1995 Rate of Natural Increase

In 1995, the global rate of natural increase (RNI)—the difference between birth rates and death rates, excluding migration—was approximately 1.6% per year, indicating a rapid growth in world population. This rate, however, varied significantly across continents and regions. Africa exhibited the highest RNI, often exceeding 2.5% in many countries, due to high fertility rates and declining mortality. Asia, home to the world’s largest population, had an RNI around 1.7%, with South and Southeast Asia experiencing higher rates compared to East Asia, where China’s RNI had fallen below 1.0% due to strict family planning policies. Latin America’s RNI was moderately high, typically between 1.5% and 2.0%, while Europe had the lowest RNI, with many countries at or near zero, and some even experiencing negative natural increase due to low birth rates and aging populations. In contrast, countries like Nigeria and Pakistan had RNIs above 2.5%, while Germany and Italy had RNIs close to zero or negative, highlighting stark differences in demographic trends between developing and developed nations.

Rank	Country	Rate of Natural Increase	Population
1	Uganda	3.475	19,822,690
2	Angola	3.407	13,360,653
3	The Gambia	3.391	1,161,378
4	Congo Kinshasa	3.342	46,704,580
5	Niger	3.329	9,100,306
6	Malawi	3.315	9,458,378
7	Mali	3.244	9,476,561
8	Afghanistan	3.224	19,445,013
9	Yemen	3.197	14,831,575
10	Solomon Islands	3.196	374,235
11	Benin	3.184	5,720,474
12	Sao Tome and Principe	3.133	127,140
13	Togo	3.121	4,097,531
14	Guatemala	3.114	9,929,627
15	Senegal	3.084	8,376,458
16	Madagascar	3.027	13,512,215
17	Iraq	3.018	19,633,762
18	Cameroon	3.014	13,757,517
19	Chad	3.012	6,836,077
20	Liberia	3.009	2,074,910
21	Papua New Guinea	2.991	4,688,518
22	Marshall Islands	2.99	49,639
23	Belize	2.984	226,774
24	Timor-Leste	2.964	867,485
25	Eritrea	2.958	3,361,437
26	Burundi	2.934	5,812,059
27	Nicaragua	2.874	4,395,504
28	Jordan	2.861	4,248,928
29	Djibouti	2.848	550,641
30	Zambia	2.825	8,808,320
31	Tanzania	2.781	29,245,338
32	Equatorial Guinea	2.76	425,085
33	Mauritania	2.74	2,234,790
34	Côte d'Ivoire	2.712	14,674,499
35	Tonga	2.708	97,370
36	Gabon	2.698	1,059,272
37	Comoros	2.695	482,861
38	Oman	2.688	2,138,564
39	Kenya	2.687	27,001,869
40	Paraguay	2.675	4,825,445
41	Pakistan	2.669	130,203,530
42	Nepal	2.666	21,358,915
43	Ethiopia	2.647	55,249,115
44	Samoa	2.643	168,887
45	Congo Brazzaville	2.625	2,569,053
46	Saudi Arabia	2.61	18,733,152
47	Nigeria	2.592	109,838,554
48	Guinea-Bissau	2.555	1,105,761
49	Federated States of Micronesia	2.551	105,982
50	Cabo Verde	2.539	385,425
51	Eswatini	2.533	993,789
52	Somalia	2.532	6,400,721
53	Haiti	2.515	7,464,270
54	Kiribati	2.494	76,665
55	Namibia	2.445	1,661,348
56	Maldives	2.438	260,584
57	Ghana	2.424	16,970,765
58	Philippines	2.415	68,436,965
59	Guinea	2.399	7,008,664
60	Sierra Leone	2.393	4,114,221
61	Central African Republic	2.391	3,501,664
62.5	Mozambique	2.366	16,606,189
62.5	Bangladesh	2.366	117,374,090
64	Cambodia	2.355	11,334,225
65	Bolivia	2.293	7,361,889
66	El Salvador	2.291	5,469,886
67	Rwanda	2.276	5,384,523
68	Uzbekistan	2.251	23,067,326
69	Kuwait	2.247	1,664,326
70.5	Ecuador	2.244	11,265,611
70.5	Brunei	2.244	287,972
72	Cook Islands	2.241	18,251
73	Turks and Caicos Islands	2.229	14,940
74	Botswana	2.19	1,464,188
75	Laos	2.188	4,846,116
76	Malaysia	2.179	20,499,808
77	Tajikistan	2.173	5,678,225
78	Venezuela	2.128	22,073,495
79	Mexico	2.117	92,583,839
80	Dominican Republic	2.112	7,619,323
81	Turkmenistan	2.102	4,078,729
82	Bahrain	2.09	582,068
83	Nauru	2.087	9,819
84	Bhutan	2.083	606,676
85	Panama	2.007	2,650,078
86	Fiji	2.002	772,528
87	Lesotho	1.992	1,822,743
88	Peru	1.961	23,793,346
89	Algeria	1.96	28,321,697
