Population growth — all countries

Population growth — Western Asia

Population growth in Western Asia in 2025 — 2.09%. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 0.74 pp.

2025 2.09% −0.11 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 2.89%1967
Period minimum 1.04%2021

Trend over time

1961–2025 · % per year

Population growth — Western Asia, 1961–202511.522.5319611968197519821989199620032010201720241961: 2.83%1963: 2.86%1965: 2.82%1967: 2.89%1969: 2.82%1971: 2.78%1973: 2.78%1975: 2.61%1977: 2.72%1979: 2.71%1981: 2.67%1983: 2.83%1985: 2.75%1987: 2.76%1989: 2.68%1991: 2.37%1993: 2.73%1995: 2.31%1997: 2.22%1999: 2.16%2001: 2.27%2003: 2.2%2005: 2.24%2007: 2.24%2009: 2.51%2011: 2.47%2013: 2.51%2015: 2.33%2017: 1.52%2019: 1.6%2021: 1.04%2023: 2.32%2025: 2.09%
Change over the period: −0.74 pp Annual average: -0.01 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Western Asia 2.09%
World 0.91%
Population growth — Western Asia, by year Western Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 2.09 −0.11 pp
2024 2.2 −0.12 pp
2023 2.32 −0.03 pp
2022 2.35 +1.31 pp
2021 1.04 −0.88 pp
2020 1.92 +0.32 pp
2019 1.6 +0.34 pp
2018 1.26 −0.26 pp
2017 1.52 −0.57 pp
2016 2.09 −0.24 pp
2015 2.33 +0.19 pp
2014 2.14 −0.38 pp
2013 2.51 +0.04 pp
2012 2.47 −0.01 pp
2011 2.47 +0.68 pp
2010 1.8 −0.71 pp
2009 2.51 −0.11 pp
2008 2.62 +0.38 pp
2007 2.24 −0.1 pp
2006 2.35 +0.1 pp
2005 2.24 +0.06 pp
2004 2.18 −0.02 pp
2003 2.2 −0.05 pp
2002 2.25 −0.02 pp
2001 2.27 −0 pp
2000 2.27 +0.11 pp
1999 2.16 −0.01 pp
1998 2.17 −0.05 pp
1997 2.22 −0.03 pp
1996 2.26 −0.05 pp
1995 2.31 −0.29 pp
1994 2.6 −0.12 pp
1993 2.73 −0.04 pp
1992 2.76 +0.4 pp
1991 2.37 +0.15 pp
1990 2.22 −0.46 pp
1989 2.68 +0.03 pp
1988 2.66 −0.1 pp
1987 2.76 +0.02 pp
1986 2.74 −0 pp
1985 2.75 −0.09 pp
1984 2.84 +0.01 pp
1983 2.83 +0.13 pp
1982 2.69 +0.03 pp
1981 2.67 −0.03 pp
1980 2.69 −0.02 pp
1979 2.71 −0.04 pp
1978 2.75 +0.03 pp
1977 2.72 +0.09 pp
1976 2.63 +0.02 pp
1975 2.61 −0.09 pp
1974 2.7 −0.08 pp
1973 2.78 +0.01 pp
1972 2.78 −0 pp
1971 2.78 +0 pp
1970 2.78 −0.04 pp
1969 2.82 +0.01 pp
1968 2.8 −0.09 pp
1967 2.89 +0.09 pp
1966 2.81 −0.01 pp
1965 2.82 −0.06 pp
1964 2.88 +0.02 pp
1963 2.86 −0.01 pp
1962 2.87 +0.04 pp
1961 2.83

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.