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Population growth: compare countries

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Population growth by country

Annual, Percent

Source: World Bank

Population growth: latest observations by country
Date	China	United States
Dec 31, 2002	0.7%	0.9%
Dec 31, 2003	0.6%	0.9%
Dec 31, 2004	0.6%	0.9%
Dec 31, 2005	0.6%	0.9%
Dec 31, 2006	0.6%	1.0%
Dec 31, 2007	0.5%	1.0%
Dec 31, 2008	0.5%	0.9%
Dec 31, 2009	0.5%	0.9%
Dec 31, 2010	0.5%	0.8%
Dec 31, 2011	0.5%	0.8%
Dec 31, 2012	0.7%	0.8%
Dec 31, 2013	0.7%	0.8%
Dec 31, 2014	0.6%	0.8%
Dec 31, 2015	0.6%	0.8%
Dec 31, 2016	0.6%	0.8%
Dec 31, 2017	0.6%	0.7%
Dec 31, 2018	0.5%	0.6%
Dec 31, 2019	0.4%	0.5%
Dec 31, 2020	0.2%	0.4%
Dec 31, 2021	0.1%	0.2%
Dec 31, 2022	-0.0%	0.6%
Dec 31, 2023	-0.1%	0.8%
Dec 31, 2024	-0.1%	1.0%
Dec 31, 2025	-0.2%	0.5%