# Population growth rate: source and method

## Citation

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. “Population growth rate – UN WPP” \[dataset\]. United Nations, “World Population Prospects”; United Nations, “World Population Prospects – Interim Update” \[original data\].

## What it measures

Annual rate at which the population is growing, expressed as a percentage. Unit: %.

## Where it was taken from

- Chart: [https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/population-growth-rates](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/population-growth-rates)
- Full metadata: [https://api.ourworldindata.org/v1/indicators/950924.metadata.json](https://api.ourworldindata.org/v1/indicators/950924.metadata.json)
- Last updated by Our World in Data: 2024-07-12. Taken for this site on 22 October 2026.

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