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Population Growth Rate, 1999

1999, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Growth Rate, 1999 covers 222 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 6.943; Timor-Leste is lowest, at -29.083. The middle country reads 1.346. Against 1998, 221 values changed (73 up, 148 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Growth Rate · Data for 1999

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

6.943

LowestTimor-Leste

-29.083

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, 1999, 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, 1999: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia6.943
Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia6.828
QatarQATWestern Asia5.264
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa4.671
South SudanSSDEastern Africa4.349
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean4.199
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa3.944
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa3.923
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia3.663
ChadTCDMiddle Africa3.593
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean3.568
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia3.558
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia3.480
NigerNERWestern Africa3.438
BelizeBLZCentral America3.381
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa3.297
IraqIRQWestern Asia3.265
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa3.252
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa3.220
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa3.190
UgandaUGAEastern Africa3.163
ArubaABWCaribbean3.124
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa3.121
YemenYEMWestern Asia3.103
BeninBENWestern Africa3.089

02In 1999

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. United Arab Emirates6.943
  2. Northern Mariana Islands6.828
  3. Qatar5.264
  4. Liberia4.671
  5. South Sudan4.349

Lowest

  1. Timor-Leste-29.083
  2. Montserrat-11.057
  3. Kosovo-8.097
  4. Cook Islands-3.792
  5. Niue-2.891

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1.346. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 221values changed, of 222 in both
  • 73 · 148rose · 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 1999.

  • 214 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 2.735. 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 (1999). Population Growth Rate, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-growth/1999

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07Questions

Population Growth Rate, 1999: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population growth in Population Growth Rate, 1999?

United Arab Emirates, at 6.943, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Growth Rate, 1999 describe?

1999.

How many countries does Population Growth Rate, 1999 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Growth Rate, 1999?

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, 1999 the newest?

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

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