Population growth — all countries

Population growth — Eastern Africa

Population growth in Eastern Africa in 2025 — 2.52%. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 0.11 pp.

2025 2.52% −0.08 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 3.11%1982
Period minimum 2.52%2025

Trend over time

1961–2025 · % per year

Population growth — Eastern Africa, 1961–20252.42.62.833.219611968197519821989199620032010201720241961: 2.63%1963: 2.72%1965: 2.83%1967: 2.83%1969: 2.91%1971: 2.88%1973: 2.82%1975: 2.9%1977: 2.81%1979: 3.04%1981: 2.93%1983: 3%1985: 2.99%1987: 3.04%1989: 2.79%1991: 2.82%1993: 2.81%1995: 2.61%1997: 3.05%1999: 2.77%2001: 2.79%2003: 2.87%2005: 2.87%2007: 2.89%2009: 2.86%2011: 2.8%2013: 2.77%2015: 2.6%2017: 2.59%2019: 2.72%2021: 2.64%2023: 2.61%2025: 2.52%
Change over the period: −0.11 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Eastern Africa 2.52%
World 0.91%
Population growth — Eastern Africa, by year Eastern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 2.52 −0.08 pp
2024 2.6 −0.01 pp
2023 2.61 +0.04 pp
2022 2.57 −0.07 pp
2021 2.64 −0.07 pp
2020 2.71 −0.01 pp
2019 2.72 +0.08 pp
2018 2.64 +0.05 pp
2017 2.59 −0.03 pp
2016 2.61 +0.02 pp
2015 2.6 −0.07 pp
2014 2.67 −0.1 pp
2013 2.77 +0.02 pp
2012 2.74 −0.05 pp
2011 2.8 −0.07 pp
2010 2.87 +0.01 pp
2009 2.86 −0.03 pp
2008 2.89 +0 pp
2007 2.89 +0.02 pp
2006 2.87 −0 pp
2005 2.87 −0.02 pp
2004 2.89 +0.02 pp
2003 2.87 +0.05 pp
2002 2.82 +0.03 pp
2001 2.79 +0 pp
2000 2.79 +0.01 pp
1999 2.77 −0.05 pp
1998 2.82 −0.23 pp
1997 3.05 −0.05 pp
1996 3.1 +0.49 pp
1995 2.61 +0.07 pp
1994 2.54 −0.27 pp
1993 2.81 +0.07 pp
1992 2.74 −0.07 pp
1991 2.82 −0.05 pp
1990 2.87 +0.08 pp
1989 2.79 −0.11 pp
1988 2.9 −0.14 pp
1987 3.04 +0.03 pp
1986 3.01 +0.02 pp
1985 2.99 +0.05 pp
1984 2.95 −0.05 pp
1983 3 −0.11 pp
1982 3.11 +0.18 pp
1981 2.93 +0.11 pp
1980 2.82 −0.22 pp
1979 3.04 +0.14 pp
1978 2.9 +0.09 pp
1977 2.81 −0.12 pp
1976 2.93 +0.02 pp
1975 2.9 −0.01 pp
1974 2.92 +0.1 pp
1973 2.82 +0.02 pp
1972 2.8 −0.09 pp
1971 2.88 −0.01 pp
1970 2.89 −0.01 pp
1969 2.91 +0.01 pp
1968 2.9 +0.06 pp
1967 2.83 +0.03 pp
1966 2.8 −0.03 pp
1965 2.83 +0.04 pp
1964 2.79 +0.07 pp
1963 2.72 +0.01 pp
1962 2.7 +0.07 pp
1961 2.63

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.