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Population Growth Rate, 1981

1981, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Growth Rate, 1981 covers 222 countries. Northern Mariana Islands is highest, at 12.591; Afghanistan is lowest, at -13.883. The middle country reads 2.007. Against 1980, 222 values changed (98 up, 124 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Growth Rate · Data for 1981

HighestNorthern Mariana Islands

12.591

LowestAfghanistan

-13.883

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, 1981, 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, 1981: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia12.591
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean8.259
IranIRNSouthern Asia6.740
QatarQATWestern Asia6.081
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia6.069
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia5.927
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa5.665
OmanOMNWestern Asia5.526
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa5.509
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia4.908
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean4.882
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean4.692
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa4.666
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia4.614
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa4.417
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa4.324
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia4.230
JordanJORWestern Asia4.146
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa4.022
MalawiMWIEastern Africa3.941
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia3.900
American SamoaASMPolynesia3.880
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean3.860
SudanSDNNorthern Africa3.835
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa3.773

02In 1981

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Northern Mariana Islands12.591
  2. Sint Maarten8.259
  3. Iran6.740
  4. Qatar6.081
  5. Saudi Arabia6.069

Lowest

  1. Afghanistan-13.883
  2. Niue-4.450
  3. Somalia-2.456
  4. Montserrat-0.711
  5. Cook Islands-0.528

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2.007. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031980 → 1981

Since 1980

What changed between 1980 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 98 · 124rose · 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 1981.

  • 218 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 2.191. 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 (1981). Population Growth Rate, 1981 [data set], describing 1981. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-growth/1981

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07Questions

Population Growth Rate, 1981: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population growth in Population Growth Rate, 1981?

Northern Mariana Islands, at 12.591, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Growth Rate, 1981 describe?

1981.

How many countries does Population Growth Rate, 1981 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Growth Rate, 1981?

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, 1981 the newest?

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

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