Is population growing or shrinking?

Updated annually
It grew by 98,500 between 2024 and 2025, the fourth most among all states. Changes in population reflect birth and death rates, immigration patterns, regional shifts, and even the overall health of the economy. Georgia’s 0.88% annual increase was primarily driven by immigration to the state. In the decade between 2015 and 2025, Georgia’s population grew by 10.9%.

+98.5K

population change (2024 to 2025)

+0.88%

percent change in population (2024 to 2025)
Since 2000, Georgia's population increased in 25 of 25 years. The largest increase occurred between 2005 and 2006, when it gained 229,900 residents. The state's smallest increase during the 21st century occurred between 2020 and 2021 when it gained 60,400 residents.

Georgia gained 98,500 residents between 2024 and 2025.

Annual population change

A state’s population is influenced by three factors:
  • Natural population change: If births outnumber deaths in a given year, natural population growth is positive. If deaths exceed births, it is negative. Between 2024 to 2025 natural population change was positive in Georgia, with births exceeding deaths by 28,600.
  • Immigration: international migration directly into or out of a state. If more people move in than move out, population change from immigration is positive. If more people move out than move in, it’s negative. Georgia’s population change from immigration was positive, with about 42,600 more people coming from another country to Georgia than leaving.
  • Domestic migration, moving between states: Georgia’s population change from domestic migration was positive, with about 27,300 more people moving to Georgia from other states than leaving.

Between 2024 and 2025, immigration was the primary driver of population growth in Georgia.

Components of population change

Among 159 county equivalents, Gwinnett County had the largest population growth in Georgia, welcoming 12,267 new residents. Clayton County lost the most, with a loss of 1,677 residents. County-level population data is available as of 2024.
Dawson County led Georgia in percent population increase between 2023 and 2024 at 6.4 percent. Montgomery County ranked last with a 2.3 percent decline.

Between 2023 and 2024, Dawson County gained 6.4% in population, the largest increase in Georgia.

Population change

Between 2015 and 2025, Georgia’s population has increased by 10.9%. During that same period, the US population grew by 6.2%. Georgia ranks 11th among states in population growth over that decade.

Georgia ranked 11th in population growth between 2015 and 2025.

Percent change in population

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Methodology

USAFacts standardizes data, in areas such as time and demographics, to make it easier to understand and compare.

The analysis was generated with the help of AI and reviewed by USAFacts for accuracy.

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