2023 Rate of Natural Increase

Country population rate of natural increase (RNI) and rank for world countries for the year 2023

Rank	Country	Rate of Natural Increase	Population
1	Niger	3.72	25,396,840
2	Uganda	3.54	47,729,952
3	Angola	3.362	35,981,281
4	Benin	3.29	14,219,908
5	Mali	3.224	21,359,722
6	Congo Kinshasa	3.19	111,859,928
7	Chad	3.064	18,523,165
8	Liberia	2.98	5,506,280
9	Burundi	2.902	13,162,952
10	Guinea-Bissau	2.893	2,078,820
11	Zambia	2.846	20,216,029
12	Tanzania	2.788	65,642,682
13	South Sudan	2.785	12,118,379
14	Cameroon	2.759	30,135,732
15	Guinea	2.75	13,607,249
16	Sudan	2.713	49,197,555
17	Mozambique	2.701	32,513,805
18	Somalia	2.628	12,693,796
19	Togo	2.623	8,703,961
20	Senegal	2.584	18,384,660
21	Nigeria	2.548	230,842,743
22	Burkina Faso	2.521	22,489,126
23	Timor-Leste	2.481	1,476,042
24	Ethiopia	2.437	116,462,712
25	Gaza Strip	2.432	2,037,744
26	Zimbabwe	2.426	15,418,674
27	Congo Brazzaville	2.332	5,677,493
28	Papua New Guinea	2.306	9,819,350
29	Malawi	2.278	21,279,597
30	Afghanistan	2.271	39,232,003
31	Sierra Leone	2.235	8,908,040
32	The Gambia	2.232	2,468,569
33	Madagascar	2.222	28,812,195
34	Ghana	2.205	33,846,114
35	Sao Tome and Principe	2.136	220,372
36	Kenya	2.106	57,052,004
37	Central African Republic	2.086	5,552,228
38	West Bank	2.064	3,050,760
39	Equatorial Guinea	2.056	1,737,695
40	Côte d'Ivoire	2.047	29,344,847
41	Iraq	2.034	41,266,109
42	Gabon	2.03	2,397,368
43	Mauritania	2.028	4,244,878
44	Eritrea	2.012	6,274,796
45	Pakistan	2.007	247,653,551
46	Rwanda	1.993	13,400,541
47	Jordan	1.89	11,086,716
48	Yemen	1.851	31,565,602
49	Oman	1.841	3,833,465
50	Solomon Islands	1.839	714,766
51	Syria	1.812	22,933,531
52	Namibia	1.804	2,777,232
53	Libya	1.743	7,252,573
54	Marshall Islands	1.731	80,966
55	Vanuatu	1.72	313,046
56	Belize	1.704	419,137
57	Guatemala	1.699	17,980,803
58	Egypt	1.616	109,546,720
59	Philippines	1.585	116,434,200
60	Comoros	1.557	888,378
61	Kuwait	1.538	3,103,580
62	Tonga	1.507	105,221
63	Djibouti	1.495	976,143
64	Tajikistan	1.461	9,245,937
65	Tuvalu	1.444	11,639
66	Nauru	1.432	9,852
67	Laos	1.409	7,852,377
68	Federated States of Micronesia	1.392	100,319
69	Samoa	1.365	207,501
70	Haiti	1.364	11,470,261
71	Algeria	1.351	44,758,398
72	Eswatini	1.33	1,130,043
73	Cambodia	1.305	16,891,245
74.5	Kiribati	1.301	115,372
74.5	Kyrgyzstan	1.301	6,122,781
76	Honduras	1.295	9,571,352
77	Cabo Verde	1.242	603,901
78.5	Guam	1.225	169,330
78.5	Israel	1.225	9,043,387
80	Brunei	1.213	484,991
81	Lesotho	1.211	2,210,646
82	Bangladesh	1.2	167,184,465
83	Panama	1.183	4,404,108
84	Nepal	1.167	30,899,443
85	El Salvador	1.157	6,602,370
86	Bolivia	1.154	12,186,079
87	Dominican Republic	1.149	10,790,744
88	Paraguay	1.125	7,439,863
89	Turkmenistan	1.12	5,690,818
90	Maldives	1.113	389,568
91	Nicaragua	1.111	6,359,689
92	Ecuador	1.101	17,483,326
93	Botswana	1.097	2,417,596
94	Morocco	1.049	37,067,420
95	Saudi Arabia	1.045	35,939,806
96	Venezuela	1.044	30,518,260
97	Northern Mariana Islands	1.002	51,295
98	American Samoa	0.999	44,620
99	Fiji	0.981	947,760
100	Guyana	0.979	791,739
101	Uzbekistan	0.975	31,360,836
102	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.972	59,367
103	Iran	0.959	87,590,873
104	Bhutan	0.956	876,181
105	Vietnam	0.952	104,799,174
106	Bahrain	0.947	1,553,886
107	Antigua and Barbuda	0.932	101,489
108	Saint Martin	0.924	32,897
109	United Arab Emirates	0.914	9,973,449
110	Costa Rica	0.906	5,256,612
111	Mongolia	0.904	3,255,468
112	South Africa	0.899	58,048,332
113	Burma	0.89	57,970,293
114	Malaysia	0.867	34,219,975
115	Suriname	0.854	639,759
