Population growth in World
The population of the world changed by 0.91% in 2025.
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2025
0.91%
Change from 2024
−0.05percentage points
European Union, 2025
0.20%
Population growth in World over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | World | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.91% | 0.20% |
| 2024 | 0.96% | 0.30% |
| 2023 | 0.93% | 0.38% |
| 2022 | 0.87% | 0.22% |
| 2021 | 0.83% | -0.14% |
| 2020 | 0.98% | -0.01% |
| 2019 | 1.05% | 0.19% |
| 2018 | 1.08% | 0.17% |
| 2017 | 1.13% | 0.14% |
| 2016 | 1.16% | 0.20% |
| 2015 | 1.18% | 0.20% |
| 2014 | 1.21% | 0.11% |
| 2013 | 1.23% | 0.08% |
| 2012 | 1.26% | 0.15% |
| 2011 | 1.22% | -0.15% |
| 2010 | 1.22% | 0.16% |
| 2009 | 1.25% | 0.25% |
| 2008 | 1.27% | 0.34% |
| 2007 | 1.26% | 0.35% |
| 2006 | 1.27% | 0.34% |
| 2005 | 1.27% | 0.37% |
| 2004 | 1.29% | 0.39% |
| 2003 | 1.29% | 0.37% |
| 2002 | 1.31% | 0.24% |
| 2001 | 1.34% | 0.13% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.05 percentage points from 0.96% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 1.18%, the figure has changed by −0.27 percentage points.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 0.20%.
More for World
All statistics for World
Population
8,215,424,893 people
2025 · World Bank
Net migration
0 people
2025 · World Bank
Population aged 65 and over
10.4%
2025 · World Bank
Population aged 0 to 14
24.4%
2025 · World Bank
Fertility rate
2.19 births per woman
2024 · World Bank
Crude birth rate
16.3 per 1,000 people
2024 · World Bank