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Population Growth Rate, 2002

2002, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Growth Rate, 2002 covers 222 countries. Bahrain is highest, at 7.784; Northern Mariana Islands is lowest, at -1.930. The middle country reads 1.220. Against 2001, 221 values changed (70 up, 151 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Growth Rate · Data for 2002

HighestBahrain

7.784

LowestNorthern Mariana Islands

-1.930

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, 2002, 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, 2002: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
BahrainBHRWestern Asia7.784
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia7.658
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia6.980
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa6.136
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia5.939
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean5.507
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia4.873
QatarQATWestern Asia4.701
South SudanSSDEastern Africa4.471
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa4.285
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa3.600
ChadTCDMiddle Africa3.548
NigerNERWestern Africa3.541
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa3.435
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean3.371
IraqIRQWestern Asia3.358
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia3.338
UgandaUGAEastern Africa3.265
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean3.169
MaliMLIWestern Africa3.156
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa3.103
KenyaKENEastern Africa3.073
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa3.039
BeninBENWestern Africa3.036
BelizeBLZCentral America3.009

02In 2002

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Bahrain7.784
  2. Afghanistan7.658
  3. Timor-Leste6.980
  4. Equatorial Guinea6.136
  5. United Arab Emirates5.939

Lowest

  1. Northern Mariana Islands-1.930
  2. Niue-1.905
  3. Georgia-1.362
  4. Vatican City-1.340
  5. Moldova-1.149

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1.220. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 221values changed, of 222 in both
  • 70 · 151rose · 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 2002.

  • 214 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 2.105. 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 (2002). Population Growth Rate, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-growth/2002

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07Questions

Population Growth Rate, 2002: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population growth in Population Growth Rate, 2002?

Bahrain, at 7.784, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Growth Rate, 2002 describe?

2002.

How many countries does Population Growth Rate, 2002 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Growth Rate, 2002?

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, 2002 the newest?

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

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