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2003 Rate of Natural Increase

Country population rate of natural increase (RNI) and rank for world countries for the year 2003

Rank	Country	Rate Natural Increase	Population
1	Niger	3.846	11,971,585
2	Gaza Strip	3.778	1,234,166
3	Uganda	3.713	25,556,535
4	Chad	3.607	9,096,185
5	Angola	3.417	17,346,160
6	Mali	3.409	11,761,326
7	The Gambia	3.396	1,429,853
8	Timor-Leste	3.39	955,968
9	Malawi	3.388	11,979,045
10	Sao Tome and Principe	3.382	150,498
11	Burundi	3.262	6,896,661
12	Burkina Faso	3.23	12,857,170
13	Yemen	3.113	18,854,790
14	Congo Kinshasa	3.107	58,013,244
15	Senegal	3.104	10,259,110
16	Comoros	3.071	591,731
17	Eritrea	3.069	4,342,220
18	Liberia	3.067	2,983,448
19	Benin	3.064	7,359,515
20	Togo	2.991	5,150,277
21	Equatorial Guinea	2.984	673,295
22	Kenya	2.979	33,734,178
23	Zambia	2.958	11,098,500
24	Tanzania	2.953	36,597,918
25	Marshall Islands	2.912	56,426
26	Somalia	2.911	8,273,586
27	Iraq	2.908	25,079,249
28	Nigeria	2.879	136,587,691
29	Madagascar	2.862	17,089,669
30	Solomon Islands	2.851	468,478
31	Cameroon	2.828	17,205,073
32	Rwanda	2.805	8,477,177
33	Guinea-Bissau	2.794	1,288,431
34	Vanuatu	2.761	206,991
35	West Bank	2.749	2,080,196
36	Ethiopia	2.727	67,980,692
37	Belize	2.668	272,973
38	Côte d'Ivoire	2.663	17,963,237
39	Papua New Guinea	2.656	5,880,726
40	Guinea	2.645	8,120,753
41	Mauritania	2.627	2,698,933
42	Jordan	2.619	5,127,792
43	Pakistan	2.605	161,075,633
44	Honduras	2.595	6,862,657
45	Guatemala	2.564	12,082,214
46	Afghanistan	2.564	25,003,784
47	Mozambique	2.544	19,648,943
48	Congo Brazzaville	2.482	3,208,961
49	Tonga	2.479	102,047
50	Sierra Leone	2.432	4,930,221
51	Ghana	2.358	20,556,598
52	Samoa	2.357	181,088
53	American Samoa	2.352	57,424
54	Philippines	2.282	81,833,823
55	Djibouti	2.248	688,210
56	Gabon	2.235	1,283,233
57	Bolivia	2.229	8,710,725
58	Central African Republic	2.194	4,182,328
59	Laos	2.186	5,654,002
60	Federated States of Micronesia	2.139	108,086
61	Egypt	2.134	69,838,271
62	Nepal	2.122	24,644,751
63	Namibia	2.112	1,991,705
64	Haiti	2.084	8,738,605
65	Saudi Arabia	2.047	22,801,189
66	Nauru	2.017	9,917
67	Nicaragua	2.007	5,108,888
68	Oman	2.002	2,592,927
69	Guyana	1.973	790,492
70	Eswatini	1.95	1,026,257
71	Tajikistan	1.934	6,567,854
72	Bangladesh	1.917	134,865,589
73	Northern Mariana Islands	1.903	68,590
74	Kuwait	1.9	2,139,782
75	Kiribati	1.868	89,907
76	Cambodia	1.857	13,031,669
77	Ecuador	1.845	13,073,910
78	Cabo Verde	1.843	454,813
79	Venezuela	1.833	25,501,525
80	Peru	1.787	27,059,492
81	Dominican Republic	1.779	8,605,589
82	Paraguay	1.761	5,726,527
83	Brunei	1.758	347,233
84	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.758	22,919
85	Mexico	1.746	103,843,015
86	Fiji	1.677	823,078
87	Panama	1.64	3,085,588
88	Bahrain	1.63	781,007
89	India	1.626	1,103,497,631
90	Guam	1.622	158,062
91	El Salvador	1.611	5,880,201
92	Zimbabwe	1.608	12,259,905
93	Israel	1.604	6,471,897
94	Bhutan	1.592	687,892
95	Morocco	1.586	29,543,837
96	Algeria	1.566	31,975,415
97	Qatar	1.551	735,643
98	Suriname	1.54	482,711
99	Indonesia	1.511	223,347,625
100	United Arab Emirates	1.492	3,693,043
101	Colombia	1.487	41,528,292
102	Turkey	1.478	68,698,136
103	Malaysia	1.467	25,124,156
104	Jamaica	1.434	2,851,638
105	Uzbekistan	1.433	25,992,143
106	Turkmenistan	1.43	4,556,164
107	Lesotho	1.427	1,917,409
108	Botswana	1.411	1,750,323
109	Saint Martin	1.375	27,353
110	Kyrgyzstan	1.374	5,059,344
111	Cook Islands	1.373	14,563
112	Costa Rica	1.367	4,083,817
