2005 Rate of Natural Increase

Country population rate of natural increase (RNI) and rank for world countries for the year 2005

Rank	Country	Rate of Natural Increase	Population
1	Niger	3.942	12,907,510
2	Gaza Strip	3.813	1,305,570
3	Uganda	3.799	27,031,475
4	Chad	3.632	9,958,507
5	Angola	3.472	18,789,200
6	Mali	3.431	12,459,990
7	Malawi	3.424	12,764,414
8	The Gambia	3.362	1,509,112
9	Sao Tome and Principe	3.334	157,493
10	Burundi	3.327	7,439,109
11	Burkina Faso	3.269	13,569,965
12	Senegal	3.18	10,871,798
13	Liberia	3.158	3,138,399
14	Zambia	3.133	11,721,238
15	Comoros	3.11	625,405
16	Congo Kinshasa	3.09	61,637,003
17	Yemen	3.074	20,000,009
18	Kenya	3.044	35,842,338
19	Benin	3.027	7,837,870
20	Togo	3.005	5,400,230
21	Equatorial Guinea	2.997	752,209
22	Tanzania	2.962	38,730,523
23	Eritrea	2.958	4,709,533
24	Rwanda	2.929	8,842,457
25.5	Somalia	2.904	8,795,276
25.5	Timor-Leste	2.904	984,204
27	Marshall Islands	2.86	59,062
28	Iraq	2.854	26,637,630
29	Guinea-Bissau	2.847	1,347,712
30	Madagascar	2.845	18,094,500
31	Nigeria	2.837	144,566,309
32	Cameroon	2.832	18,160,990
33	Côte d'Ivoire	2.751	18,982,839
34	Solomon Islands	2.73	493,138
35	Ethiopia	2.708	71,680,064
36	Congo Brazzaville	2.698	3,472,400
37	Vanuatu	2.681	217,750
38	West Bank	2.662	2,170,622
39	Guinea	2.637	8,477,819
40	Papua New Guinea	2.616	6,197,855
41	Mozambique	2.596	20,488,080
42	Mauritania	2.586	2,837,310
43	Pakistan	2.577	168,065,950
44	Syria	2.574	18,567,721
45	Jordan	2.567	5,390,895
46	Belize	2.55	288,111
47	American Samoa	2.515	57,297
48	Afghanistan	2.496	26,332,646
49	Guatemala	2.48	12,701,639
50	Honduras	2.443	7,194,127
51	Ghana	2.42	21,633,674
52	Tonga	2.41	103,264
53	Sierra Leone	2.406	5,271,649
54	Samoa	2.291	184,491
55	Philippines	2.224	85,346,265
56	Gabon	2.211	1,362,645
57	Bolivia	2.187	9,080,521
58	Central African Republic	2.115	4,331,911
59	Egypt	2.107	72,803,615
60	Kuwait	2.045	2,256,621
61	Nauru	2.04	10,000
62	Federated States of Micronesia	2.024	108,044
63	Laos	2.011	5,836,357
64	Haiti	2.01	9,060,501
65	Tajikistan	2.009	6,814,760
66	Djibouti	2.006	665,314
67	Nepal	1.987	25,254,661
68	Eswatini	1.979	1,023,139
69	Namibia	1.978	2,043,266
70	Cambodia	1.952	13,430,639
71	Kiribati	1.911	92,798
72	Oman	1.906	2,695,191
73	Northern Mariana Islands	1.866	67,737
74	Saudi Arabia	1.839	23,640,681
75	Nicaragua	1.813	5,259,795
76	Peru	1.803	27,927,745
77	Venezuela	1.771	26,349,605
78	Bangladesh	1.761	138,574,556
79	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.758	27,588
80	Ecuador	1.757	13,661,288
81	Cabo Verde	1.708	470,564
82	Zimbabwe	1.695	12,270,970
83	Algeria	1.687	32,917,567
84	Dominican Republic	1.667	8,849,245
85	Mexico	1.662	106,576,363
86	Fiji	1.658	836,445
87	Paraguay	1.627	5,922,921
88	Panama	1.621	3,200,816
89	Guyana	1.584	792,905
90	Morocco	1.563	30,283,203
91	Brunei	1.552	361,037
92	Guam	1.551	159,580
93	Indonesia	1.545	230,421,225
94	India	1.543	1,138,451,972
95	Israel	1.519	6,718,568
96	Bhutan	1.472	709,325
97	United Arab Emirates	1.458	3,935,820
98	Bahrain	1.433	915,968
99	Botswana	1.425	1,813,417
100	Turkey	1.421	70,460,823
101	El Salvador	1.418	5,899,475
102	Kyrgyzstan	1.411	5,164,243
103	Colombia	1.39	42,482,621
104	Kosovo	1.386	1,767,272
105	Turkmenistan	1.38	4,664,154
106	Saint Martin	1.373	27,893
107	Uzbekistan	1.36	26,540,528
108	Malaysia	1.354	26,261,658
109	Jamaica	1.337	2,853,053
110	Vietnam	1.328	84,920,497
111.5	New Caledonia	1.294	232,395
111.5	Burma	1.294	49,279,344
113	Iran	1.291	70,459,613
