2018 Rate of Natural Increase

Country population rate of natural increase (RNI) and rank for world countries for the year 2018

Rank	Country	Rate of Natural Increase	Population
1	Uganda	3.795	40,574,927
2	Niger	3.725	21,151,821
3	Angola	3.472	30,356,114
4	Benin	3.386	12,016,866
5	Mali	3.367	18,429,576
6	Congo Kinshasa	3.299	95,484,274
7	Chad	3.243	15,832,084
8	Liberia	3.054	4,809,519
9	Burundi	2.988	11,221,770
10	Zambia	2.98	17,445,061
11	Tanzania	2.973	56,982,920
12	Senegal	2.916	16,102,843
13	Guinea-Bissau	2.877	1,833,188
14	Burkina Faso	2.822	19,741,483
15	Togo	2.813	7,670,649
16	Mozambique	2.81	28,556,573
17	Cameroon	2.801	26,245,577
18	Guinea	2.75	11,855,333
19	Sudan	2.739	43,111,301
20	Gaza Strip	2.733	1,835,993
21	Timor-Leste	2.699	1,321,392
22	Somalia	2.67	11,311,551
23	Ethiopia	2.63	102,674,812
24	Malawi	2.597	18,851,278
25	Nigeria	2.559	203,416,212
26	The Gambia	2.554	2,190,810
27	Papua New Guinea	2.514	8,704,496
28	Sierra Leone	2.497	7,814,142
29	Sao Tome and Principe	2.468	204,138
30	Madagascar	2.451	25,635,410
31	Congo Brazzaville	2.448	5,061,805
32	Afghanistan	2.412	34,907,481
33	Zimbabwe	2.409	14,030,322
34	Ghana	2.371	30,197,001
35	Rwanda	2.348	12,184,782
36	Equatorial Guinea	2.296	1,441,750
37	Kenya	2.285	51,187,423
38	Iraq	2.276	37,164,456
39	West Bank	2.247	2,797,282
40	Egypt	2.219	99,834,881
41	Pakistan	2.205	223,911,895
42	Eritrea	2.201	5,978,076
43	Mauritania	2.2	3,833,699
44	Côte d'Ivoire	2.167	26,252,176
45	Yemen	2.149	28,608,339
46	Central African Republic	2.147	5,093,996
47	Oman	2.039	3,485,106
48	Solomon Islands	2.033	654,171
49	Gabon	2.024	2,118,701
50	Jordan	2.016	10,457,794
51	Libya	1.978	6,621,675
52	Marshall Islands	1.967	75,504
53	Guatemala	1.953	16,572,901
54	Vanuatu	1.939	287,706
55	Namibia	1.911	2,532,960
56	Belize	1.855	385,235
57	Syria	1.832	17,738,965
58	Comoros	1.82	826,707
59	South Sudan	1.756	10,204,353
60	Nauru	1.723	9,638
61	Algeria	1.714	41,638,373
62	Cambodia	1.703	15,900,821
63	Laos	1.693	7,319,140
64	Tonga	1.679	106,337
65	Tajikistan	1.674	8,593,986
66	Kuwait	1.665	2,917,713
67	Philippines	1.614	106,513,195
68	Djibouti	1.57	882,202
69	Federated States of Micronesia	1.543	103,520
70	Bolivia	1.537	11,456,219
71	Tuvalu	1.524	11,155
72	Kyrgyzstan	1.52	5,848,221
73	Haiti	1.499	10,784,028
74	Honduras	1.495	8,999,560
75	Eswatini	1.49	1,086,857
76	Samoa	1.475	201,245
77	Panama	1.392	4,038,693
78	Kiribati	1.385	109,418
79	Cabo Verde	1.364	567,405
80	Guam	1.34	167,773
81	Nepal	1.335	29,622,964
82	Brunei	1.321	450,185
83	Bangladesh	1.315	159,341,784
84	El Salvador	1.307	6,368,195
85	Peru	1.302	30,771,840
86	American Samoa	1.299	49,485
87	Israel	1.286	8,406,687
88	Turkmenistan	1.271	5,405,799
89	Saudi Arabia	1.254	33,119,193
90	Dominican Republic	1.252	10,298,027
91	Ecuador	1.248	16,488,667
92	Nicaragua	1.223	6,069,889
93	Botswana	1.222	2,248,863
94	Iran	1.221	83,058,935
95	Morocco	1.217	35,339,189
96	Fiji	1.198	925,481
97	Mongolia	1.195	3,103,126
98	Maldives	1.188	391,823
99	Paraguay	1.185	7,022,461
100	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.181	53,854
101	Lesotho	1.153	2,131,247
102	Venezuela	1.131	29,626,035
103	Uzbekistan	1.127	30,031,631
104	Vietnam	1.119	99,578,720
105	Tunisia	1.106	11,515,254
106	India	1.077	1,341,470,939
107	Bhutan	1.075	833,204
108	Costa Rica	1.056	4,985,424
109	South Africa	1.052	55,356,492
110	Colombia	1.049	46,674,420
111	Burma	1.042	55,625,918
112	Saint Martin	1.037	32,280
113	Bahrain	1.027	1,442,415
114	Mexico	1.024	126,119,342
115	Malaysia	1.017	32,425,760
116	Northern Mariana Islands	1.007	52,247