90	India	1.949	957,664,579
91	Guyana	1.926	755,275
92	Colombia	1.919	38,076,297
93	Costa Rica	1.89	3,444,735
94	Zimbabwe	1.885	11,155,781
95	Saint Lucia	1.87	146,497
96	Mongolia	1.848	2,306,417
97	Jamaica	1.847	2,645,003
98	Kyrgyzstan	1.841	4,620,018
99	Qatar	1.824	509,712
100	United Arab Emirates	1.816	2,369,781
101	Morocco	1.784	26,774,155
102	Indonesia	1.771	197,603,426
103	French Polynesia	1.766	216,845
104	Tuvalu	1.744	9,746
105	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.728	108,792
106	Vietnam	1.72	73,885,200
107	Albania	1.712	3,158,153
108	New Caledonia	1.68	191,780
109	Turkey	1.669	61,297,181
110	Burma	1.666	43,417,520
111	Saint Martin	1.654	32,711
112	South Africa	1.64	42,147,064
113	Suriname	1.632	432,928
114	Kosovo	1.594	2,028,599
115	Antigua and Barbuda	1.546	68,710
116	Brazil	1.539	163,219,786
117	Iran	1.536	62,693,318
118	Israel	1.519	5,333,911
119	Grenada	1.513	97,743
120	The Bahamas	1.493	266,194
121	Tunisia	1.49	8,998,898
122	Sint Maarten	1.481	31,928
123	Lebanon	1.468	3,672,123
124	Seychelles	1.41	74,932
125	Chile	1.409	14,172,533
126	Palau	1.404	17,302
127	Sri Lanka	1.347	17,941,066
128	Dominica	1.321	71,422
129	Singapore	1.298	3,621,755
130	Azerbaijan	1.27	8,050,585
131	Thailand	1.259	58,880,563
132	Curaçao	1.231	141,590
133.5	Cayman Islands	1.17	32,488
133.5	Mauritius	1.17	1,123,115
135	Argentina	1.159	35,273,867
136	Anguilla	1.147	9,845
137	Macau	1.127	401,295
138	Greenland	1.126	56,185
139	Saint Barthelemy	1.107	6,145
140	North Korea	1.078	22,107,253
141	China	1.054	1,222,006,662
142	Aruba	1.051	79,962
143	South Korea	1.049	45,105,079
144	British Virgin Islands	1.018	19,053
145	Taiwan	0.988	21,290,414
146	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.955	43,129
147	Armenia	0.938	3,130,256
148	Cyprus	0.909	847,345
149	Iceland	0.881	267,527
150	Gibraltar	0.856	26,764
151	Trinidad and Tobago	0.846	1,246,507
152	Kazakhstan	0.842	16,389,860
153	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	0.821	6,949
154	New Zealand	0.819	3,642,182
155	North Macedonia	0.809	1,954,048
156	Uruguay	0.76	3,150,039
157	Australia	0.738	17,758,170
158	Montenegro	0.731	623,521
159	Bermuda	0.684	60,341
160	Montserrat	0.682	10,268
161	Liechtenstein	0.648	30,886
162	Faroe Islands	0.641	43,537
163	Cuba	0.634	10,920,902
164	Hong Kong	0.597	6,222,544
165	Georgia	0.589	5,041,416
166	Andorra	0.577	63,245
167	Canada	0.563	29,690,529
168	Barbados	0.479	268,131
169	Malta	0.441	378,202
170	Luxembourg	0.396	409,619
171	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0.39	6,405
172	France	0.38	59,821,005
173	Netherlands	0.356	15,476,372
174	Norway	0.346	4,359,102
175	Jersey	0.315	84,993
176	Finland	0.27	5,104,654
177	Switzerland	0.262	7,164,212
178	Japan	0.253	125,327,055
179	San Marino	0.234	24,883
180	Slovakia	0.163	5,361,594
181	United Kingdom	0.149	58,186,803
182	Denmark	0.127	5,232,612
183	Poland	0.122	38,600,640
184	Sweden	0.107	8,877,890
185	Belgium	0.097	10,155,459
186	Austria	0.093	8,047,432
187	Moldova	0.079	4,355,074
188	Spain	0.043	39,764,708
189	Portugal	0.032	10,065,543
190	Greece	0.012	10,634,322
191	Slovenia	0.001	2,002,826
192	Monaco	-0.013	30,910
193	Guernsey	-0.019	60,977
194	Italy	-0.05	57,294,513
195	Serbia	-0.1	7,691,301
196	Lithuania	-0.118	3,509,711
197	Croatia	-0.119	4,480,936
198	Germany	-0.146	81,653,702
199	Romania	-0.154	22,687,407
200	Isle of Man	-0.198	72,326
201	Czechia	-0.211	10,323,830
202	Belarus	-0.32	10,204,923
203	Hungary	-0.325	10,280,807
204	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.362	3,546,650
205	Estonia	-0.506	1,446,509
206	Bulgaria	-0.521	8,284,001
207	Russia	-0.56	149,724,243
208	Ukraine	-0.584	51,247,738
209	Latvia	-0.699	2,480,257

Data from US Census International Database