Country population rate of natural increase (RNI) and rank for world countries for the year 1999
| Rank | Country | Rate of Natural Increase | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gaza Strip | 3.691 | 1,092,595 |
| 2 | Niger | 3.562 | 10,386,457 |
| 3 | Uganda | 3.503 | 22,437,523 |
| 4 | The Gambia | 3.42 | 1,301,165 |
| 5 | Malawi | 3.374 | 10,595,846 |
| 6 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.352 | 137,665 |
| 7 | Angola | 3.345 | 15,197,714 |
| 8 | Mali | 3.332 | 10,572,728 |
| 9 | Chad | 3.3 | 7,846,902 |
| 10 | Liberia | 3.281 | 2,740,658 |
| 11 | Burkina Faso | 3.241 | 11,099,130 |
| 12 | Benin | 3.24 | 6,460,792 |
| 13 | Congo Kinshasa | 3.204 | 51,317,154 |
| 14 | Afghanistan | 3.201 | 22,205,667 |
| 15 | Marshall Islands | 3.192 | 52,291 |
| 16 | Yemen | 3.176 | 16,728,304 |
| 17 | Burundi | 3.119 | 6,127,525 |
| 18 | Solomon Islands | 3.057 | 420,312 |
| 19 | Timor-Leste | 3.028 | 933,968 |
| 20 | Iraq | 3.005 | 22,165,169 |
| 21 | Somalia | 2.982 | 7,241,658 |
| 22 | West Bank | 2.965 | 1,903,054 |
| 23 | Togo | 2.962 | 4,661,188 |
| 24 | Senegal | 2.95 | 9,247,928 |
| 25 | Madagascar | 2.932 | 15,237,860 |
| 26 | Comoros | 2.922 | 532,152 |
| 27 | Tanzania | 2.896 | 32,467,101 |
| 28 | Vanuatu | 2.892 | 186,341 |
| 29 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.878 | 536,315 |
| 30 | Cameroon | 2.868 | 15,408,461 |
| 31 | Belize | 2.858 | 247,699 |
| 32 | Papua New Guinea | 2.84 | 5,269,142 |
| 33 | Guatemala | 2.836 | 11,053,560 |
| 34 | Kenya | 2.788 | 30,091,755 |
| 35 | Jordan | 2.74 | 4,674,039 |
| 36 | Mauritania | 2.724 | 2,436,897 |
| 37 | Nigeria | 2.721 | 122,200,766 |
| 38 | Zambia | 2.673 | 9,886,987 |
| 39 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.672 | 1,182,525 |
| 40 | Rwanda | 2.644 | 7,986,197 |
| 41 | Pakistan | 2.627 | 144,061,210 |
| 42 | Ethiopia | 2.617 | 61,311,715 |
| 43 | Eritrea | 2.612 | 3,805,915 |
| 44 | Tonga | 2.604 | 99,394 |
| 45 | Djibouti | 2.592 | 643,565 |
| 46 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.553 | 16,261,934 |
| 47 | Guinea | 2.543 | 7,610,461 |
| 48 | Kiribati | 2.499 | 83,526 |
| 49 | Sierra Leone | 2.437 | 4,077,065 |
| 50 | Laos | 2.429 | 5,285,813 |
| 51 | Samoa | 2.41 | 174,755 |
| 52 | Nepal | 2.404 | 23,086,887 |
| 53 | Mozambique | 2.398 | 18,148,183 |
| 54 | Philippines | 2.395 | 74,894,959 |
| 55 | Saudi Arabia | 2.394 | 20,853,053 |
| 56 | Ghana | 2.379 | 18,609,170 |
| 57 | Nicaragua | 2.368 | 4,770,659 |
| 58 | Congo Brazzaville | 2.357 | 2,828,678 |
| 59 | Tajikistan | 2.341 | 6,110,868 |
| 60 | Oman | 2.325 | 2,376,079 |
| 61 | Federated States of Micronesia | 2.303 | 107,500 |
| 62 | Haiti | 2.277 | 8,121,292 |
| 63 | Gabon | 2.269 | 1,162,625 |
| 64 | Bangladesh | 2.268 | 126,540,775 |
| 65 | Guyana | 2.264 | 773,577 |
| 66 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2.262 | 18,342 |
| 67 | Central African Republic | 2.257 | 3,850,538 |
| 68 | Bolivia | 2.25 | 8,006,590 |
| 69 | Namibia | 2.161 | 1,825,943 |
