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Population Growth Rate, 1963

1963, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Growth Rate, 1963 covers 222 countries. Qatar is highest, at 12.196; Hong Kong is lowest, at -8.541. The middle country reads 2.250. Against 1962, 222 values changed (115 up, 107 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Growth Rate · Data for 1963

HighestQatar

12.196

LowestHong Kong

-8.541

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, 1963, 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, 1963: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
QatarQATWestern Asia12.196
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia10.355
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean9.270
United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean7.746
AndorraANDSouthern Europe7.036
NauruNRUMicronesia5.148
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa5.051
BahamasBHSCaribbean4.973
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia4.873
JordanJORWestern Asia4.634
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia4.612
IsraelISRWestern Asia4.471
SurinameSURSouth America4.385
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa4.091
KenyaKENEastern Africa3.907
BahrainBHRWestern Asia3.893
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa3.859
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia3.809
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia3.695
GreenlandGRLNorthern America3.560
Costa RicaCRICentral America3.533
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia3.435
VenezuelaVENSouth America3.427
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia3.419
French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia3.389

02In 1963

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Qatar12.196
  2. Kuwait10.355
  3. Sint Maarten9.270
  4. United States Virgin Islands7.746
  5. Andorra7.036

Lowest

  1. Hong Kong-8.541
  2. Saint Kitts and Nevis-2.019
  3. Montserrat-0.661
  4. Malta-0.251
  5. Portugal-0.040

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2.250. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031962 → 1963

Since 1962

What changed between 1962 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 115 · 107rose · 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 1963.

  • 216 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 3.389. 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 (1963). Population Growth Rate, 1963 [data set], describing 1963. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-growth/1963

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07Questions

Population Growth Rate, 1963: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population growth in Population Growth Rate, 1963?

Qatar, at 12.196, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Growth Rate, 1963 describe?

1963.

How many countries does Population Growth Rate, 1963 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Growth Rate, 1963?

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, 1963 the newest?

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

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