116	Jamaica	0.833	2,820,982
117	Indonesia	0.828	279,476,346
118	Argentina	0.81	46,621,847
119	New Caledonia	0.804	300,682
120	The Bahamas	0.802	358,508
121	Turkey	0.795	83,593,483
122	Qatar	0.785	2,532,104
123	Tunisia	0.767	11,976,182
124	French Polynesia	0.755	301,488
125	Lebanon	0.729	5,331,203
126	Colombia	0.722	49,336,454
127	Anguilla	0.718	19,079
128	Sri Lanka	0.707	23,326,272
129	Kosovo	0.692	1,964,327
130.5	India	0.688	1,399,179,585
130.5	Mexico	0.688	129,875,529
132	Kazakhstan	0.687	19,543,464
133	Brazil	0.654	218,689,757
134	Faroe Islands	0.633	52,600
135	Azerbaijan	0.628	10,420,515
136	Iceland	0.623	360,872
137	Sint Maarten	0.617	45,677
138	Wallis and Futuna	0.615	15,929
139	Chile	0.599	18,549,457
140	Peru	0.592	32,440,172
141	New Zealand	0.58	5,109,702
142	Cayman Islands	0.556	65,483
143	Dominica	0.552	74,656
144	Australia	0.547	26,461,166
145	British Virgin Islands	0.546	39,369
146	Ireland	0.534	5,323,991
147	Grenada	0.527	114,299
148	Seychelles	0.52	97,617
149	Albania	0.512	3,101,621
150	Gibraltar	0.51	29,629
151	Singapore	0.479	5,975,383
152	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.474	54,817
153.5	Montserrat	0.459	5,440
153.5	Greenland	0.459	57,777
155	Jersey	0.456	102,785
156	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.451	100,804
157	Luxembourg	0.442	660,924
158	North Korea	0.44	26,072,217
159	Curaçao	0.429	152,849
160	Macau	0.401	639,971
161	Norway	0.396	5,597,924
162	United States	0.379	339,665,118
163	Saint Lucia	0.356	167,591
164	Uruguay	0.353	3,416,264
165	Cyprus	0.338	1,308,120
166	Palau	0.326	21,779
167	Cook Islands	0.314	7,939
168	Aruba	0.3	123,702
169	Barbados	0.27	303,431
170	U.S. Virgin Islands	0.236	104,917
171	Liechtenstein	0.225	39,993
172	Thailand	0.218	69,794,997
173	Trinidad and Tobago	0.214	1,407,460
174	France	0.205	68,521,974
175	Canada	0.194	38,516,736
176	Switzerland	0.193	8,563,760
177	China	0.187	1,413,142,846
178	Bermuda	0.177	72,576
179	Netherlands	0.171	17,463,930
180	Denmark	0.17	5,946,984
181	United Kingdom	0.168	68,138,484
182	Belgium	0.129	11,913,633
183.5	Armenia	0.126	2,989,091
183.5	Sweden	0.126	10,536,338
185	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	0.114	7,935
186	Malta	0.098	467,138
187	Mauritius	0.087	1,309,448
188	Montenegro	0.074	602,445
189	North Macedonia	0.072	2,133,410
190	Cuba	0.062	10,985,974
191	Guernsey	0.056	67,642
192	Isle of Man	0.032	91,840
193	Saint Barthelemy	0.014	7,093
194	San Marino	0.005	34,892
195	Georgia	0.003	4,936,390
196	Finland	-0.004	5,614,571
197	Hong Kong	-0.018	7,288,167
198	South Korea	-0.033	51,966,948
199	Austria	-0.047	8,940,860
200	Taiwan	-0.065	23,588,613
201	Andorra	-0.111	85,468
202	Slovakia	-0.14	5,425,319
203	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.195	3,807,764
204	Puerto Rico	-0.216	3,057,311
205.5	Slovenia	-0.234	2,099,790
205.5	Czechia	-0.234	10,706,242
207	Poland	-0.244	37,991,766
208	Moldova	-0.257	3,250,532
209	Portugal	-0.291	10,223,150
210	Germany	-0.295	84,220,184
211	Spain	-0.299	47,222,613
212	Belarus	-0.394	9,383,853
213	Russia	-0.405	141,698,923
214	Italy	-0.427	61,021,855
215.5	Hungary	-0.431	9,670,009
215.5	Monaco	-0.431	31,597
217	Croatia	-0.438	4,169,239
218	Greece	-0.45	10,497,595
219	Estonia	-0.465	1,202,762
220	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	-0.482	5,195
221	Japan	-0.484	123,719,238
222	Ukraine	-0.491	43,306,477
223	Lithuania	-0.608	2,655,755
224	Latvia	-0.619	1,821,750
225	Serbia	-0.625	6,693,375
226	Romania	-0.629	18,326,327
227	Bulgaria	-0.634	6,827,736

Data from US Census International Database