ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - The 11-county Atlanta region is still growing, albeit slower than in years past.

The region’s population, now at 5,285,473, grew by 64,400 residents from April 2024 to April 2025, according to new population estimates approved at Wednesday’s Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) meeting.

Metro Atlanta’s average annual population growth rate has been slowing. Between 2020 and 2025, the 11-county region grew at a rate of 1.2%, compared to 1.5% in the 2010s, 2% between 2000 to 2010 and 3.1% in the 1980s and 1990s, according to ARC.

Atlanta region is still growing, albeit slower, in new population report. (Atlanta Regional Commission)

Population data showed the region is growing at a faster rate in the outer suburbs and within the inner core. Forsyth and C

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