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Population Growth Rate, 2016

2016, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Growth Rate, 2016 covers 222 countries. Qatar is highest, at 5.512; British Virgin Islands is lowest, at -9.749. The middle country reads 1.112. Against 2015, 222 values changed (87 up, 135 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Growth Rate · Data for 2016

HighestQatar

5.512

LowestBritish Virgin Islands

-9.749

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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
QatarQATWestern Asia5.512
BahrainBHRWestern Asia4.542
OmanOMNWestern Asia4.530
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa4.316
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean4.025
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia3.927
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa3.805
NigerNERWestern Africa3.645
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa3.600
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa3.585
UgandaUGAEastern Africa3.539
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia3.498
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia3.398
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa3.366
ChadTCDMiddle Africa3.341
MaliMLIWestern Africa3.207
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia3.137
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa3.095
SudanSDNNorthern Africa3.052
YemenYEMWestern Asia3.019
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa2.994
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa2.952
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa2.943
SenegalSENWestern Africa2.933
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa2.917

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Qatar5.512
  2. Bahrain4.542
  3. Oman4.530
  4. Somalia4.316
  5. Turks and Caicos Islands4.025

Lowest

  1. British Virgin Islands-9.749
  2. South Sudan-5.021
  3. Dominica-2.668
  4. United States Virgin Islands-2.643
  5. Lebanon-2.473

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1.112. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 87 · 135rose · 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 2016.

  • 214 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 2.358. 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 (2016). Population Growth Rate, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-growth/2016

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07Questions

Population Growth Rate, 2016: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population growth in Population Growth Rate, 2016?

Qatar, at 5.512, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Growth Rate, 2016 describe?

2016.

How many countries does Population Growth Rate, 2016 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Growth Rate, 2016?

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, 2016 the newest?

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

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