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Population Growth Rate, 1989

1989, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Growth Rate, 1989 covers 222 countries. Saint Martin is highest, at 10.291; Bulgaria is lowest, at -1.214. The middle country reads 1.932. Against 1988, 221 values changed (74 up, 147 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Growth Rate · Data for 1989

HighestSaint Martin

10.291

LowestBulgaria

-1.214

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, 1989, 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, 1989: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Saint MartinMAFCaribbean10.291
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa9.047
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa8.756
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean7.095
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia6.726
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia6.051
OmanOMNWestern Asia5.235
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia5.023
JordanJORWestern Asia4.883
MalawiMWIEastern Africa4.556
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia4.533
GambiaGMBWestern Africa4.180
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia4.162
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa4.027
AnguillaAIACaribbean3.907
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean3.904
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa3.903
PalestinePSEWestern Asia3.900
YemenYEMWestern Asia3.843
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia3.790
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa3.781
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean3.771
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa3.672
MacauMACEastern Asia3.612
American SamoaASMPolynesia3.523

02In 1989

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Saint Martin10.291
  2. Djibouti9.047
  3. Namibia8.756
  4. Sint Maarten7.095
  5. Northern Mariana Islands6.726

Lowest

  1. Bulgaria-1.214
  2. Gibraltar-1.180
  3. Niue-1.114
  4. South Sudan-0.999
  5. Montserrat-0.817

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1.932. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031988 → 1989

Since 1988

What changed between 1988 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 221values changed, of 222 in both
  • 74 · 147rose · 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 1989.

  • 219 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 2.119. 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 (1989). Population Growth Rate, 1989 [data set], describing 1989. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-growth/1989

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07Questions

Population Growth Rate, 1989: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population growth in Population Growth Rate, 1989?

Saint Martin, at 10.291, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Growth Rate, 1989 describe?

1989.

How many countries does Population Growth Rate, 1989 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Growth Rate, 1989?

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, 1989 the newest?

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

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