2009 Rate of Natural Increase

Country population rate of natural increase (RNI) and rank for world countries for the year 2009

Rank	Country	Rate of Natural Increase	Population
1	Niger	3.871	15,038,018
2	Uganda	3.69	30,165,171
3	Gaza Strip	3.59	1,459,404
4	Chad	3.571	11,562,812
5	Angola	3.545	21,804,107
6	Mali	3.483	14,067,464
7	Congo Kinshasa	3.439	70,299,929
8	Burundi	3.429	8,740,453
9	Malawi	3.362	14,545,019
10	Burkina Faso	3.266	15,185,326
11	Senegal	3.244	12,289,303
12	Zambia	3.22	13,232,943
13	Benin	3.195	8,883,843
14	The Gambia	3.142	1,696,855
15	Liberia	3.126	3,708,021
16	Sao Tome and Principe	3.113	172,030
17	Sudan	3.084	34,144,883
18	Togo	3.035	6,013,851
19	Tanzania	3.028	43,295,640
20	South Sudan	3.018	9,246,358
21	Congo Brazzaville	2.939	4,063,183
22	Timor-Leste	2.937	1,061,524
23	Rwanda	2.927	9,705,659
24	Equatorial Guinea	2.922	934,948
25	Mozambique	2.919	22,427,917
26	Kenya	2.917	40,533,869
27	Iraq	2.903	28,136,774
28	Guinea-Bissau	2.864	1,481,069
29	Somalia	2.84	9,629,182
30	Yemen	2.824	22,533,001
31	Cameroon	2.809	20,320,122
32	Madagascar	2.764	20,243,135
33	Nigeria	2.739	161,479,596
34	Ethiopia	2.728	79,839,434
35	Eritrea	2.704	5,246,747
36	Comoros	2.673	693,695
37	Papua New Guinea	2.619	6,881,681
38	Guinea	2.617	9,327,011
39	Marshall Islands	2.604	64,445
40	Syria	2.567	21,710,990
41	Sierra Leone	2.525	5,923,576
42	West Bank	2.522	2,355,695
43	Côte d'Ivoire	2.511	21,185,382
44	Pakistan	2.504	183,963,929
45	Ghana	2.502	23,973,904
46	Solomon Islands	2.499	542,972
47	Mauritania	2.485	3,127,764
48	Afghanistan	2.469	28,480,801
49	Vanuatu	2.448	239,589
50	Egypt	2.426	79,621,363
51	Jordan	2.408	6,655,519
52	Guatemala	2.363	13,906,592
53	Libya	2.335	6,207,609
54	Belize	2.333	318,897
55	Zimbabwe	2.254	12,606,008
56	Nauru	2.199	9,186
57	Gabon	2.166	1,568,722
58	Tonga	2.164	105,278
59	Central African Republic	2.163	4,595,423
60	Honduras	2.125	7,838,603
61	Namibia	2.093	2,152,895
62	Philippines	2.063	92,150,904
63	Cambodia	2.047	14,153,379
64	Bolivia	2.037	9,835,715
65	Tajikistan	2	7,348,050
66	Laos	1.993	6,273,115
67	Kuwait	1.99	2,489,044
68	Oman	1.984	2,905,436
69	Algeria	1.977	35,268,128
70	American Samoa	1.878	55,961
71	Federated States of Micronesia	1.855	107,360
72	Haiti	1.819	9,651,771
73	Samoa	1.807	190,897
74	Kyrgyzstan	1.805	5,358,174
75	Nepal	1.804	26,297,359
76	Djibouti	1.783	723,558
77	Peru	1.733	29,176,894
78	Saudi Arabia	1.715	27,035,739
79	Eswatini	1.686	1,017,087
80	Northern Mariana Islands	1.637	58,115
81	Fiji	1.634	868,302
82	Venezuela	1.633	28,242,367
83	Israel	1.622	7,218,923
84	Kiribati	1.614	98,387
85	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.577	40,971
86	Bangladesh	1.576	144,899,170
87.5	Mexico	1.573	112,510,831
87.5	Ecuador	1.573	14,569,419
89.5	Guam	1.566	162,659
89.5	Mongolia	1.566	2,741,412
91	Cabo Verde	1.559	501,003
92	Nicaragua	1.541	5,532,425
93	Panama	1.501	3,429,294
94	Brunei	1.482	387,970
95	Morocco	1.48	31,871,058
96	Dominican Republic	1.457	9,319,215
97	Indonesia	1.396	243,188,153
98	Botswana	1.386	1,944,488
99	Paraguay	1.379	6,287,293
100	India	1.372	1,204,850,597
101	El Salvador	1.37	5,954,121
102	Tuvalu	1.354	10,411
103	Turkmenistan	1.334	4,884,372
104	Saint Martin	1.322	29,804
105	Bhutan	1.302	749,718
106	Lesotho	1.289	1,976,556
107	Malaysia	1.285	28,494,229
108	Burma	1.283	51,017,774
109	Turkey	1.278	73,841,285
110	Vietnam	1.276	89,350,508
111	Kazakhstan	1.274	16,858,962
112	Iran	1.267	74,081,584
113	Bahrain	1.255	1,144,371
114	Tunisia	1.254	10,411,019
