diff --git a/src/core/configuration/DefaultConfig.ts b/src/core/configuration/DefaultConfig.ts
index ee31983d6..6756f21dc 100644
--- a/src/core/configuration/DefaultConfig.ts
+++ b/src/core/configuration/DefaultConfig.ts
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ export class DefaultConfig implements Config {
     //population grows proportional to current population with growth decreasing as it approaches max
     // smaller countries recieve a boost to pop growth to speed up early game
     const baseAdditionRate = 10;
-    const basePopGrowthRate = 1300 / max + 1 / 140;
+    const basePopGrowthRate = 1000 / max + 1 / 140;
     const reproductionPop = 0.85 * player.troops() + 1.15 * player.workers();
     let toAdd = baseAdditionRate + basePopGrowthRate * reproductionPop;
     const totalPop = player.totalPopulation();