1998 Rate of Natural Increase

The population rate of natural increase (birth rate minus death rate) for all world countries for the year 1998.

1998 Top 10 Countries Rate of Natural Increase (RNI)

Rank	Country	RNI
1	Gaza Strip	3.66
2	Liberia	3.41
3	Niger	3.4
4	Angola	3.36
5	Uganda	3.33
6	Sao Tome and Principe	3.31
7	Mali	3.31
8	Marshall Islands	3.29
9	Iraq	3.26
10	The Gambia	3.24

Please see also 2020, 1997, and 1999.

1998 Countries Rate of Natural Increase (RNI)

Rank	Country	RNI
11	Benin	3.23
12	Chad	3.22
13	Burkina Faso	3.21
14	Afghanistan	3.21
15	Yemen	3.2
16	Congo (Kinshasa)	3.19
17	Solomon Islands	3.13
18	West Bank	3.05
19	Madagascar	3.01
20	Malawi	3.0
21	Timor-Leste	3.0
22	Senegal	2.99
23	Ethiopia	2.93
24	Burundi	2.93
25	Eritrea	2.92
26	Guatemala	2.9
27	Somalia	2.88
28	Belize	2.87
29	Equatorial Guinea	2.85
30	Comoros	2.85
31	Togo	2.84
32	Tanzania	2.82
33	Mozambique	2.77
34	Syria	2.77
35	Jordan	2.76
36	Rwanda	2.75
37	Mauritania	2.75
38	Nigeria	2.71
39	Western Sahara	2.69
40	Honduras	2.68
41	Cameroon	2.67
42	Djibouti	2.66
43	Guinea-Bissau	2.64
44	Papua New Guinea	2.64
45	Tonga	2.63
46	Pakistan	2.62
47	Cote d'Ivoire	2.6
48	Zambia	2.6
49	Kiribati	2.53
50	Samoa	2.53
51	Guinea	2.5
52	Nepal	2.48
53	Ghana	2.48
54	Saudi Arabia	2.46
55	Turks and Caicos Islands	2.43
56	Oman	2.42
57	Bangladesh	2.41
58	Nicaragua	2.39
59	Gabon	2.38
60	Laos	2.38
61	Congo (Brazzaville)	2.37
62	Federated States of Micronesia	2.37
63	Tajikistan	2.37
64	Philippines	2.36
65	Haiti	2.33
66	Kenya	2.29
67	Bolivia	2.25
68	Central African Republic	2.23
69	Namibia	2.23
70	Paraguay	2.23
71	Cabo Verde	2.22
72	Swaziland	2.18
73	Libya	2.14
74	Nauru	2.12
75	Ecuador	2.12
76	El Salvador	2.11
77	Egypt	2.08
78	Sierra Leone	2.05
79	Brunei	2.04
80	Venezuela	2.01
81	Malaysia	2.01
82	Kuwait	2.0
83	Dominican Republic	2.0
84	Maldives	1.99
85	Mexico	1.98
86	Bahrain	1.93
87	Suriname	1.93
88	Cambodia	1.93
89	Cook Islands	1.92
90	Morocco	1.9
91	Panama	1.86
92	Lesotho	1.85
93	Peru	1.8
94	Guyana	1.8
95	Fiji	1.78
96	Bhutan	1.78
97	India	1.77
98	Colombia	1.75
99	Botswana	1.74
100	Jamaica	1.71
101	Turkmenistan	1.71
102	Indonesia	1.7
103	Uzbekistan	1.7
104	Zimbabwe	1.69
105	Costa Rica	1.68
106	Qatar	1.66
107	New Caledonia	1.66
108	Turkey	1.6
109	Israel	1.59
110	French Polynesia	1.57
111	Algeria	1.55
112	Kyrgyzstan	1.53
113	Wallis and Futuna	1.52
114	Tuvalu	1.52
115	Burma	1.52
116	Kosovo	1.51
117	Mongolia	1.5
118	Brazil	1.49
119	Saint Martin	1.48
120	Antigua and Barbuda	1.48
121	United Arab Emirates	1.48
122	South Africa	1.37
123	Vietnam	1.36
124	Iran	1.33
125	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.32
126	Albania	1.3
127	Lebanon	1.28
128	Chile	1.27
129	Saint Lucia	1.25
130	Tunisia	1.22
131	Sint Maarten	1.21
132	The Bahamas	1.2
133	Argentina	1.16
134	Sri Lanka	1.15
135	Grenada	1.11
136	Seychelles	1.09
137	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.06
138	Azerbaijan	1.06
139	Cayman Islands	1.05
140	Saint Barthelemy	1.05
141	Thailand	1.04
142	Mauritius	0.98
143	Dominica	0.96
144	Curacao	0.95
145	Greenland	0.92
146	British Virgin Islands	0.91
147	Anguilla	0.86
148	Iceland	0.86
149	South Korea	0.85
150	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	0.81
151	New Zealand	0.77
152	Armenia	0.77
153	Aruba	0.74
154	China	0.74
155	Macau	0.73
156	Singapore	0.72
157	Uruguay	0.71
158	Cuba	0.67
159	Taiwan	0.66
160	Australia	0.66
161	Andorra	0.65
162	Palau	0.65
163	Trinidad and Tobago	0.63
164	Montenegro	0.62
165	Macedonia	0.62
166	Ireland	0.6
167	North Korea	0.6
168	Kazakhstan	0.59
169	Cyprus	0.58
170	Liechtenstein	0.55
171	Faroe Islands	0.55
172	Gibraltar	0.54
173	Bermuda	0.52
174	Barbados	0.49
175	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0.48
176	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.45
177	Canada	0.41
178	Jersey	0.4
179	Netherlands	0.4
180	Malta	0.39
181	France	0.39
182	Georgia	0.38
183	San Marino	0.36
184	Luxembourg	0.35
185	Norway	0.32
186	Hong Kong	0.3
187	Guernsey	0.23
188	Switzerland	0.23
189	Japan	0.22
190	Finland	0.15
191	United Kingdom	0.15
192	Denmark	0.15
193	Belgium	0.09
194	Slovakia	0.08
195	Portugal	0.07
196	Isle of Man	0.06
197	Poland	0.05
198	Moldova	0.04
199	Austria	0.04
200	Spain	0.01
201	Greece	-0.02
202	Sweden	-0.05
203	Italy	-0.06
204	Slovenia	-0.06
205	Germany	-0.08
206	Lithuania	-0.11
207	Monaco	-0.12
208	Croatia	-0.12
209	Romania	-0.14
210	Czechia	-0.18
211	Serbia	-0.3
212	Hungary	-0.43
213	Belarus	-0.44
214	Russia	-0.47
215	Estonia	-0.52
216	Ukraine	-0.6
217	Latvia	-0.66
218	Bulgaria	-0.66
219	Montserrat	-0.71

Data is from US Census - International Database.

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