Population growth — all countries

Population growth — Western Europe

Population growth in Western Europe in 2025 — 0.22%. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 0.68 pp.

2025 0.22% −0.17 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 1%1963
Period minimum -0.43%2011

Trend over time

1961–2025 · % per year

Population growth — Western Europe, 1961–2025-0.500.511.519611968197519821989199620032010201720241961: 0.9%1963: 1%1965: 0.93%1967: 0.67%1969: 0.79%1971: 0.53%1973: 0.54%1975: 0.06%1977: 0.09%1979: 0.23%1981: 0.35%1983: 0.1%1985: 0.12%1987: 0.33%1989: 0.67%1991: 0.67%1993: 0.59%1995: 0.34%1997: 0.26%1999: 0.3%2001: 0.44%2003: 0.38%2005: 0.34%2007: 0.26%2009: 0.22%2011: -0.43%2013: 0.43%2015: 0.66%2017: 0.41%2019: 0.35%2021: 0.27%2023: 0.4%2025: 0.22%
Change over the period: −0.68 pp Annual average: -0.01 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Western Europe 0.22%
World 0.91%
Population growth — Western Europe, by year Western Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 0.22 −0.17 pp
2024 0.39 −0.01 pp
2023 0.4 +0.01 pp
2022 0.38 +0.11 pp
2021 0.27 −0.01 pp
2020 0.28 −0.08 pp
2019 0.35 −0.03 pp
2018 0.39 −0.02 pp
2017 0.41 −0.2 pp
2016 0.61 −0.06 pp
2015 0.66 +0.18 pp
2014 0.49 +0.06 pp
2013 0.43 +0.04 pp
2012 0.39 +0.82 pp
2011 -0.43 −0.69 pp
2010 0.26 +0.03 pp
2009 0.22 −0.03 pp
2008 0.25 −0.01 pp
2007 0.26 −0.02 pp
2006 0.29 −0.05 pp
2005 0.34 −0.01 pp
2004 0.35 −0.03 pp
2003 0.38 −0.07 pp
2002 0.45 +0 pp
2001 0.44 +0.05 pp
2000 0.4 +0.1 pp
1999 0.3 +0.09 pp
1998 0.21 −0.04 pp
1997 0.26 −0.07 pp
1996 0.32 −0.02 pp
1995 0.34 −0.06 pp
1994 0.4 −0.2 pp
1993 0.59 −0.09 pp
1992 0.68 +0.01 pp
1991 0.67 −0.04 pp
1990 0.72 +0.05 pp
1989 0.67 +0.19 pp
1988 0.47 +0.14 pp
1987 0.33 +0.07 pp
1986 0.26 +0.14 pp
1985 0.12 +0.07 pp
1984 0.05 −0.05 pp
1983 0.1 −0.04 pp
1982 0.14 −0.21 pp
1981 0.35 −0 pp
1980 0.35 +0.13 pp
1979 0.23 +0.07 pp
1978 0.16 +0.07 pp
1977 0.09 +0.11 pp
1976 -0.02 −0.07 pp
1975 0.06 −0.28 pp
1974 0.34 −0.2 pp
1973 0.54 −0.12 pp
1972 0.66 +0.13 pp
1971 0.53 −0.06 pp
1970 0.59 −0.21 pp
1969 0.79 +0.17 pp
1968 0.62 −0.05 pp
1967 0.67 −0.21 pp
1966 0.87 −0.06 pp
1965 0.93 −0.03 pp
1964 0.96 −0.04 pp
1963 1 +0.02 pp
1962 0.98 +0.08 pp
1961 0.9

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.