List of countries by population growth rate
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This article includes a table of countries and subnational areas by annual population growth rate.
Methodology[edit]
The table below shows annual population growth rate history and projections for various areas, countries, regions and sub-regions from various sources for various time periods.
The right-most column shows a projection for the time period shown using the medium fertility variant. Preceding columns show actual history. The number shown is the average annual growth rate for the period.
Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship—except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of the country of origin. This means that population growth in this table includes net changes from immigration and emigration. For a table of natural increase, see List of countries by natural increase.
Table[edit]
Asterisk (*) indicates "Demographics of Country or Territory" links.
Country (or territory) | CIA[2][3] | WB[4] 2009 | UN[5] 2005–10 | UN[5] 2010–15 | UN[5] 2015–20 | |
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World | 1.17 | 1.15 | 1.23 | 1.19 | 1.09 | |
Asia/Other non-specified areas | 0.43 | 0.16 | ||||
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2.26 | 2023 | 2.44 | 2.78 | 3.16 | 2.41 |
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0.19 | 2023 | 0.26 | -0.92 | -0.12 | 0.13 |
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1.27 | 2023 | 1.89 | 1.63 | 1.98 | 1.67 |
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-0.11 | 2023 | 0.63 | 1.37 | -1.59 | -0.21 |
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3.34 | 2023 | 3.12 | 3.57 | 3.52 | 3.28 |
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1.13 | 2023 | 1.03 | 1.18 | 1.08 | 1.01 |
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0.80 | 2023 | 0.88 | 1.04 | 1.04 | 0.94 |
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-0.40 | 2023 | 0.17 | -0.71 | 0.27 | 0.15 |
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1.19 | 2023 | 1.60 | 1.78 | 1.46 | 1.30 |
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0.31 | 2023 | 0.46 | 0.38 | 0.53 | 0.24 |
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0.63 | 2023 | 1.35 | 1.13 | 1.26 | 0.98 |
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0.80 | 2023 | 1.52 | 1.83 | 1.39 | 1.01 |
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0.85 | 2023 | 1.92 | 6.67 | 2.01 | 4.26 |
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0.91 | 2023 | 1.19 | 1.18 | 1.16 | 1.04 |
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0.24 | 2023 | 0.50 | 0.40 | 0.33 | 0.24 |
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-0.32 | 2023 | -0.10 | -0.31 | 0.03 | -0.15 |
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0.55 | 2023 | 0.85 | 0.73 | 0.63 | 0.58 |
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1.61 | 2023 | 2.43 | 2.54 | 2.22 | 2.05 |
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3.31 | 2023 | 2.73 | 2.84 | 2.79 | 2.73 |
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0.96 | 2023 | 1.68 | 2.05 | 1.58 | 1.18 |
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1.06 | 2023 | 1.65 | 1.67 | 1.56 | 1.47 |
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-0.23 | 2023 | -0.14 | -0.32 | -1.03 | -0.22 |
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1.37 | 2023 | 0.86 | 1.64 | 1.84 | 1.79 |
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0.07 | 2023 | 0.87 | 1.03 | 0.91 | 0.63 |
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1.43 | 2023 | 1.40 | 1.25 | 1.43 | 1.25 |
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-0.66 | 2023 | -0.60 | -0.74 | -0.62 | -0.67 |
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2.46 | 2023 | 2.86 | 3.01 | 2.98 | 2.87 |
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0.75 | 2023 | 0.85 | 0.68 | 0.88 | 0.90 |
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3.56 | 2023 | 3.19 | 3.33 | 3.03 | 3.15 |
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1.19 | 2023 | 0.78 | 1.25 | ||
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1.04 | 2023 | 1.76 | 1.51 | 1.62 | 1.49 |
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2.73 | 2023 | 2.54 | 2.73 | 2.68 | 2.56 |
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0.73 | 2023 | 1.14 | 1.13 | 1.02 | 0.90 |
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1.77 | 2023 | 1.99 | 1.50 | 0.43 | 1.58 |
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3.05 | 2023 | 3.00 | 3.32 | 3.29 | 3.01 |
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0.63 | 2023 | 0.90 | 1.02 | 0.89 | 0.78 |
