1998 Rate of Natural Increase

Country population rate of natural increase (RNI) and rank for world countries for the year 1998

Rank
Country
Rate Natural Increase
Population
1Gaza Strip3.6611,056,039
2Niger3.51410,042,489
3Uganda3.47721,684,295
4The Gambia3.4151,269,095
5Liberia3.4132,583,863
6Malawi3.36410,282,749
7Angola3.36114,737,018
8Sao Tome and Principe3.31134,800
9Mali3.30810,309,101
10Marshall Islands3.28851,554
11Congo Kinshasa3.2349,738,890
12Benin3.2246,252,712
13Chad3.2237,587,735
14Burkina Faso3.21310,782,845
15Afghanistan3.21221,451,549
16Yemen3.19616,224,216
17Solomon Islands3.101408,598
18Burundi3.0765,954,510
19West Bank3.0511,858,753
20Iraq3.01421,507,998
21Madagascar3.00414,792,364
22Timor-Leste3.002954,332
23Senegal2.9849,033,357
24Togo2.9584,545,465
25Eritrea2.9153,717,976
26Guatemala2.90810,770,513
27Papua New Guinea2.8825,120,546
28Somalia2.8766,991,662
29Comoros2.876518,892
30Cameroon2.87614,986,869
31Belize2.872243,918
32Tanzania2.8731,518,706
33Equatorial Guinea2.849504,985
34Kenya2.76829,277,969
35Jordan2.7594,565,026
36Rwanda2.7517,896,686
37Mauritania2.7462,374,103
38Zambia2.7169,603,804
39Nigeria2.705118,927,944
40Djibouti2.659618,301
41Guinea-Bissau2.641,163,282
42Pakistan2.639140,545,159
43Tonga2.62998,703
44Côte d'Ivoire2.59915,854,026
45Ethiopia2.59659,773,769
46Kiribati2.54281,698
47Samoa2.529173,305
48Guinea2.5057,387,802
49Nepal2.48322,671,580
50Saudi Arabia2.46420,337,097
51Turks and Caicos Islands2.43417,420
52Sierra Leone2.4294,056,360
53Oman2.4192,318,557
54Philippines2.41573,281,726
55Bangladesh2.409124,225,950
56Ghana2.40418,171,536
57Mozambique2.417,794,446
58Nicaragua2.3984,681,655
59Gabon2.3851,129,989
60Laos2.3795,167,653
61Congo Brazzaville2.372,756,185
62Federated States of Micronesia2.367107,226
63Tajikistan2.3655,983,495
64Haiti2.3357,957,222
65Central African Republic2.2743,758,557
66Guyana2.273762,660
67Bolivia2.2517,840,306
68Namibia2.2331,783,944
69Cabo Verde2.224412,972
70Paraguay2.2235,199,553
71Eswatini2.1771,032,922
72Ecuador2.11512,050,626
73Nauru2.1159,882
74Egypt2.09162,913,563
75Malaysia2.06822,189,158
76El Salvador2.0635,692,741
77Brunei2.037310,507
78Kuwait21,859,820
79Dominican Republic1.9997,984,229
80Venezuela1.99623,377,579
81Maldives1.989281,180
82Mexico1.98497,132,683
83Bahrain1.933625,214
84Cook Islands1.93317,326
85Cambodia1.9312,051,628
86Suriname1.91452,210
87Bhutan1.895630,417
88Panama1.8562,810,940
89Lesotho1.8411,865,996
90India1.8271,013,125,409
91Peru1.7924,999,538
92Fiji1.78792,657
93Botswana1.7411,584,400
94Colombia1.73139,648,334
95Jamaica1.7132,748,658
96Turkmenistan1.7074,262,241
97Indonesia1.698207,471,652
98Uzbekistan1.69724,342,331
99Zimbabwe1.68711,757,096
100Costa Rica1.6773,713,736
101Qatar1.66578,194
102New Caledonia1.658203,244
103Morocco1.60927,814,994
104Turkey1.59964,109,466
105Israel1.5895,788,989
106French Polynesia1.567227,450
107Algeria1.54829,768,857
108Kyrgyzstan1.5284,816,669
109Wallis and Futuna1.52514,366