113	French Polynesia	1.362	247,753
114	Maldives	1.35	318,485
115	Wallis and Futuna	1.35	14,953
116	New Caledonia	1.333	223,688
117	Burma	1.324	48,261,784
118	Sri Lanka	1.311	19,708,717
119	Vietnam	1.304	82,699,693
120	Brazil	1.301	183,412,348
121	Tuvalu	1.292	10,061
122	Iran	1.199	68,916,732
123	Antigua and Barbuda	1.189	79,067
124	Mongolia	1.167	2,546,571
125	Lebanon	1.149	4,015,665
126	Kosovo	1.133	1,747,527
127	The Bahamas	1.124	297,526
128	Tunisia	1.123	9,842,039
129	Argentina	1.097	38,529,402
130	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.086	106,878
131	South Africa	1.06	46,770,302
132	Seychelles	1.012	82,049
133	Grenada	1.008	103,317
134	Chile	0.962	15,675,164
135	Albania	0.947	3,069,664
136	Saint Lucia	0.923	156,013
137	Anguilla	0.916	12,447
138	Mauritius	0.909	1,221,981
139	Cayman Islands	0.868	41,923
140	Saint Barthelemy	0.867	7,500
141	Sint Maarten	0.863	31,644
142	Singapore	0.857	4,564,951
143	Greenland	0.839	57,540
144	U.S. Virgin Islands	0.821	108,505
145	Dominica	0.821	71,905
146	Ireland	0.811	4,002,170
147	Iceland	0.8	289,516
148	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.777	47,137
149	Azerbaijan	0.773	8,662,912
150	Thailand	0.759	62,892,617
151	Palau	0.746	19,978
152	New Zealand	0.71	3,960,281
153	British Virgin Islands	0.679	24,459
154	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	0.677	7,390
155	Trinidad and Tobago	0.64	1,277,364
156	North Korea	0.632	23,374,333
157	Bermuda	0.625	64,847
158	Faroe Islands	0.62	47,953
159	Kazakhstan	0.611	15,882,507
160	Australia	0.608	19,549,075
161	Barbados	0.59	279,428
162	Curaçao	0.582	133,208
163	Uruguay	0.556	3,250,656
164	Andorra	0.554	68,782
165	Aruba	0.533	93,707
166	Armenia	0.526	3,088,906
167	China	0.526	1,292,609,952
168	South Korea	0.519	47,656,117
169	Cuba	0.51	11,240,962
170	Gibraltar	0.438	28,315
171	Cyprus	0.435	964,653
172	Taiwan	0.426	22,561,453
173	Montenegro	0.425	620,914
174	Macau	0.391	444,177
175	France	0.387	62,306,784
176	Liechtenstein	0.38	34,206
177	Netherlands	0.36	16,216,610
178	Canada	0.342	31,889,308
179	Norway	0.306	4,566,304
180	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0.301	6,310
181	San Marino	0.292	28,733
182	Jersey	0.278	88,087
183	Luxembourg	0.275	453,937
184	North Macedonia	0.274	2,045,571
185	Hong Kong	0.228	6,796,891
186	Malta	0.222	401,653
187	Finland	0.147	5,205,082
188	Guernsey	0.143	62,597
189	United Kingdom	0.14	59,823,618
190	Spain	0.135	42,321,028
191	Denmark	0.13	5,387,248
192	Switzerland	0.119	7,384,539
193	Japan	0.114	127,523,693
194	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.091	3,842,734
195	Sweden	0.068	9,010,864
196	Belgium	0.067	10,368,850
197	Portugal	0.063	10,530,793
198	Georgia	0.056	4,750,669
199	Isle of Man	0.01	77,958
200	Austria	-0.003	8,215,680
201	Slovakia	-0.01	5,403,960
202	Greece	-0.011	11,009,594
203	Poland	-0.036	38,599,320
204	Italy	-0.076	58,336,020
205	Slovenia	-0.106	2,015,611
206	Czechia	-0.172	10,238,459
207	Monaco	-0.175	31,459
208	Germany	-0.178	82,504,552
209	Moldova	-0.191	4,040,951
210	Romania	-0.249	21,748,090
211	Croatia	-0.291	4,440,867
212	Lithuania	-0.322	3,424,736
213	Serbia	-0.333	7,496,449
214	Montserrat	-0.334	4,491
215	Estonia	-0.37	1,349,483
216	Hungary	-0.408	10,091,987
217	Latvia	-0.489	2,308,159
218	Belarus	-0.552	9,904,905
219	Bulgaria	-0.574	7,722,735
220	Russia	-0.583	145,703,488
221	Ukraine	-0.728	47,692,440

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Data from US Census International Database