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Population Growth Rate, 1962

1962, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Growth Rate, 1962 covers 222 countries. Qatar is highest, at 12.031; Hong Kong is lowest, at -7.816. The middle country reads 2.284. Against 1961, 220 values changed (122 up, 98 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Growth Rate · Data for 1962

HighestQatar

12.031

LowestHong Kong

-7.816

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, 1962, 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, 1962: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
QatarQATWestern Asia12.031
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia10.699
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean9.443
United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean7.928
AndorraANDSouthern Europe7.400
BahamasBHSCaribbean5.039
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia4.909
SurinameSURSouth America4.658
NauruNRUMicronesia4.560
IsraelISRWestern Asia4.543
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa4.542
JordanJORWestern Asia4.540
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia4.360
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa4.184
BahrainBHRWestern Asia3.928
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia3.900
KenyaKENEastern Africa3.860
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa3.832
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia3.678
Costa RicaCRICentral America3.636
GreenlandGRLNorthern America3.580
MicronesiaFSMMicronesia3.551
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia3.507
VenezuelaVENSouth America3.469
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia3.466

02In 1962

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Qatar12.031
  2. Kuwait10.699
  3. Sint Maarten9.443
  4. United States Virgin Islands7.928
  5. Andorra7.400

Lowest

  1. Hong Kong-7.816
  2. Saint Kitts and Nevis-1.761
  3. Montserrat-0.682
  4. Malta-0.163
  5. Vatican City0.000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2.284. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031961 → 1962

Since 1961

What changed between 1961 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 220values changed, of 222 in both
  • 122 · 98rose · fell
  • 2unchanged

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 1962.

  • 214 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 3.111. 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 (1962). Population Growth Rate, 1962 [data set], describing 1962. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-growth/1962

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07Questions

Population Growth Rate, 1962: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population growth in Population Growth Rate, 1962?

Qatar, at 12.031, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Growth Rate, 1962 describe?

1962.

How many countries does Population Growth Rate, 1962 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Growth Rate, 1962?

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, 1962 the newest?

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

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