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Population Growth Rate, 1959

1959, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Growth Rate, 1959 covers 222 countries. Kuwait is highest, at 10.833; Macau is lowest, at -3.157. The middle country reads 2.213. Against 1958, 222 values changed (146 up, 76 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Growth Rate · Data for 1959

HighestKuwait

10.833

LowestMacau

-3.157

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, 1959, 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, 1959: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia10.833
AndorraANDSouthern Europe8.225
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean6.310
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia5.791
JordanJORWestern Asia5.787
QatarQATWestern Asia5.668
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia5.032
BahamasBHSCaribbean4.651
GreenlandGRLNorthern America4.378
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia4.287
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia4.044
BahrainBHRWestern Asia3.988
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa3.969
Costa RicaCRICentral America3.758
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia3.757
VenezuelaVENSouth America3.664
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia3.648
NauruNRUMicronesia3.571
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia3.558
Saint MartinMAFCaribbean3.551
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean3.548
KenyaKENEastern Africa3.543
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia3.436
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe3.359
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia3.355

02In 1959

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Kuwait10.833
  2. Andorra8.225
  3. Sint Maarten6.310
  4. Brunei5.791
  5. Jordan5.787

Lowest

  1. Macau-3.157
  2. Isle of Man-1.676
  3. Montserrat-0.718
  4. Ireland-0.489
  5. Anguilla-0.415

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2.213. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031958 → 1959

Since 1958

What changed between 1958 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 146 · 76rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

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 1959.

  • 212 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 2.309. 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 (1959). Population Growth Rate, 1959 [data set], describing 1959. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-growth/1959

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07Questions

Population Growth Rate, 1959: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population growth in Population Growth Rate, 1959?

Kuwait, at 10.833, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Growth Rate, 1959 describe?

1959.

How many countries does Population Growth Rate, 1959 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Growth Rate, 1959?

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, 1959 the newest?

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

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