110Tuvalu1.5239,975
111Burma1.51945,404,941
112Kosovo1.511,966,249
113Mongolia1.5042,402,673
114Brazil1.494170,838,882
115Antigua and Barbuda1.4872,782
116United Arab Emirates1.4772,876,234
117Saint Martin1.47230,355
118The Bahamas1.417278,564
119Vietnam1.40877,303,765
120South Africa1.37343,787,360
121Iran1.33465,019,303
122Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1.323108,404
123Albania1.3053,212,769
124Lebanon1.2813,764,271
125Chile1.27514,794,082
126Saint Lucia1.255151,024
127Tunisia1.2159,347,424
128Sint Maarten1.20531,372
129Argentina1.15536,517,941
130Sri Lanka1.14618,569,803
131Grenada1.115100,384
132Singapore1.0913,968,225
133Seychelles1.09177,174
134Thailand1.0860,379,325
135Saint Kitts and Nevis1.06544,604
136Azerbaijan1.068,308,674
137Saint Barthelemy1.0526,748
138Cayman Islands1.03536,042
139Mauritius0.9851,160,658
140Dominica0.9870,054
141Curaçao0.954137,582
142Greenland0.91556,613
143British Virgin Islands0.91421,102
144Anguilla0.86410,754
145Iceland0.86273,998
146South Korea0.85546,151,512
147Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha0.87,120
148New Zealand0.7743,764,312
149China0.7731,254,368,084
150Armenia0.7713,106,215
151Aruba0.73788,204
152Macau0.73421,609
153Uruguay0.7093,195,925
154Trinidad and Tobago0.7041,255,872
155Cuba0.66711,064,264
156Australia0.66518,403,373
157Taiwan0.6621,834,438
158North Korea0.65422,489,063
159Andorra0.64964,728
160Palau0.6418,771
161Montenegro0.624623,492
162North Macedonia0.6181,995,474
163Ireland0.6013,728,010
164Kazakhstan0.58915,840,791
165Cyprus0.576893,734
166Liechtenstein0.54831,749
167Faroe Islands0.54544,560
168Barbados0.538272,125
169Gibraltar0.53826,751
170Saint Pierre and Miquelon0.5136,428
171Bermuda0.51162,056
172Bosnia and Herzegovina0.4513,622,228
173Canada0.40730,551,660
174Jersey0.486,400
175Netherlands0.39515,717,094
176Malta0.391388,442
177France0.38760,640,400
178Georgia0.3764,882,649
179San Marino0.36326,159
180Luxembourg0.348426,408
181Norway0.3244,432,719
182Hong Kong0.2966,541,288
183Guernsey0.23361,418
184Switzerland0.2277,217,046
185Japan0.223126,236,616
186Finland0.1535,146,983
187United Kingdom0.1558,680,367
188Denmark0.1465,302,767
189Belgium0.09410,217,030
190Slovakia0.0825,390,236
191Portugal0.06810,224,826
192Isle of Man0.05874,311
193Poland0.05238,668,755
194Moldova0.0394,266,196
195Austria0.0368,078,621
196Spain0.01340,046,103
197Greece-0.01710,823,064
198Sweden-0.0488,902,684
199Italy-0.05857,567,019
200Slovenia-0.0592,010,805
201Germany-0.08282,023,672
202Lithuania-0.1073,493,124
203Monaco-0.11831,502
204Croatia-0.1194,399,628
205Romania-0.14222,511,376
206Czechia-0.18410,290,950
207Serbia-0.3017,675,301
208Hungary-0.42710,200,404
209Belarus-0.44210,091,728
210Russia-0.469149,120,996
211Estonia-0.521,400,972
212Ukraine-0.649,941,236
213Latvia-0.6572,405,422
214Bulgaria-0.6618,037,612
215Montserrat-0.713,381
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Data from US Census International Database