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Population Growth Rate, 2017

2017, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Growth Rate, 2017 covers 222 countries. Turks and Caicos Islands is highest, at 4.142; South Sudan is lowest, at -5.833. The middle country reads 1.136. Against 2016, 220 values changed (55 up, 165 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Growth Rate · Data for 2017

HighestTurks and Caicos Islands

4.142

LowestSouth Sudan

-5.833

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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean4.142
SudanSDNNorthern Africa3.863
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa3.514
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa3.498
NigerNERWestern Africa3.478
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia3.472
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa3.465
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa3.464
UgandaUGAEastern Africa3.444
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia3.416
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa3.317
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe3.295
ChadTCDMiddle Africa3.273
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia3.250
MaliMLIWestern Africa3.170
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa3.041
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa3.024
YemenYEMWestern Asia3.006
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa2.982
IcelandISLNorthern Europe2.943
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia2.885
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean2.881
BeninBENWestern Africa2.853
SenegalSENWestern Africa2.843
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa2.791

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Turks and Caicos Islands4.142
  2. Sudan3.863
  3. DR Congo3.514
  4. Angola3.498
  5. Niger3.478

Lowest

  1. South Sudan-5.833
  2. Puerto Rico-4.786
  3. United States Virgin Islands-2.897
  4. Lebanon-2.751
  5. Marshall Islands-2.626

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1.136. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 220values changed, of 222 in both
  • 55 · 165rose · 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 2017.

  • 219 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 1.761. 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 (2017). Population Growth Rate, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-growth/2017

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07Questions

Population Growth Rate, 2017: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population growth in Population Growth Rate, 2017?

Turks and Caicos Islands, at 4.142, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Growth Rate, 2017 describe?

2017.

How many countries does Population Growth Rate, 2017 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Growth Rate, 2017?

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, 2017 the newest?

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

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