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Population Growth Rate, 2001

2001, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Growth Rate, 2001 covers 222 countries. Timor-Leste is highest, at 8.929; Montserrat is lowest, at -5.251. The middle country reads 1.236. Against 2000, 219 values changed (79 up, 140 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Growth Rate · Data for 2001

HighestTimor-Leste

8.929

LowestMontserrat

-5.251

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, 2001, 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, 2001: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia8.929
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa7.343
BahrainBHRWestern Asia6.568
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa6.309
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia6.221
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia5.085
QatarQATWestern Asia4.888
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean4.634
South SudanSSDEastern Africa4.470
EritreaERIEastern Africa4.453
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa3.907
NigerNERWestern Africa3.522
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean3.447
ChadTCDMiddle Africa3.416
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa3.379
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia3.376
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa3.285
KenyaKENEastern Africa3.222
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa3.160
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa3.111
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa3.096
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa3.078
MaliMLIWestern Africa3.056
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa3.049
BeninBENWestern Africa3.044

02In 2001

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Timor-Leste8.929
  2. Sierra Leone7.343
  3. Bahrain6.568
  4. Equatorial Guinea6.309
  5. United Arab Emirates6.221

Lowest

  1. Montserrat-5.251
  2. Cook Islands-3.978
  3. Niue-2.667
  4. Georgia-2.550
  5. Northern Mariana Islands-1.655

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1.236. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 219values changed, of 222 in both
  • 79 · 140rose · 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 2001.

  • 212 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.891. 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 (2001). Population Growth Rate, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-growth/2001

0674 held

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07Questions

Population Growth Rate, 2001: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population growth in Population Growth Rate, 2001?

Timor-Leste, at 8.929, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Growth Rate, 2001 describe?

2001.

How many countries does Population Growth Rate, 2001 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Growth Rate, 2001?

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, 2001 the newest?

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

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