Global Population Growth Rate

The world's population continues to increase, due to a positive population growth rate. Approximately 140 million babies are born every year, while around 70 million people pass away in the same timeframe. By the year 2030, the global population is projected to reach 8.5 billion people according to the latest data from the United Nations. The population growth rate will remain positive until the year 2086. When the growth rate for the year will be -0.002% and the overall population will decline by -238.765 people. This will be the first time in centuries that the world has seen a population decline.

Historic Global Population Growth Rate (1950-2023)

Between 1950 and 2023, the global population growth rate decreased from 1.732% to 0.914%. While the population growth rate still remains positive, we can see that it is trending downwards.

Year	Population Growth Rate	Overall Population +/-
1950	1.732%	43,294,850
1951	1.743%	44,321,597
1952	1.929%	49,959,439
1953	1.896%	50,056,357
1954	1.982%	53,344,728
1955	1.997%	54,840,876
1956	1.964%	55,020,104
1957	2.054%	58,708,347
1958	1.981%	57,774,134
1959	1.703%	50,594,048
1960	1.566%	47,288,444
1961	1.662%	50,985,907
1962	2.1%	65,646,359
1963	2.27%	72,538,650
1964	2.153%	70,327,532
1965	2.082%	69,471,758
1966	2.03%	69,138,347
1967	1.983%	68,923,913
1968	2.081%	73,801,371
1969	2.041%	73,887,564
1970	2.045%	75,582,558
1971	1.962%	73,962,954
1972	1.959%	75,312,632
1973	1.928%	75,588,605
1974	1.876%	74,942,542
1975	1.791%	72,897,765
1976	1.768%	73,239,539
1977	1.739%	73,293,675
1978	1.736%	74,476,762
1979	1.772%	77,373,564
1980	1.788%	79,476,105
1981	1.807%	81,763,801
1982	1.844%	84,950,623
1983	1.766%	82,848,112
1984	1.781%	85,055,560
1985	1.784%	86,733,518
1986	1.817%	89,931,935
1987	1.823%	91,910,376
1988	1.767%	90,708,581
1989	1.763%	92,112,088
1990	1.746%	92,831,020
1991	1.615%	87,308,991
1992	1.558%	85,571,459
1993	1.505%	83,923,402
1994	1.46%	82,665,538
1995	1.433%	82,317,384
1996	1.4%	81,534,304
1997	1.374%	81,137,622
1998	1.345%	80,524,816
1999	1.325%	80,367,140
2000	1.332%	81,913,894
2001	1.313%	81,782,121
2002	1.292%	81,538,634
2003	1.274%	81,443,376
2004	1.27%	82,262,850
2005	1.259%	82,586,432
2006	1.263%	83,893,766
2007	1.266%	85,170,887
2008	1.264%	86,126,568
2009	1.265%	87,290,704
2010	1.25%	87,303,690
2011	1.24%	87,740,950
2012	1.248%	89,404,042
2013	1.219%	88,386,856
2014	1.205%	88,453,242
2015	1.168%	86,714,993
2016	1.158%	87,038,410
2017	1.127%	85,657,921
2018	1.071%	82,276,928
2019	1.031%	80,045,481
2020	0.918%	71,958,214
2021	0.818%	64,726,329
2022	0.839%	66,893,679
2023	0.914%	73,518,905

Future Global Population Growth Rate (2023-2100)

From the year 2023 and forward the global population growth rate will continue to decrease. By the year 2086 we can see that the population growth rate turns negative for the first time in recorded population history. That year the population growth rate will be -0.002% and the world's population will decline with -238.765 people.

