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Population Growth Rate, 1968

1968, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Growth Rate, 1968 covers 222 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 17.320; Northern Mariana Islands is lowest, at -4.586. The middle country reads 2.185. Against 1967, 220 values changed (92 up, 128 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Growth Rate · Data for 1968

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

17.320

LowestNorthern Mariana Islands

-4.586

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, 1968, 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, 1968: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia17.320
QatarQATWestern Asia11.807
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia10.444
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia8.957
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean7.912
AndorraANDSouthern Europe7.911
JordanJORWestern Asia7.536
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia7.354
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa5.240
United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean4.870
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean4.845
NauruNRUMicronesia4.773
BahamasBHSCaribbean4.717
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia4.139
IsraelISRWestern Asia4.073
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia3.950
KenyaKENEastern Africa3.932
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa3.902
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa3.649
French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia3.458
IraqIRQWestern Asia3.430
SudanSDNNorthern Africa3.423
SurinameSURSouth America3.420
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia3.386
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa3.364

02In 1968

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United Arab Emirates17.320
  2. Qatar11.807
  3. Hong Kong10.444
  4. Kuwait8.957
  5. Sint Maarten7.912

Lowest

  1. Northern Mariana Islands-4.586
  2. Saint Kitts and Nevis-2.949
  3. Vatican City-2.861
  4. Palestine-1.185
  5. Macau-0.973

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2.185. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031967 → 1968

Since 1967

What changed between 1967 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 220values changed, of 222 in both
  • 92 · 128rose · 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 1968.

  • 218 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 3.306. 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 (1968). Population Growth Rate, 1968 [data set], describing 1968. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-growth/1968

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07Questions

Population Growth Rate, 1968: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population growth in Population Growth Rate, 1968?

United Arab Emirates, at 17.320, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Growth Rate, 1968 describe?

1968.

How many countries does Population Growth Rate, 1968 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Growth Rate, 1968?

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, 1968 the newest?

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

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