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0.18 | 2023 | 0.49 | 0.57 | 0.54 | 0.39 |
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0.54 | 2023 | 1.32 | 1.18 | 0.98 | 0.81 |
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1.34 | 2023 | 2.44 | 2.40 | 2.40 | 2.24 |
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3.13 | 2023 | 2.74 | 3.28 | 3.33 | 3.22 |
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2.33 | 2023 | 2.61 | 2.98 | 2.60 | 2.59 |
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0.98 | 2023 | 1.42 | 1.35 | 1.12 | 0.96 |
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2.16 | 2023 | 2.29 | 2.13 | 2.49 | 2.49 |
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-0.47 | 2023 | -0.32 | -0.23 | -0.43 | -0.58 |
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-0.19 | 2023 | -0.05 | 0.09 | 0.23 | 0.06 |
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1.00 | 2023 | 1.11 | 1.59 | 0.85 | 0.78 |
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0.00 | 2023 | 0.18 | 0.54 | 0.13 | 0.06 |
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0.44 | 2023 | 0.36 | 0.49 | 0.48 | 0.38 |
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1.93 | 2023 | 1.52 | 1.66 | 1.72 | 1.51 |
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0.02 | 2023 | 0.40 | 0.23 | 0.48 | 0.51 |
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0.88 | 2023 | 1.26 | 1.38 | 1.24 | 1.07 |
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1.10 | 2023 | 1.60 | 1.67 | 1.56 | 1.42 |
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1.59 | 2023 | 1.66 | 1.82 | 2.18 | 1.87 |
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0.46 | 2023 | 0.66 | 0.45 | 0.47 | 0.52 |
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3.36 | 2023 | 2.80 | 4.56 | 4.24 | 3.59 |
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1.08 | 2023 | 3.28 | 2.02 | 1.98 | 2.28 |
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-0.74 | 2023 | -0.04 | -0.35 | -0.25 | -0.23 |
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0.72 | 2023 | 1.54 | 1.68 | 1.84 | 1.75 |
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2.42 | 2023 | 2.58 | 2.67 | 2.60 | 2.43 |
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0.42 | 2023 | 0.78 | 0.91 | 0.74 | 0.72 |
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0.22 | 2023 | 0.48 | 0.40 | 0.43 | 0.36 |
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0.31 | 2023 | 0.50 | 0.58 | 0.45 | 0.39 |
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2.39 | 2023 | 2.39 | 3.12 | 3.26 | 2.17 |
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2.23 | 2023 | 3.19 | 3.17 | 3.12 | 2.93 |
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0.01 | 2023 | 0.63 | -1.17 | -1.37 | -0.27 |
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-0.12 | 2023 | 0.11 | -0.19 | 0.20 | 0.20 |
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2.19 | 2023 | 2.17 | 2.58 | 2.36 | 2.16 |
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-0.35 | 2023 | -0.18 | 0.26 | -0.40 | -0.21 |
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0.29 | 2023 | 0.39 | 0.33 | 0.41 | 0.46 |
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1.54 | 2023 | 2.53 | 2.22 | 2.10 | 1.94 |
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2.75 | 2023 | 2.56 | 2.18 | 2.27 | 2.57 |
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2.54 | 2023 | 2.39 | 2.39 | 2.59 | 2.44 |
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0.28 | 2023 | 0.57 | -0.12 | 0.58 | 0.57 |
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1.18 | 2023 | 1.39 | 1.53 | 1.38 | 1.20 |
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1.16 | 2023 | 2.03 | 2.11 | 1.79 | 1.63 |
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-0.31 | 2023 | -0.28 | -0.32 | -0.29 | -0.34 |
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0.89 | 2023 | 0.35 | 1.65 | 0.61 | 0.77 |
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0.70 | 2023 | 1.30 | 1.46 | 1.23 | 1.10 |
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0.76 | 2023 | 1.25 | 1.35 | 1.25 | 1.05 |
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0.93 | 2023 | 1.32 | 1.14 | 1.25 | 1.04 |
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1.94 | 2023 | 2.54 | 2.60 | 3.21 | 2.78 |
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0.91 | 2023 | 0.26 | 1.87 | 0.31 | 0.78 |
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1.43 | 2023 | 1.81 | 2.35 | 1.65 | 1.55 |
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-0.11 | 2023 | 0.32 | 0.31 | -0.08 | -0.13 |
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0.09 | 2023 | 0.21 | 0.52 | 0.39 | 0.29 |
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-0.41 | 2023 | -0.20 | 0.03 | -0.09 | -0.23 |
