2006 Rate of Natural Increase

Country population rate of natural increase (RNI) and rank for world countries for the year 2006

Rank	Country	Rate of Natural Increase	Population
1	Niger	3.956	13,410,761
2	Gaza Strip	3.834	1,341,475
3	Uganda	3.832	27,818,685
4	Chad	3.63	10,345,994
5	Angola	3.497	19,490,354
6.5	Mali	3.438	12,834,556
6.5	Malawi	3.438	13,183,557
8	Burundi	3.357	7,708,418
9	The Gambia	3.306	1,552,615
10.5	Burkina Faso	3.279	13,947,108
10.5	Sao Tome and Principe	3.279	161,085
12	Zambia	3.242	12,073,975
13	Senegal	3.202	11,206,875
14	Congo Kinshasa	3.186	63,647,861
15	Liberia	3.178	3,310,671
16	Benin	3.072	8,088,414
17	Kenya	3.061	36,969,809
18	Togo	3.022	5,532,242
19	Yemen	3.017	20,610,699
20	Comoros	2.998	642,791
21	Equatorial Guinea	2.991	794,798
22	Tanzania	2.982	39,840,807
23	Rwanda	2.945	9,035,459
24	Timor-Leste	2.918	999,588
25.5	Eritrea	2.888	4,846,152
25.5	Somalia	2.888	9,015,938
27	Guinea-Bissau	2.874	1,379,367
28	Cameroon	2.845	18,655,414
29	Madagascar	2.825	18,614,838
30	Marshall Islands	2.818	60,409
31	Nigeria	2.815	148,689,670
32	Congo Brazzaville	2.798	3,628,169
33	Iraq	2.79	26,813,519
34	Côte d'Ivoire	2.787	19,500,737
35	Ethiopia	2.718	73,608,652
36	Solomon Islands	2.676	505,546
37	Guinea	2.63	8,649,520
38	Vanuatu	2.624	223,196
39	West Bank	2.622	2,216,308
40	Mozambique	2.62	20,934,250
41	Papua New Guinea	2.615	6,362,103
42	Mauritania	2.563	2,908,262
43	Pakistan	2.559	171,905,824
44	Syria	2.554	19,402,732
45	Jordan	2.508	5,868,448
46	Belize	2.5	295,760
47	Afghanistan	2.488	27,152,418
48	Guatemala	2.453	13,007,251
49	Ghana	2.446	22,201,009
50	Sierra Leone	2.44	5,416,024
51	Tonga	2.381	103,845
52	Honduras	2.365	7,359,013
53	Samoa	2.263	186,252
54	Egypt	2.206	74,359,424
55	Gabon	2.197	1,407,901
56	Philippines	2.19	87,078,202
57	Bolivia	2.162	9,268,469
58	Nauru	2.126	9,549
59	Central African Republic	2.094	4,395,420
60	American Samoa	2.057	57,131
61	Northern Mariana Islands	2.053	66,233
62	Kuwait	2.051	2,316,845
63	Libya	2.044	5,777,140
64	Tajikistan	2.019	6,943,913
65	Namibia	2.018	2,068,876
66	Laos	2.012	5,931,832
67	Cambodia	1.997	13,617,707
68	Federated States of Micronesia	1.988	107,940
69	Haiti	1.972	9,216,487
70	Djibouti	1.955	678,088
71	Nepal	1.918	25,484,399
72	Eswatini	1.91	1,021,334
73	Oman	1.892	2,745,973
74	Zimbabwe	1.867	12,336,240
75	Kiribati	1.831	94,267
76	Peru	1.787	28,321,089
77	Algeria	1.782	33,420,968
78	Nicaragua	1.746	5,330,730
79	Venezuela	1.741	26,772,897
80	Saudi Arabia	1.727	24,290,219
81	Bangladesh	1.717	140,316,899
82	Ecuador	1.709	13,915,489
83	Fiji	1.708	843,827
84	Cabo Verde	1.679	478,254
85	Guam	1.663	160,298
86	Panama	1.658	3,260,504
87	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.632	30,579
88	Mexico	1.624	107,916,378
89	Dominican Republic	1.612	8,968,957
90	Kyrgyzstan	1.576	5,212,761
91	Paraguay	1.56	6,017,567
92	Israel	1.546	6,841,549
93	Morocco	1.542	30,681,046
94	Brunei	1.538	367,712
95	Indonesia	1.51	233,666,879
96	India	1.501	1,155,507,369
97	Suriname	1.434	500,908
98	Bhutan	1.431	719,693
99	Botswana	1.424	1,845,723
100	El Salvador	1.405	5,905,773
101	Turkey	1.388	71,328,326
102	Guyana	1.374	787,694
103	Saint Martin	1.37	28,399
104	Turkmenistan	1.359	4,719,453
105	United Arab Emirates	1.349	4,458,540
106	Colombia	1.342	42,894,825
107	French Polynesia	1.339	256,803
108	Uzbekistan	1.334	26,811,716
109	Vietnam	1.317	86,014,941
110	New Caledonia	1.315	236,510
111	Mongolia	1.312	2,632,747
112	Malaysia	1.305	26,819,653
113	Iran	1.3	71,306,684
