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# STDDEV_POP

Computes the population standard deviation of all non-`NULL` numeric values produced by an expression. The population standard deviation shows how spread out the values in a population are, by measuring the average distance of each value from the population's mean.
For information about the sample standard deviation, which estimates the spread of values across sample rather than the full population, see [STDDEV\_SAMP](/reference-sql/functions-reference/aggregation/stddev-samp).

## Syntax

```sql theme={"theme":{"light":"css-variables","dark":"css-variables"}}
STDDEV_POP(<expression>) [FILTER ([WHERE] <condition>)]
```

## Parameters

| Parameter      | Description                                                                                      | Supported input types      |
| :------------- | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :------------------------- |
| `<expression>` | An expression producing numeric values for which to calculate the population standard deviation. | `REAL`, `DOUBLE PRECISION` |
| `<condition>`  | An optional boolean expression to filter rows used in aggregation                                | `BOOL`                     |

## Return Type

`STDDEV_POP` returns a result of type `DOUBLE PRECISION`.

### Special cases

* If there are no non-`NULL` input values, the result is `NULL`.
* If the input contains an `Inf` or `NaN` value, the result will be `NaN`.

## Example

The following example calculates the population standard deviation of five grade values:

<div className="query-window">
  ```
  SELECT ROUND(STDDEV_POP(grade::double precision), 3) AS stddev
  FROM UNNEST(ARRAY[4.0, 3.7, 3.3, 2.7, 2.7]) AS t(grade);
  ```

  | stddev <span>double null</span> |
  | :------------------------------ |
  | 0.523                           |

  <p><span>Rows: 1</span><span>Execution time: 6.58ms</span></p>
</div>