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Population Growth Rate, 2009

2009, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Growth Rate, 2009 covers 222 countries. Qatar is highest, at 8.744; Central African Republic is lowest, at -3.523. The middle country reads 1.245. Against 2008, 220 values changed (94 up, 126 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Growth Rate · Data for 2009

HighestQatar

8.744

LowestCentral African Republic

-3.523

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, 2009, 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, 2009: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
QatarQATWestern Asia8.744
BurundiBDIEastern Africa5.634
BahrainBHRWestern Asia5.268
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia5.165
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa4.974
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa4.617
South SudanSSDEastern Africa4.523
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean4.055
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia3.860
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa3.817
NigerNERWestern Africa3.724
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa3.553
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia3.537
ChadTCDMiddle Africa3.456
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia3.432
GabonGABMiddle Africa3.390
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean3.333
IraqIRQWestern Asia3.245
MaliMLIWestern Africa3.235
TogoTGOWestern Africa3.224
YemenYEMWestern Asia3.201
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa3.160
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa3.134
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia3.131
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia3.039

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Qatar8.744
  2. Burundi5.634
  3. Bahrain5.268
  4. Kuwait5.165
  5. Republic of the Congo4.974

Lowest

  1. Central African Republic-3.523
  2. Northern Mariana Islands-3.317
  3. Moldova-1.993
  4. Latvia-1.976
  5. Bosnia and Herzegovina-1.740

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1.245. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 220values changed, of 222 in both
  • 94 · 126rose · fell
  • 2unchanged

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 2009.

  • 217 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 2.444. 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 (2009). Population Growth Rate, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-growth/2009

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07Questions

Population Growth Rate, 2009: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population growth in Population Growth Rate, 2009?

Qatar, at 8.744, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Growth Rate, 2009 describe?

2009.

How many countries does Population Growth Rate, 2009 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Growth Rate, 2009?

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, 2009 the newest?

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

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