Population growth — all countries

Population growth — Eastern Asia

Population growth in Eastern Asia in 2025 — -0.18%. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 0.41 pp.

2025 -0.18% −0.05 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 2.66%1971
Period minimum -0.59%1961

Trend over time

1961–2025 · % per year

Population growth — Eastern Asia, 1961–2025-1012319611968197519821989199620032010201720241961: -0.59%1963: 2.3%1965: 2.25%1967: 2.4%1969: 2.55%1971: 2.66%1973: 2.18%1975: 1.71%1977: 1.33%1979: 1.31%1981: 1.24%1983: 1.38%1985: 1.28%1987: 1.47%1989: 1.41%1991: 1.27%1993: 1.08%1995: 1.02%1997: 0.95%1999: 0.8%2001: 0.69%2003: 0.58%2005: 0.53%2007: 0.49%2009: 0.46%2011: 0.5%2013: 0.59%2015: 0.53%2017: 0.54%2019: 0.32%2021: 0.04%2023: -0.1%2025: -0.18%
Change over the period: +0.41 pp Annual average: 0.01 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Eastern Asia -0.18%
World 0.91%
Population growth — Eastern Asia, by year Eastern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 -0.18 −0.05 pp
2024 -0.13 −0.03 pp
2023 -0.1 −0.06 pp
2022 -0.05 −0.09 pp
2021 0.04 −0.15 pp
2020 0.2 −0.13 pp
2019 0.32 −0.1 pp
2018 0.42 −0.12 pp
2017 0.54 +0.02 pp
2016 0.52 −0.01 pp
2015 0.53 −0.04 pp
2014 0.57 −0.02 pp
2013 0.59 −0.01 pp
2012 0.61 +0.11 pp
2011 0.5 +0.05 pp
2010 0.45 −0.01 pp
2009 0.46 −0.03 pp
2008 0.48 −0.01 pp
2007 0.49 −0.03 pp
2006 0.52 −0.01 pp
2005 0.53 −0.02 pp
2004 0.54 −0.04 pp
2003 0.58 −0.05 pp
2002 0.63 −0.06 pp
2001 0.69 −0.05 pp
2000 0.74 −0.07 pp
1999 0.8 −0.09 pp
1998 0.89 −0.06 pp
1997 0.95 −0.04 pp
1996 0.99 −0.03 pp
1995 1.02 −0.04 pp
1994 1.06 −0.02 pp
1993 1.08 −0.07 pp
1992 1.14 −0.12 pp
1991 1.27 −0.07 pp
1990 1.34 −0.07 pp
1989 1.41 −0.07 pp
1988 1.47 −0 pp
1987 1.47 +0.09 pp
1986 1.38 +0.1 pp
1985 1.28 +0.03 pp
1984 1.25 −0.13 pp
1983 1.38 −0.02 pp
1982 1.4 +0.16 pp
1981 1.24 +0.02 pp
1980 1.23 −0.08 pp
1979 1.31 +0.01 pp
1978 1.3 −0.03 pp
1977 1.33 −0.17 pp
1976 1.5 −0.21 pp
1975 1.71 −0.27 pp
1974 1.98 −0.2 pp
1973 2.18 −0.15 pp
1972 2.33 −0.33 pp
1971 2.66 +0.09 pp
1970 2.57 +0.02 pp
1969 2.55 +0.11 pp
1968 2.44 +0.04 pp
1967 2.4 −0.16 pp
1966 2.56 +0.31 pp
1965 2.25 +0.05 pp
1964 2.19 −0.11 pp
1963 2.3 +1.36 pp
1962 0.94 +1.53 pp
1961 -0.59

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.