World
Population growth
Population growth captures demographic momentum. It affects potential output, housing demand, fiscal pressure, and long-run labor-force capacity.
Population growth - World
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The reading right now
As of January 2024, Population growth for World stood at 0.96%. That is up 0.03 percentage points from the prior year. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 0.94%, ranging from a low of 0.83% in January 2021 to a high of 1.04% in January 2019. The current reading sits 0.08 percentage points below its trailing ten-year mean of 1.03%.
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