Population growth — all countries

Population growth — Northern Africa

Population growth in Northern Africa in 2025 — 1.52%. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 0.94 pp.

2025 1.52% +0.19 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 3.08%1981
Period minimum 1.33%2024

Trend over time

1961–2025 · % per year

Population growth — Northern Africa, 1961–202511.522.533.519611968197519821989199620032010201720241961: 2.46%1963: 2.48%1965: 2.44%1967: 2.6%1969: 2.61%1971: 2.56%1973: 2.66%1975: 2.85%1977: 2.88%1979: 2.93%1981: 3.08%1983: 2.87%1985: 2.75%1987: 2.55%1989: 2.42%1991: 2.35%1993: 2.16%1995: 2.03%1997: 1.91%1999: 1.92%2001: 1.86%2003: 1.79%2005: 1.8%2007: 1.8%2009: 1.92%2011: 1.77%2013: 2.04%2015: 2.06%2017: 2.09%2019: 1.83%2021: 1.62%2023: 1.43%2025: 1.52%
Change over the period: −0.94 pp Annual average: -0.01 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Northern Africa 1.52%
World 0.91%
Population growth — Northern Africa, by year Northern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 1.52 +0.19 pp
2024 1.33 −0.1 pp
2023 1.43 −0.18 pp
2022 1.62 −0.01 pp
2021 1.62 −0.08 pp
2020 1.7 −0.13 pp
2019 1.83 −0.19 pp
2018 2.02 −0.07 pp
2017 2.09 +0.06 pp
2016 2.03 −0.03 pp
2015 2.06 −0.03 pp
2014 2.09 +0.05 pp
2013 2.04 +0.19 pp
2012 1.85 +0.08 pp
2011 1.77 −0.11 pp
2010 1.88 −0.04 pp
2009 1.92 +0.06 pp
2008 1.86 +0.06 pp
2007 1.8 +0.01 pp
2006 1.79 −0.01 pp
2005 1.8 +0.02 pp
2004 1.78 −0.01 pp
2003 1.79 −0.04 pp
2002 1.84 −0.02 pp
2001 1.86 −0.02 pp
2000 1.88 −0.03 pp
1999 1.92 −0.03 pp
1998 1.95 +0.04 pp
1997 1.91 −0.03 pp
1996 1.94 −0.09 pp
1995 2.03 −0.05 pp
1994 2.08 −0.08 pp
1993 2.16 −0.03 pp
1992 2.19 −0.16 pp
1991 2.35 −0.11 pp
1990 2.45 +0.04 pp
1989 2.42 −0.08 pp
1988 2.49 −0.05 pp
1987 2.55 −0.1 pp
1986 2.65 −0.1 pp
1985 2.75 −0.03 pp
1984 2.78 −0.08 pp
1983 2.87 −0.12 pp
1982 2.98 −0.09 pp
1981 3.08 +0.05 pp
1980 3.03 +0.1 pp
1979 2.93 +0.07 pp
1978 2.86 −0.02 pp
1977 2.88 −0.14 pp
1976 3.02 +0.17 pp
1975 2.85 +0.15 pp
1974 2.7 +0.03 pp
1973 2.66 +0.12 pp
1972 2.55 −0.01 pp
1971 2.56 −0.03 pp
1970 2.59 −0.02 pp
1969 2.61 −0 pp
1968 2.61 +0.01 pp
1967 2.6 +0.1 pp
1966 2.5 +0.06 pp
1965 2.44 −0.03 pp
1964 2.47 −0 pp
1963 2.48 +0.02 pp
1962 2.46 −0 pp
1961 2.46

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.