Population growth — all countries

Population growth — Middle East & North Africa

Population growth in Middle East & North Africa in 2025 — 1.81%. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 0.77 pp.

2025 1.81% −0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 3.33%1990
Period minimum 1.47%2021

Trend over time

1961–2025 · % per year

Population growth — Middle East & North Africa, 1961–202511.522.533.519611968197519821989199620032010201720241961: 2.58%1963: 2.66%1965: 2.7%1967: 2.82%1969: 2.84%1971: 2.79%1973: 2.86%1975: 2.97%1977: 3.05%1979: 3.1%1981: 3.19%1983: 3.18%1985: 3.2%1987: 3.12%1989: 3.01%1991: 2.82%1993: 2.75%1995: 2.5%1997: 2.42%1999: 2.38%2001: 2.32%2003: 2.32%2005: 2.39%2007: 2.4%2009: 2.37%2011: 2.25%2013: 2.15%2015: 1.97%2017: 1.66%2019: 1.68%2021: 1.47%2023: 1.96%2025: 1.81%
Change over the period: −0.77 pp Annual average: -0.01 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Middle East & North Africa

Middle East & North Africa 1.81%
World 0.91%
Population growth — Middle East & North Africa, by year Middle East & North Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 1.81 −0.1 pp
2024 1.91 −0.05 pp
2023 1.96 +0.05 pp
2022 1.91 +0.44 pp
2021 1.47 −0.36 pp
2020 1.83 +0.15 pp
2019 1.68 +0.09 pp
2018 1.58 −0.08 pp
2017 1.66 −0.16 pp
2016 1.83 −0.14 pp
2015 1.97 +0 pp
2014 1.97 −0.18 pp
2013 2.15 −0.05 pp
2012 2.2 −0.05 pp
2011 2.25 +0.2 pp
2010 2.05 −0.32 pp
2009 2.37 −0.01 pp
2008 2.38 −0.02 pp
2007 2.4 −0.03 pp
2006 2.43 +0.04 pp
2005 2.39 +0.01 pp
2004 2.38 +0.06 pp
2003 2.32 +0.03 pp
2002 2.29 −0.04 pp
2001 2.32 −0.01 pp
2000 2.33 −0.05 pp
1999 2.38 −0.01 pp
1998 2.4 −0.02 pp
1997 2.42 −0.03 pp
1996 2.45 −0.05 pp
1995 2.5 −0.09 pp
1994 2.6 −0.15 pp
1993 2.75 −0.15 pp
1992 2.9 +0.08 pp
1991 2.82 −0.51 pp
1990 3.33 +0.32 pp
1989 3.01 −0.04 pp
1988 3.05 −0.07 pp
1987 3.12 −0.04 pp
1986 3.16 −0.04 pp
1985 3.2 −0.02 pp
1984 3.22 +0.04 pp
1983 3.18 +0.02 pp
1982 3.17 −0.02 pp
1981 3.19 +0.03 pp
1980 3.16 +0.05 pp
1979 3.1 +0.03 pp
1978 3.07 +0.02 pp
1977 3.05 −0 pp
1976 3.05 +0.08 pp
1975 2.97 +0.1 pp
1974 2.87 +0.02 pp
1973 2.86 +0.08 pp
1972 2.78 −0.01 pp
1971 2.79 −0.06 pp
1970 2.85 +0.01 pp
1969 2.84 +0.03 pp
1968 2.81 −0.01 pp
1967 2.82 +0.08 pp
1966 2.74 +0.03 pp
1965 2.7 +0.01 pp
1964 2.69 +0.03 pp
1963 2.66 +0.03 pp
1962 2.63 +0.05 pp
1961 2.58

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.