114	Costa Rica	1.284	4,208,692
115	Sri Lanka	1.28	20,102,989
116	Suriname	1.276	493,898
117	French Polynesia	1.27	253,764
118	Tuvalu	1.268	10,171
119	Maldives	1.205	336,255
120	Qatar	1.203	972,560
121	Mongolia	1.196	2,602,416
122	Cook Islands	1.187	13,563
123	Brazil	1.182	188,016,152
124	Lesotho	1.147	1,928,142
125	Lebanon	1.112	4,138,032
126	Tunisia	1.108	10,029,805
127	Argentina	1.104	39,367,281
128	Antigua and Barbuda	1.049	81,277
129	Wallis and Futuna	1.046	15,097
130	Azerbaijan	1.042	8,825,439
131	The Bahamas	0.994	304,045
132	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.972	106,037
133	South Africa	0.963	48,104,426
134	Grenada	0.928	104,588
135	Sint Maarten	0.924	33,674
136	Saint Lucia	0.923	157,313
137.5	Seychelles	0.906	83,822
137.5	Chile	0.906	15,979,151
139	Anguilla	0.884	13,111
140	U.S. Virgin Islands	0.869	108,453
141	Singapore	0.839	4,775,791
142	Mauritius	0.828	1,243,231
143	Iceland	0.824	296,699
144	Cayman Islands	0.82	44,264
145	Ireland	0.789	4,199,185
146	Dominica	0.787	72,398
147	Saint Barthelemy	0.765	7,580
148	New Zealand	0.758	4,048,224
149	Albania	0.734	3,024,532
150	Kazakhstan	0.73	16,120,507
151	Greenland	0.728	57,779
152	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.7	47,902
153	Thailand	0.683	63,982,612
154	British Virgin Islands	0.662	25,846
155	Australia	0.644	20,014,831
156	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	0.615	7,484
157.5	Bermuda	0.606	66,002
157.5	Curaçao	0.606	136,036
159	Faroe Islands	0.603	48,306
160	North Korea	0.597	23,669,409
161	Palau	0.576	20,314
162	Trinidad and Tobago	0.563	1,288,767
163	Barbados	0.561	282,477
164	China	0.533	1,305,718,256
165	Andorra	0.53	76,122
166	Aruba	0.524	96,951
167	Gibraltar	0.521	28,417
168	Armenia	0.501	3,084,082
169	Liechtenstein	0.476	34,880
170	Uruguay	0.448	3,264,914
171	France	0.439	63,054,116
172	Macau	0.433	474,027
173	South Korea	0.399	47,988,429
174	Cyprus	0.398	1,010,742
175	Luxembourg	0.374	467,463
176	Canada	0.346	32,390,571
177	Norway	0.336	4,624,876
178	Cuba	0.318	11,267,721
179	Netherlands	0.317	16,299,098
180	Taiwan	0.264	22,727,093
181	Hong Kong	0.247	6,904,226
182	Jersey	0.245	88,491
183	Montenegro	0.244	620,641
184	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0.241	6,224
185	United Kingdom	0.231	60,487,346
186	San Marino	0.219	29,605
187	North Macedonia	0.198	2,057,226
188	Finland	0.187	5,238,011
189	Guernsey	0.186	63,131
190	Georgia	0.183	4,790,009
191	Spain	0.181	43,704,367
192	Malta	0.179	406,510
193	Denmark	0.172	5,415,505
194.5	Isle of Man	0.158	79,590
194.5	Switzerland	0.158	7,448,225
196	Belgium	0.157	10,469,151
197	Sweden	0.106	9,082,560
198	Montserrat	0.089	4,530
199	Japan	0.04	127,705,189
200	Austria	0.036	8,314,652
201	Greece	0.023	10,990,646
202.5	Slovakia	0.018	5,407,674
202.5	Portugal	0.018	10,576,759
204	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.005	3,893,098
205	Poland	-0.01	38,556,604
206	Monaco	-0.013	31,098
207	Italy	-0.025	59,037,807
208	Slovenia	-0.033	2,020,477
209	Czechia	-0.055	10,266,924
210	Germany	-0.175	82,439,417
211	Romania	-0.191	21,405,705
212	Moldova	-0.206	3,948,260
213	Croatia	-0.209	4,441,957
214	Estonia	-0.222	1,331,702
215	Hungary	-0.381	10,057,624
216	Lithuania	-0.43	3,326,633
217	Serbia	-0.466	7,424,559
218	Latvia	-0.483	2,258,990
219	Belarus	-0.524	9,806,451
220	Bulgaria	-0.554	7,611,111
221	Russia	-0.587	144,285,722
222	Ukraine	-0.757	47,002,642

Data from US Census International Database