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Population Growth Rate, 2004

2004, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Growth Rate, 2004 covers 222 countries. Bahrain is highest, at 6.968; Niue is lowest, at -2.461. The middle country reads 1.237. Against 2003, 221 values changed (86 up, 135 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Growth Rate · Data for 2004

HighestBahrain

6.968

LowestNiue

-2.461

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, 2004, 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, 2004: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
BahrainBHRWestern Asia6.968
AndorraANDSouthern Europe6.108
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa5.918
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia5.345
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean4.945
South SudanSSDEastern Africa4.730
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia4.507
ChadTCDMiddle Africa4.482
BurundiBDIEastern Africa3.858
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa3.637
NigerNERWestern Africa3.613
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa3.592
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa3.422
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean3.344
MaliMLIWestern Africa3.274
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia3.253
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa3.157
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa3.150
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean3.142
KenyaKENEastern Africa3.112
QatarQATWestern Asia3.075
BeninBENWestern Africa3.062
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa3.045
IraqIRQWestern Asia3.015
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa2.986

02In 2004

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Bahrain6.968
  2. Andorra6.108
  3. Equatorial Guinea5.918
  4. United Arab Emirates5.345
  5. Turks and Caicos Islands4.945

Lowest

  1. Niue-2.461
  2. Northern Mariana Islands-2.407
  3. Bosnia and Herzegovina-1.412
  4. Lithuania-1.293
  5. Moldova-1.238

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1.237. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 221values changed, of 222 in both
  • 86 · 135rose · 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 2004.

  • 218 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 2.289. 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 (2004). Population Growth Rate, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-growth/2004

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07Questions

Population Growth Rate, 2004: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population growth in Population Growth Rate, 2004?

Bahrain, at 6.968, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Growth Rate, 2004 describe?

2004.

How many countries does Population Growth Rate, 2004 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Growth Rate, 2004?

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, 2004 the newest?

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

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