0.54%
2025 (latest)
POPULATION GROWTH
percent per year · 1931–2025 · higher is better · FRED B230RC0A052NBEA
0.78%
1931
2.05%
high · 1960
0.20%
low · 2021
−0.2 pts
since 1931
┊ dashed lines mark 1979 Oil shock & inflation peak · 1987 Black Monday crash · 1991 Gulf War recession · 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. BEA/Census midyear US resident population, year-over-year percent change.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/B230RC0A052NBEA
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Long-Run-Indicators
Data
| Year | Population Growth | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.54% | −0.3 pts |
| 2024 | 0.89% | +0.1 pts |
| 2023 | 0.82% | +0.3 pts |
| 2022 | 0.56% | +0.4 pts |
| 2021 | 0.20% | −0.2 pts |
| 2020 | 0.40% | −0.1 pts |
| 2019 | 0.52% | −0.1 pts |
| 2018 | 0.59% | −0.1 pts |
| 2017 | 0.69% | −0.1 pts |
| 2016 | 0.77% | −0.0 pts |
| 2015 | 0.79% | +0.0 pts |
| 2014 | 0.79% | +0.0 pts |
| 2013 | 0.75% | −0.0 pts |
| 2012 | 0.78% | −0.0 pts |
| 2011 | 0.79% | −0.1 pts |
| 2010 | 0.85% | −0.0 pts |
| 2009 | 0.89% | −0.0 pts |
| 2008 | 0.94% | −0.0 pts |
| 2007 | 0.96% | +0.0 pts |
| 2006 | 0.95% | +0.0 pts |
| 2005 | 0.93% | +0.0 pts |
| 2004 | 0.91% | −0.0 pts |
| 2003 | 0.93% | −0.0 pts |
| 2002 | 0.96% | −0.0 pts |
| 2001 | 1.00% | −0.1 pts |
| 2000 | 1.10% | −0.0 pts |
| 1999 | 1.15% | −0.0 pts |
| 1998 | 1.17% | −0.0 pts |
| 1997 | 1.20% | +0.0 pts |
| 1996 | 1.17% | −0.0 pts |
| 1995 | 1.19% | −0.0 pts |
| 1994 | 1.22% | −0.1 pts |
| 1993 | 1.31% | −0.0 pts |
| 1992 | 1.34% | +0.0 pts |
| 1991 | 1.34% | +0.2 pts |
| 1990 | 1.13% | +0.2 pts |
| 1989 | 0.95% | +0.0 pts |
| 1988 | 0.91% | +0.0 pts |
| 1987 | 0.90% | −0.0 pts |
| 1986 | 0.91% | +0.0 pts |
| 1985 | 0.89% | +0.0 pts |
| 1984 | 0.88% | −0.0 pts |
| 1983 | 0.91% | −0.0 pts |
| 1982 | 0.96% | −0.0 pts |
| 1981 | 1.00% | −0.2 pts |
| 1980 | 1.16% | +0.0 pts |
| 1979 | 1.11% | +0.1 pts |
| 1978 | 1.06% | +0.1 pts |
| 1977 | 1.01% | +0.0 pts |
| 1976 | 0.97% | +0.0 pts |
| 1975 | 0.97% | +0.0 pts |
| 1974 | 0.92% | −0.0 pts |
| 1973 | 0.96% | −0.1 pts |
| 1972 | 1.07% | −0.2 pts |
| 1971 | 1.27% | +0.1 pts |
| 1970 | 1.16% | +0.2 pts |
| 1969 | 0.99% | −0.0 pts |
| 1968 | 1.00% | −0.1 pts |
| 1967 | 1.10% | −0.1 pts |
| 1966 | 1.16% | −0.1 pts |
| 1965 | 1.26% | −0.1 pts |
| 1964 | 1.39% | −0.1 pts |
| 1963 | 1.45% | −0.1 pts |
| 1962 | 1.55% | −0.1 pts |
| 1961 | 1.65% | −0.4 pts |
| 1960 | 2.05% | +0.3 pts |
| 1959 | 1.72% | +0.1 pts |
| 1958 | 1.67% | −0.1 pts |
| 1957 | 1.81% | +0.0 pts |
| 1956 | 1.78% | +0.0 pts |
| 1955 | 1.78% | +0.0 pts |
| 1954 | 1.77% | +0.1 pts |
| 1953 | 1.66% | −0.1 pts |
| 1952 | 1.73% | +0.0 pts |
| 1951 | 1.72% | +0.1 pts |
| 1950 | 1.67% | −0.1 pts |
| 1949 | 1.74% | +0.0 pts |
| 1948 | 1.74% | −0.2 pts |
| 1947 | 1.94% | +0.9 pts |
| 1946 | 1.04% | −0.1 pts |
| 1945 | 1.11% | −0.1 pts |
| 1944 | 1.21% | −0.2 pts |
| 1943 | 1.39% | +0.3 pts |
| 1942 | 1.09% | +0.1 pts |
| 1941 | 0.97% | +0.1 pts |
| 1940 | 0.83% | +0.0 pts |
| 1939 | 0.81% | +0.0 pts |
| 1938 | 0.78% | +0.2 pts |
| 1937 | 0.61% | −0.0 pts |
| 1936 | 0.64% | −0.0 pts |
| 1935 | 0.69% | +0.1 pts |
| 1934 | 0.63% | +0.0 pts |
| 1933 | 0.59% | −0.1 pts |
| 1932 | 0.64% | −0.1 pts |
| 1931 | 0.78% | — |
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