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Population Growth Rate, 1990

1990, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Growth Rate, 1990 covers 222 countries. Djibouti is highest, at 11.236; Kuwait is lowest, at -71.064. The middle country reads 1.865. Against 1989, 219 values changed (83 up, 136 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Growth Rate · Data for 1990

HighestDjibouti

11.236

LowestKuwait

-71.064

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, 1990, 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, 1990: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa11.236
JordanJORWestern Asia10.529
Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean6.873
AndorraANDSouthern Europe6.870
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia5.715
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa5.538
IsraelISRWestern Asia5.425
OmanOMNWestern Asia4.974
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean4.924
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean4.852
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia4.850
GuineaGINWestern Africa4.315
GambiaGMBWestern Africa4.211
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia4.180
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa4.072
PalestinePSEWestern Asia4.057
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa3.960
YemenYEMWestern Asia3.844
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa3.730
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa3.724
AnguillaAIACaribbean3.596
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa3.500
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa3.497
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia3.450
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean3.445

02In 1990

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Djibouti11.236
  2. Jordan10.529
  3. Sint Maarten6.873
  4. Andorra6.870
  5. United Arab Emirates5.715

Lowest

  1. Kuwait-71.064
  2. Liberia-29.891
  3. Bulgaria-1.355
  4. Gibraltar-1.331
  5. Faroe Islands-1.289

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1.865. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031989 → 1990

Since 1989

What changed between 1989 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 219values changed, of 222 in both
  • 83 · 136rose · fell
  • 3unchanged

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 1990.

  • 216 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 1.864. 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 (1990). Population Growth Rate, 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-growth/1990

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07Questions

Population Growth Rate, 1990: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population growth in Population Growth Rate, 1990?

Djibouti, at 11.236, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Growth Rate, 1990 describe?

1990.

How many countries does Population Growth Rate, 1990 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Growth Rate, 1990?

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, 1990 the newest?

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

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