.59% | 0.69% | 0.61% | -5.42% | 2.39% | 2.35% |
| 2016 | -0.19% | 0.08% | 0.53% | 0.79% | 0.57% | -2.53% | 2.35% | 1.39% |
| 2015 | -0.15% | -0.08% | 0.44% | 0.8% | 0.58% | -1.14% | 2.32% | 1.04% |
| 2014 | 0.02% | -0.31% | 0.36% | 0.8% | 0.63% | 0.61% | 2.39% | 1.11% |
| 2013 | 0.2% | -0.36% | 0.29% | 0.76% | 0.67% | 3.74% | 2.46% | 0.95% |
| 2012 | 0.27% | 0.06% | 0.37% | 0.8% | 0.68% | 4.45% | 2.53% | 0.53% |
| 2011 | 0.35% | 0.36% | 0.47% | 0.79% | 0.55% | 5.41% | 2.61% | 0.31% |
| 2010 | 0.44% | 0.46% | 0.51% | 0.85% | 0.48% | 5.29% | 2.72% | -0.14% |
| 2009 | 0.58% | 0.89% | 0.51% | 0.88% | 0.5% | 4.72% | 2.69% | 0.34% |
| 2008 | 0.77% | 1.6% | 0.39% | 0.95% | 0.51% | 4.99% | 2.5% | 1.86% |
| 2007 | 0.61% | 1.85% | 0.22% | 0.95% | 0.52% | 5.04% | 2.2% | 2.53% |
| 2006 | 0.4% | 1.69% | 0.16% | 0.96% | 0.56% | 4.97% | 2.21% | 2.35% |
| 2005 | 0.58% | 1.69% | 0.23% | 0.92% | 0.59% | 4.82% | 2.69% | 1.58% |
| 2004 | 0.74% | 1.73% | 0.35% | 0.93% | 0.59% | 4.67% | 3.38% | 0.88% |
| 2003 | 0.54% | 1.81% | 0.47% | 0.86% | 0.62% | 4.54% | 4.06% | 0.69% |
| 2002 | 0.2% | 1.41% | 0.64% | 0.93% | 0.67% | 4.47% | 5.77% | 0.89% |
| 2001 | 0.06% | 0.69% | 0.75% | 0.99% | 0.73% | 4.48% | 5.91% | 1.33% |
| 2000 | 0.05% | 0.45% | 0.71% | 1.11% | 0.79% | 4.42% | 2.42% | 1.37% |
| 1999 | 0.02% | 0.41% | 0.67% | 1.15% | 0.87% | 2.66% | 0.52% | 1.21% |
| 1998 | 0.03% | 0.41% | 0.62% | 1.17% | 0.96% | 1.99% | 0.98% | 1.07% |
| 1997 | 0.05% | 0.42% | 0.51% | 1.2% | 1.02% | 2.8% | 1.29% | 0.82% |
| 1996 | 0.03% | 0.42% | 0.46% | 1.16% | 1.05% | 2.48% | 0.48% | 0.54% |
| 1995 | 0% | 0.44% | 0.49% | 1.19% | 1.09% | 3% | 0.15% | 0.54% |
| 1994 | 0.02% | 0.48% | 0.6% | 1.23% | 1.13% | 2.3% | 0.38% | 0.87% |
| 1993 | 0.06% | 0.52% | 0.7% | 1.32% | 1.15% | 0.94% | -0.22% | 1.02% |
| 1992 | 0.07% | 0.49% | 0.76% | 1.39% | 1.23% | 1.5% | -1.9% | 1.26% |
| 1991 | 0.07% | 0.25% | 0.79% | 1.34% | 1.36% | 2.07% | 1.17% | 1.16% |
| 1990 | 0.08% | 0.1% | 0.69% | 1.13% | 1.47% | 0.52% | 3.96% | 0.78% |
| 1989 | 0.08% | 0.16% | 0.6% | 0.94% | 1.53% | -2.82% | 2.5% | 1.24% |
| 1988 | 0.05% | 0.21% | 0.65% | 0.91% | 1.61% | -2.33% | 2.7% | 1.57% |
| 1987 | 0.01% | 0.26% | 0.63% | 0.89% | 1.6% | 0.83% | 2.68% | 1.1% |
