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Population Growth Rate, 1974

1974, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Growth Rate, 1974 covers 222 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 10.911; Niue is lowest, at -5.189. The middle country reads 2.200. Against 1973, 221 values changed (91 up, 130 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Growth Rate · Data for 1974

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

10.911

LowestNiue

-5.189

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, 1974, 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, 1974: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia10.911
QatarQATWestern Asia8.809
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa8.061
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean6.938
AndorraANDSouthern Europe6.221
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia6.052
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa5.644
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa5.522
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia5.208
BahrainBHRWestern Asia5.196
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean5.171
TuvaluTUVPolynesia5.085
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa4.818
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa4.570
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia4.536
United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean4.403
OmanOMNWestern Asia4.072
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa3.639
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia3.502
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa3.449
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa3.447
ComorosCOMEastern Africa3.418
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia3.402
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia3.392
SyriaSYRWestern Asia3.376

02In 1974

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United Arab Emirates10.911
  2. Qatar8.809
  3. Djibouti8.061
  4. Sint Maarten6.938
  5. Andorra6.221

Lowest

  1. Niue-5.189
  2. Cook Islands-3.324
  3. Equatorial Guinea-2.471
  4. Cyprus-1.191
  5. Suriname-0.587

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2.200. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031973 → 1974

Since 1973

What changed between 1973 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 221values changed, of 222 in both
  • 91 · 130rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

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 1974.

  • 216 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 2.850. 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 (1974). Population Growth Rate, 1974 [data set], describing 1974. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-growth/1974

0674 held

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07Questions

Population Growth Rate, 1974: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population growth in Population Growth Rate, 1974?

United Arab Emirates, at 10.911, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Growth Rate, 1974 describe?

1974.

How many countries does Population Growth Rate, 1974 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Growth Rate, 1974?

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, 1974 the newest?

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

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