2001 Rate of Natural Increase

Country population rate of natural increase (RNI) and rank for world countries for the year 2001

Rank	Country	Rate of Natural Increase	Population
1	Gaza Strip	3.738	1,163,170
2	Niger	3.689	11,130,179
3	Uganda	3.598	23,956,460
4	Timor-Leste	3.522	838,609
5	Chad	3.488	8,400,324
6	The Gambia	3.418	1,361,416
7	Sao Tome and Principe	3.408	143,850
8	Mali	3.378	11,132,068
9	Malawi	3.368	11,260,746
10	Angola	3.363	16,131,548
11	Burkina Faso	3.264	11,853,834
12	Benin	3.263	6,901,453
13	Burundi	3.19	6,465,746
14	Congo Kinshasa	3.153	54,597,381
15	Yemen	3.145	17,762,368
16	Liberia	3.075	2,917,070
17	Comoros	3.01	560,628
18	Iraq	2.993	23,534,056
19	Senegal	2.991	9,711,971
20	Togo	2.978	4,900,630
21	Solomon Islands	2.96	444,139
22	Nauru	2.945	9,884
23	Equatorial Guinea	2.938	602,247
24	Tanzania	2.932	34,500,753
25	Marshall Islands	2.93	53,996
26	Somalia	2.917	7,765,975
27	Kenya	2.87	31,813,411
28	Madagascar	2.859	16,139,160
29	Cameroon	2.848	16,274,385
30	West Bank	2.837	1,991,065
31	Vanuatu	2.833	196,502
32	Nigeria	2.788	129,095,345
33	Belize	2.785	258,325
34	Eritrea	2.764	3,993,126
35	Zambia	2.748	10,511,818
36	Papua New Guinea	2.744	5,571,696
37	Honduras	2.741	6,535,344
38	Guinea-Bissau	2.739	1,233,483
39	Afghanistan	2.722	22,507,266
40	Jordan	2.687	4,897,811
41	Guatemala	2.674	11,516,011
42	Rwanda	2.671	8,163,133
43	Ethiopia	2.662	64,507,455
44	Mauritania	2.661	2,565,686
45	Guinea	2.618	7,821,148
46	Pakistan	2.614	153,174,020
47	Côte d'Ivoire	2.565	17,121,638
48	Tonga	2.546	100,748
49	Mozambique	2.481	18,865,948
50	Djibouti	2.448	690,137
51	Samoa	2.445	177,786
52	Sierra Leone	2.433	4,452,947
53	American Samoa	2.382	57,676
54	Laos	2.377	5,498,518
55	Congo Brazzaville	2.376	3,050,797
56	Ghana	2.353	19,526,689
57	Philippines	2.35	78,365,524
58	Bolivia	2.256	8,351,136
59	Nepal	2.254	23,887,333
60.5	Namibia	2.241	1,929,692
60.5	Gabon	2.241	1,228,190
62	Saudi Arabia	2.235	21,861,634
63	Federated States of Micronesia	2.234	107,894
64	Central African Republic	2.223	4,018,042
65	Guyana	2.22	788,071
66	Nicaragua	2.192	4,945,003
67	Haiti	2.161	8,429,925
68	Oman	2.149	2,486,967
69	Egypt	2.12	66,925,023
70	Kiribati	2.084	86,958
71	Bangladesh	2.064	130,837,367
72	Northern Mariana Islands	2.041	69,424
73	Cabo Verde	1.972	438,453
74	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.949	20,215
75	Ecuador	1.939	12,629,117
76	Tajikistan	1.934	6,339,110
77	Eswatini	1.919	1,029,859
78	Dominican Republic	1.897	8,356,598
79	Paraguay	1.894	5,521,976
80	Venezuela	1.886	24,650,127
81	Brunei	1.878	332,637
82	Cambodia	1.85	12,649,522
83.5	Kuwait	1.848	2,027,698
83.5	Guam	1.848	156,477
85	Mexico	1.837	101,125,485
86	El Salvador	1.807	5,855,648
87	Panama	1.8	2,974,308
88	Bahrain	1.769	672,088
89	Peru	1.764	26,201,796
90	Malaysia	1.718	23,945,724
91	Bhutan	1.712	665,513
92	India	1.707	1,067,817,484
93	Suriname	1.652	471,128
94	Lesotho	1.632	1,899,681
95	Uzbekistan	1.629	25,372,376
96	Qatar	1.607	671,431
97	Morocco	1.598	28,837,958
98	Indonesia	1.583	217,197,016
99	Fiji	1.579	810,646
100	Zimbabwe	1.573	12,150,646
101	Colombia	1.571	40,663,852
102	Cook Islands	1.569	15,680
103	Israel	1.55	6,231,632
104	Jamaica	1.545	2,835,874
105	French Polynesia	1.541	240,096
106	Algeria	1.534	31,077,277
107	Turkey	1.53	66,903,443
108	Turkmenistan	1.52	4,444,608
109	Costa Rica	1.505	3,956,209
110	New Caledonia	1.485	215,276
111	Maldives	1.479	305,904
112	United Arab Emirates	1.478	3,402,348
