Population growth — all countries

Population growth — Melanesia

Population growth in Melanesia in 2025 — 1.69%. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 0.93 pp.

2025 1.69% −0.03 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 3.13%1997
Period minimum 1.69%2025

Trend over time

1961–2025 · % per year

Population growth — Melanesia, 1961–20251.522.533.519611968197519821989199620032010201720241961: 2.62%1963: 2.42%1965: 2.34%1967: 2.33%1969: 2.34%1971: 2.39%1973: 2.33%1975: 2.25%1977: 2.23%1979: 2.2%1981: 2.17%1983: 2.21%1985: 2.24%1987: 2.12%1989: 2.12%1991: 2.79%1993: 3.12%1995: 3.08%1997: 3.13%1999: 3.08%2001: 2.98%2003: 2.91%2005: 2.83%2007: 2.76%2009: 2.68%2011: 2.67%2013: 2.5%2015: 2.34%2017: 2.2%2019: 2.04%2021: 1.85%2023: 1.75%2025: 1.69%
Change over the period: −0.93 pp Annual average: -0.01 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Melanesia 1.69%
World 0.91%
Population growth — Melanesia, by year Melanesia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 1.69 −0.03 pp
2024 1.72 −0.03 pp
2023 1.75 −0.03 pp
2022 1.78 −0.07 pp
2021 1.85 −0.08 pp
2020 1.93 −0.1 pp
2019 2.04 −0.1 pp
2018 2.13 −0.06 pp
2017 2.2 −0.07 pp
2016 2.27 −0.08 pp
2015 2.34 −0.08 pp
2014 2.43 −0.07 pp
2013 2.5 −0.07 pp
2012 2.56 −0.1 pp
2011 2.67 −0.03 pp
2010 2.7 +0.02 pp
2009 2.68 −0.04 pp
2008 2.71 −0.05 pp
2007 2.76 −0.04 pp
2006 2.8 −0.03 pp
2005 2.83 −0.04 pp
2004 2.87 −0.04 pp
2003 2.91 −0.03 pp
2002 2.94 −0.04 pp
2001 2.98 −0.06 pp
2000 3.03 −0.04 pp
1999 3.08 −0.04 pp
1998 3.12 −0.01 pp
1997 3.13 +0.04 pp
1996 3.09 +0 pp
1995 3.08 −0.02 pp
1994 3.1 −0.02 pp
1993 3.12 +0.06 pp
1992 3.06 +0.27 pp
1991 2.79 +0.4 pp
1990 2.39 +0.27 pp
1989 2.12 +0.06 pp
1988 2.06 −0.06 pp
1987 2.12 −0.09 pp
1986 2.21 −0.03 pp
1985 2.24 +0.01 pp
1984 2.24 +0.03 pp
1983 2.21 +0.03 pp
1982 2.18 +0.01 pp
1981 2.17 −0 pp
1980 2.17 −0.03 pp
1979 2.2 −0.03 pp
1978 2.23 +0.01 pp
1977 2.23 −0 pp
1976 2.23 −0.02 pp
1975 2.25 −0.03 pp
1974 2.28 −0.05 pp
1973 2.33 −0.05 pp
1972 2.37 −0.02 pp
1971 2.39 +0.01 pp
1970 2.38 +0.04 pp
1969 2.34 +0.05 pp
1968 2.29 −0.03 pp
1967 2.33 −0.03 pp
1966 2.36 +0.02 pp
1965 2.34 −0.02 pp
1964 2.36 −0.06 pp
1963 2.42 −0.05 pp
1962 2.47 −0.15 pp
1961 2.62

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.