| 70 | Cabo Verde | 2.113 | 421,678 |
| 71 | Nauru | 2.107 | 9,870 |
| 72 | Egypt | 2.101 | 64,211,953 |
| 73 | Ecuador | 2.061 | 12,268,309 |
| 74 | Eswatini | 2.052 | 1,033,083 |
| 75 | Paraguay | 2.028 | 5,310,662 |
| 76 | Wallis and Futuna | 2.025 | 14,519 |
| 77 | Bahrain | 2.015 | 639,964 |
| 78.5 | El Salvador | 1.986 | 5,766,694 |
| 78.5 | Brunei | 1.986 | 317,883 |
| 80 | Dominican Republic | 1.963 | 8,107,340 |
| 81 | Venezuela | 1.954 | 23,805,297 |
| 82 | Mexico | 1.934 | 98,468,947 |
| 83 | Kuwait | 1.929 | 1,916,300 |
| 84 | Cambodia | 1.888 | 12,263,564 |
| 85 | Bhutan | 1.835 | 642,285 |
| 86 | Suriname | 1.823 | 459,103 |
| 87 | Panama | 1.822 | 2,863,073 |
| 88 | Cook Islands | 1.809 | 16,807 |
| 89.5 | Malaysia | 1.808 | 22,754,284 |
| 89.5 | Maldives | 1.808 | 291,473 |
| 91 | India | 1.784 | 1,031,451,086 |
| 92 | Lesotho | 1.779 | 1,877,837 |
| 93 | Peru | 1.726 | 25,393,045 |
| 94 | Uzbekistan | 1.69 | 24,701,544 |
| 95 | Colombia | 1.679 | 40,037,925 |
| 96.5 | Indonesia | 1.659 | 210,746,403 |
| 96.5 | Jamaica | 1.659 | 2,781,557 |
| 98 | French Polynesia | 1.655 | 231,570 |
| 99 | Turkmenistan | 1.644 | 4,324,677 |
| 100 | Costa Rica | 1.638 | 3,800,170 |
| 101 | Fiji | 1.632 | 799,025 |
| 102 | Zimbabwe | 1.625 | 11,928,689 |
| 103 | Morocco | 1.608 | 28,150,084 |
| 104 | Qatar | 1.579 | 608,950 |
| 105 | Turkey | 1.571 | 65,044,557 |
| 106 | Israel | 1.568 | 5,940,759 |
| 107 | New Caledonia | 1.554 | 207,179 |
| 108 | Botswana | 1.551 | 1,620,722 |
| 109 | Kosovo | 1.548 | 1,762,334 |
| 110 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.541 | 4,883,108 |
| 111 | Algeria | 1.492 | 30,204,849 |
| 112.5 | Burma | 1.477 | 46,030,100 |
| 112.5 | Brazil | 1.477 | 173,401,301 |
| 114 | Mongolia | 1.459 | 2,432,721 |
| 115 | United Arab Emirates | 1.441 | 3,051,363 |
| 116 | Tuvalu | 1.438 | 10,014 |
| 117 | Saint Martin | 1.43 | 29,301 |
| 118 | The Bahamas | 1.423 | 282,549 |
| 119 | Vietnam | 1.403 | 78,374,934 |
| 120 | Saint Lucia | 1.342 | 152,116 |
| 121 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.327 | 74,017 |
| 122 | Iran | 1.295 | 65,763,053 |
| 123 | Albania | 1.294 | 3,187,327 |
| 124 | South Africa | 1.29 | 44,351,550 |
| 125 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.277 | 108,117 |
| 126 | Lebanon | 1.218 | 3,791,412 |
| 127 | Chile | 1.201 | 14,990,470 |
| 128 | Seychelles | 1.152 | 78,137 |
| 129 | Sri Lanka | 1.15 | 18,792,874 |
| 130 | Argentina | 1.144 | 36,923,439 |
| 131 | Tunisia | 1.126 | 9,447,881 |
| 132 | Sint Maarten | 1.106 | 31,095 |
| 133 | Singapore | 1.086 | 4,080,719 |
| 134 | Anguilla | 1.065 | 11,079 |
| 135 | Mauritius | 1.062 | 1,173,129 |
| 136 | British Virgin Islands | 1.042 | 21,781 |
| 137 | Grenada | 1.041 | 100,984 |
| 138 | Saint Barthelemy | 1.024 | 6,937 |
| 139 | Cayman Islands | 0.997 | 37,222 |
| 140 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.989 | 45,128 |
| 141 | Azerbaijan | 0.964 | 8,388,447 |
| 142 | Dominica | 0.917 | 70,378 |
| 143 | Curaçao | 0.894 | 135,845 |
