1998 Rate of Natural Increase

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

Rank	Country	Rate of Natural Increase	Population
1	Gaza Strip	3.661	1,056,039
2	Niger	3.514	10,042,489
3	Uganda	3.477	21,684,295
4	The Gambia	3.415	1,269,095
5	Liberia	3.413	2,583,863
6	Malawi	3.364	10,282,749
7	Angola	3.361	14,737,018
8	Sao Tome and Principe	3.31	134,800
9	Mali	3.308	10,309,101
10	Marshall Islands	3.288	51,554
11	Congo Kinshasa	3.23	49,738,890
12	Benin	3.224	6,252,712
13	Chad	3.223	7,587,735
14	Burkina Faso	3.213	10,782,845
15	Afghanistan	3.212	21,451,549
16	Yemen	3.196	16,224,216
17	Solomon Islands	3.101	408,598
18	Burundi	3.076	5,954,510
19	West Bank	3.051	1,858,753
20	Iraq	3.014	21,507,998
21	Madagascar	3.004	14,792,364
22	Timor-Leste	3.002	954,332
23	Senegal	2.984	9,033,357
24	Togo	2.958	4,545,465
25	Eritrea	2.915	3,717,976
26	Guatemala	2.908	10,770,513
27	Papua New Guinea	2.882	5,120,546
29	Somalia	2.876	6,991,662
29	Comoros	2.876	518,892
29	Cameroon	2.876	14,986,869
31	Belize	2.872	243,918
32	Tanzania	2.87	31,518,706
33	Equatorial Guinea	2.849	504,985
34	Kenya	2.768	29,277,969
35	Jordan	2.759	4,565,026
36	Rwanda	2.751	7,896,686
37	Mauritania	2.746	2,374,103
38	Zambia	2.716	9,603,804
39	Nigeria	2.705	118,927,944
40	Djibouti	2.659	618,301
41	Guinea-Bissau	2.64	1,163,282
42	Pakistan	2.639	140,545,159
43	Tonga	2.629	98,703
44	Côte d'Ivoire	2.599	15,854,026
45	Ethiopia	2.596	59,773,769
46	Kiribati	2.542	81,698
47	Samoa	2.529	173,305
48	Guinea	2.505	7,387,802
49	Nepal	2.483	22,671,580
50	Saudi Arabia	2.464	20,337,097
51	Turks and Caicos Islands	2.434	17,420
52	Sierra Leone	2.429	4,056,360
53	Oman	2.419	2,318,557
54	Philippines	2.415	73,281,726
55	Bangladesh	2.409	124,225,950
56	Ghana	2.404	18,171,536
57	Mozambique	2.4	17,794,446
58	Nicaragua	2.398	4,681,655
59	Gabon	2.385	1,129,989
60	Laos	2.379	5,167,653
61	Congo Brazzaville	2.37	2,756,185
62	Federated States of Micronesia	2.367	107,226
63	Tajikistan	2.365	5,983,495
64	Haiti	2.335	7,957,222
65	Central African Republic	2.274	3,758,557
66	Guyana	2.273	762,660
67	Bolivia	2.251	7,840,306
68	Namibia	2.233	1,783,944
69	Cabo Verde	2.224	412,972
70	Paraguay	2.223	5,199,553
71	Eswatini	2.177	1,032,922
72.5	Ecuador	2.115	12,050,626
72.5	Nauru	2.115	9,882
74	Egypt	2.091	62,913,563
75	Malaysia	2.068	22,189,158
76	El Salvador	2.063	5,692,741
77	Brunei	2.037	310,507
78	Kuwait	2	1,859,820
79	Dominican Republic	1.999	7,984,229
80	Venezuela	1.996	23,377,579
81	Maldives	1.989	281,180
82	Mexico	1.984	97,132,683
83.5	Bahrain	1.933	625,214
83.5	Cook Islands	1.933	17,326
85	Cambodia	1.93	12,051,628
86	Suriname	1.91	452,210
87	Bhutan	1.895	630,417
88	Panama	1.856	2,810,940
89	Lesotho	1.841	1,865,996
90	India	1.827	1,013,125,409
91	Peru	1.79	24,999,538
92	Fiji	1.78	792,657
93	Botswana	1.741	1,584,400
94	Colombia	1.731	39,648,334
95	Jamaica	1.713	2,748,658
96	Turkmenistan	1.707	4,262,241
97	Indonesia	1.698	207,471,652
98	Uzbekistan	1.697	24,342,331
99	Zimbabwe	1.687	11,757,096
100	Costa Rica	1.677	3,713,736
101	Qatar	1.66	578,194
102	New Caledonia	1.658	203,244
103	Morocco	1.609	27,814,994
104	Turkey	1.599	64,109,466
105	Israel	1.589	5,788,989
106	French Polynesia	1.567	227,450
107	Algeria	1.548	29,768,857
108	Kyrgyzstan	1.528	4,816,669
109	Wallis and Futuna	1.525	14,366
110	Tuvalu	1.523	9,975
