Population growth — all countries

Population growth — Central America

Population growth in Central America in 2025 — 0.95%. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 2.14 pp.

2025 0.95% −0.03 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 3.21%1966
Period minimum 0.81%2021

Trend over time

1961–2025 · % per year

Population growth — Central America, 1961–20250123419611968197519821989199620032010201720241961: 3.09%1963: 3.17%1965: 3.21%1967: 3.2%1969: 3.12%1971: 2.99%1973: 2.9%1975: 2.79%1977: 2.66%1979: 2.56%1981: 2.33%1983: 2.24%1985: 2.2%1987: 2.13%1989: 2.08%1991: 2.06%1993: 1.98%1995: 1.89%1997: 1.79%1999: 1.7%2001: 1.58%2003: 1.49%2005: 1.44%2007: 1.48%2009: 1.51%2011: 1.47%2013: 1.37%2015: 1.19%2017: 1.08%2019: 1.05%2021: 0.81%2023: 0.99%2025: 0.95%
Change over the period: −2.14 pp Annual average: -0.03 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Central America 0.95%
World 0.91%
Population growth — Central America, by year Central America All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 0.95 −0.03 pp
2024 0.98 −0.01 pp
2023 0.99 +0.11 pp
2022 0.88 +0.07 pp
2021 0.81 −0.13 pp
2020 0.94 −0.11 pp
2019 1.05 −0.02 pp
2018 1.07 −0.01 pp
2017 1.08 −0.03 pp
2016 1.11 −0.08 pp
2015 1.19 −0.11 pp
2014 1.3 −0.07 pp
2013 1.37 −0.05 pp
2012 1.42 −0.04 pp
2011 1.47 −0.02 pp
2010 1.49 −0.02 pp
2009 1.51 −0.01 pp
2008 1.52 +0.04 pp
2007 1.48 +0.04 pp
2006 1.44 −0 pp
2005 1.44 −0.02 pp
2004 1.46 −0.03 pp
2003 1.49 −0.04 pp
2002 1.54 −0.05 pp
2001 1.58 −0.06 pp
2000 1.64 −0.06 pp
1999 1.7 −0.04 pp
1998 1.74 −0.05 pp
1997 1.79 −0.05 pp
1996 1.84 −0.05 pp
1995 1.89 −0.04 pp
1994 1.93 −0.05 pp
1993 1.98 −0.05 pp
1992 2.02 −0.04 pp
1991 2.06 −0.01 pp
1990 2.06 −0.01 pp
1989 2.08 −0.04 pp
1988 2.11 −0.02 pp
1987 2.13 −0.03 pp
1986 2.16 −0.03 pp
1985 2.2 −0.03 pp
1984 2.23 −0.01 pp
1983 2.24 +0 pp
1982 2.24 −0.09 pp
1981 2.33 −0.14 pp
1980 2.47 −0.1 pp
1979 2.56 −0.07 pp
1978 2.63 −0.03 pp
1977 2.66 −0.06 pp
1976 2.71 −0.08 pp
1975 2.79 −0.06 pp
1974 2.85 −0.05 pp
1973 2.9 −0.04 pp
1972 2.94 −0.05 pp
1971 2.99 −0.06 pp
1970 3.06 −0.07 pp
1969 3.12 −0.05 pp
1968 3.17 −0.03 pp
1967 3.2 −0.01 pp
1966 3.21 +0.01 pp
1965 3.21 +0.02 pp
1964 3.19 +0.02 pp
1963 3.17 +0.02 pp
1962 3.15 +0.07 pp
1961 3.09

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.