Dataset
Annual change in population
owid.annual-population-growth
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About
Annual change in population, calculated as the difference between population on 1 July of consecutive years. Annual change in population, calculated as the difference between population on 1 July of consecutive years. Future projections are based on the UN's medium scenario.
Cite as: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. “Annual change in population – UN WPP” [dataset]. United Nations, “World Population Prospects”; United Nations, “World Population Prospects – Interim Update” [original data].
- Publisher
- Our World in Data
- Tier
- Official
- Covers
- 1951–2100
- Places
- Countries, regions and groups of the world
- Updated
- irregular
- Last modified
- 2024-07-12
- Units
- people
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
- Method
- https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/annual-population-growth
Columns
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| entity | text | country, region or group |
| code | text | ISO 3166-1 alpha-3, OWID_ for OWID's own groups, empty for most regions |
| year | integer | |
| population_change__sex_all__age_all__variant_estimates | number | Annual change in population (people) |
| population_change__sex_all__age_all__variant_medium | number | Annual change in population (people) |
Dimensions
| Name | Values |
|---|---|
| entity | |
| year |