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Population Growth Rate, 1958

1958, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Growth Rate, 1958 covers 222 countries. Kuwait is highest, at 11.360; Macau is lowest, at -2.643. The middle country reads 2.137. Against 1957, 221 values changed (124 up, 97 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Growth Rate · Data for 1958

HighestKuwait

11.360

LowestMacau

-2.643

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, 1958, 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, 1958: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia11.360
AndorraANDSouthern Europe8.496
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean6.342
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia6.188
JordanJORWestern Asia6.160
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia5.107
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia4.590
QatarQATWestern Asia4.590
BahamasBHSCaribbean4.415
GreenlandGRLNorthern America4.175
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia4.034
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia3.867
BahrainBHRWestern Asia3.852
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa3.815
VenezuelaVENSouth America3.776
Costa RicaCRICentral America3.738
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia3.631
NauruNRUMicronesia3.584
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean3.480
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia3.450
Saint MartinMAFCaribbean3.374
South KoreaKOREastern Asia3.358
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia3.353
GuyanaGUYSouth America3.341
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia3.321

02In 1958

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Kuwait11.360
  2. Andorra8.496
  3. Sint Maarten6.342
  4. Brunei6.188
  5. Jordan6.160

Lowest

  1. Macau-2.643
  2. Isle of Man-1.564
  3. Montserrat-0.844
  4. Ireland-0.550
  5. Saint Lucia-0.388

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2.137. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031957 → 1958

Since 1957

What changed between 1957 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 221values changed, of 222 in both
  • 124 · 97rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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 1958.

  • 218 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 4.590. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The 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 (1958). Population Growth Rate, 1958 [data set], describing 1958. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-growth/1958

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07Questions

Population Growth Rate, 1958: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population growth in Population Growth Rate, 1958?

Kuwait, at 11.360, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Growth Rate, 1958 describe?

1958.

How many countries does Population Growth Rate, 1958 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Growth Rate, 1958?

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, 1958 the newest?

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

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