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Population Growth Rate, 2013

2013, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Growth Rate, 2013 covers 222 countries. Lebanon is highest, at 14.191; Syria is lowest, at -7.674. The middle country reads 1.236. Against 2012, 220 values changed (74 up, 146 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Growth Rate · Data for 2013

HighestLebanon

14.191

LowestSyria

-7.674

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, 2013, 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, 2013: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
LebanonLBNWestern Asia14.191
JordanJORWestern Asia9.769
QatarQATWestern Asia7.599
OmanOMNWestern Asia4.832
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean4.754
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia4.645
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean4.642
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia4.576
IraqIRQWestern Asia4.253
BahrainBHRWestern Asia4.191
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa3.958
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa3.825
ChadTCDMiddle Africa3.699
NigerNERWestern Africa3.691
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa3.647
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia3.643
GabonGABMiddle Africa3.472
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia3.454
BurundiBDIEastern Africa3.448
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa3.445
South SudanSSDEastern Africa3.415
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia3.327
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia3.315
SenegalSENWestern Africa3.220
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa3.198

02In 2013

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Lebanon14.191
  2. Jordan9.769
  3. Qatar7.599
  4. Oman4.832
  5. British Virgin Islands4.754

Lowest

  1. Syria-7.674
  2. Moldova-2.152
  3. Andorra-1.869
  4. Marshall Islands-1.626
  5. Bosnia and Herzegovina-1.257

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1.236. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 220values changed, of 222 in both
  • 74 · 146rose · fell
  • 2unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Oman10.960 → 4.832−6.128
  • Syria-2.301 → -7.674−5.373
  • Tuvalu1.326 → -0.118−1.444
  • Iraq5.213 → 4.253−0.960
  • Kuwait5.424 → 4.576−0.848

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 2013.

  • 219 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 1.236. 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 (2013). Population Growth Rate, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-growth/2013

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07Questions

Population Growth Rate, 2013: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population growth in Population Growth Rate, 2013?

Lebanon, at 14.191, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Growth Rate, 2013 describe?

2013.

How many countries does Population Growth Rate, 2013 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Growth Rate, 2013?

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, 2013 the newest?

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

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