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Population growth in North America

34 countries in North America, 2025. Unit: % per year. World ranking →

First in the ranking

1.85 %

Cayman Islands

Median country

0.44 %

half above, half below

World

0.91 %

World Bank aggregate

Range

-4.65 to 1.85

Saint-Martin - Cayman Islands

How to read it

Across 34 countries in North America, the highest value is in Cayman Islands (1.85 %) and the lowest in Saint-Martin (-4.65 %).

The median country is at 0.44 %: half are above, half below.

Annual population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

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Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), note: Derived from total population, publisher: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications… · via World Bank WDI (SP.POP.GROW) · licence

Population growth over time

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Ranking of countries

2025

In chart
Cayman Islands in chart	1	Cayman Islands	1.85
Honduras in chart	2	Honduras	1.65
Guatemala in chart	3	Guatemala	1.52
Belize in chart	4	Belize	1.39
Sint Maarten in chart	5	Sint Maarten	1.31
Nicaragua in chart	6	Nicaragua	1.31
Panama in chart	7	Panama	1.22
Haiti in chart	8	Haiti	1.13
Canada in chart	9	Canada	0.94
Mexico in chart	10	Mexico	0.83
Dominican Republic in chart	11	Dominican Republic	0.81
Aruba in chart	12	Aruba	0.73
Turks and Caicos Islands in chart	13	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.69
British Virgin Islands in chart	14	British Virgin Islands	0.66
United States in chart	15	United States	0.52
Antigua and Barbuda in chart	16	Antigua and Barbuda	0.46
Costa Rica in chart	17	Costa Rica	0.45
Bahamas in chart	18	Bahamas	0.44
El Salvador in chart	19	El Salvador	0.43
Saint Lucia in chart	20	Saint Lucia	0.23
Curaçao in chart	21	Curaçao	0.19
Saint Kitts and Nevis in chart	22	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.17
Grenada in chart	23	Grenada	0.08
Barbados in chart	24	Barbados	0.06
Greenland in chart	25	Greenland	-0.01
Trinidad and Tobago in chart	26	Trinidad and Tobago	-0.04
Jamaica in chart	27	Jamaica	-0.07
Bermuda in chart	28	Bermuda	-0.13
Cuba in chart	29	Cuba	-0.39
Dominica in chart	30	Dominica	-0.51
Puerto Rico in chart	31	Puerto Rico	-0.55
United States Virgin Islands in chart	32	United States Virgin Islands	-0.56
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in chart	33	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	-0.69
Saint-Martin in chart	34	Saint-Martin	-4.65

World Bank, WDI · SP.POP.GROW · 2025 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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