2016 Rate of Natural Increase

Country population rate of natural increase (RNI) and rank for world countries for the year 2016

Rank	Country	Rate of Natural Increase	Population
1	Uganda	3.814	37,534,321
2	Niger	3.736	19,637,375
3	Angola	3.532	28,290,322
4	Mali	3.442	17,352,082
5	Benin	3.414	11,219,731
6	Congo Kinshasa	3.323	89,429,985
7	Chad	3.319	14,820,349
8	Liberia	3.065	4,575,321
9	Tanzania	3.059	53,601,096
10	Zambia	3.031	16,408,846
11	Burundi	3.016	10,720,731
12	Senegal	3.014	15,197,269
13	Burkina Faso	2.946	18,661,548
14	Gaza Strip	2.904	1,752,968
15	Togo	2.878	7,280,496
16	Guinea-Bissau	2.849	1,745,159
17	Mozambique	2.822	27,087,330
18	Cameroon	2.777	24,874,070
19	Timor-Leste	2.767	1,260,738
20	Sudan	2.764	40,560,911
21	Malawi	2.745	17,881,060
22	Guinea	2.732	11,224,749
23.5	Ethiopia	2.695	97,266,995
23.5	Somalia	2.695	10,861,134
25	The Gambia	2.682	2,079,245
26	Sao Tome and Principe	2.611	197,293
27	Papua New Guinea	2.595	8,270,958
28	Nigeria	2.574	193,466,758
29	Sierra Leone	2.564	7,369,799
30	Egypt	2.558	95,228,450
31	Congo Brazzaville	2.537	4,852,262
32	Madagascar	2.536	24,388,331
33	Rwanda	2.507	11,603,005
34	Afghanistan	2.449	33,310,667
35	Ghana	2.419	28,769,102
36	Equatorial Guinea	2.415	1,321,456
37	Zimbabwe	2.394	13,600,605
38	Kenya	2.373	48,932,882
39	Iraq	2.331	35,580,015
40	West Bank	2.311	2,696,624
41	Yemen	2.288	27,347,406
42	Eritrea	2.284	5,876,981
43	Pakistan	2.28	214,750,792
44	Mauritania	2.268	3,672,022
45	Côte d'Ivoire	2.216	25,048,232
46	Central African Republic	2.145	4,970,639
47	Solomon Islands	2.12	629,689
48	Oman	2.086	3,347,125
49	Guatemala	2.076	16,007,802
50	Marshall Islands	2.069	73,203
51	Vanuatu	2.041	277,264
52	Jordan	2.033	10,040,615
53	Libya	2.023	6,351,165
54	Gabon	2.017	1,999,879
55	Namibia	1.977	2,436,330
56	Comoros	1.962	799,921
57	Belize	1.94	371,202
58	South Sudan	1.868	10,977,098
59	Algeria	1.856	40,249,348
60	Nauru	1.844	9,542
61	Laos	1.813	7,089,918
62	Cambodia	1.802	15,416,146
63	Syria	1.782	17,807,789
64	Tonga	1.765	106,472
65	Tajikistan	1.759	8,322,721
66	Kuwait	1.744	2,833,699
67	Philippines	1.709	103,351,132
68	Bolivia	1.667	11,118,038
69	Federated States of Micronesia	1.603	104,597
70	Honduras	1.602	8,768,940
71	Kyrgyzstan	1.6	5,726,765
72	Djibouti	1.587	845,173
73	Haiti	1.554	10,482,997
74	Eswatini	1.545	1,068,502
75	Samoa	1.523	198,891
76	Tuvalu	1.513	10,969
77	American Samoa	1.438	51,397
78	Panama	1.434	3,850,896
79	Nepal	1.422	28,983,737
80	Kiribati	1.407	107,010
81	Guam	1.399	166,897
82	Cabo Verde	1.394	552,644
83	Peru	1.39	30,166,474
84	Bangladesh	1.359	156,085,586
85.5	Brunei	1.358	436,222
85.5	Saudi Arabia	1.358	32,003,091
87	Mongolia	1.329	3,030,679
88	El Salvador	1.325	6,248,359
89	Israel	1.317	8,155,139
90	Iran	1.316	81,004,837
91	Venezuela	1.314	30,757,956
92	Ecuador	1.311	16,071,878
93	Turkmenistan	1.305	5,287,253
94	Fiji	1.291	914,582
95	Morocco	1.287	34,591,211
96	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.286	51,555
97	Dominican Republic	1.28	10,092,031
98	Nicaragua	1.266	5,953,315
99	Botswana	1.261	2,180,441
100	Tunisia	1.257	11,284,841
101	Vietnam	1.209	97,355,565
102	Lesotho	1.192	2,097,505
103	Paraguay	1.18	6,859,115
104	Maldives	1.177	392,506
105	Mexico	1.165	123,576,658
106	Uzbekistan	1.164	29,479,741
107	India	1.145	1,312,486,077
108	Bhutan	1.111	815,165
109	Costa Rica	1.11	4,870,671
110.5	Saint Martin	1.096	31,937
110.5	Burma	1.096	54,616,787
112	Malaysia	1.093	31,647,285
113	South Africa	1.08	54,283,569
114	Colombia	1.078	45,425,599
115	Suriname	1.076	587,114
116	Bahrain	1.072	1,378,755
