1997 Rate of Natural Increase

Country population rate of natural increase (RNI) and rank for world countries for the year 1997

Rank	Country	Rate of Natural Increase	Population
1	Gaza Strip	3.621	1,018,271
2	Liberia	3.556	2,317,085
3	Uganda	3.469	21,017,415
4	Niger	3.458	9,717,046
5	The Gambia	3.408	1,235,060
6	Angola	3.38	14,282,750
7	Malawi	3.351	9,982,077
8	Mali	3.283	10,036,744
9	Congo Kinshasa	3.263	48,564,598
10	Sao Tome and Principe	3.261	132,090
11	Eritrea	3.236	3,613,539
12	Marshall Islands	3.232	50,829
13	Afghanistan	3.217	20,769,357
14	Benin	3.2	6,054,686
15	Yemen	3.191	15,741,184
16	Burkina Faso	3.163	10,530,454
17	Chad	3.149	7,349,130
18	Solomon Islands	3.138	396,997
19	West Bank	3.137	1,814,219
20	Burundi	3.027	5,819,653
21	Iraq	3.02	20,868,745
22	Senegal	3.017	8,806,978
23	Madagascar	3.014	14,353,882
24	Timor-Leste	2.987	924,395
25	Guatemala	2.979	10,488,913
26	Togo	2.95	4,424,324
27	Papua New Guinea	2.921	4,974,112
28	Cameroon	2.92	14,571,701
29	Belize	2.902	238,928
30	Rwanda	2.868	7,563,089
31	Tanzania	2.845	30,608,253
32	Comoros	2.826	506,252
33	Equatorial Guinea	2.822	474,676
34	Jordan	2.773	4,458,246
35	Somalia	2.763	6,751,082
36.5	Mauritania	2.754	2,315,223
36.5	Zambia	2.754	9,326,306
38	Kenya	2.744	28,481,047
39	Djibouti	2.715	590,081
40	Nigeria	2.67	115,773,046
41	Nauru	2.666	9,866
42	Tonga	2.654	98,005
43	Pakistan	2.652	137,158,062
44	Kiribati	2.651	79,851
45	Côte d'Ivoire	2.642	15,499,730
46	Ethiopia	2.614	58,297,071
47	Guinea-Bissau	2.61	1,144,904
48	Samoa	2.572	171,806
49	Nepal	2.566	22,241,375
50	Nicaragua	2.53	4,591,033
51	Oman	2.512	2,259,698
52	Saudi Arabia	2.511	19,810,208
53	Gabon	2.495	1,104,453
54	Guinea	2.472	7,295,772
55	Congo Brazzaville	2.456	2,695,526
56	Federated States of Micronesia	2.429	106,879
57.5	Paraguay	2.422	5,080,750
57.5	Sierra Leone	2.422	4,047,542
59	Philippines	2.42	71,696,254
60	Ghana	2.41	17,747,204
61	Bangladesh	2.403	121,880,765
62	Mozambique	2.397	17,421,861
63	Haiti	2.392	7,791,775
64	Cabo Verde	2.338	404,001
65	Laos	2.325	5,054,901
66	Central African Republic	2.314	3,667,155
67	Namibia	2.309	1,743,310
68	Eswatini	2.287	1,031,563
69	Turks and Caicos Islands	2.267	16,542
70	Bolivia	2.251	7,677,668
71	Tajikistan	2.197	5,864,691
72	Ecuador	2.165	11,792,472
73	Maldives	2.146	275,713
74	Guyana	2.144	755,938
75	El Salvador	2.14	5,620,865
76	Kuwait	2.137	1,801,707
77	Brunei	2.105	303,092
78	Panama	2.09	2,756,814
79	Egypt	2.083	61,647,326
80	Cambodia	2.073	11,826,621
81	Suriname	2.069	445,279
82	Malaysia	2.047	21,601,986
83	Cook Islands	2.043	17,815
84	Venezuela	2.04	22,946,096
85	Dominican Republic	2.037	7,862,023
86	Mexico	2.032	95,658,972
87	Bahrain	1.986	610,845
88	Bhutan	1.945	618,427
89	Uzbekistan	1.942	23,952,217
90	Botswana	1.909	1,545,888
91	Lesotho	1.897	1,853,740
92	India	1.869	994,708,132
93	Fiji	1.855	785,590
94	Peru	1.85	24,600,659
95	Turkmenistan	1.835	4,200,595
96	Colombia	1.795	39,155,201
97	Jamaica	1.768	2,714,838
98	Zimbabwe	1.753	11,556,063
99	New Caledonia	1.742	199,383
100	Indonesia	1.735	204,258,114
101	Costa Rica	1.727	3,625,320
102	Algeria	1.711	29,318,183
103	Qatar	1.699	547,595
104	Morocco	1.67	27,477,506
105	French Polynesia	1.658	223,394
106	Saint Lucia	1.651	149,717
107	Antigua and Barbuda	1.64	71,454
108	Turkey	1.625	63,171,756
109	Tuvalu	1.623	9,917
110	Burma	1.569	44,766,116