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0.79 | 2023 | 2.19 | 4.57 | 4.86 | 2.17 |
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0.73 | 2023 | 1.43 | 1.07 | 1.58 | 1.13 |
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2.09 | 2023 | 2.70 | 2.74 | 2.66 | 2.49 |
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1.02 | 2023 | 1.54 | 2.12 | 1.82 | 1.71 |
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0.44 | 2023 | 0.53 | 0.34 | 0.42 | 0.47 |
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0.23 | 2023 | 0.45 | 0.57 | 0.52 | 0.36 |
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1.13 | 2023 | 3.95 | 5.51 | 5.44 | 1.78 |
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0.82 | 2023 | 1.22 | 1.32 | 1.57 | 1.44 |
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1.30 | 2023 | 1.89 | 1.64 | 1.30 | 1.45 |
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-1.13 | 2023 | -1.60 | -1.22 | -1.30 | -1.03 |
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0.64 | 2023 | 0.96 | 1.68 | 5.99 | 0.57 |
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0.76 | 2023 | 1.08 | 0.91 | 1.27 | 1.31 |
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2.71 | 2023 | 2.68 | 3.82 | 2.62 | 2.52 |
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1.54 | 2023 | 0.84 | 1.26 | 0.21 | 1.33 |
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0.70 | 2023 | 0.73 | 0.65 | 0.76 | 0.65 |
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-1.04 | 2023 | -1.48 | -1.36 | -1.27 | -0.55 |
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1.58 | 2023 | 2.49 | 2.08 | 2.19 | 1.27 |
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2.22 | 2023 | 2.80 | 2.86 | 2.72 | 2.67 |
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2.28 | 2023 | 2.86 | 3.02 | 2.95 | 2.87 |
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1.01 | 2023 | 1.66 | 1.83 | 1.78 | 1.35 |
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-0.17 | 2023 | 1.93 | 2.68 | 2.76 | 1.85 |
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2.93 | 2023 | 2.99 | 3.27 | 2.95 | 2.99 |
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0.59 | 2023 | 0.40 | 0.45 | 0.55 | 0.31 |
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1.30 | 2023 | 0.11 | -0.04 | 0.14 | 0.10 |
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1.96 | 2023 | 2.49 | 2.85 | 2.95 | 2.69 |
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0.09 | 2023 | 0.42 | 0.42 | 0.18 | 0.23 |
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0.61 | 2023 | 1.24 | 1.57 | 1.41 | 1.23 |
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-0.70 | 2023 | -0.03 | -0.49 | 0.16 | 0.63 |
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-1.14 | 2023 | -0.04 | -0.36 | -0.09 | -0.24 |
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0.66 | 2023 | 0.85 | 1.86 | 0.65 | 0.51 |
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0.83 | 2023 | 1.52 | 1.42 | 1.86 | 1.50 |
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-0.43 | 2023 | 0.07 | 0.26 | 0.12 | 0.04 |
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0.88 | 2023 | 1.43 | 1.20 | 1.43 | 1.26 |
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2.55 | 2023 | 2.50 | 2.93 | 2.91 | 2.86 |
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1.80 | 2023 | 1.87 | 1.34 | 2.20 | 2.12 |
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0.42 | 2023 | -0.18 | 2.32 | -0.06 | |
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0.74 | 2023 | 1.16 | 1.05 | 1.17 | 1.09 |
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0.36 | 2023 | 0.45 | 0.36 | 0.30 | 0.29 |
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1.06 | 2023 | 0.63 | 1.10 | 1.09 | 0.93 |
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0.91 | 2023 | 1.46 | 1.29 | 1.17 | 1.07 |
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3.66 | 2023 | 3.84 | 3.75 | 3.84 | 3.81 |
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2.53 | 2023 | 2.79 | 2.64 | 2.67 | 2.58 |
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0.11 | 2023 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.08 |
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0.79 | 2023 | 1.32 | 1.07 | 1.25 | 0.94 |
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1.80 | 2023 | 9.13 | 3.83 | 6.45 | 4.08 |
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1.91 | 2023 | 2.69 | 2.05 | 2.09 | 1.91 |
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0.39 | 2023 | 0.72 | 0.56 | 0.79 | 1.06 |
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1.51 | 2023 | 1.64 | 1.80 | 1.71 | 1.55 |
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2.31 | 2023 | 2.17 | 2.37 | 2.16 | 2.01 |