111	Burma	1.519	45,404,941
112	Kosovo	1.51	1,966,249
113	Mongolia	1.504	2,402,673
114	Brazil	1.494	170,838,882
115	Antigua and Barbuda	1.48	72,782
116	United Arab Emirates	1.477	2,876,234
117	Saint Martin	1.472	30,355
118	The Bahamas	1.417	278,564
119	Vietnam	1.408	77,303,765
120	South Africa	1.373	43,787,360
121	Iran	1.334	65,019,303
122	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.323	108,404
123	Albania	1.305	3,212,769
124	Lebanon	1.281	3,764,271
125	Chile	1.275	14,794,082
126	Saint Lucia	1.255	151,024
127	Tunisia	1.215	9,347,424
128	Sint Maarten	1.205	31,372
129	Argentina	1.155	36,517,941
130	Sri Lanka	1.146	18,569,803
131	Grenada	1.115	100,384
132.5	Singapore	1.091	3,968,225
132.5	Seychelles	1.091	77,174
134	Thailand	1.08	60,379,325
135	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.065	44,604
136	Azerbaijan	1.06	8,308,674
137	Saint Barthelemy	1.052	6,748
138	Cayman Islands	1.035	36,042
139	Mauritius	0.985	1,160,658
140	Dominica	0.98	70,054
141	Curaçao	0.954	137,582
142	Greenland	0.915	56,613
143	British Virgin Islands	0.914	21,102
144	Anguilla	0.864	10,754
145	Iceland	0.86	273,998
146	South Korea	0.855	46,151,512
147	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	0.8	7,120
148	New Zealand	0.774	3,764,312
149	China	0.773	1,254,368,084
150	Armenia	0.771	3,106,215
151	Aruba	0.737	88,204
152	Macau	0.73	421,609
153	Uruguay	0.709	3,195,925
154	Trinidad and Tobago	0.704	1,255,872
155	Cuba	0.667	11,064,264
156	Australia	0.665	18,403,373
157	Taiwan	0.66	21,834,438
158	North Korea	0.654	22,489,063
159	Andorra	0.649	64,728
160	Palau	0.64	18,771
161	Montenegro	0.624	623,492
162	North Macedonia	0.618	1,995,474
163	Ireland	0.601	3,728,010
164	Kazakhstan	0.589	15,840,791
165	Cyprus	0.576	893,734
166	Liechtenstein	0.548	31,749
167	Faroe Islands	0.545	44,560
168.5	Barbados	0.538	272,125
168.5	Gibraltar	0.538	26,751
170	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0.513	6,428
171	Bermuda	0.511	62,056
172	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.451	3,622,228
173	Canada	0.407	30,551,660
174	Jersey	0.4	86,400
175	Netherlands	0.395	15,717,094
176	Malta	0.391	388,442
177	France	0.387	60,640,400
178	Georgia	0.376	4,882,649
179	San Marino	0.363	26,159
180	Luxembourg	0.348	426,408
181	Norway	0.324	4,432,719
182	Hong Kong	0.296	6,541,288
183	Guernsey	0.233	61,418
184	Switzerland	0.227	7,217,046
185	Japan	0.223	126,236,616
186	Finland	0.153	5,146,983
187	United Kingdom	0.15	58,680,367
188	Denmark	0.146	5,302,767
189	Belgium	0.094	10,217,030
190	Slovakia	0.082	5,390,236
191	Portugal	0.068	10,224,826
192	Isle of Man	0.058	74,311
193	Poland	0.052	38,668,755
194	Moldova	0.039	4,266,196
195	Austria	0.036	8,078,621
196	Spain	0.013	40,046,103
197	Greece	-0.017	10,823,064
198	Sweden	-0.048	8,902,684
199	Italy	-0.058	57,567,019
200	Slovenia	-0.059	2,010,805
201	Germany	-0.082	82,023,672
202	Lithuania	-0.107	3,493,124
203	Monaco	-0.118	31,502
204	Croatia	-0.119	4,399,628
205	Romania	-0.142	22,511,376
206	Czechia	-0.184	10,290,950
207	Serbia	-0.301	7,675,301
208	Hungary	-0.427	10,200,404
209	Belarus	-0.442	10,091,728
210	Russia	-0.469	149,120,996
211	Estonia	-0.52	1,400,972
212	Ukraine	-0.6	49,941,236
213	Latvia	-0.657	2,405,422
214	Bulgaria	-0.661	8,037,612
215	Montserrat	-0.71	3,381

Data from US Census International Database