Since 2000, Russia has consistently had the lowest population growth rate of the BRICS countries, and it even experienced a population decline throughout most of the 2000s, and again in the late 2010s. For Brazil, China, and India, population growth has gradually fallen over time, as their demographic development progresses. South Africa has had the highest population growth rate since 2010, as its population recovered from the initial impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, before it started falling as birth rates fall more in line with death rates.
BRICS countries: Population growth from 2000 to 2023
(compared to previous year)
Characteristic
Brazil
China
India
Russia
South Africa
2023
0.4%
-0.1%
0.88%
-0.29%
1.33%
2022
0.36%
-0.01%
0.79%
-0.35%
1.41%
2021
0.43%
0.09%
0.82%
-0.34%
1.54%
2020
0.58%
0.24%
0.97%
-0.14%
1.62%
2019
0.65%
0.35%
1.04%
0.04%
1.65%
2018
0.68%
0.47%
1.1%
0.07%
1.68%
2017
0.73%
0.61%
1.16%
0.19%
0.65%
2016
0.76%
0.57%
1.19%
0.26%
0.94%
2015
0.79%
0.58%
1.19%
0.28%
2.01%
2014
0.81%
0.63%
1.26%
0.3%
1.66%
2013
0.81%
0.67%
1.33%
0.3%
1.65%
2012
0.81%
0.68%
1.37%
0.25%
1.47%
2011
0.93%
0.55%
1.36%
0.12%
1.26%
-0.5%0%0.5%1%1.5%2%2.5%
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