115	Costa Rica	1.24	4,454,801
116	Suriname	1.236	525,601
117	Uzbekistan	1.231	27,608,707
118	Colombia	1.224	43,547,516
119	French Polynesia	1.2	265,919
120	Guyana	1.179	787,167
121	Sri Lanka	1.177	20,879,197
122	Kosovo	1.17	1,804,666
123	New Caledonia	1.156	248,410
124	Jamaica	1.14	2,843,554
125	Maldives	1.086	396,357
126	Lebanon	1.077	4,472,455
127	Antigua and Barbuda	1.033	85,572
128	Ireland	1.03	4,579,972
129	Azerbaijan	1.018	9,206,777
130	Argentina	0.99	40,943,942
131	Sint Maarten	0.989	37,099
132	Qatar	0.985	1,568,790
133	Grenada	0.984	107,223
134	The Bahamas	0.955	316,135
135	Iceland	0.949	318,453
136	Brazil	0.931	196,071,090
137	Chile	0.925	16,602,032
138	Wallis and Futuna	0.909	15,284
139	Cook Islands	0.895	11,841
140	U.S. Virgin Islands	0.866	108,404
141	Seychelles	0.856	87,220
142	Anguilla	0.845	14,424
143	United Arab Emirates	0.833	8,032,709
144	South Africa	0.828	50,680,533
145	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.825	104,470
146	Saint Lucia	0.806	160,004
147	New Zealand	0.795	4,218,874
148	Singapore	0.777	5,123,009
149	Dominica	0.761	73,058
150	Cayman Islands	0.744	48,946
151	Australia	0.722	21,475,384
152	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.709	49,475
153	Greenland	0.63	57,579
154	Albania	0.629	2,983,560
155	Gibraltar	0.617	28,685
156	Macau	0.609	560,558
157	Trinidad and Tobago	0.59	1,314,871
158	British Virgin Islands	0.578	28,883
159	China	0.565	1,333,559,909
160	North Korea	0.563	24,237,567
161	Curaçao	0.552	141,995
162	Thailand	0.534	65,860,440
163	Armenia	0.53	3,074,270
164	Mauritius	0.51	1,275,684
165.5	Aruba	0.506	103,014
165.5	Barbados	0.506	288,242
167.5	Liechtenstein	0.493	35,856
167.5	Cyprus	0.493	1,084,776
169	Saint Barthelemy	0.484	7,447
170	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	0.47	7,648
171	Andorra	0.466	83,904
172	Georgia	0.454	4,855,888
173	Montenegro	0.447	621,968
174	France	0.44	64,573,487
175	Uruguay	0.438	3,294,329
176	Faroe Islands	0.436	48,852
177	Norway	0.421	4,830,659
178	Bermuda	0.418	67,922
179	Canada	0.415	33,802,573
180	South Korea	0.404	49,000,481
181	Luxembourg	0.396	500,087
182	Cuba	0.383	11,260,480
183	United Kingdom	0.382	62,049,797
184	Montserrat	0.373	5,098
185	Netherlands	0.308	16,490,411
186	Palau	0.293	20,767
187	Hong Kong	0.275	7,038,760
188	Jersey	0.264	92,515
189	Guernsey	0.259	64,459
190	Spain	0.237	46,290,324
191	Sweden	0.232	9,352,377
192	North Macedonia	0.223	2,074,492
193	Belgium	0.21	10,777,617
194	Switzerland	0.206	7,693,228
195	Taiwan	0.199	23,050,187
196	Finland	0.198	5,330,210
197	Malta	0.195	415,142
198	San Marino	0.161	31,115
199	Slovakia	0.153	5,420,245
200	Slovenia	0.15	2,075,268
201	Isle of Man	0.145	83,031
202	Denmark	0.144	5,521,707
203	Czechia	0.104	10,518,272
204	Greece	0.088	11,025,521
205	Poland	0.084	38,587,546
206	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	0.066	6,028
207	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.009	3,886,939
208.5	Austria	-0.012	8,428,464
208.5	Japan	-0.012	127,750,918
210	Estonia	-0.024	1,307,409
211	Italy	-0.038	60,461,584
212	Moldova	-0.042	3,770,697
213	Portugal	-0.046	10,645,172
214	Monaco	-0.052	30,649
215	Russia	-0.174	143,427,695
216	Croatia	-0.177	4,428,935
217	Germany	-0.231	81,854,784
218	Romania	-0.24	20,692,612
219	Belarus	-0.266	9,696,331
220	Lithuania	-0.313	3,158,758
221	Hungary	-0.316	10,006,433
222.5	Latvia	-0.363	2,161,153
222.5	Bulgaria	-0.363	7,427,947
224	Ukraine	-0.423	45,950,761
225	Serbia	-0.463	7,270,195

Data from US Census International Database