2002 Rate of Natural Increase

Country population rate of natural increase (RNI) and rank for world countries for the year 2002

Rank	Country	Rate of Natural Increase	Population
1	Niger	3.799	11,538,649
2	Gaza Strip	3.759	1,198,617
3	Uganda	3.658	24,774,685
4	Chad	3.594	8,713,903
5	Timor-Leste	3.539	912,063
6	The Gambia	3.408	1,394,302
7	Sao Tome and Principe	3.397	147,127
8	Mali	3.394	11,437,860
9	Angola	3.391	16,685,260
10	Malawi	3.362	11,612,362
11	Burundi	3.228	6,669,522
12	Burkina Faso	3.221	12,406,620
13	Benin	3.158	7,130,279
14	Eritrea	3.133	4,147,258
15.5	Yemen	3.129	18,309,568
15.5	Congo Kinshasa	3.129	56,319,530
17	Senegal	3.053	9,976,692
18	Comoros	3.043	575,855
19	Iraq	2.988	24,309,560
20	Liberia	2.986	2,978,030
21	Togo	2.984	5,023,375
22	Equatorial Guinea	2.965	636,955
23	Tanzania	2.944	35,534,018
24.5	Kenya	2.928	32,756,495
24.5	Marshall Islands	2.928	55,146
26	Somalia	2.914	8,017,560
27	Solomon Islands	2.907	456,256
28	Madagascar	2.861	16,607,515
29	Zambia	2.858	10,808,931
30	Cameroon	2.838	16,733,803
31	Nigeria	2.837	132,764,563
32	Vanuatu	2.799	201,709
33	West Bank	2.792	2,035,458
34	Guinea-Bissau	2.768	1,260,360
35	Rwanda	2.738	8,329,232
36	Belize	2.728	265,446
37	Papua New Guinea	2.698	5,725,378
38	Ethiopia	2.697	66,205,065
39	Honduras	2.669	6,698,324
40	Jordan	2.655	5,012,128
41	Guinea	2.649	7,905,703
42	Mauritania	2.648	2,631,652
43	Côte d'Ivoire	2.617	17,528,681
44	Pakistan	2.614	157,385,803
45	Guatemala	2.608	11,795,111
46	Mozambique	2.517	19,249,717
47	Tonga	2.516	101,406
48	Sierra Leone	2.436	4,726,939
49	Congo Brazzaville	2.409	3,117,397
50	Samoa	2.397	179,429
51	Djibouti	2.372	713,372
52	Ghana	2.356	20,032,559
53	Philippines	2.318	80,114,579
54	American Samoa	2.317	57,556
55	Laos	2.283	5,578,027
56	Bolivia	2.247	8,529,375
57	Gabon	2.227	1,254,964
58	Central African Republic	2.207	4,094,569
59	Nepal	2.19	24,272,768
60	Federated States of Micronesia	2.188	108,018
61	Namibia	2.181	1,964,708
62	Guyana	2.178	789,098
63	Saudi Arabia	2.143	22,342,525
64	Egypt	2.128	68,364,247
65	Haiti	2.122	8,580,463
66	Nicaragua	2.1	5,028,418
67	Afghanistan	2.094	23,599,230
68	Oman	2.071	2,540,520
69	Bangladesh	1.992	132,887,746
70	Nauru	1.988	9,909
71	Tajikistan	1.987	6,452,017
72	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.981	21,406
73	Kiribati	1.972	88,467
74	Eswatini	1.934	1,027,995
75	Cabo Verde	1.91	446,699
76	Ecuador	1.892	12,827,209
77	Kuwait	1.88	2,083,269
78	Venezuela	1.866	25,074,549
79	Brunei	1.862	339,971
80	Dominican Republic	1.837	8,481,746
81	Paraguay	1.828	5,625,172
82	Cambodia	1.825	12,838,582
83.5	Mexico	1.789	102,470,489
83.5	Northern Mariana Islands	1.789	69,035
85	Peru	1.776	26,624,871
86	Suriname	1.738	476,840
87	El Salvador	1.709	5,868,695
88	Panama	1.693	3,030,107
89	India	1.667	1,085,753,922
90	Bhutan	1.655	676,814
91	Bahrain	1.65	714,832
92	Guam	1.629	157,352
93	Fiji	1.603	816,577
94	Zimbabwe	1.593	12,223,067
95	Morocco	1.591	29,188,575
96	Israel	1.558	6,349,993
97	Indonesia	1.548	220,276,026
98	Malaysia	1.54	24,545,674
99.5	Uzbekistan	1.539	25,696,312
99.5	Lesotho	1.539	1,909,234
101	Qatar	1.537	703,382
102	Colombia	1.527	41,079,210
103	Algeria	1.518	31,523,711
104	Turkey	1.506	67,807,656
105	French Polynesia	1.489	244,184
106	Jamaica	1.482	2,849,475
107	Turkmenistan	1.471	4,502,650
108	Cook Islands	1.47	15,105
109	United Arab Emirates	1.465	3,555,027
110	Maldives	1.416	311,847
111	Vietnam	1.41	81,617,017
112	New Caledonia	1.4	219,442