117	Indonesia	1.071	263,204,105
118	Kazakhstan	1.048	18,353,692
119	Northern Mariana Islands	1.037	52,653
120	Turkey	1.016	80,232,150
121	Antigua and Barbuda	1.007	93,387
122.5	Kosovo	0.98	1,882,352
122.5	French Polynesia	0.98	285,143
124	Guyana	0.967	784,880
125	United Arab Emirates	0.963	9,432,801
126	New Caledonia	0.958	275,393
127	Lebanon	0.947	6,232,203
128	Argentina	0.942	43,886,223
129	Sri Lanka	0.939	22,234,863
130	Azerbaijan	0.917	9,873,095
131	The Bahamas	0.906	337,461
132	Jamaica	0.903	2,814,150
133	Qatar	0.838	2,259,867
134	Sint Maarten	0.834	41,604
135	Wallis and Futuna	0.807	15,625
136	Anguilla	0.802	16,723
137	Ireland	0.787	4,950,973
138	Brazil	0.773	208,323,342
139	Grenada	0.761	111,300
140	Chile	0.758	17,648,507
141	Iceland	0.748	335,881
142	Seychelles	0.714	92,847
143	Dominica	0.71	74,103
144	Singapore	0.668	5,576,352
145	Cayman Islands	0.664	57,214
146	Albania	0.641	3,045,854
147	Australia	0.636	23,980,152
148	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.624	52,301
149	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.622	102,235
150	Macau	0.613	603,350
151	New Zealand	0.612	4,614,016
152	British Virgin Islands	0.604	34,138
153	China	0.601	1,382,148,409
154	Saint Lucia	0.598	164,047
155.5	Cook Islands	0.568	9,520
155.5	Greenland	0.568	57,738
157	Gibraltar	0.561	29,206
158	U.S. Virgin Islands	0.553	107,516
159	Curaçao	0.552	149,042
160	North Korea	0.537	25,165,316
161	Trinidad and Tobago	0.534	1,359,247
162	Faroe Islands	0.531	50,447
163	Cyprus	0.472	1,205,878
164	Montserrat	0.438	5,260
165	Aruba	0.435	113,633
166	Luxembourg	0.429	582,432
167	Jersey	0.42	97,836
168	Norway	0.405	5,264,276
169	Barbados	0.401	297,009
170	Armenia	0.388	3,051,140
171	United States	0.37	322,941,311
172	Thailand	0.364	68,346,863
173	Uruguay	0.36	3,353,404
174	Liechtenstein	0.313	37,938
175	Canada	0.312	36,404,804
176	France	0.301	66,857,439
177	Mauritius	0.298	1,298,178
178	Bermuda	0.29	70,601
179	Palau	0.288	21,228
180	United Kingdom	0.286	65,344,284
181	Sweden	0.265	9,961,459
182	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	0.255	7,841
183	Malta	0.246	439,578
184	Cuba	0.225	11,179,836
185	Switzerland	0.219	8,175,208
186	South Korea	0.212	50,917,040
187	Netherlands	0.203	17,012,019
188	Saint Barthelemy	0.181	7,215
189	Hong Kong	0.18	7,166,455
190	Montenegro	0.179	618,126
191	Georgia	0.166	4,928,106
192	Denmark	0.154	5,733,361
193	Taiwan	0.151	23,480,200
194	Belgium	0.148	11,401,905
195	North Macedonia	0.121	2,110,184
196	Guernsey	0.106	66,411
197	Isle of Man	0.086	88,060
198	Finland	0.083	5,499,022
199	Andorra	0.069	85,771
200	San Marino	0.015	33,279
201	Slovenia	0.006	2,100,372
202	Puerto Rico	0.002	3,411,561
203	Spain	-0.001	46,159,139
204	Slovakia	-0.004	5,445,305
205	Austria	-0.011	8,710,175
206	Poland	-0.072	38,518,526
207	Moldova	-0.089	3,505,515
208	Czechia	-0.099	10,658,627
209	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.114	3,859,923
210	Germany	-0.138	83,823,029
211	Portugal	-0.225	10,400,888
212	Estonia	-0.228	1,258,272
213	Italy	-0.23	61,499,222
214	Russia	-0.234	143,260,870
215	Monaco	-0.245	30,632
216	Japan	-0.249	126,461,255
217	Romania	-0.25	19,722,552
218.5	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	-0.267	5,632
218.5	Greece	-0.267	10,703,982
220	Belarus	-0.294	9,563,641
221	Croatia	-0.304	4,313,911
222	Hungary	-0.378	9,860,398
223	Ukraine	-0.397	44,207,714
224	Lithuania	-0.442	2,855,139
225	Latvia	-0.455	1,965,848
226	Serbia	-0.514	7,015,855
227	Bulgaria	-0.572	7,144,269

Data from US Census International Database