Interpolation search works better than Binary Search for a sorted and uniformly distributed array.

 

On average the interpolation search makes about log(log(n)) comparisons (if the elements are uniformly distributed), where n is the number of elements to be searched. In the worst case (for instance where the numerical values of the keys increase exponentially) it can make up to O(n) comparisons.

Interpolation Search Article

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