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Worldwide Growth Rates Lists
The following are 10-year compounded growth rates for countries worldwide. The 10-year growth rate is based on annual growth rates for 2003 from the US Bureau of the Census International Database. The countries, islands and territories are grouped by continents.
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North America, Central America & the Caribbean |
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Country |
10-year growth rate |
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Belize |
0.273 |
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Canada |
0.098 |
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Costa Rica |
0.167 |
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El Salvador |
0.196 |
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Guatemala |
0.300 |
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Honduras |
0.258 |
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Mexico |
0.126 |
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Nicaragua |
0.223 |
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Panama |
0.144 |
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United States |
0.096 |
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Islands & Territories |
10-year growth rate |
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Anguilla |
0.244 |
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Antigua and Barbuda |
0.066 |
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Aruba |
0.056 |
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Bahamas |
0.079 |
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Barbados |
0.039 |
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Bermuda |
0.075 |
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Cayman Islands |
0.317 |
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Cuba |
0.037 |
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Dominica |
-0.061 |
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Dominican Republic |
0.145 |
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Greenland |
0.001 |
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Grenada |
0.008 |
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Guadeloupe |
0.104 |
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Haiti |
0.180 |
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Jamaica |
0.063 |
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Martinique |
0.088 |
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Montserrat |
0.553 |
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Netherlands Antilles |
0.093 |
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Puerto Rico |
0.052 |
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St. Kitts & Nevis |
0.013 |
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St. Lucia |
0.133 |
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St. Vincent & the Grenadines |
0.035 |
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Trinidad & Tobago |
-0.066 |
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Turks & Caicos Islands |
0.363 |
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Virgin Islands (US) |
-0.002 |
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Virgin Islands (British) |
0.231 |
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South America |
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|
Country |
10-year growth rate |
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Argentina |
0.110 |
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Bolivia |
0.175 |
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Brazil |
0.121 |
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Chile |
0.110 |
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Colombia |
0.168 |
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Ecuador |
0.209 |
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Guyana |
0.045 |
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Paraguay |
0.285 |
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Peru |
0.173 |
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Suriname |
0.038 |
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Uruguay |
0.082 |
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Venezuela |
0.158 |
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Europe |
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|
Country |
10-year growth rate |
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Albania |
0.053 |
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Andorra |
0.111 |
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Austria |
0.016 |
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Belarus |
-0.012 |
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Belgium |
0.018 |
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Bosnia-Herzegovina |
0.049 |
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Bulgaria |
-0.091 |
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Croatia |
0.032 |
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Czech Republic |
-0.005 |
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Denmark |
0.036 |
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Estonia |
-0.048 |
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Finland |
0.021 |
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France |
0.042 |
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Germany |
0.004 |
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Gibraltar |
0.022 |
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Greece |
0.021 |
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Hungary |
-0.025 |
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Iceland |
0.050 |
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Ireland |
0.121 |
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Italy |
0.011 |
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Latvia |
-0.071 |
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Liechtenstein |
0.093 |
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Lithuania |
-0.022 |
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Luxembourg |
0.138 |
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Macedonia |
0.040 |
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Malta |
0.075 |
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Moldova |
0.013 |
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Monaco |
0.045 |
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Netherlands |
0.062 |
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Norway |
0.044 |
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Poland |
0.000 |
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Portugal |
0.018 |
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Romania |
-0.011 |
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San Marino |
0.146 |
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Serbia & Montenegro |
0.007 |
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Slovakia |
0.013 |
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Slovenia |
0.014 |
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Spain |
0.016 |
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Sweden |
0.018 |
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Switzerland |
0.062 |
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Ukraine |
-0.067 |
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United Kingdom |
0.030 |
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Islands & Territories |
10-year growth rate |
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Faroe Islands |
0.072 |
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Guernsey |
0.035 |
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Isle of Man |
0.054 |
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Jersey |
0.041 |
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Africa |
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|
Country |
10-year growth rate |
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Algeria |
0.177 |
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Angola |
0.216 |
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Benin |
0.337 |
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Botswana |
-0.054 |
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Burkina Faso |
0.293 |
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Burundi |
0.241 |
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Cameroon |
0.221 |
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Central African Republic |
0.174 |
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Chad |
0.353 |
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Congo (Brazzaville) |
0.164 |
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Congo (Kinshasa) |
0.331 |
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Cote d'Ivoire |
0.237 |
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Djibouti |
0.235 |
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Egypt |
0.204 |
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Equatorial Guinea |
0.273 |
