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Population Growth Rate, 2018

2018, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Growth Rate, 2018 covers 222 countries. Curaçao is highest, at 14.122; Venezuela is lowest, at -3.484. The middle country reads 1.150. Against 2017, 222 values changed (67 up, 155 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Growth Rate · Data for 2018

HighestCuraçao

14.122

LowestVenezuela

-3.484

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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
CuraçaoCUWCaribbean14.122
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean8.587
GuyanaGUYSouth America5.200
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia4.469
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean3.944
SyriaSYRWestern Asia3.865
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe3.693
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa3.593
BurundiBDIEastern Africa3.541
ChadTCDMiddle Africa3.444
NigerNERWestern Africa3.424
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa3.410
UgandaUGAEastern Africa3.352
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa3.336
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia3.306
South SudanSSDEastern Africa3.220
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa3.186
SudanSDNNorthern Africa3.127
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia3.114
MaliMLIWestern Africa3.082
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa2.999
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa2.972
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa2.965
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa2.940
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia2.935

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Curaçao14.122
  2. British Virgin Islands8.587
  3. Guyana5.200
  4. Kuwait4.469
  5. Turks and Caicos Islands3.944

Lowest

  1. Venezuela-3.484
  2. Saint Martin-3.405
  3. United States Virgin Islands-3.117
  4. Lebanon-3.051
  5. Marshall Islands-2.796

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1.150. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 67 · 155rose · 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 2018.

  • 216 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 2.606. 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 (2018). Population Growth Rate, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-growth/2018

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07Questions

Population Growth Rate, 2018: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population growth in Population Growth Rate, 2018?

Curaçao, at 14.122, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Growth Rate, 2018 describe?

2018.

How many countries does Population Growth Rate, 2018 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Growth Rate, 2018?

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, 2018 the newest?

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

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