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Population Growth Rate, 1982

1982, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Growth Rate, 1982 covers 222 countries. Saint Martin is highest, at 18.868; Niue is lowest, at -4.122. The middle country reads 2.087. Against 1981, 220 values changed (103 up, 117 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Growth Rate · Data for 1982

HighestSaint Martin

18.868

LowestNiue

-4.122

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, 1982, 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, 1982: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Saint MartinMAFCaribbean18.868
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia11.449
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean10.354
ChadTCDMiddle Africa7.102
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa6.444
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia6.132
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia5.820
QatarQATWestern Asia5.819
OmanOMNWestern Asia5.576
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia4.838
AndorraANDSouthern Europe4.750
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean4.714
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean4.529
JordanJORWestern Asia4.385
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia4.208
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa4.026
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa4.013
MalawiMWIEastern Africa3.955
SudanSDNNorthern Africa3.951
IranIRNSouthern Asia3.923
American SamoaASMPolynesia3.856
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa3.712
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean3.708
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa3.628
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia3.625

02In 1982

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Saint Martin18.868
  2. Northern Mariana Islands11.449
  3. Sint Maarten10.354
  4. Chad7.102
  5. Equatorial Guinea6.444

Lowest

  1. Niue-4.122
  2. Afghanistan-2.164
  3. Cook Islands-0.996
  4. Montserrat-0.563
  5. Dominica-0.475

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2.087. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031981 → 1982

Since 1981

What changed between 1981 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 220values changed, of 222 in both
  • 103 · 117rose · 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 1982.

  • 218 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 2.899. 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 (1982). Population Growth Rate, 1982 [data set], describing 1982. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-growth/1982

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07Questions

Population Growth Rate, 1982: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population growth in Population Growth Rate, 1982?

Saint Martin, at 18.868, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Growth Rate, 1982 describe?

1982.

How many countries does Population Growth Rate, 1982 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Growth Rate, 1982?

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, 1982 the newest?

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

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