2000 Rate of Natural Increase

Country population rate of natural increase (RNI) and rank for world countries for the year 2000

Rank	Country	Rate of Natural Increase	Population
1	Gaza Strip	3.715	1,127,829
2	Niger	3.601	10,746,376
3	Uganda	3.518	23,192,143
4	The Gambia	3.421	1,331,165
5	Sao Tome and Principe	3.393	140,686
6	Chad	3.384	8,118,119
7	Malawi	3.373	10,921,949
8	Mali	3.355	10,843,590
9	Angola	3.329	15,657,310
10	Burkina Faso	3.275	11,430,022
11	Benin	3.244	6,677,027
12	Afghanistan	3.202	22,461,349
13	Congo Kinshasa	3.178	52,921,779
14	Liberia	3.169	2,846,680
15	Yemen	3.159	17,235,921
16	Burundi	3.157	6,281,743
17	Timor-Leste	3.141	767,081
18	Solomon Islands	3.008	432,152
19	Iraq	2.991	22,839,753
20	Comoros	2.97	546,058
21	Togo	2.966	4,779,045
22	Marshall Islands	2.961	53,066
23	Somalia	2.923	7,500,559
24	Tanzania	2.917	33,494,079
25	Senegal	2.914	9,463,093
26	Equatorial Guinea	2.907	568,717
27	West Bank	2.881	1,947,048
28	Vanuatu	2.865	191,376
29	Cameroon	2.859	15,836,469
30	Madagascar	2.852	15,684,814
31	Belize	2.83	252,258
32	Kenya	2.803	30,922,122
33	Papua New Guinea	2.792	5,419,608
34	Guatemala	2.754	11,285,795
35	Nigeria	2.735	125,580,732
36	Jordan	2.715	4,785,043
37	Guinea-Bissau	2.702	1,207,652
38	Mauritania	2.698	2,500,820
39	American Samoa	2.648	57,699
40.5	Ethiopia	2.627	62,891,069
40.5	Zambia	2.627	10,194,331
42	Pakistan	2.619	148,400,343
43	Rwanda	2.61	8,047,103
44	Guinea	2.577	7,780,073
45	Tonga	2.574	100,077
46	Djibouti	2.524	666,653
47	Côte d'Ivoire	2.507	16,686,405
48	Laos	2.466	5,397,406
49	Mozambique	2.441	18,498,198
50	Sierra Leone	2.434	4,184,096
51	Samoa	2.429	176,209
52	Philippines	2.378	76,580,270
53	Eritrea	2.375	3,884,174
54	Ghana	2.356	19,056,763
55	Kiribati	2.354	85,314
56	Congo Brazzaville	2.337	2,939,112
57	Nepal	2.329	23,486,982
58	Saudi Arabia	2.321	21,361,821
59	Nicaragua	2.282	4,858,962
60	Federated States of Micronesia	2.276	107,719
61	Guyana	2.255	783,059
62	Bolivia	2.254	8,176,787
63	Gabon	2.252	1,198,880
64	Central African Republic	2.238	3,942,356
65	Oman	2.231	2,432,191
66	Haiti	2.22	8,279,356
67	Namibia	2.199	1,877,964
68	Bangladesh	2.132	128,730,802
69	Egypt	2.111	65,549,954
70	Nauru	2.059	9,856
71	Turks and Caicos Islands	2.024	19,271
72	Northern Mariana Islands	2.021	69,726
73	Cabo Verde	2.018	430,132
74	Guam	2.009	155,324
75	Ecuador	2.002	12,445,838
76	Tajikistan	1.964	6,229,703
77	Paraguay	1.961	5,417,095
78	Brunei	1.96	325,279
79	Dominican Republic	1.928	8,231,409
80	Venezuela	1.909	24,228,790
81	Kuwait	1.908	1,972,225
82	Eswatini	1.906	1,031,829
83	El Salvador	1.902	5,825,336
84	Bahrain	1.891	654,862
85	Panama	1.887	2,917,782
86	Mexico	1.881	99,775,434
87	Cambodia	1.873	12,460,931
88	Bhutan	1.779	653,997
89	Peru	1.747	25,790,651
90	India	1.746	1,049,692,922
91	Lesotho	1.71	1,889,117
92	Antigua and Barbuda	1.697	75,352
93	Suriname	1.695	465,735
94	Cook Islands	1.692	16,258
95	French Polynesia	1.662	235,866
96	New Caledonia	1.646	211,189
97	Colombia	1.622	40,319,332
98	Indonesia	1.616	214,090,575
99	Fiji	1.606	804,864
100.5	Jamaica	1.604	2,810,680
100.5	Morocco	1.604	28,491,421
102	Costa Rica	1.599	3,882,582
103	Israel	1.59	6,094,987
104	Turkmenistan	1.578	4,385,490
105	Kosovo	1.573	1,700,132
106	Uzbekistan	1.565	25,041,820
107	Qatar	1.559	639,897
108	Zimbabwe	1.553	12,047,427
109	Turkey	1.551	65,978,547
110	Maldives	1.536	299,972
111	Malaysia	1.519	23,332,868
112	United Arab Emirates	1.486	3,230,742
