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Population Growth Rate, 1975

1975, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Growth Rate, 1975 covers 222 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 9.998; Cambodia is lowest, at -6.559. The middle country reads 2.118. Against 1974, 220 values changed (85 up, 135 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Growth Rate · Data for 1975

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

9.998

LowestCambodia

-6.559

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, 1975, 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, 1975: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia9.998
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa9.091
QatarQATWestern Asia8.206
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean6.744
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia6.357
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa6.246
AndorraANDSouthern Europe5.990
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa5.617
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia5.273
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa5.116
BahrainBHRWestern Asia5.097
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean4.860
TuvaluTUVPolynesia4.791
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa4.582
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa4.556
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia4.408
OmanOMNWestern Asia4.281
United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean3.789
Saint MartinMAFCaribbean3.695
SudanSDNNorthern Africa3.681
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa3.639
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia3.468
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa3.465
SyriaSYRWestern Asia3.414
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia3.412

02In 1975

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United Arab Emirates9.998
  2. Djibouti9.091
  3. Qatar8.206
  4. Sint Maarten6.744
  5. Kuwait6.357

Lowest

  1. Cambodia-6.559
  2. Niue-5.984
  3. Cook Islands-3.562
  4. Equatorial Guinea-2.367
  5. Suriname-0.691

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2.118. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031974 → 1975

Since 1974

What changed between 1974 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 220values changed, of 222 in both
  • 85 · 135rose · 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 1975.

  • 219 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 2.570. 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 (1975). Population Growth Rate, 1975 [data set], describing 1975. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-growth/1975

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07Questions

Population Growth Rate, 1975: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population growth in Population Growth Rate, 1975?

United Arab Emirates, at 9.998, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Growth Rate, 1975 describe?

1975.

How many countries does Population Growth Rate, 1975 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Growth Rate, 1975?

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, 1975 the newest?

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

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