According to experts’ report, America’s population will increase in 2025
US: According to three analysts who spoke to the media report, the U.S. population will continue to expand slowly and age in 2025. Many nations, particularly in Europe, are facing population decrease, and while the United States is not officially one of them, its growth is sluggish.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the population grew by only 0.5 percent last year. Even though this is the biggest increase since the Covid epidemic, the Bureau came to the conclusion that “national population growth is still historically low,” and experts predicted that 2025 would not be substantially different.
According to Dowell Myers, a professor of politics, planning, and demography at the University of Southern California, “next year will be much like this year, but with slightly more moderation from the recent pandemic disruptions,” he said. “We know all the residents will be one year older—baby boomers moving deeper into retirement and still holding on to their houses, while most of the millennials spill across the 30-year age threshold, after which fertility can’t be delayed much further and when intentions for homeownership are strengthening even more.”
“Next year the country will be a bit older, the total number of births will be a bit lower, and people will still have trouble finding housing that meets their needs,” said Beth Jarosz, senior program director at the Population Reference Bureau.
Demographer William Frey, a senior scholar at The Brookings Institution, has said that he believes immigration would be “the main driver of population growth” in 2025, with “low population growth.”
Frey stated that immigration is “vital for population growth and reduced aging,” according to his report from 2023, which found: “In a future of decreasing births and increasing deaths across an already aging population, immigration levels are crucial in leading to national growth as opposed to decline and countering what would otherwise be extreme aging.”
Jarosz emphasized the potential “ripple effects” of Donald Trump’s promise to implement mass deportations, echoing Myers’ concern.
In his first post-election appearance on Meet the Press on December 8, the president-elect reiterated his pledge to deport illegal migrants, saying, “I think you have to do it.” It’s a very difficult task. It’s—but you must have laws, rules, and regulations, you know. They entered the country illegally.
“We’re starting with the criminals, and we got to do it,” he said, “And then we’re starting with others, and we’re going to see how it goes.”
“If those happen, it will have repercussions on the labor force and population,” Jarosz said. Certain areas, such as those with a high concentration of construction and agricultural employment, would be disproportionately impacted by deportations.
The Trump-Vance transition team spokesperson, Karoline Leavitt, responded to these remarks by saying, “President Trump will use all federal resources and work with state authorities to launch the biggest deportation campaign of drug dealers, human traffickers, and illegal criminals in American history while also reducing costs for families and bolstering our workforce.
“President Trump was mandated to carry out the pledges he made during the campaign, such as deporting migrant criminals and reestablishing our economic dominance, after the American people overwhelmingly re-elected him. He’ll deliver.
