2004 Rate of Natural Increase

Country population rate of natural increase (RNI) and rank for world countries for the year 2004

Rank	Country	Rate of Natural Increase	Population
1	Niger	3.892	12,427,578
2	Gaza Strip	3.796	1,269,814
3	Uganda	3.759	26,277,878
4	Chad	3.626	9,540,983
5	Angola	3.444	18,075,908
6	Mali	3.422	12,102,276
7	Malawi	3.408	12,363,024
8	The Gambia	3.381	1,468,112
9	Sao Tome and Principe	3.359	153,955
10	Burundi	3.293	7,166,460
11	Burkina Faso	3.253	13,206,560
12	Senegal	3.146	10,559,162
13	Liberia	3.126	3,005,087
14	Yemen	3.094	19,409,695
15	Comoros	3.093	608,249
16	Congo Kinshasa	3.084	59,756,664
17	Zambia	3.049	11,399,442
18.5	Eritrea	3.021	4,551,365
18.5	Kenya	3.021	34,764,895
20	Togo	2.996	5,283,733
21	Equatorial Guinea	2.995	711,710
22	Benin	2.971	7,589,195
23	Tanzania	2.959	37,650,584
24	Somalia	2.911	8,539,890
25	Iraq	2.897	25,829,218
26	Marshall Islands	2.889	57,732
27	Rwanda	2.868	8,660,915
28	Timor-Leste	2.865	971,458
29	Madagascar	2.86	17,585,638
30	Nigeria	2.859	140,534,504
31	Cameroon	2.817	17,678,398
32	Guinea-Bissau	2.815	1,317,437
33	Solomon Islands	2.792	480,781
34.5	Vanuatu	2.722	212,340
34.5	Ethiopia	2.722	69,811,259
36	Côte d'Ivoire	2.707	18,473,708
37	West Bank	2.705	2,125,253
38	Guinea	2.641	8,316,554
39	Papua New Guinea	2.617	6,037,812
40	Mauritania	2.61	2,767,500
41	Belize	2.608	280,519
42	Pakistan	2.589	164,483,105
43	Syria	2.588	18,082,580
44	Congo Brazzaville	2.586	3,332,135
45	Jordan	2.584	5,253,826
46	Mozambique	2.57	20,060,939
47	Guatemala	2.521	12,387,395
48	Honduras	2.52	7,028,058
49	Afghanistan	2.518	25,695,673
50	American Samoa	2.486	57,338
51	Tonga	2.443	102,666
52	Sierra Leone	2.416	5,111,786
53	Ghana	2.391	21,086,078
54	Samoa	2.321	182,772
55	Philippines	2.254	83,600,001
56	Gabon	2.227	1,319,661
57	Bolivia	2.209	8,894,516
58	Central African Republic	2.154	4,257,227
59	Egypt	2.123	71,310,598
60	Laos	2.1	5,746,043
61	Djibouti	2.087	656,304
62	Federated States of Micronesia	2.083	108,097
63	Nepal	2.052	24,988,596
64	Haiti	2.048	8,900,109
65	Namibia	2.044	2,017,901
66	Nauru	2.018	9,958
67	Tajikistan	2.012	6,688,440
68	Eswatini	1.964	1,024,641
69	Saudi Arabia	1.946	23,234,774
70	Oman	1.945	2,644,368
71	Kuwait	1.934	2,197,249
72	Nicaragua	1.912	5,186,125
73	Cambodia	1.905	13,228,594
74	Northern Mariana Islands	1.895	68,174
75	Kiribati	1.881	91,331
76	Bangladesh	1.841	136,763,678
77	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.84	24,950
78	Venezuela	1.807	25,926,640
79	Ecuador	1.801	13,367,803
80	Peru	1.795	27,505,564
81	Guyana	1.784	793,580
82	Cabo Verde	1.779	462,775
83	Dominican Republic	1.722	8,728,111
84	Mexico	1.705	105,230,503
85	Guam	1.702	158,843
86	Paraguay	1.695	5,825,838
87	Brunei	1.655	354,260
88	Panama	1.641	3,142,322
89	Algeria	1.628	32,450,849
90	Zimbabwe	1.624	12,277,837
91	Fiji	1.595	829,715
92	India	1.585	1,121,076,540
93	Morocco	1.577	29,903,483
94	Israel	1.561	6,595,713
95	Bahrain	1.549	848,126
96	Bhutan	1.536	698,736
97	El Salvador	1.514	5,887,619
98	United Arab Emirates	1.491	3,819,555
99	Kyrgyzstan	1.464	5,113,532
100	Turkey	1.452	69,583,061
101	Colombia	1.449	42,012,843
102	Indonesia	1.448	227,321,651
103	Botswana	1.422	1,781,586
104	Malaysia	1.42	25,696,144
105	Vietnam	1.414	83,800,250
106	Qatar	1.41	825,458
107.5	Turkmenistan	1.399	4,608,496
107.5	Suriname	1.399	488,168
109	Jamaica	1.386	2,852,841
110	Uzbekistan	1.385	26,268,252
111	Saint Martin	1.374	27,503
112	Costa Rica	1.325	4,146,697
