Population growth

How much a country's population grew or shrank in a year, in percent.

Population growth is the change in a country's population from one year to the next, in percent, counting births, deaths and migration together. The World Bank computes it from the UN Population Division's estimates. Growth above 3% a year, as in parts of Africa, doubles a population in about 23 years; several countries in Europe and East Asia now shrink.

• Demography
• Population
• Growth
• Country
• Year