Atlanta Georgia Population 2025 Percentage. Quickfacts provides statistics for all states and counties. Dawson county was home to metro atlanta's largest population percentage increase in 2023, rising 5.8% from the year before.

Counties experienced population gains than losses in 2023, as counties in the south saw faster growth and more northeast and midwest counties. That’s according to the atlanta regional commission’s official 2025 population estimate released today, which indicates the metro’s strongest growth over the past year came in outer suburbs and within city limits of the capital.