Population growth — all countries

Population growth — Caribbean

Population growth in the Caribbean in 2025 — 0.39%. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 1.69 pp.

2025 0.39% −0.07 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 2.14%1963
Period minimum 0.31%2022

Trend over time

1961–2025 · % per year

Population growth — Caribbean, 1961–2025012319611968197519821989199620032010201720241961: 2.08%1963: 2.14%1965: 2.02%1967: 1.86%1969: 1.82%1971: 1.89%1973: 1.84%1975: 1.67%1977: 1.46%1979: 1.34%1981: 1.31%1983: 1.43%1985: 1.41%1987: 1.38%1989: 1.4%1991: 1.34%1993: 1.25%1995: 1.17%1997: 1.12%1999: 1.02%2001: 0.97%2003: 0.93%2005: 0.7%2007: 0.74%2009: 0.73%2011: 0.61%2013: 0.67%2015: 0.57%2017: 0.45%2019: 0.6%2021: 0.42%2023: 0.43%2025: 0.39%
Change over the period: −1.69 pp Annual average: -0.03 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Caribbean

Caribbean 0.39%
World 0.91%
Population growth — Caribbean, by year Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 0.39 −0.07 pp
2024 0.45 +0.02 pp
2023 0.43 +0.12 pp
2022 0.31 −0.11 pp
2021 0.42 −0.09 pp
2020 0.51 −0.09 pp
2019 0.6 +0.28 pp
2018 0.32 −0.13 pp
2017 0.45 −0.08 pp
2016 0.53 −0.04 pp
2015 0.57 −0.02 pp
2014 0.59 −0.08 pp
2013 0.67 −0.03 pp
2012 0.69 +0.08 pp
2011 0.61 −0.03 pp
2010 0.64 −0.09 pp
2009 0.73 −0 pp
2008 0.73 −0.01 pp
2007 0.74 −0.04 pp
2006 0.78 +0.08 pp
2005 0.7 −0.19 pp
2004 0.89 −0.04 pp
2003 0.93 −0.02 pp
2002 0.95 −0.02 pp
2001 0.97 −0.02 pp
2000 0.99 −0.03 pp
1999 1.02 −0.03 pp
1998 1.05 −0.07 pp
1997 1.12 −0.05 pp
1996 1.17 −0 pp
1995 1.17 −0.04 pp
1994 1.21 −0.04 pp
1993 1.25 −0.03 pp
1992 1.27 −0.07 pp
1991 1.34 −0.07 pp
1990 1.4 +0 pp
1989 1.4 +0.01 pp
1988 1.39 +0.01 pp
1987 1.38 −0.01 pp
1986 1.39 −0.02 pp
1985 1.41 −0.02 pp
1984 1.43 +0 pp
1983 1.43 +0.05 pp
1982 1.38 +0.06 pp
1981 1.31 −0 pp
1980 1.32 −0.02 pp
1979 1.34 −0.06 pp
1978 1.4 −0.06 pp
1977 1.46 −0.1 pp
1976 1.56 −0.1 pp
1975 1.67 −0.11 pp
1974 1.77 −0.07 pp
1973 1.84 −0.02 pp
1972 1.87 −0.02 pp
1971 1.89 +0.04 pp
1970 1.84 +0.02 pp
1969 1.82 −0.01 pp
1968 1.83 −0.04 pp
1967 1.86 −0.08 pp
1966 1.94 −0.08 pp
1965 2.02 −0.06 pp
1964 2.09 −0.05 pp
1963 2.14 +0.03 pp
1962 2.11 +0.03 pp
1961 2.08

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.