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1.12 | 2023 | 1.72 | 1.38 | 1.34 | 1.25 |
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0.50 | 2023 | 1.25 | 1.24 | 1.32 | 1.20 |
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1.58 | 2023 | 1.72 | 1.66 | 1.64 | 1.51 |
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-0.28 | 2023 | 0.02 | -0.02 | -0.03 | -0.17 |
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-0.17 | 2023 | -0.29 | 0.16 | -0.44 | -0.39 |
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0.86 | 2023 | 7.05 | 14.93 | 6.65 | 2.36 |
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-1.01 | 2023 | -0.27 | -0.95 | -0.56 | -0.50 |
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-0.24 | 2023 | 0.40 | -0.07 | 0.04 | 0.01 |
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1.68 | 2023 | 2.77 | 2.61 | 2.53 | 2.36 |
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0.59 | 2023 | 1.15 | 1.13 | 1.08 | 0.91 |
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0.27 | 2023 | 0.89 | 1.06 | 0.53 | 0.45 |
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-0.16 | 2023 | 0.01 | 0.10 | 0.03 | 0.24 |
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0.65 | 2023 | 0.78 | 0.69 | 0.80 | 0.65 |
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0.59 | 2023 | 0.64 | 1.24 | 1.16 | 0.51 |
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1.45 | 2023 | 2.65 | 2.32 | 2.25 | 2.18 |
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1.65 | 2023 | 1.88 | 2.75 | 2.81 | 1.90 |
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2.52 | 2023 | 2.92 | 2.76 | 2.96 | 2.77 |
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-0.63 | 2023 | -0.48 | -0.41 | -0.40 | -0.34 |
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0.60 | 2023 | 0.39 | 0.59 | 0.50 | 0.50 |
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2.41 | 2023 | 1.91 | 2.65 | 2.28 | 2.12 |
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0.90 | 2023 | 2.45 | 2.44 | 1.74 | 1.40 |
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-0.12 | 2023 | 0.22 | 0.02 | 0.13 | 0.04 |
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-0.08 | 2023 | 0.26 | 0.48 | 0.29 | 0.07 |
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1.69 | 2023 | 2.13 | 2.32 | 2.14 | 1.94 |
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2.49 | 2023 | 2.86 | 2.93 | 2.86 | 2.93 |
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0.91 | 2023 | 1.18 | 1.10 | 1.39 | 1.20 |
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4.78 | 2023 | 4.30 | 4.33 | 3.32 | 2.72 |
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0.12 | 2023 | 0.09 | 1.21 | -0.17 | 0.03 |
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0.59 | 2023 | 1.04 | 0.68 | 0.50 | 0.35 |
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2.55 | 2023 | 2.08 | 2.13 | 2.34 | 2.38 |
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1.11 | 2023 | 0.90 | 1.06 | 1.01 | 0.87 |
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0.51 | 2023 | 0.71 | 0.76 | 0.78 | 0.72 |
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0.64 | 2023 | 1.07 | 1.11 | 1.21 | 0.83 |
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6.39 | 2023 | 1.97 | 2.78 | -2.30 | 0.20 |
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0.03 | 2023 | 0.44 | 0.33 | 0.28 | |
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1.36 | 2023 | 2.45 | 2.18 | 2.24 | 2.06 |
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2.75 | 2023 | 3.04 | 3.14 | 3.12 | 3.06 |
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0.20 | 2023 | 0.31 | 0.54 | 0.43 | 0.22 |
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2.10 | 2023 | 2.88 | 1.56 | 2.24 | 2.14 |
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2.45 | 2023 | 2.60 | 2.70 | 2.63 | 2.45 |
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-0.30 | 2023 | 0.37 | 0.60 | 0.42 | 0.86 |
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0.12 | 2023 | 0.33 | 0.48 | 0.48 | 0.26 |
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0.63 | 2023 | 0.97 | 1.04 | 1.16 | 1.09 |
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0.64 | 2023 | 1.28 | 1.26 | 1.58 | 1.37 |
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0.95 | 2023 | 1.29 | 1.35 | 1.80 | 1.61 |
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0.81 | 2023 | 0.16 | 0.99 | 0.87 | 0.88 |
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3.22 | 2023 | 3.35 | 3.45 | 3.37 | 3.23 |
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-0.52 | 2023 | -0.25 | -0.48 | -0.50 | -0.49 |
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0.58 | 2023 | 3.10 | 11.82 | 2.03 | 1.39 |
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0.49 | 2023 | 0.75 | 0.98 | 0.65 | 0.58 |