114	Burma	1.293	49,767,531
115	Jamaica	1.287	2,852,242
116	Bahrain	1.278	984,394
117	Sri Lanka	1.277	20,311,049
118	Tuvalu	1.271	10,227
119	Costa Rica	1.244	4,269,767
120	Lesotho	1.225	1,932,268
121	Maldives	1.212	348,136
122	Kosovo	1.206	1,776,648
123.5	Tunisia	1.108	10,120,017
123.5	Lebanon	1.108	4,221,787
125	Cook Islands	1.107	13,100
126	Brazil	1.106	190,173,706
127	Qatar	1.095	1,119,975
128	Azerbaijan	1.085	8,919,169
129	Grenada	1.074	105,198
130	Antigua and Barbuda	1.047	82,339
131	Argentina	1.017	39,761,782
132	The Bahamas	0.986	307,069
133	Sint Maarten	0.946	34,559
134	Wallis and Futuna	0.944	15,147
135	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.935	105,630
136	Saint Lucia	0.922	158,011
137	South Africa	0.913	48,737,105
138.5	Seychelles	0.903	84,675
138.5	Chile	0.903	16,130,387
140	Kazakhstan	0.888	16,279,403
141	Anguilla	0.878	13,442
142	Ireland	0.857	4,309,024
143	Singapore	0.853	4,872,210
144	Iceland	0.827	303,734
145	Cayman Islands	0.796	45,435
146	Dominica	0.777	72,569
147	New Zealand	0.756	4,089,964
148	U.S. Virgin Islands	0.744	108,369
149	Mauritius	0.712	1,252,892
150	Saint Barthelemy	0.699	7,573
151	Australia	0.685	20,277,945
152	Greenland	0.672	57,637
153	Thailand	0.647	64,501,340
154	Trinidad and Tobago	0.622	1,294,420
155	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.6	48,277
156	North Korea	0.59	23,813,559
157	Curaçao	0.587	137,552
158	Albania	0.575	3,005,777
159	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	0.571	7,529
160	Andorra	0.566	78,294
161	Barbados	0.55	283,962
162	British Virgin Islands	0.544	26,655
163	Aruba	0.52	98,461
164	Bermuda	0.506	66,530
165	China	0.505	1,312,247,029
166	Armenia	0.504	3,081,103
167	Palau	0.503	20,454
168	Uruguay	0.5	3,271,310
169	Macau	0.499	499,427
170	Faroe Islands	0.495	48,321
171	France	0.488	63,451,017
172	Cyprus	0.47	1,031,032
173	Gibraltar	0.436	28,468
174	South Korea	0.427	48,163,516
175	Liechtenstein	0.401	35,164
176	Norway	0.371	4,662,367
177	Luxembourg	0.368	474,942
178	Canada	0.355	32,674,080
179	Netherlands	0.305	16,320,438
180	United Kingdom	0.29	60,846,808
181	Taiwan	0.28	22,815,797
182	Cuba	0.271	11,266,431
183	San Marino	0.257	29,953
184	Montenegro	0.252	620,482
185	Spain	0.251	44,431,750
186	Hong Kong	0.248	6,955,186
187	Jersey	0.214	89,245
188	Finland	0.205	5,257,972
189	Belgium	0.199	10,535,514
190	North Macedonia	0.191	2,061,665
191	Georgia	0.179	4,830,793
192	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0.178	6,177
193.5	Denmark	0.175	5,433,195
193.5	Switzerland	0.175	7,478,652
195	Isle of Man	0.171	80,472
196	Guernsey	0.164	63,432
197	Sweden	0.162	9,133,722
198	Malta	0.138	407,973
199	Greece	0.06	10,985,750
200	Japan	0.056	127,740,790
201	Monaco	0.046	30,949
202.5	Montserrat	0.043	4,625
202.5	Austria	0.043	8,352,180
204	Slovenia	0.037	2,026,870
205	Portugal	0.032	10,595,717
206	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.021	3,894,411
207	Czechia	0.013	10,300,229
208	Slovakia	0.012	5,408,943
209	Italy	0.003	59,272,879
210	Poland	-0.014	38,542,453
211	Moldova	-0.166	3,901,079
212	Romania	-0.182	21,239,780
213	Estonia	-0.184	1,322,944
214	Croatia	-0.201	4,440,594
215	Germany	-0.217	82,346,364
216	Hungary	-0.316	10,046,269
217	Belarus	-0.427	9,763,711
218	Serbia	-0.432	7,384,820
219	Latvia	-0.457	2,238,543
220	Lithuania	-0.465	3,271,018
221	Russia	-0.478	143,701,958
222	Bulgaria	-0.52	7,558,418
223	Ukraine	-0.638	46,685,257

Data from US Census International Database