| 1986 | 0.01% | 0.3% | 0.55% | 0.92% | 1.49% | 1.78% | 2.44% | 0.73% |
| 1985 | 0.03% | 0.36% | 0.47% | 0.89% | 1.36% | 1.75% | 2.21% | 0.79% |
| 1984 | 0.02% | 0.42% | 0.4% | 0.87% | 1.31% | 1.89% | 2.19% | 1.06% |
| 1983 | 0.04% | 0.49% | 0.38% | 0.91% | 1.44% | 2.25% | 2.13% | 1.32% |
| 1982 | 0.07% | 0.6% | 0.46% | 0.95% | 1.47% | 2.45% | 2.05% | 1.34% |
| 1981 | 0.12% | 0.71% | 0.69% | 0.98% | 1.28% | 2.46% | 2.02% | 1.14% |
| 1980 | 0.21% | 0.8% | 0.79% | 0.96% | 1.25% | 2.48% | 1.99% | 1.06% |
| 1979 | 0.29% | 0.88% | 0.69% | 1.1% | 1.33% | 2.51% | 1.95% | 0.98% |
| 1978 | 0.36% | 0.96% | 0.62% | 1.06% | 1.34% | 2.54% | 1.93% | 0.78% |
| 1977 | 0.42% | 1.03% | 0.59% | 1.01% | 1.36% | 2.57% | 1.85% | 0.74% |
| 1976 | 0.5% | 1.06% | 0.78% | 0.95% | 1.55% | 2.59% | 1.8% | 0.99% |
| 1975 | 0.6% | 1.08% | 0.89% | 0.99% | 1.77% | 2.6% | 1.84% | 1.28% |
| 1974 | 0.65% | 1.09% | 0.78% | 0.91% | 2.07% | 2.61% | 1.85% | 1.35% |
| 1973 | 0.68% | 1.1% | 0.83% | 0.95% | 2.28% | 2.37% | 1.85% | 1.51% |
| 1972 | 0.57% | 1.1% | 1.01% | 1.07% | 2.46% | 2.11% | 1.83% | 1.46% |
| 1971 | 0.47% | 1.21% | 1.19% | 1.26% | 2.75% | 1.72% | 1.86% | 0.81% |
| 1970 | 0.53% | 1.11% | 1.24% | 1.17% | 2.76% | 1.3% | 1.9% | 0.52% |
| 1969 | 0.57% | 0.99% | 1.16% | 0.98% | 2.74% | 1.32% | 1.89% | 0.93% |
| 1968 | 0.63% | 1.31% | 1.04% | 1% | 2.61% | 1.33% | 1.9% | 1.37% |
| 1967 | 0.72% | 1.23% | 1.13% | 1.09% | 2.57% | 1.27% | 1.88% | 1.61% |
| 1966 | 0.78% | 1.02% | 1.31% | 1.15% | 2.79% | 1.45% | 1.85% | 1.69% |
| 1965 | 0.84% | 1.09% | 1.37% | 1.25% | 2.38% | 1.9% | 1.81% | 1.73% |
| 1964 | 0.82% | 0.99% | 1.34% | 1.39% | 2.32% | 1.85% | 1.75% | 1.78% |
| 1963 | 0.73% | 0.88% | 1.35% | 1.44% | 2.46% | 1.59% | 1.69% | 1.78% |
| 1962 | 0.68% | 0.92% | 1.42% | 1.54% | 0.82% | 1.59% | 1.64% | 1.85% |
| 1961 | 0.67% | 0.93% | 1.32% | 1.66% | -1.02% | 1.53% | 1.57% | 1.95% |
World Bank definition
Population growth (annual %)
Annual population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
Text published by the World Bank for indicator SP.POP.GROW, reproduced unchanged.
The same indicator across Europe & Central Asia
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