1985 Rate of Natural Increase

Country population rate of natural increase (RNI) and rank for world countries for the year 1985

Rank	Country	Rate of Natural Increase	Population
1	Kenya	3.586	19,754,036
2	Zimbabwe	3.573	8,548,242
3	Maldives	3.555	177,297
4	Togo	3.554	3,061,353
5	Eswatini	3.459	721,807
6	Belize	3.426	168,796
7	Rwanda	3.383	6,025,284
8	Angola	3.342	9,472,346
9	Senegal	3.309	6,378,233
10	Solomon Islands	3.306	272,773
11	Uganda	3.282	13,930,262
12	Cambodia	3.207	7,912,778
13	Nicaragua	3.205	3,180,138
14	Malawi	3.165	6,969,603
15	Cameroon	3.148	10,099,516
16.5	Congo Kinshasa	3.124	33,347,628
16.5	Guatemala	3.124	7,513,581
18	Cabo Verde	3.113	316,887
19	Zambia	3.105	6,546,694
20	Mali	3.089	7,625,898
21	The Gambia	3.081	773,544
22	Côte d'Ivoire	3.055	9,652,845
23.5	Ghana	3.042	12,888,548
23.5	Benin	3.042	4,107,498
25	Burundi	3.034	4,848,529
26	Somalia	2.953	6,458,539
27	Liberia	2.934	2,163,053
28	Djibouti	2.928	380,049
29	Niger	2.922	6,866,536
30	Madagascar	2.921	10,014,533
31	Comoros	2.914	382,817
32	Kuwait	2.913	1,732,824
33	Papua New Guinea	2.908	3,462,897
34	Namibia	2.905	1,199,651
35	Paraguay	2.895	3,633,464
36	Bhutan	2.879	551,993
37	Botswana	2.878	1,077,420
38	Samoa	2.865	160,737
39	Tanzania	2.826	21,501,733
40	Congo Brazzaville	2.808	1,926,210
41	Pakistan	2.766	101,421,542
42	Costa Rica	2.761	2,644,306
43	Eritrea	2.741	2,941,211
44	Kiribati	2.737	62,034
45	Sao Tome and Principe	2.73	104,186
46	Nigeria	2.708	85,379,308
47	Philippines	2.663	54,570,180
48	Central African Republic	2.653	2,704,525
49	Suriname	2.633	396,225
50	Brunei	2.609	217,836
51	Saint Lucia	2.59	131,006
52	Malaysia	2.566	15,685,144
53	Afghanistan	2.559	13,119,943
54	Lesotho	2.558	1,559,057
55	Equatorial Guinea	2.544	325,213
56	Tuvalu	2.526	8,156
57	French Polynesia	2.517	175,409
58	Morocco	2.516	21,948,629
59	Bangladesh	2.499	94,584,305
60	Mexico	2.489	76,600,787
61	Mozambique	2.486	13,731,838
62	Nepal	2.473	16,438,782
63	Bahrain	2.471	423,224
64	South Africa	2.47	34,254,092
65	Kosovo	2.468	1,682,293
66	Grenada	2.465	93,059
67	Dominican Republic	2.462	6,366,148
68	Mauritania	2.461	1,723,466
69	Haiti	2.37	6,076,064
70	Guinea-Bissau	2.337	885,606
71	Panama	2.275	2,174,472
72	Colombia	2.265	30,494,674
73	Sierra Leone	2.262	3,787,642
74.5	Trinidad and Tobago	2.225	1,162,423
74.5	Peru	2.225	21,118,480
76	Turkey	2.186	50,988,566
77	Guinea	2.184	5,015,682
78	Saint Martin	2.163	15,392
79	Brazil	2.124	136,363,558
80	Lebanon	2.061	3,176,885
81	Jamaica	2.04	2,358,892
82	Guyana	2.039	760,713
83	Burma	2.032	36,733,456
84	Indonesia	1.902	166,069,317
85	Seychelles	1.877	67,175
86	Ethiopia	1.866	40,684,471
87	Sri Lanka	1.861	15,847,023
88	New Caledonia	1.762	152,587
89	Dominica	1.708	73,109
90	Israel	1.658	4,048,540
91	Chile	1.625	11,952,148
92	Anguilla	1.493	6,967
93	The Bahamas	1.485	228,218
94	Argentina	1.416	30,671,759
95	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.363	42,928
96	Aruba	1.315	61,511
97	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.267	6,158
98	Saint Barthelemy	1.246	3,933
99	Mauritius	1.195	1,020,544
100	Cuba	1.137	10,084,201
101	Cyprus	1.119	679,224
102	Barbados	0.899	257,344
103	Uruguay	0.835	3,018,871
104	Gibraltar	0.775	28,646
105	Serbia	0.26	7,719,700

Data from US Census International Database