111	Mongolia	1.547	2,372,034
112	Israel	1.545	5,640,240
113	Saint Martin	1.53	31,302
114	Vietnam	1.515	76,214,807
115.5	The Bahamas	1.51	274,518
115.5	Brazil	1.51	168,286,349
117	Wallis and Futuna	1.509	14,251
118	United Arab Emirates	1.505	2,704,660
119	Kyrgyzstan	1.504	4,750,455
120	Grenada	1.491	99,568
121	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.455	108,607
122	South Africa	1.45	43,199,225
123	Kosovo	1.449	2,086,410
124	Sint Maarten	1.437	31,594
125	Albania	1.352	3,225,413
126	Iran	1.346	64,228,293
127	Lebanon	1.334	3,735,317
128	Chile	1.326	14,591,015
129	Tunisia	1.319	9,239,267
130	Singapore	1.231	3,854,156
131	Argentina	1.227	36,102,182
132	British Virgin Islands	1.225	20,412
133	Curaçao	1.215	139,081
134	Sri Lanka	1.206	18,367,446
135	Azerbaijan	1.162	8,223,513
136	Seychelles	1.142	76,405
137	Thailand	1.097	59,911,064
138	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.094	44,063
139	Anguilla	1.083	10,439
140	Cayman Islands	1.078	34,860
141	Greenland	1.076	56,508
142	Dominica	1.072	70,289
143	Saint Barthelemy	1.069	6,553
144	Mauritius	1.034	1,148,349
145	Aruba	0.945	86,206
146.5	Palau	0.94	18,298
146.5	South Korea	0.94	45,807,825
148	Taiwan	0.923	21,638,532
149	Macau	0.897	416,985
150	Uruguay	0.866	3,180,924
151	Iceland	0.851	271,190
152	China	0.841	1,244,536,233
153	Armenia	0.812	3,112,663
154	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	0.807	7,063
155	New Zealand	0.806	3,738,420
156	Trinidad and Tobago	0.76	1,253,034
157	Bermuda	0.685	61,522
158	Cyprus	0.681	879,853
159	Cuba	0.678	11,013,907
160	Australia	0.673	18,197,799
161	Andorra	0.667	64,053
162	Faroe Islands	0.653	44,048
163	North Macedonia	0.648	1,984,861
164	North Korea	0.636	22,443,282
165	Gibraltar	0.617	26,745
166	Kazakhstan	0.616	16,052,382
167	Ireland	0.576	3,681,226
168	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.572	3,590,694
169	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0.545	6,420
170	Barbados	0.54	270,749
171	Montenegro	0.528	623,786
172	Liechtenstein	0.524	31,325
173	Malta	0.487	385,162
174	Georgia	0.473	4,916,657
175	San Marino	0.423	25,735
176	Hong Kong	0.405	6,492,649
177	France	0.375	60,362,851
178	Luxembourg	0.374	420,928
179	Canada	0.37	30,305,602
180	Netherlands	0.364	15,622,141
181	Jersey	0.349	85,854
182	Norway	0.345	4,405,673
183	Switzerland	0.246	7,202,164
184	Japan	0.231	125,924,562
185	Finland	0.2	5,134,406
186	United Kingdom	0.165	58,494,072
187	Denmark	0.146	5,283,663
188	Slovakia	0.13	5,383,010
189.5	Guernsey	0.118	61,173
189.5	Belgium	0.118	10,199,787
191	Montserrat	0.084	5,950
192	Poland	0.083	38,654,956
193	Portugal	0.078	10,156,414
194	Moldova	0.071	4,304,362
195	Austria	0.057	8,069,875
196	Croatia	0.051	4,424,536
197	Spain	0.049	39,907,236
198	Greece	0.021	10,752,345
199	Monaco	-0.016	31,315
200	Sweden	-0.031	8,897,619
201	Slovenia	-0.038	2,011,611
202	Italy	-0.039	57,492,894
203	Germany	-0.059	82,011,073
204	Lithuania	-0.095	3,495,368
205	Isle of Man	-0.101	73,580
206	Romania	-0.188	22,557,739
207	Czechia	-0.215	10,300,708
208	Serbia	-0.239	7,693,801
209	Hungary	-0.382	10,229,552
210	Estonia	-0.424	1,413,351
211	Belarus	-0.465	10,128,530
212	Russia	-0.504	149,339,752
213	Latvia	-0.606	2,428,216
214	Ukraine	-0.617	50,371,404
215	Bulgaria	-0.716	8,121,168

Data from US Census International Database