Population growth — all countries

Population growth — Southern Europe

Population growth in Southern Europe in 2025 — 0.33%. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 0.53 pp.

2025 0.33% +0.05 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 1.05%1975
Period minimum -0.32%2021

Trend over time

1961–2025 · % per year

Population growth — Southern Europe, 1961–2025-0.500.511.519611968197519821989199620032010201720241961: 0.86%1963: 0.8%1965: 0.84%1967: 0.83%1969: 0.69%1971: 0.69%1973: 0.78%1975: 1.05%1977: 0.81%1979: 0.69%1981: 0.52%1983: 0.38%1985: 0.31%1987: 0.24%1989: 0.22%1991: -0.08%1993: 0.02%1995: 0.17%1997: 0.27%1999: 0.04%2001: 0.2%2003: 0.75%2005: 0.7%2007: 0.75%2009: 0.45%2011: 0.13%2013: -0.22%2015: -0.28%2017: -0.14%2019: 0.03%2021: -0.32%2023: 0.33%2025: 0.33%
Change over the period: −0.53 pp Annual average: -0.01 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Southern Europe 0.33%
World 0.91%
Population growth — Southern Europe, by year Southern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 0.33 +0.05 pp
2024 0.29 −0.05 pp
2023 0.33 +0.4 pp
2022 -0.07 +0.25 pp
2021 -0.32 −0.18 pp
2020 -0.14 −0.17 pp
2019 0.03 +0.09 pp
2018 -0.07 +0.07 pp
2017 -0.14 +0.08 pp
2016 -0.22 +0.07 pp
2015 -0.28 −0.01 pp
2014 -0.27 −0.05 pp
2013 -0.22 −0.18 pp
2012 -0.04 −0.17 pp
2011 0.13 −0.11 pp
2010 0.24 −0.2 pp
2009 0.45 −0.28 pp
2008 0.73 −0.03 pp
2007 0.75 +0.12 pp
2006 0.63 −0.07 pp
2005 0.7 −0.08 pp
2004 0.78 +0.03 pp
2003 0.75 +0.21 pp
2002 0.55 +0.34 pp
2001 0.2 +0.05 pp
2000 0.15 +0.11 pp
1999 0.04 −0.1 pp
1998 0.14 −0.13 pp
1997 0.27 −0 pp
1996 0.27 +0.1 pp
1995 0.17 +0.05 pp
1994 0.12 +0.1 pp
1993 0.02 +0.03 pp
1992 -0.01 +0.06 pp
1991 -0.08 −0.29 pp
1990 0.21 −0.01 pp
1989 0.22 +0 pp
1988 0.22 −0.02 pp
1987 0.24 −0.02 pp
1986 0.26 −0.04 pp
1985 0.31 −0.03 pp
1984 0.34 −0.04 pp
1983 0.38 −0.06 pp
1982 0.44 −0.08 pp
1981 0.52 −0.19 pp
1980 0.71 +0.02 pp
1979 0.69 −0.06 pp
1978 0.75 −0.05 pp
1977 0.81 −0.19 pp
1976 0.99 −0.06 pp
1975 1.05 +0.19 pp
1974 0.86 +0.08 pp
1973 0.78 +0.04 pp
1972 0.74 +0.05 pp
1971 0.69 +0.06 pp
1970 0.63 −0.05 pp
1969 0.69 −0.12 pp
1968 0.81 −0.02 pp
1967 0.83 +0.03 pp
1966 0.8 −0.04 pp
1965 0.84 +0 pp
1964 0.84 +0.04 pp
1963 0.8 −0.03 pp
1962 0.83 −0.03 pp
1961 0.86

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.