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Eritrea |
0.136 |
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Ethiopia |
0.215 |
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French Guiana |
0.268 |
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Gabon |
0.285 |
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Gambia |
0.348 |
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Ghana |
0.155 |
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Guinea |
0.264 |
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Guinea-Bissau |
0.221 |
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Kenya |
0.134 |
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Lesotho |
0.020 |
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Liberia |
0.181 |
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Libya |
0.267 |
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Madagascar |
0.348 |
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Malawi |
0.244 |
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Mali |
0.321 |
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Mauritania |
0.333 |
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Morocco |
0.177 |
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Mozambique |
0.148 |
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Namibia |
0.160 |
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Niger |
0.307 |
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Nigeria |
0.283 |
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Rwanda |
0.200 |
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Sao Tome & Principe |
0.368 |
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Senegal |
0.287 |
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Sierra Leone |
0.336 |
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Somalia |
0.402 |
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South Africa |
0.001 |
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Sudan |
0.307 |
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Swaziland |
0.086 |
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Tanzania |
0.186 |
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Togo |
0.264 |
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Tunisia |
0.115 |
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Uganda |
0.339 |
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Western Sahara |
0.254 |
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Zambia |
0.163 |
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Zimbabwe |
0.086 |
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Islands & Territories |
10-year growth rate |
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Cape Verde Islands |
0.082 |
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Comoros |
0.339 |
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Mauritius |
0.087 |
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Mayotte |
0.516 |
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Reunion |
0.157 |
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St. Helena |
0.069 |
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Seychelles |
0.047 |
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Asia |
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|
Country |
10-year growth rate |
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Afghanistan |
0.394 |
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Armenia |
-0.007 |
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Azerbaijan |
0.045 |
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Bahrain |
0.173 |
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Bangladesh |
0.226 |
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Bhutan |
0.235 |
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Brunei |
0.219 |
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Burma |
0.053 |
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Cambodia |
0.196 |
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China |
0.062 |
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Cyprus |
0.057 |
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East Timor |
0.235 |
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Gaza Strip |
0.464 |
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Georgia |
-0.051 |
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India |
0.157 |
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Indonesia |
0.163 |
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Iran |
0.114 |
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Iraq |
0.316 |
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Israel |
0.147 |
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Japan |
0.011 |
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Jordan |
0.316 |
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Kazakhstan |
0.017 |
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Korea (North) |
0.112 |
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Korea (South) |
0.068 |
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Kuwait |
0.389 |
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Kyrgyzstan |
0.156 |
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Laos |
0.274 |
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Lebanon |
0.142 |
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Malaysia |
0.202 |
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Mongolia |
0.152 |
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Nepal |
0.251 |
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Oman |
0.394 |
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Pakistan |
0.220 |
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Philippines |
0.209 |
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Qatar |
0.327 |
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Russia |
-0.030 |
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Saudi Arabia |
0.379 |
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Singapore |
0.400 |
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Sri Lanka |
0.086 |
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Syria |
0.274 |
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Taiwan |
0.067 |
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Tajikistan |
0.234 |
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Thailand |
0.099 |
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Turkey |
0.123 |
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Turkmenistan |
0.198 |
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United Arab Emirates |
0.168 |
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Uzbekistan |
0.175 |
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Vietnam |
0.137 |
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West Bank |
0.383 |
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Yemen |
0.400 |
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Islands & Territories |
10-year growth rate |
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Maldives |
0.332 |
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Special Administrative Regions |
10-year growth rate |
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Hong Kong SAR (China) |
0.128 |
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Macau SAR (China) |
0.088 |
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Australia & Oceania |
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|
Country |
10-year growth rate |
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Australia |
0.097 |
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New Zealand |
0.114 |
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Papua New Guinea |
0.261 |
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Islands & Territories |
10-year growth rate |
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American Samoa |
0.017 |
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Cook Island |
0.172 |
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Fiji |
0.151 |
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French Polynesia |
0.174 |
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Guam |
0.164 |
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Kiribati |
0.251 |
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Marshall Islands |
0.255 |
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Micronesia, Federal States of |
0.004 |
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Nauru |
0.207 |
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New Caledonia |
0.147 |
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Northern Mariana Island |
0.317 |
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Palau |
0.165 |
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Samoa |
-0.026 |
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Solomon Islands |
0.322 |
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Tonga |
0.207 |
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Tuvalu |
0.152 |
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Vanuatu |
0.174 |
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Wallis & Futuna Islands |
0.107 |
