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Population Growth Rate, 2019

2019, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Growth Rate, 2019 covers 222 countries. Malta is highest, at 4.171; Saint Martin is lowest, at -6.612. The middle country reads 0.968. Against 2018, 220 values changed (62 up, 158 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Growth Rate · Data for 2019

HighestMalta

4.171

LowestSaint Martin

-6.612

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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe4.171
SyriaSYRWestern Asia3.905
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa3.755
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean3.649
UgandaUGAEastern Africa3.429
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa3.366
NigerNERWestern Africa3.311
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa3.209
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa3.153
BurundiBDIEastern Africa3.035
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia3.032
YemenYEMWestern Asia3.015
ChadTCDMiddle Africa3.003
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia2.981
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa2.963
MaliMLIWestern Africa2.956
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa2.952
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa2.942
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa2.940
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa2.809
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa2.754
SudanSDNNorthern Africa2.749
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia2.723
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa2.698
BeninBENWestern Africa2.697

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Malta4.171
  2. Syria3.905
  3. Somalia3.755
  4. Turks and Caicos Islands3.649
  5. Uganda3.429

Lowest

  1. Saint Martin-6.612
  2. Curaçao-5.109
  3. Lebanon-3.392
  4. United States Virgin Islands-3.336
  5. Cook Islands-2.939

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.968. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 220values changed, of 222 in both
  • 62 · 158rose · 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 2019.

  • 215 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 2.223. 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 (2019). Population Growth Rate, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-growth/2019

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07Questions

Population Growth Rate, 2019: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population growth in Population Growth Rate, 2019?

Malta, at 4.171, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Growth Rate, 2019 describe?

2019.

How many countries does Population Growth Rate, 2019 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Growth Rate, 2019?

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, 2019 the newest?

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

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