113	Algeria	1.459	30,638,018
114	Brazil	1.457	175,969,492
115	Burma	1.438	46,641,496
116	Wallis and Futuna	1.404	14,667
117	Saint Martin	1.402	28,378
118	The Bahamas	1.397	286,562
119.5	Vietnam	1.395	79,451,866
119.5	Tuvalu	1.395	10,037
121	Botswana	1.391	1,654,761
122	Saint Lucia	1.36	153,305
123	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.355	107,861
124	Kyrgyzstan	1.345	4,937,123
125	Mongolia	1.311	2,460,815
126	Iran	1.276	66,482,211
127	Sri Lanka	1.251	19,041,167
128	Seychelles	1.211	79,158
129	Singapore	1.209	4,196,927
130	South Africa	1.203	44,913,310
131	Lebanon	1.185	3,834,455
132	Argentina	1.165	37,335,675
133	Grenada	1.148	101,608
134	Tunisia	1.137	9,545,892
135	Chile	1.121	15,174,572
136	Albania	1.104	3,158,351
137	Anguilla	1.085	11,426
138	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.06	45,655
139	Mauritius	1.054	1,186,451
140	British Virgin Islands	1.037	22,480
141	Sint Maarten	1.007	30,784
142	Saint Barthelemy	0.983	7,121
143	Cayman Islands	0.961	38,400
144	Azerbaijan	0.924	8,463,076
145	Iceland	0.885	281,038
146	Dominica	0.864	70,872
147	U.S. Virgin Islands	0.838	108,642
148	South Korea	0.832	46,840,607
149	Taiwan	0.821	22,184,552
150	Thailand	0.818	61,146,322
151	New Zealand	0.788	3,802,400
152	Curaçao	0.762	133,963
153	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	0.761	7,233
154	Greenland	0.751	56,889
155	Faroe Islands	0.738	45,793
156	North Korea	0.718	22,811,717
157	Trinidad and Tobago	0.699	1,261,135
158	Uruguay	0.693	3,219,796
159	Australia	0.644	18,835,722
160	China	0.638	1,271,503,410
161	Armenia	0.636	3,100,044
162	Ireland	0.612	3,822,196
163	Andorra	0.611	65,099
164	Montenegro	0.605	622,985
165	North Macedonia	0.604	2,017,370
166	Cuba	0.602	11,146,712
167	Palau	0.595	19,489
168	Macau	0.589	431,739
169	Kazakhstan	0.586	15,687,251
170	Bermuda	0.575	63,140
171	Aruba	0.557	89,995
172	Liechtenstein	0.553	32,748
173	Gibraltar	0.535	27,273
174	Barbados	0.532	274,880
175	Cyprus	0.498	919,680
176	Luxembourg	0.449	438,499
177	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0.436	6,419
178	France	0.435	61,251,229
179	Netherlands	0.415	15,930,182
180	San Marino	0.377	27,079
181	Canada	0.353	31,099,560
182	Norway	0.34	4,492,401
183	Malta	0.299	394,215
184	Hong Kong	0.288	6,655,870
185	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.239	3,805,513
186	Georgia	0.23	4,818,805
187	Jersey	0.22	87,379
188	Switzerland	0.219	7,277,251
189	Japan	0.198	126,771,901
190	Denmark	0.171	5,337,416
191	Finland	0.143	5,168,595
192	Portugal	0.138	10,361,404
193	Guernsey	0.121	61,948
194	United Kingdom	0.119	59,139,969
195	Belgium	0.097	10,263,618
196	Spain	0.095	40,589,004
197	Slovakia	0.045	5,400,320
198	Poland	0.027	38,654,162
199	Austria	0.018	8,113,392
200	Greece	-0.018	10,925,795
201	Slovenia	-0.02	2,011,242
202	Italy	-0.021	57,784,371
203	Sweden	-0.034	8,924,354
204	Monaco	-0.059	31,855
205	Isle of Man	-0.087	75,703
206	Germany	-0.088	82,183,670
207	Romania	-0.096	22,262,406
208	Montserrat	-0.101	3,951
209	Moldova	-0.12	4,180,215
210	Lithuania	-0.136	3,489,407
211	Croatia	-0.148	4,390,263
212	Czechia	-0.176	10,268,900
213	Hungary	-0.374	10,147,425
214	Estonia	-0.387	1,379,671
215	Serbia	-0.398	7,604,338
216	Belarus	-0.41	10,033,392
217	Latvia	-0.505	2,368,427
218	Bulgaria	-0.507	7,908,665
219	Russia	-0.639	148,020,170
220	Ukraine	-0.755	49,013,834

Data from US Census International Database