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Population Growth Rate, 2012

2012, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Growth Rate, 2012 covers 222 countries. Oman is highest, at 10.960; Anguilla is lowest, at -4.455. The middle country reads 1.146. Against 2011, 222 values changed (86 up, 136 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Growth Rate · Data for 2012

HighestOman

10.960

LowestAnguilla

-4.455

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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
OmanOMNWestern Asia10.960
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia5.424
IraqIRQWestern Asia5.213
QatarQATWestern Asia5.070
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean4.639
South SudanSSDEastern Africa4.080
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia4.078
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa4.036
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean3.988
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa3.876
LebanonLBNWestern Asia3.852
NigerNERWestern Africa3.828
BurundiBDIEastern Africa3.741
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia3.662
GabonGABMiddle Africa3.569
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia3.550
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia3.513
ChadTCDMiddle Africa3.435
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia3.424
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa3.357
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa3.261
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa3.208
YemenYEMWestern Asia3.053
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa3.048
BeninBENWestern Africa2.957

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Oman10.960
  2. Kuwait5.424
  3. Iraq5.213
  4. Qatar5.070
  5. Turks and Caicos Islands4.639

Lowest

  1. Anguilla-4.455
  2. Vatican City-3.159
  3. Andorra-2.442
  4. Syria-2.301
  5. Moldova-2.137

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1.146. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 86 · 136rose · 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 2012.

  • 216 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 2.957. 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 (2012). Population Growth Rate, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-growth/2012

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07Questions

Population Growth Rate, 2012: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population growth in Population Growth Rate, 2012?

Oman, at 10.960, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Growth Rate, 2012 describe?

2012.

How many countries does Population Growth Rate, 2012 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Growth Rate, 2012?

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, 2012 the newest?

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

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