113	French Polynesia	1.314	250,797
114	Kosovo	1.299	1,757,128
115	Lesotho	1.297	1,923,849
116	Burma	1.292	48,771,141
117	Maldives	1.28	326,599
118	Tuvalu	1.275	10,116
119	Cook Islands	1.274	14,050
120	Iran	1.273	69,600,627
121	New Caledonia	1.256	228,021
122	Brazil	1.243	185,755,950
123	Mongolia	1.182	2,574,146
124	Argentina	1.179	38,945,354
125.5	Lebanon	1.131	4,076,712
125.5	Grenada	1.131	103,965
127	Antigua and Barbuda	1.13	80,194
128	Wallis and Futuna	1.124	15,036
129	The Bahamas	1.109	300,866
130	Tunisia	1.086	9,938,757
131	Sri Lanka	1.019	19,933,590
132	South Africa	1.011	47,438,956
133	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.986	106,464
134	Azerbaijan	0.968	8,737,809
135	Seychelles	0.957	82,953
136	Saint Lucia	0.925	156,646
137	Chile	0.911	15,828,679
138	Anguilla	0.9	12,780
139	Mauritius	0.886	1,232,854
140	U.S. Virgin Islands	0.874	108,466
141	Singapore	0.848	4,673,533
142	Cayman Islands	0.84	43,094
143	Saint Barthelemy	0.834	7,556
144	British Virgin Islands	0.832	25,115
145	Albania	0.83	3,045,640
146	Iceland	0.826	292,078
147	Ireland	0.814	4,091,162
148	Dominica	0.804	72,154
149	Sint Maarten	0.793	32,771
150	Kazakhstan	0.755	15,988,620
151	New Zealand	0.74	4,008,166
152	Greenland	0.725	57,701
153	Thailand	0.721	63,442,956
154	Faroe Islands	0.687	48,289
155	Palau	0.655	20,156
156	Bermuda	0.654	65,427
157	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	0.632	7,438
158	Australia	0.616	19,777,611
159	North Korea	0.614	23,523,484
160	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.608	47,527
161	Trinidad and Tobago	0.598	1,283,298
162	Barbados	0.572	280,969
163	Uruguay	0.547	3,258,468
164	Gibraltar	0.546	28,383
165	Aruba	0.529	95,444
166	Armenia	0.527	3,086,693
167	China	0.523	1,299,116,861
168	Andorra	0.521	73,247
169	Liechtenstein	0.503	34,574
170	South Korea	0.481	47,849,421
171	Curaçao	0.467	134,610
172	France	0.46	62,673,046
173	Cyprus	0.449	987,192
174	San Marino	0.415	29,212
175	Cuba	0.41	11,260,208
176	Luxembourg	0.407	460,400
177	Macau	0.39	455,227
178	Taiwan	0.364	22,646,408
179	Netherlands	0.354	16,266,339
180	Montenegro	0.345	620,511
181	Canada	0.344	32,134,761
182	Norway	0.343	4,593,414
183	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0.271	6,268
184	North Macedonia	0.264	2,051,932
185	Jersey	0.253	88,171
186	Hong Kong	0.227	6,847,993
187.5	Malta	0.218	404,123
187.5	United Kingdom	0.218	60,126,952
189	Finland	0.194	5,220,193
190	Spain	0.192	43,000,157
191	Switzerland	0.174	7,417,343
192	Denmark	0.163	5,400,727
193	Belgium	0.154	10,413,347
194	Sweden	0.115	9,046,267
195	Japan	0.087	127,668,360
196	Isle of Man	0.082	78,744
197	Guernsey	0.081	62,857
198	Georgia	0.078	4,742,862
199	Portugal	0.069	10,557,290
200	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.066	3,876,894
201	Austria	0.057	8,263,235
202	Slovakia	0.035	5,405,585
203	Italy	0.03	58,716,001
204	Monaco	0.016	31,265
205	Greece	0.007	10,999,476
206	Poland	-0.019	38,574,205
207	Slovenia	-0.027	2,016,922
208	Czechia	-0.093	10,247,112
209	Moldova	-0.099	3,994,611
210	Germany	-0.137	82,487,209
211	Montserrat	-0.181	4,963
212	Romania	-0.198	21,573,639
213	Croatia	-0.212	4,441,435
214	Estonia	-0.275	1,340,354
215	Lithuania	-0.341	3,384,473
216	Serbia	-0.35	7,462,421
217	Hungary	-0.37	10,072,608
218	Latvia	-0.503	2,283,318
219	Russia	-0.51	144,966,251
220	Belarus	-0.519	9,855,646
221	Bulgaria	-0.522	7,665,632
222	Ukraine	-0.678	47,342,447

Data from US Census International Database