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Population Growth Rate, 1997

1997, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Growth Rate, 1997 covers 222 countries. Liberia is highest, at 14.236; Montserrat is lowest, at -9.377. The middle country reads 1.472. Against 1996, 220 values changed (60 up, 160 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Growth Rate · Data for 1997

HighestLiberia

14.236

LowestMontserrat

-9.377

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, 1997, 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, 1997: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa14.236
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia8.525
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia7.866
RwandaRWAEastern Africa7.544
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia6.545
QatarQATWestern Asia5.159
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean4.381
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa4.300
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa4.110
PalestinePSEWestern Asia3.982
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean3.934
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa3.890
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa3.829
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia3.792
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia3.732
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia3.554
BelizeBLZCentral America3.478
ChadTCDMiddle Africa3.451
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa3.402
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia3.375
NigerNERWestern Africa3.323
ArubaABWCaribbean3.271
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa3.268
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia3.191
YemenYEMWestern Asia3.177

02In 1997

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Liberia14.236
  2. Northern Mariana Islands8.525
  3. United Arab Emirates7.866
  4. Rwanda7.544
  5. Cambodia6.545

Lowest

  1. Montserrat-9.377
  2. Cook Islands-2.951
  3. Georgia-2.565
  4. Kazakhstan-2.422
  5. Niue-2.115

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1.472. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

What changed between 1996 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 220values changed, of 222 in both
  • 60 · 160rose · 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 1997.

  • 216 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 2.619. 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 (1997). Population Growth Rate, 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-growth/1997

0674 held

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07Questions

Population Growth Rate, 1997: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population growth in Population Growth Rate, 1997?

Liberia, at 14.236, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Growth Rate, 1997 describe?

1997.

How many countries does Population Growth Rate, 1997 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Growth Rate, 1997?

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, 1997 the newest?

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

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