1996 Rate of Natural Increase

Country population rate of natural increase (RNI) and rank for world countries for the year 1996

Rank	Country	Rate of Natural Increase	Population
1	Uganda	3.471	20,388,245
2	The Gambia	3.4	1,199,132
3	Niger	3.399	9,408,958
4	Angola	3.398	13,828,862
5	Malawi	3.334	9,692,777
6	Congo Kinshasa	3.325	47,684,709
7	Liberia	3.31	2,129,757
8	Mali	3.259	9,767,669
9	Afghanistan	3.217	20,110,508
10	Sao Tome and Principe	3.207	129,534
11	Yemen	3.191	15,283,816
12	Solomon Islands	3.17	385,534
13	Benin	3.169	5,873,642
14	Eritrea	3.12	3,518,610
15	Burkina Faso	3.099	10,291,856
16	Chad	3.083	7,123,391
17	Senegal	3.05	8,592,755
18	Guatemala	3.048	10,209,431
19	Togo	3.034	4,275,489
20	Rwanda	3.023	6,479,294
21	Madagascar	3.022	13,927,129
22	Iraq	3.021	20,243,850
23	Marshall Islands	3.016	50,194
24	Burundi	2.982	5,814,684
25	Timor-Leste	2.975	895,464
26	Cameroon	2.966	14,162,183
27	Papua New Guinea	2.957	4,830,046
28	Belize	2.942	232,835
29	Jordan	2.819	4,353,079
30	Tanzania	2.817	29,881,474
31	Zambia	2.79	9,054,053
32	Equatorial Guinea	2.784	445,361
33	Djibouti	2.774	566,080
34	Comoros	2.769	494,232
35	Mauritania	2.75	2,270,682
36	Kenya	2.718	27,720,870
37	Nicaragua	2.702	4,495,799
38	Tonga	2.679	97,564
39	Côte d'Ivoire	2.678	15,103,147
40	Pakistan	2.664	133,742,986
41	Somalia	2.656	6,574,262
42	Nepal	2.654	21,804,106
43	Nigeria	2.633	112,744,016
44	Ethiopia	2.632	56,817,472
45	Paraguay	2.629	4,954,606
46	Samoa	2.612	170,330
47	Gabon	2.603	1,079,210
48	Oman	2.601	2,199,643
49	Guinea-Bissau	2.582	1,122,650
50	Nauru	2.575	9,828
51	Saudi Arabia	2.559	19,275,315
52	Kiribati	2.557	78,041
53	Congo Brazzaville	2.54	2,638,701
54	Federated States of Micronesia	2.492	106,462
55	Haiti	2.451	7,628,503
56	Cabo Verde	2.444	394,798
57	Guinea	2.433	7,236,079
58	Philippines	2.421	70,074,474
59	Ghana	2.416	17,350,169
60	Sierra Leone	2.41	4,066,990
61	Bangladesh	2.39	119,605,451
62	Mozambique	2.384	17,047,073
63.5	Namibia	2.379	1,702,428
63.5	Eswatini	2.379	1,018,492
65	Central African Republic	2.353	3,580,028
66	Kuwait	2.344	1,740,713
67	Turks and Caicos Islands	2.322	15,719
68	Maldives	2.297	270,531
69	Laos	2.264	4,947,629
70	Bolivia	2.248	7,518,773
71	Brunei	2.22	295,555
72	El Salvador	2.219	5,551,117
73	Cambodia	2.213	11,587,125
74	Ecuador	2.212	11,526,481
75	Cook Islands	2.163	18,121
76	Malaysia	2.143	21,034,542
77	Venezuela	2.084	22,511,267
78	Uzbekistan	2.083	23,523,857
79	Egypt	2.079	60,410,338
80	Mexico	2.076	94,125,591
81	Dominican Republic	2.075	7,740,735
82	Tajikistan	2.071	5,764,363
83	Botswana	2.058	1,505,674
84	Guyana	2.036	755,145
85	Bahrain	2.03	596,466
86	Bhutan	2.003	607,327
87	Panama	1.991	2,702,186
88	Turkmenistan	1.966	4,142,662
89	Lesotho	1.945	1,841,226
90	Fiji	1.93	778,888
91	India	1.909	976,203,090
92	Peru	1.908	24,197,811
93	Colombia	1.86	38,645,345
94	Jamaica	1.823	2,680,135
95	Zimbabwe	1.815	11,351,383
96	Costa Rica	1.812	3,536,004
97	Wallis and Futuna	1.792	14,118
98	Indonesia	1.768	200,984,462
99	Qatar	1.755	524,831
100	Algeria	1.754	28,837,598
101	Antigua and Barbuda	1.74	70,055
102	Suriname	1.739	438,575
103.5	New Caledonia	1.729	195,528
103.5	Morocco	1.729	27,130,551
105	French Polynesia	1.675	219,860
106	Tuvalu	1.666	9,843
107	Kyrgyzstan	1.656	4,685,465
108	Turkey	1.65	62,233,516
