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Population Growth Rate, 1970

1970, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Growth Rate, 1970 covers 222 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 16.691; Saint Kitts and Nevis is lowest, at -1.379. The middle country reads 2.218. Against 1969, 222 values changed (95 up, 127 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Growth Rate · Data for 1970

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

16.691

LowestSaint Kitts and Nevis

-1.379

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, 1970, 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, 1970: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia16.691
QatarQATWestern Asia12.837
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia9.319
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia8.284
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean7.362
AndorraANDSouthern Europe7.227
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia7.098
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa6.378
United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean6.327
JordanJORWestern Asia5.510
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean4.812
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia4.628
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia4.555
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia4.254
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa4.232
IsraelISRWestern Asia3.896
KenyaKENEastern Africa3.783
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa3.585
IraqIRQWestern Asia3.487
French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia3.475
SudanSDNNorthern Africa3.467
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa3.459
TogoTGOWestern Africa3.439
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa3.420
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia3.404

02In 1970

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United Arab Emirates16.691
  2. Qatar12.837
  3. Hong Kong9.319
  4. Northern Mariana Islands8.284
  5. Sint Maarten7.362

Lowest

  1. Saint Kitts and Nevis-1.379
  2. Equatorial Guinea-1.181
  3. Portugal-1.165
  4. Cambodia-1.057
  5. Vatican City-0.940

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2.218. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031969 → 1970

Since 1969

What changed between 1969 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 95 · 127rose · 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 1970.

  • 213 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.932. 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 (1970). Population Growth Rate, 1970 [data set], describing 1970. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-growth/1970

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07Questions

Population Growth Rate, 1970: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population growth in Population Growth Rate, 1970?

United Arab Emirates, at 16.691, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Growth Rate, 1970 describe?

1970.

How many countries does Population Growth Rate, 1970 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Growth Rate, 1970?

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, 1970 the newest?

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

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