Graph and download economic data for Population Growth for the United States (SPPOPGROWUSA) from 1961 to 2024 about population, rate, and USA.

Population growth (annual %) in United States was reported at 0.97642 % in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. United States - Population growth (annual %) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on October of 2025.

Maximum growth rate per individual (r) and carrying capacity (K) are key life-history traits that together characterize the density-dependent population growth and therefore are crucial parameters of many ecological and evolutionary theories such as r/K selection. Although r and K are generally thought to correlate inversely, both r/K tradeoffs and trade-ups have been observed. Nonetheless, neither the conditions under which each of these relationships occur nor the causes of these relationships are fully understood. Here, we address these questions using yeast as a model system. We estimated r and K using the growth curves of over 7,000 yeast recombinants in nine environments and found that the r–K correlation among genotypes changes from 0.53 to −0.52 with the rise of environment quality, measured by the mean r of all genotypes in the environment. We respectively mapped quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for r and K in each environment. Many QTLs simultaneously influence r and K, but the directions of their effects are environment dependent such that QTLs tend to show concordant effects on the two traits in poor environments but antagonistic effects in rich environments. We propose that these contrasting trends are generated by the relative impacts of two factors—the tradeoff between the speed and efficiency of ATP production and the energetic cost of cell maintenance relative to reproduction—and demonstrate an agreement between model predictions and empirical observations. These results reveal and explain the complex environment dependency of the r–K relationship, which bears on many ecological and evolutionary phenomena and has biomedical implications.

Graph and download economic data for Population Growth for the Republic of Yemen (SPPOPGROWYEM) from 1961 to 2024 about Yemen, population, and rate.

Historical dataset showing U.S. population growth rate by year from 1961 to 2023.

Population growth (annual %) in World was reported at 0.9512 % in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. World - Population growth (annual %) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on October of 2025.

Original experimental raw datasets used in the study reported by Aida et al., 2022, eLife. A total of 13,608 growth curves (temporal records of OD600) obtained under 1,029 chemically defined media are summarized.

Dataset includes data and code related to this manuscript.

IntroductionAfter more than 100 years of generating monoculture batch culture growth curves, microbial ecologists and evolutionary biologists still lack a reference method for inferring growth rates. Our work highlights the challenges of estimating the growth rate from growth curve data. It shows that inaccurate estimates of growth rates significantly impact the estimated relative fitness, a principal quantity in evolution and ecology. Methods and resultsFirst, we conducted a literature review and found which methods are currently used to estimate growth rates. These methods differ in the meaning of the estimated growth rate parameter. Mechanistic models estimate the intrinsic growth rate µ, whereas phenomenological methods – both model-based and model-free – estimate the maximum per capita growth rate µmax. Using math and simulations, we show the conditions in which µmax is not a good estimator of µ. Then, we demonstrate that inaccurate absolute estimates of µ are not overcome by calculating relative values. Importantly, we find that poor approximations for µ sometimes lead to wrongly classifying a beneficial mutant as deleterious. Finally, we re-analyzed four published data sets, using most of the methods found in our literature review. We detected no single best-fitting model across all experiments within a data set and found that the Gompertz models, which were among the most commonly used, were often among the worst-fitting. DiscussionOur study suggests how experimenters can improve their growth rate and associated relative fitness estimates and highlights a neglected but fundamental problem for nearly everyone who studies microbial populations in the lab.

Graph and download economic data for Population Growth for Brazil (SPPOPGROWBRA) from 1961 to 2024 about Brazil, population, and rate.

The average for 2023 based on 196 countries was 1.15 percent. The highest value was in Singapore: 4.86 percent and the lowest value was in Ukraine: -2.67 percent. The indicator is available from 1961 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Historical dataset showing Central America population growth rate by year from N/A to N/A.

Graph and download economic data for Population Growth for the European Union (SPPOPGROWEUU) from 1961 to 2024 about EU, Europe, population, and rate.

Population growth (annual %) in Germany was reported at --0.46708 % in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Germany - Population growth (annual %) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on October of 2025.

Until the 1800s, population growth was incredibly slow on a global level. The global population was estimated to have been around 188 million people in the year 1CE, and did not reach one billion until around 1803. However, since the 1800s, a phenomenon known as the demographic transition has seen population growth skyrocket, reaching eight billion people in 2023, and this is expected to peak at over 10 billion in the 2080s.

Population growth (annual %) in European Union was reported at 0.16884 % in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. European Union - Population growth (annual %) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on October of 2025.

BackgroundChildren with familial dysautonomia (FD) are smaller and grow more slowly than the general population. It is unknown whether this abnormal growth is due to comorbidities that patients with FD live with, or if it is a direct effect of the disease-causing homozygous ELP-1 mutations. Here, we created growth curves for weight, height, and body mass index (BMI) in male and female children with FD to monitor the nutritional status of patients with FD.MethodsWe used the New York University (NYU) FD Registry which includes data from 680 individuals with FD who were followed longitudinally since birth. We generated sex-specific FD growth charts for three age ranges (birth to 36 months, 2 to 20 years, and 2 to 40 years) and compared them to the general population. We generated Kaplan-Meier curves to test the hypothesis that FD patients with low BMI had shorter survival than the rest of the cohort.ResultsGrowth charts generated from 591 individuals with FD show that these patients grow more slowly, reach less height, and gain less weight than the general population. The impact of FD on height was more pronounced in girls than in boys. However, both groups showed markedly low weights, which resulted in low BMI. Low weight, but not height, is already evident at birth. In a subpopulation of FD patients, we found that treatment with growth hormone or spinal fusion surgery helped patients achieve the expected growth characteristic of FD patients, but these treatments did not lead FD patients to achieve the growth pattern of the general population. Contrary to our hypothesis, low BMI had no impact on patient survival.ConclusionsPediatric patients with FD have lower height, weight, and BMI compared to the general pediatric population, but this does not appear to affect survival. Growth curves specific to the FD population are an important tool to monitor growth and nutritional status in pediatric patients with FD when the general population growth curves are of limited use.

Puerto Rico: Population growth, percent: The latest value from 2023 is -0.45 percent, an increase from -1.31 percent in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 1.15 percent, based on data from 196 countries. Historically, the average for Puerto Rico from 1961 to 2023 is 0.49 percent. The minimum value, -4.05 percent, was reached in 2018 while the maximum of 2.71 percent was recorded in 2020.

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Graph and download economic data for Population Growth for Denmark (SPPOPGROWDNK) from 1961 to 2024 about Denmark, population, and rate.