| 144 | Greenland | 0.85 | 56,696 |
| 145 | Thailand | 0.832 | 60,721,759 |
| 146 | South Korea | 0.796 | 46,485,422 |
| 147 | Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 0.794 | 7,177 |
| 148 | Iceland | 0.793 | 277,278 |
| 149 | Andorra | 0.791 | 65,073 |
| 150 | New Zealand | 0.765 | 3,783,756 |
| 151 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.725 | 1,258,510 |
| 152 | Taiwan | 0.723 | 22,007,811 |
| 153 | North Korea | 0.714 | 22,611,910 |
| 154 | China | 0.699 | 1,263,347,215 |
| 155 | Liechtenstein | 0.694 | 32,315 |
| 156 | Armenia | 0.684 | 3,104,066 |
| 157 | Uruguay | 0.674 | 3,207,951 |
| 158 | Bermuda | 0.654 | 62,586 |
| 159.5 | Australia | 0.649 | 18,612,787 |
| 159.5 | Macau | 0.649 | 427,773 |
| 161.5 | Aruba | 0.641 | 89,259 |
| 161.5 | Cuba | 0.641 | 11,107,810 |
| 163 | Ireland | 0.565 | 3,774,856 |
| 164 | Kazakhstan | 0.559 | 15,709,484 |
| 165 | Montenegro | 0.551 | 623,269 |
| 166 | Cyprus | 0.55 | 906,875 |
| 167 | Barbados | 0.536 | 273,503 |
| 168 | North Macedonia | 0.531 | 2,005,700 |
| 169 | Faroe Islands | 0.483 | 45,115 |
| 170 | Palau | 0.464 | 19,202 |
| 171 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.451 | 6,433 |
| 172 | Luxembourg | 0.414 | 432,439 |
| 173 | San Marino | 0.394 | 26,595 |
| 174 | Gibraltar | 0.389 | 26,755 |
| 175 | Canada | 0.385 | 30,820,256 |
| 176.5 | Georgia | 0.383 | 4,852,143 |
| 176.5 | France | 0.383 | 60,931,519 |
| 178 | Netherlands | 0.379 | 15,819,915 |
| 179 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.372 | 3,717,233 |
| 180 | Malta | 0.322 | 391,413 |
| 181 | Norway | 0.317 | 4,463,378 |
| 182 | Jersey | 0.304 | 86,928 |
| 183 | Hong Kong | 0.258 | 6,596,171 |
| 184 | Guernsey | 0.235 | 61,700 |
| 185 | Switzerland | 0.22 | 7,242,499 |
| 186 | Japan | 0.192 | 126,511,920 |
| 187 | Finland | 0.159 | 5,158,097 |
| 188 | Denmark | 0.133 | 5,320,134 |
| 189 | United Kingdom | 0.115 | 58,909,682 |
| 190 | Belgium | 0.084 | 10,235,655 |
| 191 | Portugal | 0.076 | 10,289,708 |
| 192 | Slovakia | 0.071 | 5,395,739 |
| 193 | Spain | 0.022 | 40,251,435 |
| 194 | Poland | 0.002 | 38,665,538 |
| 195 | Austria | -0.001 | 8,094,155 |
| 196 | Greece | -0.024 | 10,872,691 |
| 197 | Italy | -0.035 | 57,655,527 |
| 198 | Slovenia | -0.068 | 2,009,651 |
| 199 | Sweden | -0.073 | 8,909,790 |
| 200 | Moldova | -0.077 | 4,224,863 |
| 201 | Germany | -0.099 | 82,074,778 |
| 202 | Monaco | -0.101 | 31,674 |
| 203 | Lithuania | -0.103 | 3,493,175 |
| 204 | Isle of Man | -0.119 | 75,035 |
| 205 | Romania | -0.136 | 22,414,432 |
| 206 | Croatia | -0.154 | 4,387,816 |
| 207 | Czechia | -0.198 | 10,280,437 |
| 208 | Serbia | -0.38 | 7,677,156 |
| 209 | Montserrat | -0.415 | 3,378 |
| 210 | Estonia | -0.433 | 1,389,756 |
| 211 | Bulgaria | -0.45 | 7,968,515 |
| 212 | Hungary | -0.478 | 10,171,610 |
| 213 | Belarus | -0.487 | 10,063,643 |
| 214 | Latvia | -0.564 | 2,385,906 |
| 215 | Russia | -0.62 | 148,665,109 |
| 216 | Ukraine | -0.704 | 49,491,190 |
Data from US Census International Database