2003 Rate of Natural Increase

The population rate of natural increase (birth rate minus death rate) for all world countries for the year 2003.

2003 Top 10 Countries Rate of Natural Increase (RNI)

Rank	Country	RNI
1	Gaza Strip	3.78
2	Niger	3.62
3	Chad	3.61
4	Angola	3.42
5	Mali	3.41
6	Timor-Leste	3.39
7	Sao Tome and Principe	3.38
8	Uganda	3.33
9	Iraq	3.3
10	Burkina Faso	3.23

Please see also 2020, 2002, and 2004.

2003 Countries Rate of Natural Increase (RNI)

Rank	Country	RNI
11	Benin	3.17
12	Yemen	3.12
13	Liberia	3.07
14	Eritrea	3.06
15	The Gambia	3.06
16	Tanzania	3.04
17	Comoros	3.03
18	Burundi	2.98
19	Congo (Kinshasa)	2.97
20	Ethiopia	2.97
21	Malawi	2.95
22	Senegal	2.94
23	Marshall Islands	2.92
24	Somalia	2.9
25	Solomon Islands	2.88
26	Nigeria	2.88
27	Kenya	2.87
28	Madagascar	2.87
29	Equatorial Guinea	2.86
30	Rwanda	2.81
31	Togo	2.8
32	Guinea-Bissau	2.79
33	Zambia	2.79
34	Vanuatu	2.77
35	West Bank	2.76
36	Cameroon	2.74
37	Belize	2.67
38	Mozambique	2.66
39	Cote d'Ivoire	2.66
40	Guinea	2.65
41	Mauritania	2.63
42	Jordan	2.62
43	Honduras	2.58
44	Afghanistan	2.56
45	Guatemala	2.56
46	Western Sahara	2.54
47	Syria	2.5
48	Congo (Brazzaville)	2.48
49	Tonga	2.47
50	Ghana	2.45
51	Papua New Guinea	2.42
52	Samoa	2.36
53	American Samoa	2.35
54	Sierra Leone	2.33
55	Pakistan	2.28
56	Djibouti	2.25
57	Gabon	2.23
58	Philippines	2.22
59	Laos	2.19
60	Bolivia	2.16
61	Central African Republic	2.15
62	Federated States of Micronesia	2.14
63	Nepal	2.12
64	Namibia	2.11
65	Egypt	2.1
66	Haiti	2.08
67	Saudi Arabia	2.05
68	Nauru	2.04
69	Oman	2.01
70	Nicaragua	2.0
71	Swaziland	1.95
72	Tajikistan	1.93
73	Bangladesh	1.92
74	Northern Mariana Islands	1.9
75	Malaysia	1.9
76	Kuwait	1.9
77	Kiribati	1.87
78	Ecuador	1.85
79	Cabo Verde	1.84
80	Venezuela	1.84
81	Cambodia	1.84
82	Libya	1.82
83	Dominican Republic	1.78
84	Paraguay	1.77
85	Brunei	1.76
86	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.76
87	Mexico	1.75
88	El Salvador	1.72
89	Morocco	1.69
90	Fiji	1.68
91	Panama	1.66
92	Bahrain	1.63
93	Israel	1.62
94	Guam	1.62
95	India	1.61
96	Zimbabwe	1.61
97	Algeria	1.57
98	Peru	1.56
99	Qatar	1.55
100	Bhutan	1.53
101	Suriname	1.52
102	Indonesia	1.51
103	Colombia	1.5
104	United Arab Emirates	1.49
105	Turkey	1.48
106	Jamaica	1.43
107	Guyana	1.43
108	Uzbekistan	1.43
109	Turkmenistan	1.43
110	Botswana	1.41
111	Saint Martin	1.38
112	Kyrgyzstan	1.37
113	Costa Rica	1.37
114	Cook Islands	1.36
115	French Polynesia	1.36
116	Wallis and Futuna	1.35
117	Maldives	1.35
118	New Caledonia	1.33
119	Burma	1.32
120	Sri Lanka	1.31
121	Brazil	1.3
122	Tuvalu	1.28
123	Vietnam	1.26
124	Iran	1.2
125	Antigua and Barbuda	1.19
126	Mongolia	1.17
127	Lebanon	1.15
128	Kosovo	1.13
129	Tunisia	1.12
130	Argentina	1.1
131	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.09
132	South Africa	1.06
133	Lesotho	1.05
134	Seychelles	1.01
135	Grenada	1.01
136	Chile	0.96
137	Mauritius	0.96
138	Albania	0.95
139	Saint Lucia	0.92
140	The Bahamas	0.92
141	Anguilla	0.92
142	Cayman Islands	0.88
143	Saint Barthelemy	0.87
144	Sint Maarten	0.86
145	Greenland	0.84
146	U.S. Virgin Islands	0.82
147	Ireland	0.81
148	Iceland	0.8
149	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.78
150	Azerbaijan	0.77
151	Dominica	0.76
152	Palau	0.75
153	New Zealand	0.71
154	British Virgin Islands	0.67
155	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	0.66
156	Thailand	0.65
157	Faroe Islands	0.62
158	North Korea	0.62
159	Bermuda	0.62
160	Kazakhstan	0.61
161	Australia	0.6
162	Curacao	0.58
163	Trinidad and Tobago	0.57
164	Uruguay	0.56
165	Andorra	0.55
166	Aruba	0.54
167	China	0.54
168	Armenia	0.53
169	South Korea	0.52
170	Cuba	0.51
171	Barbados	0.5
172	Singapore	0.49
173	Gibraltar	0.49
174	Cyprus	0.43
175	Taiwan	0.43
176	Montenegro	0.42
177	Macau	0.39
178	France	0.39
179	Liechtenstein	0.38
180	Netherlands	0.36
181	Canada	0.34
182	Norway	0.31
183	San Marino	0.29
184	Jersey	0.28
185	Luxembourg	0.28
186	Macedonia	0.27
187	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0.27
188	Hong Kong	0.23
189	Malta	0.22
190	Finland	0.15
191	Guernsey	0.14
192	United Kingdom	0.14
193	Spain	0.14
194	Denmark	0.13
195	Switzerland	0.12
196	Japan	0.11
197	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.09
198	Sweden	0.07
199	Belgium	0.07
200	Portugal	0.06
201	Georgia	0.06
202	Isle of Man	0.01
203	Austria	-0.0
204	Slovakia	-0.01
205	Greece	-0.03
206	Poland	-0.04
207	Italy	-0.08
208	Slovenia	-0.11
209	Czechia	-0.17
210	Monaco	-0.17
211	Germany	-0.18
212	Moldova	-0.19
213	Romania	-0.24
214	Croatia	-0.29
215	Lithuania	-0.32
216	Serbia	-0.33
217	Montserrat	-0.33
218	Estonia	-0.37
219	Hungary	-0.41
220	Latvia	-0.49
221	Belarus	-0.55
222	Bulgaria	-0.57
223	Russia	-0.59
224	Ukraine	-0.73

Data is from US Census - International Database.

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