# Population growth rate in China

Population growth rate in China was -0.17% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population_growth`
- Place id: `cn`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Exponential rate of change of the mid-year population from the previous year to the reported year, as a percentage. Includes births, deaths and migration.
- Note: Total change, not natural increase (births minus deaths). World Bank series.
- Source: World Bank, Population growth, annual % (SP.POP.GROW) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.GROW)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population growth, annual % (SP.POP.GROW). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.GROW. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population-growth/china
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population-growth/china.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population_growth&place=cn

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | -0.17 |
| 2024 | -0.12 |
| 2023 | -0.1 |
| 2022 | -0.01 |
| 2021 | 0.09 |
| 2020 | 0.24 |
| 2019 | 0.35 |
| 2018 | 0.47 |
| 2017 | 0.61 |
| 2016 | 0.57 |
| 2015 | 0.58 |
| 2014 | 0.63 |
| 2013 | 0.67 |
| 2012 | 0.68 |
| 2011 | 0.55 |
| 2010 | 0.48 |
| 2009 | 0.5 |
| 2008 | 0.51 |
| 2007 | 0.52 |
| 2006 | 0.56 |
| 2005 | 0.59 |
| 2004 | 0.59 |
| 2003 | 0.62 |
| 2002 | 0.67 |
| 2001 | 0.73 |
| 2000 | 0.79 |
| 1999 | 0.87 |
| 1998 | 0.96 |
| 1997 | 1.02 |
| 1996 | 1.05 |
| 1995 | 1.09 |
| 1994 | 1.13 |
| 1993 | 1.15 |
| 1992 | 1.23 |
| 1991 | 1.36 |
| 1990 | 1.47 |
| 1989 | 1.53 |
| 1988 | 1.61 |
| 1987 | 1.6 |
| 1986 | 1.49 |
| 1985 | 1.36 |
| 1984 | 1.31 |
| 1983 | 1.44 |
| 1982 | 1.47 |
| 1981 | 1.28 |
| 1980 | 1.25 |
| 1979 | 1.33 |
| 1978 | 1.34 |
| 1977 | 1.36 |
| 1976 | 1.55 |
| 1975 | 1.77 |
| 1974 | 2.07 |
| 1973 | 2.28 |
| 1972 | 2.46 |
| 1971 | 2.75 |
| 1970 | 2.76 |
| 1969 | 2.74 |
| 1968 | 2.61 |
| 1967 | 2.57 |
| 1966 | 2.79 |
| 1965 | 2.38 |
| 1964 | 2.32 |
| 1963 | 2.46 |
| 1962 | 0.82 |
| 1961 | -1.02 |