Year	Population Growth Rate	Overall Population +/-
2023	0.914%	73,518,905
2024	0.906%	73,530,199
2025	0.888%	72,774,708
2026	0.871%	71,977,405
2027	0.855%	71,248,918
2028	0.838%	70,453,323
2029	0.822%	69,667,876
2030	0.805%	68,835,995
2031	0.789%	67,946,841
2032	0.774%	67,171,637
2033	0.757%	66,241,479
2034	0.741%	65,311,780
2035	0.725%	64,332,680
2036	0.708%	63,285,922
2037	0.692%	62,353,413
2038	0.677%	61,371,901
2039	0.659%	60,172,476
2040	0.642%	59,006,078
2041	0.626%	57,839,539
2042	0.608%	56,607,561
2043	0.591%	55,271,579
2044	0.572%	53,872,427
2045	0.553%	52,397,875
2046	0.535%	50,896,583
2047	0.515%	49,317,583
2048	0.495%	47,635,584
2049	0.474%	45,847,767
2050	0.454%	44,103,463
2051	0.433%	42,226,847
2052	0.415%	40,663,408
2053	0.395%	38,854,888
2054	0.377%	37,223,934
2055	0.359%	35,584,600
2056	0.342%	34,052,187
2057	0.327%	32,581,589
2058	0.311%	31,158,331
2059	0.295%	29,633,170
2060	0.282%	28,422,321
2061	0.27%	27,256,594
2062	0.259%	26,212,636
2063	0.247%	25,070,237
2064	0.237%	24,059,083
2065	0.224%	22,843,166
2066	0.213%	21,773,067
2067	0.204%	20,848,459
2068	0.192%	19,729,965
2069	0.182%	18,673,792
2070	0.17%	17,509,890
2071	0.159%	16,441,294
2072	0.149%	15,393,809
2073	0.138%	14,269,467
2074	0.126%	13,053,074
2075	0.114%	11,829,797
2076	0.102%	10,542,599
2077	0.089%	9,260,607
2078	0.078%	8,074,900
2079	0.067%	6,959,438
2080	0.056%	5,781,095
2081	0.045%	4,647,506
2082	0.035%	3,695,307
2083	0.026%	2,711,702
2084	0.017%	1,730,288
2085	0.007%	733,124
2086	-0.002%	-238,765
2087	-0.01%	-1,078,549
2088	-0.017%	-1,795,445
2089	-0.026%	-2,663,515
2090	-0.033%	-3,456,706
2091	-0.042%	-4,331,102
2092	-0.048%	-5,043,504
2093	-0.057%	-5,893,977
2094	-0.063%	-6,543,901
2095	-0.071%	-7,388,709
2096	-0.079%	-8,188,681
2097	-0.087%	-9,068,722
2098	-0.095%	-9,817,781
2099	-0.102%	-10,533,889
2100	-0.11%	-11,358,758

Understanding Population Growth Rate: How Births, Deaths, and Migration Impact Population Size

Population growth rate is defined as the annual average rate of change of population size, for a given country, territory, or geographic area, during a specified period. It is considered an international standard for measuring population change. The United Nations uses population growth rate as one of the key indicators for measuring population trends, and for forecasting future population size. Part of that data is used on this page to visualize and explore historic and future population growth rate over time.

What is Population Growth Rate?

Population growth rate is a measure of how quickly a population is increasing or decreasing in size over time. It is expressed as a percentage of change over a time period. Most commonly, its typically messured on a yearly basis, allowing you to evaluate percentage on year over year basis. However, population growth rate can be applied and calculated on any timeframe.

• Population growth rate is used to indicate population increase or decrease in size over time.
• It is measured as a percentage of change, from previous to current population size.
• It is often expressed as a yearly rate, but can be applied to any timeframe.
• A positive population growth rate indicates that a population is increasing.
• A negative population growth rate indicates that a population is decreasing.
• Birth rate, death rate, and migration affect the population growth rate.
• A high birth rate and low death rate will result in a high population growth rate.
• A low birth rate and high death rate will result in a low population growth rate.
• Net migration also affect the population growth rate.
• Population growth rate is an important metric for demographic, environmental and economic forecasting.

How is Population Growth Rate calculated?

The population growth rate indicates the increase or decrease of a population in percent (%). The formula to calculate population growth rate can be used on any timeframe. In this case it indicates the population growth reate year over year, where a negative population growth rate is presented with red coloring and positive with green. The population growth rate of World is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

Population Growth Rate Formula

Population Growth Rate = New Population - Original Population / Original Population * 100

Population Growth Rate by Country

Population Growth Rate by Region

Population Growth Rate by Sub-region