2021 Rate of Natural Increase

Country population rate of natural increase (RNI) and rank for world countries for the year 2021

Rank	Country	Rate of Natural Increase	Population
1	Niger	3.719	23,605,767
2	Uganda	3.643	44,712,143
3	Angola	3.398	33,642,646
4	Benin	3.334	13,301,694
5	Mali	3.283	20,137,527
6	Congo Kinshasa	3.238	105,044,646
7	Chad	3.135	17,414,108
8	Liberia	3.018	5,214,030
9	Burundi	2.941	12,241,065
10	Zambia	2.899	19,077,816
11	Guinea-Bissau	2.895	1,976,187
12	Tanzania	2.854	62,092,761
13	South Sudan	2.842	10,984,074
14	Cameroon	2.798	28,524,175
15	Guinea	2.758	12,877,894
16	Mozambique	2.744	30,888,034
17	Sudan	2.722	46,751,152
18	Senegal	2.703	17,462,980
19	Togo	2.695	8,283,189
20	Somalia	2.643	12,094,640
21	Burkina Faso	2.642	21,382,659
22	Timor-Leste	2.578	1,413,958
23	Nigeria	2.549	219,463,862
24	Ethiopia	2.523	110,871,031
25	Gaza Strip	2.516	1,957,062
26	Zimbabwe	2.432	14,829,988
27	Malawi	2.393	20,308,502
28	Papua New Guinea	2.391	9,368,881
29.5	The Gambia	2.36	2,357,958
29.5	Congo Brazzaville	2.36	5,417,414
31	Afghanistan	2.351	37,466,414
32	Sierra Leone	2.34	8,475,149
33	Madagascar	2.313	27,534,354
34	Ghana	2.278	32,372,889
35	Sao Tome and Principe	2.261	213,948
36	Kenya	2.169	54,685,051
37	Equatorial Guinea	2.147	1,620,289
38	West Bank	2.137	2,949,246
39	Iraq	2.129	39,650,145
40	Rwanda	2.123	12,943,132
41	Central African Republic	2.119	5,357,984
42	Mauritania	2.095	4,079,284
43	Côte d'Ivoire	2.092	28,088,455
44	Pakistan	2.085	238,181,034
45	Eritrea	2.062	6,147,398
46	Gabon	2.038	2,284,912
47	Yemen	1.952	30,399,243
48	Jordan	1.935	10,909,567
49	Oman	1.933	3,694,755
50	Solomon Islands	1.91	690,598
51	Syria	1.889	20,384,316
52	Libya	1.877	7,017,224
53	Namibia	1.826	2,678,191
54	Marshall Islands	1.817	78,831
55	Egypt	1.815	105,919,663
56	Vanuatu	1.798	303,009
57	Guatemala	1.785	17,422,821
58	Belize	1.763	405,633
59	Comoros	1.637	864,335
60	Philippines	1.582	112,771,402
61	Kuwait	1.567	3,032,065
62	Tonga	1.565	105,780
63	Tajikistan	1.544	8,990,874
64	Djibouti	1.526	938,413
65	Nauru	1.525	9,770
66	Laos	1.496	7,645,472
67	Tuvalu	1.493	11,448
68	Algeria	1.492	43,576,691
69	Federated States of Micronesia	1.447	101,675
70	Haiti	1.411	11,198,240
71	Cambodia	1.406	16,528,811
72	Eswatini	1.397	1,113,276
73	Samoa	1.396	204,898
74	Kyrgyzstan	1.388	6,018,789
75	Honduras	1.352	9,346,277
76	Kiribati	1.333	113,001
77	Cabo Verde	1.294	589,451
78	Guam	1.277	168,801
79	Bolivia	1.271	11,917,267
80	Brunei	1.255	471,103
81	Israel	1.246	8,787,045
82	Bangladesh	1.244	164,098,818
83	El Salvador	1.231	6,528,135
84	Nepal	1.221	30,424,878
85	Dominican Republic	1.195	10,597,348
86.5	Turkmenistan	1.19	5,579,889
86.5	Panama	1.19	4,271,368
88	Lesotho	1.189	2,177,740
89	Paraguay	1.159	7,272,639
90	Maldives	1.157	390,669
91	Ecuador	1.156	17,093,159
92	Nicaragua	1.155	6,243,931
93	Botswana	1.148	2,350,667
94	American Samoa	1.119	46,366
95	Saudi Arabia	1.117	34,783,757
96	Morocco	1.114	36,400,581
97	Iran	1.064	85,888,910
98	Fiji	1.059	939,535
99	Uzbekistan	1.045	30,842,796
100	Venezuela	1.042	29,069,153
101	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.04	57,196
102	Vietnam	1.026	102,789,598
103	Mongolia	1.004	3,198,913
104	Northern Mariana Islands	1.003	51,659
105	Guyana	0.977	787,971
106	Bhutan	0.976	859,364
107	Bahrain	0.969	1,526,929
108.5	Antigua and Barbuda	0.967	99,175
108.5	Costa Rica	0.967	5,151,140
110	Saint Martin	0.964	32,680
111	South Africa	0.962	56,978,635
112	Burma	0.951	57,069,099
113	United Arab Emirates	0.936	9,856,612
114	Malaysia	0.906	33,519,406
115	Suriname	0.905	625,420
