Population growth in OECD members

The population of OECD member countries changed by 0.39% in 2025.

Measure: Population growth Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
OECD members is a group: OECD member countries as grouped by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
OECD members, 2025 0.39% Annual % change
Change from 2024 −0.26percentage points 2024: 0.65%
World, 2025 0.91% Official aggregate

Population growth in OECD members over time

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Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population growth (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period OECD membersWorld
2025 0.39% 0.91%
2024 0.65% 0.96%
2023 0.67% 0.93%
2022 0.50% 0.87%
2021 0.18% 0.83%
2020 0.38% 0.98%
2019 0.58% 1.05%
2018 0.60% 1.08%
2017 0.59% 1.13%
2016 0.63% 1.16%
2015 0.62% 1.18%
2014 0.61% 1.21%
2013 0.59% 1.23%
2012 0.62% 1.26%
2011 0.54% 1.22%
2010 0.68% 1.22%
2009 0.72% 1.25%
2008 0.79% 1.27%
2007 0.71% 1.26%
2006 0.73% 1.27%
2005 0.71% 1.27%
2004 0.72% 1.29%
2003 0.73% 1.29%
2002 0.74% 1.31%
2001 0.74% 1.34%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.26 percentage points from 0.65% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 0.62%, the figure has changed by −0.23 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 0.91%.

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Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.GROW · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2025 for OECD members
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects