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Population Growth Rate, 1980

1980, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Growth Rate, 1980 covers 222 countries. Northern Mariana Islands is highest, at 10.830; Afghanistan is lowest, at -6.144. The middle country reads 2.010. Against 1979, 221 values changed (105 up, 116 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Growth Rate · Data for 1980

HighestNorthern Mariana Islands

10.830

LowestAfghanistan

-6.144

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, 1980, 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, 1980: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia10.830
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia10.163
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa8.978
BurundiBDIEastern Africa6.323
QatarQATWestern Asia6.320
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa5.930
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia5.881
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa5.689
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean5.529
OmanOMNWestern Asia5.367
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia5.291
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean4.755
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia4.469
SudanSDNNorthern Africa4.465
BahrainBHRWestern Asia4.333
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa4.172
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa4.049
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean4.007
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa3.986
AndorraANDSouthern Europe3.977
MalawiMWIEastern Africa3.912
JordanJORWestern Asia3.861
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa3.741
IranIRNSouthern Asia3.677
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia3.676

02In 1980

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Northern Mariana Islands10.830
  2. United Arab Emirates10.163
  3. Zimbabwe8.978
  4. Burundi6.323
  5. Qatar6.320

Lowest

  1. Afghanistan-6.144
  2. Niue-3.623
  3. Chad-1.942
  4. Grenada-1.094
  5. Montserrat-0.820

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2.010. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031979 → 1980

Since 1979

What changed between 1979 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 221values changed, of 222 in both
  • 105 · 116rose · 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 1980.

  • 213 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 2.791. 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 (1980). Population Growth Rate, 1980 [data set], describing 1980. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-growth/1980

0674 held

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07Questions

Population Growth Rate, 1980: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population growth in Population Growth Rate, 1980?

Northern Mariana Islands, at 10.830, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Growth Rate, 1980 describe?

1980.

How many countries does Population Growth Rate, 1980 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Growth Rate, 1980?

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, 1980 the newest?

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

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