2018 Rate of Natural Increase

The population rate of natural increase (birth rate minus death rate) for all world countries for the year 2018.

2018 Top 10 Countries Rate of Natural Increase (RNI)
RankCountryRNI
1Angola3.47
2Mali3.37
3Malawi3.31
4Uganda3.25
5Chad3.25
6Burundi3.23
7Niger3.21
8Liberia3.05
9Zambia2.91
10Guinea-Bissau2.88

Please see also 2020, 2017, and 2019.

2018 Countries Rate of Natural Increase (RNI)
RankCountryRNI
11Ethiopia2.85
12Burkina Faso2.82
13Tanzania2.78
14Guinea2.75
15Sudan2.75
16Gaza Strip2.74
17Timor-Leste2.71
18Benin2.68
19Somalia2.64
20Mozambique2.64
21Iraq2.62
22Togo2.61
23Sierra Leone2.58
24Nigeria2.56
25Cameroon2.56
26Senegal2.5
27Sao Tome and Principe2.48
28Madagascar2.46
29Congo (Brazzaville)2.45
30Afghanistan2.43
31Egypt2.43
32Zimbabwe2.41
33Equatorial Guinea2.41
34Rwanda2.35
35Ghana2.34
36Congo (Kinshasa)2.34
37West Bank2.25
38Mauritania2.22
39Eritrea2.2
40Cote d'Ivoire2.17
41The Gambia2.17
42Yemen2.17
43Central African Republic2.11
44Western Sahara2.1
45Solomon Islands2.06
46Oman2.04
47Gabon2.03
48Jordan2.02
49Marshall Islands1.96
50Guatemala1.96
51Vanuatu1.95
52Namibia1.91
53Belize1.86
54Comoros1.81
55South Sudan1.76
56Philippines1.74
57Nauru1.73
58Algeria1.72
59Tonga1.69
60Tajikistan1.69
61Honduras1.67
62Syria1.67
63Papua New Guinea1.67
64Kuwait1.66
65Kenya1.59
66Laos1.59
67Djibouti1.58
68Federated States of Micronesia1.54
69Pakistan1.53
70Bolivia1.52
71Tuvalu1.52
72Kyrgyzstan1.52
73Cambodia1.51
74Haiti1.51
75Swaziland1.5
76Samoa1.49
77Kiribati1.4
78Cabo Verde1.38
79Malaysia1.37
80Libya1.35
81Nepal1.34
82Guam1.34
83Venezuela1.32
84Bangladesh1.32
85Brunei1.32
86American Samoa1.31
87Turkmenistan1.28
88Israel1.27
89Mexico1.27
90Panama1.26
91Morocco1.25
92Dominican Republic1.25
93Ecuador1.25
94Nicaragua1.24
95Botswana1.22
96Saudi Arabia1.22
97Maldives1.21
98Iran1.21
99Fiji1.2
100Mongolia1.19
101Paraguay1.18
102Turks and Caicos Islands1.16
103India1.15
104Peru1.15
105Uzbekistan1.12
106Tunisia1.11
107South Africa1.06
108Bhutan1.05
109Costa Rica1.05
110Burma1.04
111Colombia1.03
112Saint Martin1.03
113Bahrain1.03
114El Salvador1.02
115Northern Mariana Islands1.0
116Antigua and Barbuda0.99
117Suriname0.94
118Indonesia0.94
119Turkey0.94
120Kazakhstan0.94
121French Polynesia0.92
122Vietnam0.92
123New Caledonia0.91
124Kosovo0.91
125Lebanon0.9
126Lesotho0.9
127Argentina0.9
128Jamaica0.89
129Sri Lanka0.85
130Azerbaijan0.83
131United Arab Emirates0.81
132Guyana0.8
133Qatar0.8
134The Bahamas0.79
135Anguilla0.77
136Sint Maarten0.77
137Wallis and Futuna0.76
138Brazil0.72
139Chile0.72
140Ireland0.71
141Iceland0.71
142Dominica0.7
143Grenada0.7
144Seychelles0.64
145Albania0.62
146Cayman Islands0.61
147British Virgin Islands0.59
148Saint Kitts and Nevis0.58
149Faroe Islands0.58
150Mauritius0.57
151Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.56
152New Zealand0.56
153Greenland0.55
154Gibraltar0.54
155Saint Lucia0.53
156North Korea0.53
157Curacao0.52
158Singapore0.52
159Cook Islands0.51
160Jersey0.47
161Australia0.47
162U.S. Virgin Islands0.45
163Cyprus0.44
164Montserrat0.43
165Luxembourg0.43
166Norway0.42
167China0.42
168United States0.41
169Aruba0.38
170Macau0.38
171Uruguay0.36
172Trinidad and Tobago0.34
173Armenia0.32
174Palau0.31
175Barbados0.29
176Thailand0.28
177Liechtenstein0.28
178Sweden0.28
179France0.27
180United Kingdom0.26
181Bermuda0.26
182Switzerland0.21
183Malta0.21
184South Korea0.2
185Netherlands0.19
186Cuba0.18
187Denmark0.16
188Belgium0.15
189Montenegro0.15
190Canada0.14
191Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha0.14
192Hong Kong0.12
193Macedonia0.12
194Georgia0.12
195Saint Barthelemy0.11
196Guernsey0.08
197Isle of Man0.07
198Taiwan0.06
199Finland0.06
200Andorra-0.01
201Austria-0.01
202Spain-0.02
203San Marino-0.02
204Slovakia-0.04
205Slovenia-0.07
206Puerto Rico-0.1
207Poland-0.12
208Bosnia and Herzegovina-0.13
209Moldova-0.13
210Czechia-0.14
211Italy-0.2
212Japan-0.24
213Portugal-0.24
214Russia-0.28
215Estonia-0.29
216Greece-0.31
217Belarus-0.31
218Germany-0.32
219Romania-0.33
220Saint Pierre and Miquelon-0.33
221Monaco-0.36
222Croatia-0.36
223Hungary-0.39
224Ukraine-0.42
225Serbia-0.47
226Lithuania-0.49
227Latvia-0.5
228Bulgaria-0.6

Celebrating world population 2018 with a cubist stylized photo of Earth from space, North America and South America with clouds.

China had the highest population the world's countries for 2018, 1,384,688,986 people. India was ranked second with 1.3 billion inhabitants. Next on the list is the United States of America, Indonesia, and Brazil. Russia and Japan are the two countries with declining populations. Both are projected to fall out of the top ten rankings within ten years.

Data is from US Census - International Database.

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