2017 Rate of Natural Increase

Country population rate of natural increase (RNI) and rank for world countries for the year 2017

Rank	Country	Rate of Natural Increase	Population
1	Uganda	3.832	39,184,992
2	Niger	3.73	20,388,375
3	Angola	3.501	29,310,737
4	Mali	3.404	17,885,069
5	Benin	3.401	11,612,447
6	Congo Kinshasa	3.313	92,453,955
7	Chad	3.28	15,326,202
8	Liberia	3.063	4,688,786
9	Tanzania	3.016	55,303,380
10	Zambia	3.006	16,920,529
11	Burundi	3.003	10,951,667
12	Senegal	2.964	15,652,205
13	Burkina Faso	2.89	19,198,909
14	Guinea-Bissau	2.864	1,788,559
15	Togo	2.847	7,471,768
16	Mozambique	2.831	27,809,390
17	Gaza Strip	2.822	1,794,660
18	Cameroon	2.791	25,555,473
19	Sudan	2.749	41,818,056
20	Guinea	2.741	11,534,259
21	Timor-Leste	2.737	1,290,927
22	Somalia	2.683	11,079,525
23	Malawi	2.672	18,365,567
24	Ethiopia	2.663	99,963,283
25	The Gambia	2.618	2,134,985
26	Nigeria	2.565	198,312,085
27	Papua New Guinea	2.555	8,486,694
28	Sierra Leone	2.542	7,591,774
29	Sao Tome and Principe	2.539	200,744
30	Madagascar	2.494	25,009,416
31	Congo Brazzaville	2.492	4,954,490
32	Afghanistan	2.433	34,097,944
33	Rwanda	2.43	11,899,254
34	Zimbabwe	2.399	13,805,081
35	Ghana	2.397	29,479,431
36	Egypt	2.377	97,583,808
37	Equatorial Guinea	2.353	1,381,721
38	Kenya	2.328	50,035,005
39	Iraq	2.282	36,345,459
40	West Bank	2.279	2,746,820
41	Pakistan	2.243	219,176,700
42	Eritrea	2.242	5,926,231
43	Mauritania	2.235	3,752,599
44	Yemen	2.219	27,984,859
45	Côte d'Ivoire	2.191	25,652,685
46	Central African Republic	2.148	5,041,175
47	Solomon Islands	2.076	641,944
48	Oman	2.065	3,415,807
49	Jordan	2.046	10,247,507
50	Libya	2.023	6,483,076
51	Gabon	2.017	2,060,138
52	Marshall Islands	2.015	74,361
53	Guatemala	2.014	16,289,862
54	Vanuatu	1.99	282,505
55	Namibia	1.945	2,484,586
56	Belize	1.898	378,270
57	Comoros	1.89	813,477
58	Syria	1.824	17,463,180
59	Algeria	1.786	40,952,312
60	South Sudan	1.784	10,507,302
61	Nauru	1.783	9,590
62	Laos	1.753	7,205,428
63	Cambodia	1.752	15,660,221
64	Tonga	1.721	106,428
65	Tajikistan	1.714	8,458,972
66	Kuwait	1.705	2,876,506
67	Philippines	1.66	104,862,154
68	Bolivia	1.602	11,289,476
69	Djibouti	1.58	863,611
70	Federated States of Micronesia	1.576	104,072
71	Kyrgyzstan	1.56	5,788,175
72	Honduras	1.549	8,876,162
73	Haiti	1.529	10,643,145
74	Eswatini	1.519	1,077,731
75	Tuvalu	1.51	11,061
76	Samoa	1.501	200,056
77	Panama	1.415	3,932,333
78	Kiribati	1.399	108,212
79	Nepal	1.38	29,313,646
80	Cabo Verde	1.379	560,017
81	American Samoa	1.374	50,468
82	Guam	1.369	167,357
83	Peru	1.346	30,282,393
84	Brunei	1.34	443,198
85	Bangladesh	1.338	157,720,078
86	El Salvador	1.319	6,303,924
87	Saudi Arabia	1.306	32,567,388
88	Israel	1.301	8,280,728
89	Turkmenistan	1.29	5,346,603
90	Ecuador	1.28	16,281,498
91	Iran	1.27	82,046,494
92	Dominican Republic	1.267	10,195,531
93	Mongolia	1.264	3,067,699
94	Morocco	1.254	34,968,788
95.5	Fiji	1.245	920,176
95.5	Nicaragua	1.245	6,011,584
97	Botswana	1.243	2,214,659
98	Venezuela	1.238	30,650,761
99	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.235	52,711
100	Maldives	1.186	392,156
101	Paraguay	1.185	6,940,221
102	Tunisia	1.183	11,403,062
103	Lesotho	1.168	2,114,641
104	Uzbekistan	1.149	29,755,821
105	Vietnam	1.148	98,482,273
106	India	1.112	1,327,127,431
107	Bhutan	1.095	824,209
108	Mexico	1.093	124,883,590
109	Costa Rica	1.084	4,928,413
110	South Africa	1.078	54,821,014
111	Burma	1.07	55,125,262
112	Saint Martin	1.068	32,117
113.5	Malaysia	1.063	32,040,544
113.5	Colombia	1.063	45,744,428
115	Suriname	1.054	595,019
116	Bahrain	1.05	1,410,746
