2002 Rate of Natural Increase

The population rate of natural increase (birth rate minus death rate) for all world countries for the year 2002.

2002 Top 10 Countries Rate of Natural Increase (RNI)

Rank	Country	RNI
1	Gaza Strip	3.76
2	Chad	3.59
3	Niger	3.58
4	Timor-Leste	3.54
5	Sao Tome and Principe	3.4
6	Mali	3.39
7	Angola	3.39
8	Iraq	3.35
9	Uganda	3.33
10	Burkina Faso	3.22

Please see also 2020, 2001, and 2003.

2002 Countries Rate of Natural Increase (RNI)

Rank	Country	RNI
11	Benin	3.21
12	Yemen	3.13
13	Eritrea	3.13
14	The Gambia	3.08
15	Congo (Kinshasa)	3.01
16	Comoros	3.0
17	Tanzania	3.0
18	Liberia	2.99
19	Ethiopia	2.96
20	Malawi	2.96
21	Burundi	2.95
22	Solomon Islands	2.94
23	Senegal	2.94
24	Marshall Islands	2.94
25	Somalia	2.9
26	Equatorial Guinea	2.88
27	Madagascar	2.87
28	Kenya	2.84
29	Nigeria	2.84
30	Togo	2.81
31	Vanuatu	2.81
32	West Bank	2.81
33	Guinea-Bissau	2.77
34	Rwanda	2.74
35	Belize	2.73
36	Zambia	2.73
37	Cameroon	2.71
38	Mozambique	2.68
39	Honduras	2.66
40	Jordan	2.65
41	Mauritania	2.65
42	Guinea	2.65
43	Cote d'Ivoire	2.62
44	Guatemala	2.6
45	Western Sahara	2.56
46	Syria	2.56
47	Tonga	2.51
48	Papua New Guinea	2.48
49	Ghana	2.46
50	Congo (Brazzaville)	2.41
51	Samoa	2.4
52	Djibouti	2.38
53	Pakistan	2.35
54	American Samoa	2.32
55	Laos	2.28
56	Philippines	2.25
57	Gabon	2.23
58	Bolivia	2.21
59	Federated States of Micronesia	2.19
60	Nepal	2.19
61	Namibia	2.18
62	Central African Republic	2.15
63	Saudi Arabia	2.14
64	Sierra Leone	2.13
65	Haiti	2.12
66	Afghanistan	2.1
67	Nicaragua	2.1
68	Egypt	2.1
69	Oman	2.08
70	Nauru	2.01
71	Bangladesh	2.0
72	Tajikistan	1.99
73	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.99
74	Kiribati	1.98
75	Malaysia	1.93
76	Swaziland	1.93
77	Cabo Verde	1.91
78	Ecuador	1.89
79	Kuwait	1.88
80	Venezuela	1.88
81	Brunei	1.86
82	Libya	1.85
83	Cambodia	1.85
84	Dominican Republic	1.84
85	Paraguay	1.83
86	El Salvador	1.8
87	Mexico	1.79
88	Northern Mariana Islands	1.79
89	Morocco	1.73
90	Suriname	1.73
91	Panama	1.71
92	Bahrain	1.65
93	India	1.64
94	Guam	1.63
95	Peru	1.6
96	Fiji	1.6
97	Zimbabwe	1.59
98	Bhutan	1.58
99	Israel	1.56
100	Indonesia	1.55
101	Colombia	1.54
102	Uzbekistan	1.54
103	Qatar	1.54
104	Algeria	1.52
105	Guyana	1.51
106	Turkey	1.51
107	French Polynesia	1.49
108	Jamaica	1.48
109	Turkmenistan	1.47
110	United Arab Emirates	1.47
111	Cook Islands	1.46
112	Maldives	1.42
113	New Caledonia	1.4
114	Botswana	1.39
115	Saint Martin	1.38
116	Kosovo	1.37
117	Costa Rica	1.37
118	Vietnam	1.36
119	Burma	1.36
120	Brazil	1.36
121	Sri Lanka	1.33
122	Wallis and Futuna	1.31
123	Kyrgyzstan	1.31
124	Tuvalu	1.3
125	Iran	1.25
126	Mongolia	1.24
127	Lesotho	1.2
128	Antigua and Barbuda	1.17
129	Lebanon	1.17
130	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.13
131	South Africa	1.11
132	Argentina	1.11
133	Tunisia	1.09
134	Saint Lucia	1.07
135	Seychelles	1.03
136	Chile	1.02
137	Mauritius	1.0
138	The Bahamas	0.99
139	Albania	0.94
140	U.S. Virgin Islands	0.94
141	Saint Barthelemy	0.93
142	Anguilla	0.92
143	Cayman Islands	0.92
144	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.89
145	Greenland	0.88
146	Sint Maarten	0.87
147	Grenada	0.84
148	Azerbaijan	0.79
149	Dominica	0.78
150	Ireland	0.78
151	Iceland	0.78
152	Thailand	0.75
153	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	0.71
154	Faroe Islands	0.67
155	New Zealand	0.67
156	Bermuda	0.66
157	British Virgin Islands	0.64
158	North Korea	0.64
159	Andorra	0.63
160	Uruguay	0.63
161	Curacao	0.61
162	Cuba	0.6
163	Australia	0.6
164	Kazakhstan	0.6
165	Singapore	0.58
166	Trinidad and Tobago	0.56
167	Armenia	0.56
168	China	0.55
169	Aruba	0.54
170	Liechtenstein	0.53
171	Taiwan	0.53
172	Barbados	0.53
173	South Korea	0.52
174	Palau	0.49
175	Montenegro	0.48
176	Gibraltar	0.46
177	Cyprus	0.42
178	France	0.41
179	Macau	0.4
180	Netherlands	0.37
181	Luxembourg	0.36
182	Canada	0.33
183	San Marino	0.33
184	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0.32
185	Macedonia	0.31
186	Hong Kong	0.29
187	Norway	0.24
188	Malta	0.23
189	Montserrat	0.21
190	Japan	0.16
191	Switzerland	0.14
192	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.14
193	Spain	0.12
194	Finland	0.12
195	United Kingdom	0.1
196	Denmark	0.1
197	Jersey	0.1
198	Georgia	0.09
199	Portugal	0.07
200	Belgium	0.07
201	Isle of Man	0.03
202	Austria	0.03
203	Sweden	0.01
204	Monaco	0.01
205	Slovakia	-0.01
206	Poland	-0.01
207	Guernsey	-0.02
208	Greece	-0.03
209	Italy	-0.03
210	Slovenia	-0.06
211	Germany	-0.15
212	Czechia	-0.15
213	Moldova	-0.17
214	Croatia	-0.23
215	Romania	-0.27
216	Serbia	-0.33
217	Lithuania	-0.33
218	Hungary	-0.36
219	Estonia	-0.39
220	Latvia	-0.54
221	Belarus	-0.58
222	Bulgaria	-0.59
223	Russia	-0.62
224	Ukraine	-0.74

Data is from US Census - International Database.

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