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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	United States	Papua New Guinea
Dec 31, 2002	0.9%	3.4%
Dec 31, 2003	0.9%	3.3%
Dec 31, 2004	0.9%	3.3%
Dec 31, 2005	0.9%	3.2%
Dec 31, 2006	1.0%	3.2%
Dec 31, 2007	1.0%	3.1%
Dec 31, 2008	0.9%	3.1%
Dec 31, 2009	0.9%	3.1%
Dec 31, 2010	0.8%	3.0%
Dec 31, 2011	0.8%	2.9%
Dec 31, 2012	0.8%	2.8%
Dec 31, 2013	0.8%	2.7%
Dec 31, 2014	0.8%	2.6%
Dec 31, 2015	0.8%	2.5%
Dec 31, 2016	0.8%	2.5%
Dec 31, 2017	0.7%	2.4%
Dec 31, 2018	0.6%	2.3%
Dec 31, 2019	0.5%	2.3%
Dec 31, 2020	0.4%	2.1%
Dec 31, 2021	0.2%	2.0%
Dec 31, 2022	0.6%	1.9%
Dec 31, 2023	0.8%	1.8%
Dec 31, 2024	1.0%	1.8%
Dec 31, 2025	0.5%	1.7%