109	United Arab Emirates	1.632	2,536,143
110	Kosovo	1.624	2,058,998
111.5	Burma	1.614	44,112,664
111.5	Vietnam	1.614	75,076,986
113	Mongolia	1.603	2,340,705
114	Saint Lucia	1.596	148,174
115	Saint Martin	1.586	32,101
116	Albania	1.585	3,203,598
117	The Bahamas	1.577	270,313
118	Israel	1.541	5,495,152
119	Brazil	1.525	165,745,963
120	South Africa	1.521	42,672,533
121	Sint Maarten	1.504	31,766
122	Tunisia	1.441	9,122,126
123	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.422	108,768
124	Lebanon	1.402	3,704,663
125	Seychelles	1.38	75,715
126	Chile	1.376	14,383,328
127	Iran	1.347	63,434,648
128	Grenada	1.332	98,654
129	Singapore	1.279	3,737,853
130	Curaçao	1.265	140,348
131	Sri Lanka	1.219	18,150,801
132	Argentina	1.201	35,682,983
133	Dominica	1.189	70,997
134	Thailand	1.177	59,403,003
135	Mauritius	1.129	1,135,344
136	Cayman Islands	1.123	33,675
137	Palau	1.113	17,787
138	Azerbaijan	1.111	8,138,330
139	Greenland	1.099	56,336
140	Saint Barthelemy	1.087	6,351
141	Aruba	1.012	83,070
142	British Virgin Islands	1.009	19,718
143	South Korea	0.99	45,467,969
144	Macau	0.988	410,395
145	Taiwan	0.946	21,457,706
146	China	0.916	1,233,877,275
147	Iceland	0.91	268,999
148	Uruguay	0.884	3,164,142
149	North Korea	0.876	22,323,574
150	Cyprus	0.87	864,299
151	Armenia	0.853	3,120,069
152	Gibraltar	0.841	26,775
153.5	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	0.828	7,006
153.5	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.828	43,579
155	New Zealand	0.785	3,697,013
156	North Macedonia	0.778	1,971,102
157	Anguilla	0.769	10,139
158	Trinidad and Tobago	0.733	1,250,028
159	Bermuda	0.718	60,929
160	Kazakhstan	0.711	16,236,550
161	Australia	0.696	17,978,388
162	Montenegro	0.659	623,970
163	Faroe Islands	0.645	43,590
164	Andorra	0.627	63,358
165	Cuba	0.626	10,962,801
166	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.602	3,559,087
167	Georgia	0.59	4,965,838
168	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0.577	6,410
169	Liechtenstein	0.562	31,146
170	Barbados	0.544	269,373
171	Canada	0.542	30,026,324
172	Malta	0.53	381,630
173	Ireland	0.521	3,636,179
174	Hong Kong	0.485	6,388,452
175	Montserrat	0.466	7,947
176	Luxembourg	0.432	415,481
177	San Marino	0.431	25,287
178	Norway	0.39	4,381,278
179	France	0.38	60,092,497
180	Netherlands	0.336	15,545,307
181	Jersey	0.312	85,348
182	Switzerland	0.284	7,188,778
183	Japan	0.258	125,616,709
184	Finland	0.226	5,120,310
185	United Kingdom	0.167	58,344,566
186	Slovakia	0.165	5,373,190
187	Denmark	0.125	5,262,075
188	Poland	0.11	38,629,840
189	Belgium	0.108	10,178,934
190	Austria	0.1	8,060,851
191	Guernsey	0.067	60,978
192	Moldova	0.049	4,333,973
193	Portugal	0.031	10,099,917
194	Spain	0.028	39,820,561
195	Croatia	0.015	4,445,463
196	Sweden	0.014	8,892,234
197	Slovenia	0.008	2,007,428
198	Greece	0	10,689,910
199	Monaco	-0.012	31,113
200	Italy	-0.042	57,406,046
201.5	Germany	-0.106	81,890,667
201.5	Lithuania	-0.106	3,500,537
203	Isle of Man	-0.178	72,936
204	Serbia	-0.205	7,707,801
205	Czechia	-0.217	10,311,817
206	Romania	-0.242	22,622,471
207	Hungary	-0.369	10,259,301
208	Belarus	-0.37	10,170,664
209	Estonia	-0.405	1,427,827
210	Russia	-0.519	149,563,044
211	Bulgaria	-0.551	8,204,087
212	Latvia	-0.592	2,452,526
213	Ukraine	-0.609	50,813,392

Data from US Census International Database