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Population Growth Rate, 1950

1950, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Growth Rate, 1950 covers 222 countries. Sint Maarten is highest, at 7.175; North Korea is lowest, at -5.003. The middle country reads 1.968.

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Population Growth Rate · Data for 1950

HighestSint Maarten

7.175

LowestNorth Korea

-5.003

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Population Growth Rate, 1950, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 222 countries · select a heading to sort

Population Growth Rate, 1950: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean7.175
JordanJORWestern Asia7.006
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia6.616
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia5.959
MonacoMCOWestern Europe5.529
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia5.244
IsraelISRWestern Asia4.852
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia4.498
Saint MartinMAFCaribbean4.491
AnguillaAIACaribbean4.479
TuvaluTUVPolynesia4.471
VenezuelaVENSouth America4.392
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia4.031
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia3.703
RwandaRWAEastern Africa3.626
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia3.469
American SamoaASMPolynesia3.419
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia3.404
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia3.373
NigerNERWestern Africa3.343
Costa RicaCRICentral America3.320
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa3.190
QatarQATWestern Asia3.155
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand3.127
United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean3.124

02In 1950

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Sint Maarten7.175
  2. Jordan7.006
  3. United Arab Emirates6.616
  4. Brunei5.959
  5. Monaco5.529

Lowest

  1. North Korea-5.003
  2. Gibraltar-1.201
  3. Montserrat-0.765
  4. Germany-0.200
  5. Austria-0.039

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1.968. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

  • One year of the 2024 release

    Every year in this series comes from UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1950.

  • 215 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 2.786. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

04The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (1950). Population Growth Rate, 1950 [data set], describing 1950. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-growth/1950

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06Questions

Population Growth Rate, 1950: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population growth in Population Growth Rate, 1950?

Sint Maarten, at 7.175, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Growth Rate, 1950 describe?

1950.

How many countries does Population Growth Rate, 1950 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Growth Rate, 1950?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Population Growth Rate, 1950 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Population Growth Rate, 2023.

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