113	Kosovo	1.469	1,720,532
114.5	Antigua and Barbuda	1.407	76,735
114.5	Brazil	1.407	178,511,261
116	Burma	1.397	47,208,843
117	Botswana	1.387	1,687,937
118	Saint Martin	1.382	27,774
119	Vietnam	1.377	80,525,732
120	Wallis and Futuna	1.335	14,765
121	Tuvalu	1.334	10,046
122	Mongolia	1.315	2,489,156
123	The Bahamas	1.277	290,418
124	Sri Lanka	1.274	19,263,057
125	Iran	1.266	67,250,496
126	Kyrgyzstan	1.264	4,976,828
127	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.249	107,605
128	Albania	1.231	3,128,001
129	Saint Lucia	1.204	154,404
130	Lebanon	1.177	3,894,601
131	South Africa	1.156	45,483,346
132	Grenada	1.145	102,293
133	Tunisia	1.125	9,644,933
134	Seychelles	1.105	80,173
135	Argentina	1.095	37,739,190
136	Chile	1.071	15,347,733
137	Singapore	1.018	4,321,767
138	Sint Maarten	1.001	30,453
139	Anguilla	0.993	11,774
140	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.977	46,185
141	Saint Barthelemy	0.975	7,283
142	Mauritius	0.974	1,199,085
143	British Virgin Islands	0.941	23,175
144	Cayman Islands	0.928	39,576
145	Greenland	0.873	57,127
146	Dominica	0.857	71,295
147	Iceland	0.83	284,805
148	Thailand	0.829	61,736,486
149	Azerbaijan	0.826	8,532,310
150	U.S. Virgin Islands	0.756	108,549
151	Curaçao	0.752	131,970
152	New Zealand	0.729	3,837,878
153	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	0.727	7,287
154	Ireland	0.714	3,872,700
155	North Korea	0.703	23,011,393
156	Palau	0.697	19,658
157	Andorra	0.683	65,316
158	Trinidad and Tobago	0.677	1,265,657
159	South Korea	0.667	47,180,521
160	Uruguay	0.642	3,231,194
161	Armenia	0.624	3,099,476
162	Australia	0.618	19,076,793
163	Bermuda	0.614	63,686
164	Kazakhstan	0.603	15,736,939
165	Faroe Islands	0.589	46,589
166	China	0.587	1,278,990,263
167	Taiwan	0.58	22,341,406
168	Barbados	0.569	276,308
169	Montenegro	0.548	622,684
170	Aruba	0.547	90,969
171	Liechtenstein	0.544	33,312
172	Cuba	0.531	11,178,724
173.5	Cyprus	0.504	932,632
173.5	North Macedonia	0.504	2,029,420
175	Gibraltar	0.446	28,017
176	Macau	0.44	434,778
177	France	0.438	61,601,432
178	San Marino	0.435	27,615
179	Luxembourg	0.392	443,831
180	Netherlands	0.389	16,046,806
181	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0.376	6,386
182	Canada	0.364	31,376,735
183	Hong Kong	0.307	6,714,968
184	Norway	0.282	4,515,196
185	Georgia	0.221	4,793,253
186	Jersey	0.215	87,731
187	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.194	3,822,358
188	Malta	0.19	396,765
189	Japan	0.169	127,097,042
190	Switzerland	0.152	7,312,216
191	Finland	0.148	5,180,309
192	Denmark	0.133	5,356,271
193.5	United Kingdom	0.113	59,374,727
193.5	Spain	0.113	41,046,894
195	Belgium	0.095	10,292,429
196	Portugal	0.069	10,433,815
197	Guernsey	0.056	62,167
198	Poland	0.013	38,643,639
199	Isle of Man	0.01	76,422
200	Austria	0.009	8,141,540
201	Greece	-0.003	10,993,255
202	Slovakia	-0.016	5,402,648
203	Sweden	-0.026	8,948,311
204	Italy	-0.029	57,931,051
205	Slovenia	-0.051	2,013,323
206	Montserrat	-0.071	4,239
207	Moldova	-0.102	4,135,094
208	Germany	-0.114	82,320,660
209	Monaco	-0.142	31,843
210	Czechia	-0.166	10,250,328
211	Romania	-0.177	22,106,060
212	Croatia	-0.193	4,418,543
213	Lithuania	-0.254	3,475,393
214	Serbia	-0.273	7,548,379
215	Hungary	-0.347	10,129,929
216	Estonia	-0.43	1,369,399
217	Belarus	-0.486	9,999,484
218	Bulgaria	-0.56	7,846,983
219	Latvia	-0.567	2,350,481
220	Russia	-0.632	147,300,367
221	Ukraine	-0.753	48,520,343

Data from US Census International Database