117	Suriname	1.003	602,789
118	Antigua and Barbuda	0.997	95,693
119	Indonesia	0.988	268,149,316
120	Guyana	0.974	785,014
121	United Arab Emirates	0.958	9,638,206
122	Turkey	0.95	81,227,582
123	Kazakhstan	0.938	18,737,311
124.5	Kosovo	0.917	1,907,199
124.5	French Polynesia	0.917	290,153
126	New Caledonia	0.91	282,787
127	Lebanon	0.902	6,093,900
128	Argentina	0.9	44,693,790
129	Jamaica	0.89	2,813,471
130	The Bahamas	0.889	343,575
131	Sri Lanka	0.861	22,579,620
132	Azerbaijan	0.832	10,047,186
133	Qatar	0.819	2,365,810
134	Brazil	0.802	211,669,594
135.5	Anguilla	0.782	17,393
135.5	Sint Maarten	0.782	42,814
137	Wallis and Futuna	0.751	15,720
138.5	Chile	0.712	17,921,978
138.5	Iceland	0.712	343,534
140	Ireland	0.704	5,065,676
141	Grenada	0.699	112,279
142	Dominica	0.678	74,342
143	Seychelles	0.668	94,327
144	Cayman Islands	0.631	59,587
145	Albania	0.615	3,064,357
146	British Virgin Islands	0.592	35,646
147	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.59	53,067
148	New Zealand	0.584	4,779,927
149	Faroe Islands	0.581	51,011
150	Singapore	0.578	5,696,047
151	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.576	101,753
152	Australia	0.575	24,748,006
153	Macau	0.571	614,577
154	Greenland	0.556	57,772
155	Gibraltar	0.545	29,338
156	Saint Lucia	0.537	165,115
157	North Korea	0.534	25,434,699
158	Curaçao	0.523	150,255
159	Cook Islands	0.489	9,001
160	U.S. Virgin Islands	0.463	107,001
161	Jersey	0.457	99,332
162	Cyprus	0.445	1,237,560
163	Luxembourg	0.432	605,984
164.5	Norway	0.415	5,370,697
164.5	Montserrat	0.415	5,306
166	Aruba	0.402	116,596
167	China	0.384	1,395,959,772
168	Trinidad and Tobago	0.363	1,389,734
169	Barbados	0.362	299,110
170	Uruguay	0.356	3,371,478
171	Thailand	0.325	68,854,623
172	Armenia	0.317	3,038,152
173	Palau	0.309	21,376
174	United States	0.29	326,687,501
175	Liechtenstein	0.283	38,547
176	France	0.261	67,382,001
177	Bermuda	0.257	71,240
178	Canada	0.252	37,043,971
179	Mauritius	0.248	1,302,302
180	Sweden	0.231	10,210,063
181	Malta	0.213	449,044
182	Switzerland	0.21	8,287,563
183.5	Netherlands	0.19	17,145,121
183.5	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	0.19	7,875
185	United Kingdom	0.189	66,196,401
186	Cuba	0.176	11,115,979
187	Denmark	0.158	5,809,375
188	Montenegro	0.146	614,229
189	Belgium	0.142	11,559,893
190.5	Hong Kong	0.117	7,211,916
190.5	Georgia	0.117	4,926,309
192.5	North Macedonia	0.112	2,118,782
192.5	Saint Barthelemy	0.112	7,169
194	Guernsey	0.079	66,819
195	Isle of Man	0.075	89,272
196	Finland	0.054	5,538,400
197	Taiwan	0.012	23,542,883
198	South Korea	0.011	51,300,396
199	San Marino	-0.003	33,782
200	Austria	-0.018	8,790,907
201	Andorra	-0.02	85,813
202	Slovakia	-0.038	5,444,277
203	Slovenia	-0.078	2,102,031
204	Puerto Rico	-0.083	3,295,244
205	Spain	-0.118	46,474,373
206	Poland	-0.122	38,412,361
207	Moldova	-0.129	3,432,718
208	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.138	3,847,289
209	Czechia	-0.14	10,682,727
210	Germany	-0.184	84,333,044
211	Portugal	-0.247	10,342,137
212	Romania	-0.257	19,382,573
213	Russia	-0.284	143,005,302
214	Estonia	-0.296	1,243,890
215	Monaco	-0.299	30,810
216	Italy	-0.315	61,488,598
217	Belarus	-0.319	9,518,834
218	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	-0.327	5,509
219	Japan	-0.331	125,918,130
220	Croatia	-0.349	4,271,543
221	Greece	-0.36	10,668,856
222	Hungary	-0.393	9,810,134
223	Ukraine	-0.431	43,943,676
224	Lithuania	-0.491	2,797,002
225	Latvia	-0.499	1,924,381
226	Serbia	-0.543	6,940,138
227	Bulgaria	-0.605	7,056,613

Data from US Census International Database