2008 Rate of Natural Increase

Country population rate of natural increase (RNI) and rank for world countries for the year 2008

Rank	Country	Rate of Natural Increase	Population
1	Niger	3.914	14,479,804
2	Uganda	3.736	29,377,162
3	Gaza Strip	3.635	1,416,554
4	Chad	3.592	11,135,832
5	Angola	3.532	20,996,143
6	Mali	3.466	13,636,273
7	Malawi	3.462	14,077,435
8	Burundi	3.406	8,317,555
9	Congo Kinshasa	3.357	67,979,602
10	Burkina Faso	3.284	14,753,815
11	Senegal	3.234	11,918,503
12	Zambia	3.232	12,840,268
13	The Gambia	3.196	1,646,454
14	Sao Tome and Principe	3.17	168,358
15	Benin	3.157	8,602,404
16	Sudan	3.154	33,173,036
17	Liberia	3.14	3,602,820
18	South Sudan	3.06	8,789,748
19	Togo	3.035	5,850,173
20	Tanzania	3.014	42,163,060
21	Kenya	2.98	39,310,323
22	Equatorial Guinea	2.953	886,190
23	Rwanda	2.947	9,501,783
24	Congo Brazzaville	2.935	3,910,050
25	Timor-Leste	2.934	1,038,161
26	Guinea-Bissau	2.913	1,446,280
27	Yemen	2.893	21,877,507
28	Iraq	2.875	27,077,388
29	Somalia	2.85	9,467,536
30	Cameroon	2.822	19,746,892
31	Mozambique	2.786	21,889,544
32	Madagascar	2.785	19,689,114
33	Comoros	2.783	676,977
34	Nigeria	2.765	157,143,322
35	Eritrea	2.757	5,108,008
36	Ethiopia	2.73	77,695,164
37	Marshall Islands	2.68	63,110
38	Côte d'Ivoire	2.661	20,628,649
39	Guinea	2.621	9,090,759
40	Papua New Guinea	2.617	6,703,837
41	Solomon Islands	2.559	530,486
42	West Bank	2.552	2,308,799
43	Syria	2.549	21,387,154
44	Pakistan	2.524	180,012,960
45	Mauritania	2.512	3,053,544
46	Vanuatu	2.506	234,122
47	Sierra Leone	2.501	5,734,162
48	Ghana	2.488	23,368,584
49	Afghanistan	2.465	27,703,539
50	Jordan	2.434	6,512,446
51	Guatemala	2.394	13,605,801
52	Belize	2.391	311,144
53	Egypt	2.363	77,777,097
54	Libya	2.251	6,053,544
55	Tonga	2.237	104,866
56	Nauru	2.21	9,139
57	Honduras	2.206	7,682,066
58	Gabon	2.175	1,512,483
59	Zimbabwe	2.146	12,508,721
60	Central African Republic	2.143	4,518,406
61	Philippines	2.119	90,542,145
62	Bolivia	2.081	9,646,692
63	Namibia	2.074	2,123,796
64	Cambodia	2.069	13,969,008
65	Tajikistan	2.018	7,211,215
66	Kuwait	2.017	2,433,178
67	Laos	2.004	6,154,409
68	Samoa	2.001	189,503
69	American Samoa	1.948	56,361
70	Oman	1.938	2,850,375
71	Algeria	1.93	34,619,419
72	Northern Mariana Islands	1.919	60,971
73	Federated States of Micronesia	1.905	107,601
74	Haiti	1.876	9,507,769
75	Nepal	1.848	25,998,040
76	Djibouti	1.844	708,122
77	Eswatini	1.77	1,016,929
78	Peru	1.733	29,004,085
79	Saudi Arabia	1.725	26,115,002
80	Fiji	1.714	860,394
81	Kyrgyzstan	1.692	5,298,684
82	Kiribati	1.684	97,060
83	Venezuela	1.669	27,819,427
84	Guam	1.633	161,917
85	Bangladesh	1.625	143,350,005
86	Ecuador	1.618	14,351,557
87	Nicaragua	1.612	5,467,241
88	Israel	1.6	7,090,562
89	Cabo Verde	1.598	493,496
90	Mexico	1.586	110,876,639
91	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.563	37,605
92	Panama	1.547	3,374,475
93	Dominican Republic	1.509	9,204,020
94	Brunei	1.503	381,187
95	Morocco	1.498	31,474,893
96	Mongolia	1.483	2,702,400
97	Paraguay	1.44	6,199,809
98	Indonesia	1.435	240,064,968
99	India	1.415	1,188,680,299
100	Botswana	1.403	1,911,356
101	El Salvador	1.381	5,933,968
102	Saint Martin	1.345	29,359
103	Turkmenistan	1.342	4,829,017
104	Bhutan	1.338	739,889
105	Tuvalu	1.334	10,346
106	Suriname	1.328	517,198
107	Vietnam	1.323	88,230,616
108	French Polynesia	1.312	262,881
109	Turkey	1.307	73,020,415
110	Malaysia	1.298	27,924,658
111	Iran	1.287	73,119,798
112	Bahrain	1.282	1,107,295
113	Lesotho	1.281	1,959,558
114	Uzbekistan	1.271	27,347,297