117	Indonesia	1.025	265,708,968
118	Northern Mariana Islands	1.024	52,448
119	Antigua and Barbuda	1.004	94,537
120	Kazakhstan	0.995	18,549,665
121	Turkey	0.983	80,808,069
122	Guyana	0.972	784,722
123	United Arab Emirates	0.961	9,543,192
124	Kosovo	0.951	1,894,666
125	French Polynesia	0.949	287,678
126	New Caledonia	0.936	279,106
127	Lebanon	0.927	6,223,873
128	Argentina	0.921	44,292,731
129	Sri Lanka	0.9	22,410,749
130	The Bahamas	0.898	340,519
131	Jamaica	0.897	2,813,518
132	Azerbaijan	0.873	9,961,850
133	Qatar	0.828	2,316,205
134	Brazil	0.825	209,969,058
135	Sint Maarten	0.813	42,212
136	Anguilla	0.792	17,057
137	Wallis and Futuna	0.785	15,673
138	Ireland	0.747	5,009,156
139	Chile	0.735	17,786,791
140	Grenada	0.731	111,800
141	Iceland	0.73	339,755
142	Dominica	0.695	74,228
143	Seychelles	0.693	93,595
144	Cayman Islands	0.647	58,401
145	Albania	0.632	3,055,278
146	Singapore	0.615	5,637,272
147	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.607	52,687
148	British Virgin Islands	0.602	34,893
149	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.598	101,985
150	Macau	0.595	609,011
151	Australia	0.582	24,370,179
152	New Zealand	0.575	4,700,525
153	Saint Lucia	0.571	164,584
154	Greenland	0.564	57,755
155	Faroe Islands	0.556	50,722
156	Gibraltar	0.553	29,273
157	Curaçao	0.54	149,658
158	North Korea	0.537	25,299,829
159.5	China	0.53	1,389,787,047
159.5	Cook Islands	0.53	9,253
161	U.S. Virgin Islands	0.513	107,281
162	Cyprus	0.459	1,221,929
163	Jersey	0.441	98,586
164	Montserrat	0.435	5,283
165	Luxembourg	0.431	594,319
166	Aruba	0.419	115,121
167	Norway	0.411	5,318,850
168	Trinidad and Tobago	0.407	1,364,964
169	Barbados	0.381	298,086
170	Uruguay	0.358	3,362,462
171	Armenia	0.352	3,045,086
172	Thailand	0.347	68,607,190
173	Mauritius	0.332	1,300,376
174	United States	0.32	324,985,539
175	Palau	0.306	21,301
176	Liechtenstein	0.295	38,245
177	France	0.28	67,126,156
178	Bermuda	0.274	70,928
179	Canada	0.268	36,731,939
180	United Kingdom	0.24	65,783,069
181	Sweden	0.232	10,094,338
182	Malta	0.231	444,458
183	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	0.229	7,859
184	Switzerland	0.215	8,231,519
185	Cuba	0.201	11,147,117
186	Netherlands	0.197	17,079,084
187	Montenegro	0.163	616,284
188	Denmark	0.156	5,773,404
189	Saint Barthelemy	0.153	7,191
190	Hong Kong	0.149	7,190,300
191	Belgium	0.146	11,482,059
192	Georgia	0.142	4,926,448
193	North Macedonia	0.119	2,114,687
194	Taiwan	0.103	23,520,367
195	South Korea	0.092	51,134,612
196	Guernsey	0.091	66,621
197	Isle of Man	0.083	88,678
198	Finland	0.069	5,519,372
199	Andorra	0.024	85,811
200	San Marino	0.006	33,536
201	Austria	-0.014	8,752,360
202	Slovakia	-0.02	5,445,176
203	Slovenia	-0.036	2,101,369
204	Puerto Rico	-0.041	3,352,108
205	Spain	-0.068	46,268,801
206	Poland	-0.097	38,469,803
207	Moldova	-0.108	3,469,042
208	Czechia	-0.12	10,671,766
209	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.126	3,853,839
210	Germany	-0.161	84,123,624
211	Portugal	-0.226	10,370,571
212	Romania	-0.245	19,558,508
213	Russia	-0.257	143,150,610
214	Estonia	-0.26	1,251,222
215	Monaco	-0.27	30,711
216	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	-0.287	5,571
217	Japan	-0.29	126,215,286
218	Belarus	-0.305	9,541,820
219	Italy	-0.31	61,498,899
220	Greece	-0.325	10,698,002
221	Croatia	-0.326	4,292,667
222	Hungary	-0.385	9,835,682
223	Ukraine	-0.412	44,029,189
224	Lithuania	-0.467	2,825,940
225	Latvia	-0.476	1,945,078
226	Serbia	-0.556	6,978,391
227	Bulgaria	-0.588	7,100,884

Data from US Census International Database