Melanesia vs Middle Africa: Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate
Melanesia
0.3999 % change on previous year
in 2050
Middle Africa
0.5434 % change on previous year
in 2050
Melanesia rank
5th
Middle Africa rank
3rd
Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate over time
- Melanesia
- Middle Africa
How they compare
Middle Africa currently reports 0.5434 % change on previous year against 0.3999 % change on previous year in Melanesia, a difference of 0.1435 % change on previous year.
That makes Middle Africa's figure about 1.4 times Melanesia's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 100 shared years of data; in 1951 it was Middle Africa ahead.
Melanesia ranks 5th and Middle Africa ranks 3rd of 22 countries.
Across the 11 decades both report, Melanesia averaged higher in 5 and Middle Africa in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Middle Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.73 % change on previous year | 1.6 % change on previous year | 0.1296 % change on previous year | Melanesia |
| 1960s | 1.8 % change on previous year | 1.83 % change on previous year | 0.0316 % change on previous year | Middle Africa |
| 1970s | 2.21 % change on previous year | 1.83 % change on previous year | 0.3791 % change on previous year | Melanesia |
| 1980s | 2.31 % change on previous year | 1.99 % change on previous year | 0.3229 % change on previous year | Melanesia |
| 1990s | 2.47 % change on previous year | 2.14 % change on previous year | 0.3234 % change on previous year | Melanesia |
| 2000s | 2.28 % change on previous year | 2.16 % change on previous year | 0.1201 % change on previous year | Melanesia |
| 2010s | 1.93 % change on previous year | 2.1 % change on previous year | 0.1748 % change on previous year | Middle Africa |
| 2020s | 1.51 % change on previous year | 1.69 % change on previous year | 0.1817 % change on previous year | Middle Africa |
| 2030s | 1.05 % change on previous year | 1.27 % change on previous year | 0.2151 % change on previous year | Middle Africa |
| 2040s | 0.6148 % change on previous year | 0.8084 % change on previous year | 0.1936 % change on previous year | Middle Africa |
| 2050s | 0.3999 % change on previous year | 0.5434 % change on previous year | 0.1435 % change on previous year | Middle Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population - est. & proj. — rural population, annual growth rate, Melanesia or Middle Africa?
- Middle Africa, at 0.5434 % change on previous year against 0.3999 % change on previous year in Melanesia as of 2050.
- What is the difference in population - est. & proj. — rural population, annual growth rate between Melanesia and Middle Africa?
- 0.1435 % change on previous year, with Middle Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Middle Africa?
- 100 years are reported by both, from 1951 to 2050.
- How do Melanesia and Middle Africa rank globally for population - est. & proj. — rural population, annual growth rate?
- Melanesia ranks 5th and Middle Africa ranks 3rd of 22 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.