113	Botswana	1.394	1,719,736
114	Saint Martin	1.374	27,440
115	Kosovo	1.372	1,737,479
116	Costa Rica	1.366	4,020,946
117	Burma	1.362	47,739,006
118	Brazil	1.355	180,994,541
119	Sri Lanka	1.331	19,478,732
120.5	Wallis and Futuna	1.312	14,857
120.5	Kyrgyzstan	1.312	5,013,957
122	Tuvalu	1.304	10,040
123	Iran	1.251	67,780,924
124	Mongolia	1.239	2,518,612
125	The Bahamas	1.218	294,063
126	Antigua and Barbuda	1.174	77,936
127	Lebanon	1.165	3,955,051
128	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.133	107,262
129	South Africa	1.108	46,104,953
130	Argentina	1.107	38,131,971
131	Tunisia	1.094	9,742,979
132	Saint Lucia	1.068	155,301
133	Seychelles	1.028	81,125
134	Chile	1.017	15,514,806
135	Singapore	0.962	4,447,987
136	Mauritius	0.955	1,210,667
137	Albania	0.944	3,098,028
138	U.S. Virgin Islands	0.937	108,509
139	Saint Barthelemy	0.932	7,409
140	Anguilla	0.924	12,113
141	Cayman Islands	0.896	40,750
142	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.894	46,682
143	Greenland	0.881	57,362
144	Sint Maarten	0.872	30,636
145	Grenada	0.845	102,833
146	Dominica	0.841	71,660
147	Thailand	0.795	62,322,676
148	Azerbaijan	0.791	8,597,653
149	Ireland	0.783	3,933,126
150	Iceland	0.775	287,448
151	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	0.709	7,339
152.5	Bermuda	0.667	64,264
152.5	Faroe Islands	0.667	47,348
154	New Zealand	0.666	3,898,456
155	North Korea	0.655	23,204,705
156	British Virgin Islands	0.647	23,830
157.5	Uruguay	0.627	3,241,597
157.5	Andorra	0.627	65,986
159	Curaçao	0.61	131,718
160	Australia	0.607	19,317,473
161	Barbados	0.606	277,849
162	Cuba	0.601	11,210,068
163	Kazakhstan	0.598	15,802,134
164	Trinidad and Tobago	0.576	1,271,609
165	Armenia	0.559	3,096,323
166	China	0.55	1,285,973,403
167	Aruba	0.538	92,166
168	Liechtenstein	0.532	33,821
169	Taiwan	0.528	22,461,928
170	South Korea	0.523	47,437,578
171	Palau	0.484	19,816
172	Montenegro	0.479	621,991
173	Gibraltar	0.461	28,201
174	Cyprus	0.422	946,814
175	France	0.414	61,958,793
176	Macau	0.398	438,977
177	Netherlands	0.371	16,145,468
178	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0.363	6,349
179	Luxembourg	0.357	448,481
180	Canada	0.332	31,640,961
181	San Marino	0.326	28,191
182	North Macedonia	0.309	2,038,574
183	Hong Kong	0.291	6,760,298
184	Norway	0.241	4,539,603
185	Malta	0.226	399,174
186	Montserrat	0.208	4,810
187	Japan	0.149	127,347,157
188	Switzerland	0.144	7,348,653
189	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.142	3,826,638
190	Spain	0.121	41,639,614
191	Finland	0.118	5,192,708
192	United Kingdom	0.102	59,601,520
193.5	Denmark	0.101	5,373,211
193.5	Jersey	0.101	87,970
195	Georgia	0.089	4,774,895
196	Portugal	0.074	10,490,325
197	Belgium	0.072	10,326,359
198	Isle of Man	0.034	77,190
199	Austria	0.028	8,178,095
200	Sweden	0.009	8,977,438
201	Monaco	0.006	31,654
202	Greece	-0.003	11,019,745
203	Slovakia	-0.013	5,403,358
204	Poland	-0.015	38,625,974
205	Guernsey	-0.019	62,368
206	Italy	-0.03	58,076,701
207	Slovenia	-0.059	2,014,637
208	Germany	-0.149	82,458,415
209	Czechia	-0.151	10,235,949
210	Moldova	-0.175	4,088,890
211	Croatia	-0.235	4,442,298
212	Romania	-0.27	21,930,795
213	Serbia	-0.328	7,530,751
214	Lithuania	-0.334	3,453,903
215	Hungary	-0.357	10,112,777
216	Estonia	-0.394	1,359,260
217	Latvia	-0.535	2,330,425
218	Belarus	-0.582	9,954,884
219	Bulgaria	-0.59	7,784,234
220	Russia	-0.619	146,495,996
221	Ukraine	-0.744	48,074,073

Data from US Census International Database