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0.68 | 2023 | 0.74 | 0.90 | 0.72 | 0.71 |
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0.27 | 2023 | 0.35 | 0.29 | 0.34 | 0.36 |
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0.81 | 2023 | 1.47 | 1.52 | 1.59 | 1.41 |
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1.59 | 2023 | 2.24 | 2.42 | 2.26 | 2.10 |
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0.00 | 2014 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.08 | |
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2.40 | 2023 | 1.53 | 1.61 | 1.41 | 1.26 |
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0.93 | 2023 | 1.06 | 0.96 | 1.12 | 1.00 |
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1.87 | 1.83 | 2.54 | |||
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1.83 | 2023 | 2.33 | 2.74 | 2.62 | 2.33 |
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2.86 | 2023 | 3.19 | 2.78 | 3.01 | 2.97 |
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1.95 | 2023 | 2.70 | 1.70 | 2.27 | 2.28 |
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1.77 | 2023 | 1.71 | 1.19 | ||
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1.11 | 2023 | 0.44 | 0.31 | 0.45 | |
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0.32 | 2023 | 0.37 | -0.36 | -0.62 | |
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7.49 | 3.43 | ||||
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1.79 | 2023 | 1.70 | 2.65 | 1.55 | |
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0.51 | 0.67 | 0.51 | |||
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1.11 | 2014 | ||||
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-2.31 | 2023 | 0.89 | 0.53 | ||
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0.73 | 2.63 | 1.26 | |||
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0.63 | 2023 | -0.59 | 0.33 | ||
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0.01 | 2014 | -0.09 | 0.10 | -0.15 | |
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0.19 | 2023 | 1.11 | 0.94 | ||
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-0.04 | 2023 | -0.11 | -0.14 | -0.13 | |
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0.27 | 0.50 | ||||
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0.13 | 2023 | 1.21 | 0.13 | 1.27 | |
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2.78 | 2.78 | ||||
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0.15 | 2023 | 1.17 | 0.44 | 0.83 | |
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0.48 | 2023 | 0.74 | 0.97 | 0.80 | |
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0.62 | 2023 | 0.86 | |||
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0.71 | 2023 | 1.90 | 2.66 | 1.89 | |
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-0.12 | 0.09 | ||||
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3.17 | 2.79 | ||||
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0.46 | 2023 | 0.72 | 0.68 | ||
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1.17 | 2023 | 1.60 | 1.49 | 1.32 | |
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-0.03 | 2023 | -0.79 | -0.14 | ||
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0.01 | 2014 | 0.01 | |||
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-0.35 | 2023 | 0.14 | -3.57 | 0.44 | |
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0.00 | 2014 | ||||
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0.70 | 2023 | 1.08 | 1.01 | 1.07 | |
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-1.29 | 2023 | -0.73 | -0.28 | -0.14 | |
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0.96 | 0.73 | ||||
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0.11 | 2023 | -0.48 | -1.04 | ||
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-1.19 | 2023 | 0.05 | 0.05 | ||
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-1.74 | 2023 | -0.26 | -1.21 | -0.04 | |
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1.19 | 2023 | 0.36 | 3.13 | ||
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-0.03 | 2019 | ||||
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-0.01 | 2019 | -1.28 | 1.93 | ||
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1.81 | 2023 | 2.19 | 3.17 | 2.05 | |
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1.87 | 2023 | 3.23 | 2.02 | ||
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-0.49 | 2023 | -0.48 | -0.26 | -0.02 | |
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0.23 | 2023 | -0.98 | -0.62 | ||
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1.66 | 2023 | ||||
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1.99 | 2023 |
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