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Population Growth Rate, 2008

2008, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Growth Rate, 2008 covers 222 countries. Qatar is highest, at 12.605; Northern Mariana Islands is lowest, at -3.173. The middle country reads 1.267. Against 2007, 221 values changed (105 up, 116 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Growth Rate · Data for 2008

HighestQatar

12.605

LowestNorthern Mariana Islands

-3.173

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, 2008, 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, 2008: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
QatarQATWestern Asia12.605
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia9.187
BahrainBHRWestern Asia5.663
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia5.424
South SudanSSDEastern Africa4.921
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa4.599
BurundiBDIEastern Africa4.469
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean4.241
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia4.209
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia4.181
IraqIRQWestern Asia4.140
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia3.972
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa3.786
NigerNERWestern Africa3.710
ChadTCDMiddle Africa3.694
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean3.622
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia3.538
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa3.524
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa3.388
MaliMLIWestern Africa3.281
GabonGABMiddle Africa3.263
EritreaERIEastern Africa3.240
TogoTGOWestern Africa3.235
YemenYEMWestern Asia3.193
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa3.097

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Qatar12.605
  2. United Arab Emirates9.187
  3. Bahrain5.663
  4. Kuwait5.424
  5. South Sudan4.921

Lowest

  1. Northern Mariana Islands-3.173
  2. Moldova-1.924
  3. Bosnia and Herzegovina-1.722
  4. Palau-1.520
  5. Vatican City-1.412

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1.267. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 221values changed, of 222 in both
  • 105 · 116rose · 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 2008.

  • 218 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 2.605. 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 (2008). Population Growth Rate, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-growth/2008

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07Questions

Population Growth Rate, 2008: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population growth in Population Growth Rate, 2008?

Qatar, at 12.605, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Growth Rate, 2008 describe?

2008.

How many countries does Population Growth Rate, 2008 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Growth Rate, 2008?

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, 2008 the newest?

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

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