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Population Growth Rate, 2022

2022, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Population Growth Rate, 2022 covers 222 countries. Kuwait is highest, at 8.892; Ukraine is lowest, at -14.762. The middle country reads 1.094. Against 2021, 220 values changed (139 up, 81 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Growth Rate · Data for 2022

HighestKuwait

8.892

LowestUkraine

-14.762

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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia8.892
OmanOMNWestern Asia8.595
SyriaSYRWestern Asia4.920
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia4.302
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe4.238
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia4.101
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia3.963
QatarQATWestern Asia3.683
ChadTCDMiddle Africa3.385
NigerNERWestern Africa3.282
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa3.255
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa3.098
YemenYEMWestern Asia2.990
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa2.983
MaliMLIWestern Africa2.976
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa2.967
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa2.921
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe2.898
UgandaUGAEastern Africa2.826
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa2.754
BurundiBDIEastern Africa2.746
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe2.680
BelizeBLZCentral America2.672
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa2.656
SudanSDNNorthern Africa2.647

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Kuwait8.892
  2. Oman8.595
  3. Syria4.920
  4. Saudi Arabia4.302
  5. Montenegro4.238

Lowest

  1. Ukraine-14.762
  2. Saint Martin-4.251
  3. Cook Islands-3.349
  4. Marshall Islands-3.019
  5. Vatican City-2.567

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1.094. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 220values changed, of 222 in both
  • 139 · 81rose · 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 2022.

  • 220 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 1.410. 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 (2022). Population Growth Rate, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/population-growth/2022

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07Questions

Population Growth Rate, 2022: questions and answers

Which country has the highest population growth in Population Growth Rate, 2022?

Kuwait, at 8.892, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Population Growth Rate, 2022 describe?

2022.

How many countries does Population Growth Rate, 2022 cover?

222.

Where can I download Population Growth Rate, 2022?

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, 2022 the newest?

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

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