115	Costa Rica	1.251	4,393,180
116	Colombia	1.248	43,168,865
117	Guyana	1.238	786,981
118	Kazakhstan	1.225	16,645,324
119	Sri Lanka	1.199	20,697,509
120	Kosovo	1.197	1,794,860
121	Jamaica	1.189	2,847,477
122	New Caledonia	1.178	244,446
123	Tunisia	1.154	10,307,653
124	Maldives	1.117	385,955
125	Argentina	1.097	40,531,409
126	Lebanon	1.095	4,421,994
127	Qatar	1.058	1,418,131
128	Azerbaijan	1.05	9,111,089
129	United Arab Emirates	1.042	7,159,278
130.5	Antigua and Barbuda	1.038	84,487
130.5	Ireland	1.038	4,517,706
132	Sint Maarten	1.032	36,233
133	Grenada	1.017	106,564
134	Brazil	0.989	194,195,572
135	Burma	0.982	50,617,389
136	Cook Islands	0.972	12,241
137	The Bahamas	0.964	313,115
138	Chile	0.952	16,441,035
139	Wallis and Futuna	0.932	15,237
140	U.S. Virgin Islands	0.914	108,397
141	Iceland	0.897	317,363
142	Seychelles	0.873	86,378
143	South Africa	0.863	50,024,703
144	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.862	104,847
145	Anguilla	0.851	14,098
146.5	New Zealand	0.842	4,171,974
146.5	Saint Lucia	0.842	159,365
148	Singapore	0.834	5,046,845
149	Dominica	0.764	72,897
150	Cayman Islands	0.757	47,775
151	Trinidad and Tobago	0.744	1,308,122
152	Australia	0.726	21,040,262
153	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.717	49,061
154	Greenland	0.641	57,552
155	Albania	0.625	2,984,372
156	Gibraltar	0.623	28,603
157	Mauritius	0.588	1,268,899
158	Macau	0.581	546,033
159	North Korea	0.58	24,098,471
160	China	0.576	1,326,206,773
161	British Virgin Islands	0.575	28,161
162	Thailand	0.57	65,430,431
163	Curaçao	0.564	140,507
164	Saint Barthelemy	0.548	7,491
165	Armenia	0.528	3,076,467
166	Barbados	0.521	286,851
167.5	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	0.512	7,611
167.5	Aruba	0.512	101,494
169	Andorra	0.51	82,631
170	Cyprus	0.487	1,066,830
171	Uruguay	0.459	3,286,621
172	Faroe Islands	0.456	48,664
173	France	0.455	64,213,993
174	South Korea	0.451	48,753,802
175	Bermuda	0.444	67,478
176	Canada	0.417	33,393,043
177	Montenegro	0.411	621,000
178	Luxembourg	0.408	490,953
179	Liechtenstein	0.407	35,600
180	Norway	0.394	4,770,097
181	Georgia	0.376	4,823,790
182	United Kingdom	0.36	61,657,030
183	Palau	0.358	20,679
184	Cuba	0.321	11,258,336
185	Netherlands	0.303	16,410,056
186	Spain	0.291	45,910,365
187	Guernsey	0.29	64,095
188	Hong Kong	0.285	7,036,409
189	Montserrat	0.276	5,082
190	Jersey	0.251	91,628
191	Taiwan	0.216	22,972,361
192	Belgium	0.212	10,692,800
193	Switzerland	0.203	7,610,996
194	Finland	0.197	5,304,716
195	Sweden	0.193	9,273,133
196	San Marino	0.192	30,746
197	North Macedonia	0.191	2,069,952
198	Denmark	0.19	5,491,488
199	Malta	0.187	412,044
200	Slovenia	0.171	2,056,915
201	Isle of Man	0.165	82,201
202	Czechia	0.14	10,455,430
203	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0.115	6,079
204	Greece	0.094	10,996,346
205	Poland	0.091	38,556,061
206	Slovakia	0.077	5,415,208
207	Austria	0.032	8,406,796
208	Japan	0.025	127,826,531
209	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.004	3,888,950
210	Portugal	0.002	10,635,102
211	Italy	-0.014	60,091,305
212	Monaco	-0.029	30,730
213	Estonia	-0.049	1,311,467
214	Moldova	-0.09	3,811,762
215	Romania	-0.15	20,888,685
216	Croatia	-0.189	4,434,262
217	Germany	-0.23	82,065,369
218	Russia	-0.252	143,359,355
219	Belarus	-0.267	9,712,051
220	Latvia	-0.301	2,197,506
221	Hungary	-0.309	10,020,480
222	Lithuania	-0.384	3,195,990
223	Bulgaria	-0.437	7,465,356
224	Serbia	-0.461	7,307,359
225	Ukraine	-0.529	46,155,640

Data from US Census International Database