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Population Growth Rate, 1978

1978, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Growth Rate, 1978 covers 222 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 12.526; Cambodia is lowest, at -8.489. The middle country reads 2.060. Against 1977, 218 values changed (83 up, 135 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Growth Rate · Data for 1978

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

12.526

LowestCambodia

-8.489

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, 1978, 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, 1978: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia12.526
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa11.116
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa9.174
QatarQATWestern Asia6.897
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa6.668
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa6.370
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia6.228
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean6.171
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa5.779
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia5.773
OmanOMNWestern Asia5.231
AndorraANDSouthern Europe4.932
BahrainBHRWestern Asia4.675
SudanSDNNorthern Africa4.302
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean3.835
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa3.826
TuvaluTUVPolynesia3.809
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa3.802
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa3.663
MalawiMWIEastern Africa3.593
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia3.506
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa3.483
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa3.462
KenyaKENEastern Africa3.442
SyriaSYRWestern Asia3.418

02In 1978

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United Arab Emirates12.526
  2. Somalia11.116
  3. Djibouti9.174
  4. Qatar6.897
  5. Botswana6.668

Lowest

  1. Cambodia-8.489
  2. Niue-2.609
  3. Suriname-0.981
  4. Grenada-0.788
  5. Palau-0.764

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2.060. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031977 → 1978

Since 1977

What changed between 1977 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 218values changed, of 222 in both
  • 83 · 135rose · fell
  • 4unchanged

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 1978.

  • 216 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 3.179. 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 (1978). Population Growth Rate, 1978 [data set], describing 1978. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-growth/1978

0674 held

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07Questions

Population Growth Rate, 1978: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population growth in Population Growth Rate, 1978?

United Arab Emirates, at 12.526, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Growth Rate, 1978 describe?

1978.

How many countries does Population Growth Rate, 1978 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Growth Rate, 1978?

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, 1978 the newest?

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

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