Population growth — all countries

Population growth — Lower-middle-income countries

Population growth in lower-middle-income countries in 2025 — 1.25%. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 1.2 pp.

2025 1.25% +0.01 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 2.61%1981
Period minimum 1.11%2022

Trend over time

1961–2025 · % per year

Population growth — Lower-middle-income countries, 1961–202511.522.5319611968197519821989199620032010201720241961: 2.45%1963: 2.44%1965: 2.39%1967: 2.34%1969: 2.31%1971: 2.26%1973: 2.36%1975: 2.4%1977: 2.41%1979: 2.44%1981: 2.61%1983: 2.52%1985: 2.49%1987: 2.43%1989: 2.35%1991: 2.31%1993: 2.13%1995: 2.07%1997: 2.02%1999: 1.96%2001: 1.92%2003: 1.79%2005: 1.76%2007: 1.73%2009: 1.67%2011: 1.65%2013: 1.57%2015: 1.49%2017: 1.43%2019: 1.34%2021: 1.22%2023: 1.15%2025: 1.25%
Change over the period: −1.2 pp Annual average: -0.02 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lower-middle-income countries

Lower-middle-income countries 1.25%
World 0.91%
Population growth — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 1.25 +0.01 pp
2024 1.24 +0.09 pp
2023 1.15 +0.03 pp
2022 1.11 −0.11 pp
2021 1.22 −0.08 pp
2020 1.3 −0.04 pp
2019 1.34 −0.04 pp
2018 1.38 −0.05 pp
2017 1.43 −0.03 pp
2016 1.46 −0.03 pp
2015 1.49 −0.07 pp
2014 1.56 −0.01 pp
2013 1.57 −0.04 pp
2012 1.61 −0.04 pp
2011 1.65 −0.02 pp
2010 1.67 +0 pp
2009 1.67 −0.01 pp
2008 1.68 −0.05 pp
2007 1.73 −0 pp
2006 1.74 −0.02 pp
2005 1.76 −0.05 pp
2004 1.8 +0.02 pp
2003 1.79 −0.04 pp
2002 1.83 −0.09 pp
2001 1.92 −0.02 pp
2000 1.94 −0.02 pp
1999 1.96 −0.04 pp
1998 2 −0.01 pp
1997 2.02 −0.02 pp
1996 2.04 −0.03 pp
1995 2.07 −0 pp
1994 2.07 −0.06 pp
1993 2.13 −0.08 pp
1992 2.21 −0.09 pp
1991 2.31 −0.04 pp
1990 2.35 −0 pp
1989 2.35 −0.04 pp
1988 2.39 −0.04 pp
1987 2.43 −0.03 pp
1986 2.47 −0.02 pp
1985 2.49 −0.01 pp
1984 2.5 −0.02 pp
1983 2.52 −0.06 pp
1982 2.58 −0.03 pp
1981 2.61 +0.06 pp
1980 2.55 +0.11 pp
1979 2.44 +0.04 pp
1978 2.4 −0.01 pp
1977 2.41 +0.02 pp
1976 2.39 −0.01 pp
1975 2.4 +0.02 pp
1974 2.39 +0.02 pp
1973 2.36 +0.09 pp
1972 2.27 +0.01 pp
1971 2.26 −0.07 pp
1970 2.33 +0.02 pp
1969 2.31 −0.02 pp
1968 2.33 −0 pp
1967 2.34 +0 pp
1966 2.33 −0.06 pp
1965 2.39 −0.05 pp
1964 2.44 −0 pp
1963 2.44 −0 pp
1962 2.44 −0.01 pp
1961 2.45

About the indicator

The annual population growth rate is the change in population size over a year as a percent of the previous year. It takes in both natural increase (births minus deaths) and net migration. Negative values mean the population is shrinking; at 1% a year population doubles in about 70 years, at 2% in about 35.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.