1997 Rate of Natural Increase

The population rate of natural increase (birth rate minus death rate) for all world countries for the year 1997.

1997 Top 10 Countries Rate of Natural Increase (RNI)

Rank	Country	RNI
1	Gaza Strip	3.62
2	Liberia	3.56
3	Angola	3.38
4	Niger	3.35
5	Uganda	3.34
6	Mali	3.28
7	The Gambia	3.27
8	Sao Tome and Principe	3.26
9	Eritrea	3.24
10	Iraq	3.23

Please see also 2020, 1996, and 1998.

1997 Countries Rate of Natural Increase (RNI)

Rank	Country	RNI
11	Marshall Islands	3.23
12	Afghanistan	3.22
13	Benin	3.21
14	Yemen	3.19
15	Solomon Islands	3.17
16	Burkina Faso	3.16
17	Chad	3.15
18	West Bank	3.14
19	Senegal	3.02
20	Madagascar	3.02
21	Honduras	3.0
22	Timor-Leste	2.99
23	Guatemala	2.98
24	Malawi	2.96
25	Burundi	2.94
26	Ethiopia	2.91
27	Belize	2.9
28	Rwanda	2.87
29	Equatorial Guinea	2.84
30	Togo	2.84
31	Syria	2.82
32	Comoros	2.8
33	Mozambique	2.8
34	Tanzania	2.79
35	Jordan	2.77
36	Somalia	2.76
37	Mauritania	2.75
38	Congo (Kinshasa)	2.75
39	Djibouti	2.71
40	Western Sahara	2.71
41	Cameroon	2.7
42	Pakistan	2.69
43	Nigeria	2.67
44	Nauru	2.67
45	Papua New Guinea	2.66
46	Tonga	2.66
47	Cote d'Ivoire	2.64
48	Kiribati	2.64
49	Zambia	2.62
50	Guinea-Bissau	2.61
51	Samoa	2.57
52	Nepal	2.57
53	Nicaragua	2.53
54	Oman	2.51
55	Saudi Arabia	2.51
56	Gabon	2.5
57	Ghana	2.49
58	Guinea	2.47
59	Congo (Brazzaville)	2.46
60	Federated States of Micronesia	2.43
61	Paraguay	2.43
62	Bangladesh	2.4
63	Haiti	2.39
64	Kenya	2.38
65	Philippines	2.38
66	Cabo Verde	2.34
67	Laos	2.33
68	Namibia	2.31
69	Swaziland	2.29
70	Turks and Caicos Islands	2.27
71	Bolivia	2.27
72	Central African Republic	2.26
73	Tajikistan	2.2
74	Libya	2.19
75	El Salvador	2.19
76	Ecuador	2.17
77	Maldives	2.15
78	Kuwait	2.14
79	Brunei	2.1
80	Sierra Leone	2.1
81	Panama	2.1
82	Suriname	2.09
83	Egypt	2.08
84	Cambodia	2.07
85	Venezuela	2.05
86	Cook Islands	2.04
87	Dominican Republic	2.04
88	Mexico	2.03
89	Malaysia	1.99
90	Bahrain	1.99
91	Lesotho	1.98
92	Morocco	1.95
93	Uzbekistan	1.94
94	Botswana	1.91
95	Peru	1.9
96	Fiji	1.86
97	Turkmenistan	1.83
98	Bhutan	1.82
99	Guyana	1.81
100	India	1.81
101	Colombia	1.8
102	Jamaica	1.77
103	Zimbabwe	1.75
104	New Caledonia	1.74
105	Indonesia	1.74
106	Costa Rica	1.73
107	Algeria	1.71
108	Qatar	1.7
109	French Polynesia	1.66
110	Saint Lucia	1.65
111	Antigua and Barbuda	1.64
112	Tuvalu	1.62
113	Turkey	1.62
114	Burma	1.57
115	Israel	1.55
116	Mongolia	1.55
117	Saint Martin	1.53
118	Brazil	1.51
119	Wallis and Futuna	1.51
120	United Arab Emirates	1.5
121	Kyrgyzstan	1.5
122	Grenada	1.49
123	Vietnam	1.47
124	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.46
125	South Africa	1.45
126	Kosovo	1.45
127	Sint Maarten	1.44
128	Albania	1.35
129	Iran	1.35
130	Lebanon	1.33
131	Chile	1.33
132	Tunisia	1.32
133	The Bahamas	1.31
134	Argentina	1.23
135	Curacao	1.22
136	British Virgin Islands	1.21
137	Sri Lanka	1.21
138	Azerbaijan	1.16
139	Seychelles	1.14
140	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.09
141	Cayman Islands	1.09
142	Anguilla	1.08
143	Greenland	1.08
144	Saint Barthelemy	1.07
145	Dominica	1.06
146	Thailand	1.06
147	Mauritius	1.03
148	Aruba	0.94
149	Palau	0.94
150	South Korea	0.94
151	Taiwan	0.92
152	Macau	0.9
153	Uruguay	0.87
154	Singapore	0.85
155	Iceland	0.85
156	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	0.82
157	Armenia	0.81
158	China	0.81
159	New Zealand	0.81
160	Trinidad and Tobago	0.71
161	Cyprus	0.68
162	Cuba	0.68
163	Bermuda	0.67
164	Andorra	0.67
165	Australia	0.67
166	Faroe Islands	0.65
167	Macedonia	0.65
168	North Korea	0.64
169	Kazakhstan	0.62
170	Gibraltar	0.61
171	Ireland	0.58
172	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.57
173	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0.53
174	Montenegro	0.53
175	Liechtenstein	0.52
176	Barbados	0.5
177	Malta	0.49
178	Georgia	0.47
179	San Marino	0.42
180	Hong Kong	0.41
181	France	0.38
182	Luxembourg	0.37
183	Canada	0.37
184	Netherlands	0.36
185	Jersey	0.35
186	Norway	0.34
187	Switzerland	0.25
188	Japan	0.23
189	Finland	0.2
190	United Kingdom	0.17
191	Denmark	0.15
192	Slovakia	0.13
193	Guernsey	0.12
194	Belgium	0.12
195	Montserrat	0.08
196	Poland	0.08
197	Portugal	0.08
198	Moldova	0.07
199	Austria	0.06
200	Croatia	0.05
201	Spain	0.05
202	Greece	0.02
203	Monaco	-0.02
204	Sweden	-0.03
205	Slovenia	-0.04
206	Italy	-0.04
207	Germany	-0.06
208	Lithuania	-0.1
209	Isle of Man	-0.1
210	Romania	-0.19
211	Czechia	-0.21
212	Serbia	-0.24
213	Hungary	-0.38
214	Estonia	-0.42
215	Belarus	-0.47
216	Russia	-0.51
217	Latvia	-0.61
218	Ukraine	-0.62
219	Bulgaria	-0.72

Data is from US Census - International Database.

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