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Population Growth Rate, 2003

2003, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Growth Rate, 2003 covers 222 countries. Andorra is highest, at 7.402; Northern Mariana Islands is lowest, at -2.178. The middle country reads 1.233. Against 2002, 222 values changed (70 up, 152 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Growth Rate · Data for 2003

HighestAndorra

7.402

LowestNorthern Mariana Islands

-2.178

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, 2003, 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, 2003: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
AndorraANDSouthern Europe7.402
BahrainBHRWestern Asia7.354
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa6.001
EritreaERIEastern Africa5.735
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia5.639
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean5.188
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia4.723
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia4.680
South SudanSSDEastern Africa4.604
QatarQATWestern Asia4.503
ChadTCDMiddle Africa4.426
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa3.854
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa3.779
BurundiBDIEastern Africa3.593
NigerNERWestern Africa3.583
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa3.550
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa3.413
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia3.303
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean3.294
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean3.207
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa3.205
MaliMLIWestern Africa3.201
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa3.133
KenyaKENEastern Africa3.098
BeninBENWestern Africa3.062

02In 2003

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Andorra7.402
  2. Bahrain7.354
  3. Equatorial Guinea6.001
  4. Eritrea5.735
  5. United Arab Emirates5.639

Lowest

  1. Northern Mariana Islands-2.178
  2. Niue-1.677
  3. Moldova-1.158
  4. Latvia-1.003
  5. Lithuania-0.980

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1.233. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 70 · 152rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

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 2003.

  • 215 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 2.449. 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 (2003). Population Growth Rate, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-growth/2003

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07Questions

Population Growth Rate, 2003: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population growth in Population Growth Rate, 2003?

Andorra, at 7.402, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Growth Rate, 2003 describe?

2003.

How many countries does Population Growth Rate, 2003 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Growth Rate, 2003?

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, 2003 the newest?

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

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