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Population Growth Rate, 1985

1985, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Growth Rate, 1985 covers 222 countries. Saint Martin is highest, at 15.089; Niue is lowest, at -5.932. The middle country reads 2.037. Against 1984, 222 values changed (91 up, 131 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Growth Rate · Data for 1985

HighestSaint Martin

15.089

LowestNiue

-5.932

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, 1985, 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, 1985: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Saint MartinMAFCaribbean15.089
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia8.939
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean8.371
OmanOMNWestern Asia6.662
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia5.629
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia5.260
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa5.241
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa5.186
QatarQATWestern Asia4.922
JordanJORWestern Asia4.601
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean4.359
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia4.094
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean4.090
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa4.053
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa4.037
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia4.007
GambiaGMBWestern Africa3.978
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa3.939
YemenYEMWestern Asia3.850
MalawiMWIEastern Africa3.817
MacauMACEastern Asia3.801
American SamoaASMPolynesia3.732
IranIRNSouthern Asia3.683
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa3.665
KenyaKENEastern Africa3.632

02In 1985

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Saint Martin15.089
  2. Northern Mariana Islands8.939
  3. Sint Maarten8.371
  4. Oman6.662
  5. Saudi Arabia5.629

Lowest

  1. Niue-5.932
  2. Cook Islands-1.402
  3. Vatican City-0.684
  4. Saint Kitts and Nevis-0.599
  5. Gibraltar-0.526

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 2.037. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031984 → 1985

Since 1984

What changed between 1984 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 91 · 131rose · 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 1985.

  • 216 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 2.799. 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 (1985). Population Growth Rate, 1985 [data set], describing 1985. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-growth/1985

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07Questions

Population Growth Rate, 1985: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population growth in Population Growth Rate, 1985?

Saint Martin, at 15.089, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Growth Rate, 1985 describe?

1985.

How many countries does Population Growth Rate, 1985 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Growth Rate, 1985?

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, 1985 the newest?

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

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