116	Tunisia	0.886	11,811,335
117	Indonesia	0.885	275,122,131
118	Jamaica	0.861	2,816,602
119	Turkey	0.852	82,482,383
121	New Caledonia	0.844	293,608
121	Argentina	0.844	45,864,941
121	The Bahamas	0.844	352,655
123	French Polynesia	0.818	297,154
124	Qatar	0.796	2,479,995
125	Lebanon	0.778	5,261,372
126.5	Kazakhstan	0.773	19,245,793
126.5	Colombia	0.773	48,757,939
128	Sri Lanka	0.756	23,044,123
129	Anguilla	0.75	18,403
130	Azerbaijan	0.71	10,282,283
131	Sint Maarten	0.685	44,564
132	Wallis and Futuna	0.675	15,851
133	Iceland	0.656	354,234
134	Kosovo	0.65	1,942,251
135	Chile	0.645	18,307,925
136	Faroe Islands	0.624	51,943
137	Dominica	0.602	74,584
138.5	India	0.598	1,380,721,926
138.5	Grenada	0.598	113,570
140	New Zealand	0.592	4,991,442
141.5	Ireland	0.588	5,224,884
141.5	Cayman Islands	0.588	63,131
143	Seychelles	0.58	96,387
144	Peru	0.576	32,110,270
145	British Virgin Islands	0.568	37,891
146	Albania	0.559	3,088,385
147	Australia	0.557	25,809,973
148	Brazil	0.551	215,903,281
149.5	Montserrat	0.52	5,387
149.5	Singapore	0.52	5,866,139
151	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.519	54,149
152	Gibraltar	0.518	29,516
153	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.502	101,145
154	Greenland	0.5	57,799
155	North Korea	0.496	25,831,360
156	Macau	0.477	630,396
157	Jersey	0.47	101,476
158	Mexico	0.469	128,569,498
159	Curaçao	0.464	151,885
160	Luxembourg	0.436	639,589
161	Saint Lucia	0.431	166,637
162	Norway	0.408	5,509,591
163	United States	0.399	334,998,398
164	Cook Islands	0.396	8,327
165	Cyprus	0.386	1,281,506
166	Uruguay	0.351	3,398,239
167	Aruba	0.341	120,917
168	Palau	0.328	21,613
169	U.S. Virgin Islands	0.326	105,870
170	Barbados	0.306	301,865
171	China	0.296	1,407,098,834
172	Trinidad and Tobago	0.269	1,403,505
173	Thailand	0.259	69,480,520
174	Liechtenstein	0.246	39,425
175	France	0.219	68,084,217
176	Canada	0.213	37,943,231
177	Bermuda	0.207	72,084
178.5	Switzerland	0.197	8,453,550
178.5	Armenia	0.197	3,011,609
180	Netherlands	0.176	17,337,403
181	United Kingdom	0.175	67,419,123
182	Denmark	0.167	5,894,687
183	Malta	0.147	460,891
184	Sweden	0.144	10,432,235
185	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	0.139	7,915
186	Belgium	0.132	11,778,842
187	Mauritius	0.112	1,306,837
188	Cuba	0.103	11,032,343
189	Montenegro	0.098	607,414
190	North Macedonia	0.09	2,128,262
191	Guernsey	0.058	67,334
192	Isle of Man	0.05	90,895
193.5	Saint Barthelemy	0.042	7,116
193.5	Georgia	0.042	4,933,674
195	Hong Kong	0.031	7,263,234
196	Finland	0.016	5,587,442
197	South Korea	-0.007	51,715,162
198	San Marino	-0.009	34,467
199.5	Taiwan	-0.037	23,572,052
199.5	Austria	-0.037	8,884,864
201	Andorra	-0.095	85,645
202	Slovakia	-0.098	5,436,066
203	Puerto Rico	-0.163	3,142,779
204	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.175	3,824,782
205	Slovenia	-0.184	2,102,106
206	Czechia	-0.197	10,702,596
207	Poland	-0.199	38,185,913
208	Moldova	-0.201	3,323,875
209	Germany	-0.285	84,409,193
210	Portugal	-0.288	10,263,850
211	Spain	-0.318	47,103,121
212	Belarus	-0.364	9,441,842
213	Russia	-0.369	142,320,790
214	Monaco	-0.384	31,223
215	Estonia	-0.403	1,220,042
216	Croatia	-0.41	4,208,973
217	Hungary	-0.416	9,728,337
218	Greece	-0.433	10,569,703
219	Japan	-0.444	124,687,293
220	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	-0.451	5,321
221	Ukraine	-0.467	43,745,640
222	Italy	-0.482	61,196,793
223	Lithuania	-0.563	2,711,566
224	Latvia	-0.567	1,862,687
225	Bulgaria	-0.637	6,919,180
226	Romania	-0.879	18,748,356
227	Serbia	-0.948	6,796,857

Data from US Census International Database