2026 Rate of Natural Increase

Country population rate of natural increase (RNI) and rank for world countries for the year 2026

Rank
Country
Rate Natural Increase
Population
1Niger3.69328,336,282
2Uganda3.37552,470,987
3Angola3.32139,764,568
4Benin3.21315,687,265
5Congo Kinshasa3.124122,770,579
6Mali3.11923,291,010
7Chad2.96620,266,075
8Liberia2.9135,967,286
9Guinea-Bissau2.8752,243,720
10Burundi2.8514,371,891
11Zambia2.75821,992,316
12Guinea2.72814,772,606
13Tanzania2.69571,191,205
14Cameroon2.6932,674,515
15Mozambique2.68835,085,048
16South Sudan2.67513,786,294
17Sudan2.6753,124,290
18Somalia2.56113,705,677
19Nigeria2.538248,986,470
20Togo2.5199,353,395
21Senegal2.41419,775,563
22Zimbabwe2.37116,342,566
23Burkina Faso2.34224,145,473
24Ethiopia2.314124,992,937
25Congo Brazzaville2.3116,086,984
26Timor-Leste2.3021,567,824
27Gaza Strip2.2982,159,016
28Papua New Guinea2.17910,502,523
29Afghanistan2.14941,910,604
30Malawi2.11822,724,718
31Ghana2.10336,087,358
32Madagascar2.08330,733,233
33Sierra Leone2.0799,539,924
34The Gambia2.0482,631,425
35Central African Republic2.025,850,877
36Kenya2.0260,655,839
37Gabon1.9942,573,219
38Côte d'Ivoire1.96231,267,553
39Sao Tome and Principe1.958229,875
40West Bank1.9393,201,527
41Equatorial Guinea1.9341,910,834
42Mauritania1.9274,494,789
43Eritrea1.9256,492,416
44Iraq1.90643,751,077
45Pakistan1.89261,714,024
46Rwanda1.82814,078,098
47Jordan1.81411,502,926
48Namibia1.7532,929,485
49Solomon Islands1.733750,708
50Yemen1.70833,270,391
51Oman1.6974,036,792
52Syria1.69624,655,702
53Belize1.622439,328
54Marshall Islands1.61784,049
55Vanuatu1.608327,790
56Libya1.5897,562,253
57Guatemala1.57718,793,889
58Philippines1.541121,941,877
59Kuwait1.4943,206,155
60Comoros1.461923,195
61Djibouti1.4241,032,307
62Tonga1.423104,129
63Egypt1.382114,438,165
64Tajikistan1.359,615,250
65Tuvalu1.34411,912
66Federated States of Micronesia1.30998,093
67Samoa1.295211,619
68Haiti1.2911,869,566
69Laos1.2768,150,410
70Nauru1.2649,967
71Kiribati1.237118,850
72Eswatini1.2331,153,456
73Honduras1.2139,898,039
74Lesotho1.2122,261,944
75Israel1.1979,433,078
76Kyrgyzstan1.1926,265,732
77Cambodia1.1717,391,404
78Algeria1.16846,366,320
79Cabo Verde1.148624,895
80Guam1.146169,805
81Brunei1.139505,588
82Panama1.1324,600,852
83Bangladesh1.123171,643,404
84Nepal1.08231,540,295
85Dominican Republic1.07511,068,929
86Bolivia1.0612,559,502
87Paraguay1.0377,684,028
88Nicaragua1.0296,530,197
89El Salvador1.0286,661,366
90Botswana1.0212,515,901
91Ecuador1.01718,046,533
92Turkmenistan1.0065,845,952
93Maldives1.006388,256
94Northern Mariana Islands0.98850,783
95Saudi Arabia0.96937,800,159
96Venezuela0.96232,030,413
97Morocco0.95738,001,962
98Guyana0.957799,675
99Bhutan0.912901,139
100Bahrain0.9111,591,850
101United Arab Emirates0.88710,159,428
102Turks and Caicos Islands0.88662,562
103Saint Martin0.87733,187
104Fiji0.873958,808
105Antigua and Barbuda0.872104,893
106American Samoa0.85942,696
107Uzbekistan0.85632,081,504
108Mexico0.851132,807,523
109Vietnam0.843107,587,618
110Costa Rica0.8135,406,170
111Iran0.81289,867,731
112South Africa0.80459,596,713
113Malaysia0.80135,240,479
114Burma0.859,215,541
115Jamaica0.7792,830,053
116Qatar0.7742,581,405
117Argentina0.76747,729,329
118Suriname0.765660,319
119Colombia0.75950,100,671
120Indonesia0.755285,562,809
121Mongolia0.7523,329,593
122New Caledonia0.74311,020
123Peru0.7432,959,113
124India0.7351,429,700,205
125The Bahamas0.732366,854
126Turkey0.71485,113,274
127Kosovo0.7062,005,355
128Anguilla0.67720,089
129French Polynesia0.655307,394
130Lebanon0.6515,427,540
131Sri Lanka0.63923,715,920
132Tunisia0.60712,175,511
133Faroe Islands0.59753,589
134Kazakhstan0.59619,944,497
135Brazil0.579222,624,000
136Iceland0.566370,019
137Montserrat0.5435,529
138Azerbaijan0.54110,603,697
139New Zealand0.5275,250,088
140Chile0.52118,882,134
141Australia0.51327,349,146
142Wallis and Futuna0.50516,027
143British Virgin Islands0.50341,551
144Cayman Islands0.49768,971
145Sint Maarten0.49447,244
146Ireland0.485,465,740
147Gibraltar0.46329,777
148Dominica0.45874,599
149Luxembourg0.436691,169
150Seychelles0.42599,226
151Grenada0.42115,177
152Singapore0.4186,131,683
153Albania0.4113,115,029
154Jersey0.393104,465
155Saint Kitts and Nevis0.38655,719
156Greenland0.37357,661
157Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.373100,355
158Norway0.3565,727,367
159Curaçao0.356154,059
160North Korea0.35426,376,759
161United States0.34221346,481,182
162Uruguay0.3383,443,063
163Macau0.294652,693
164Palau0.28222,030
165Cyprus0.2561,343,402
166Aruba0.238127,717
167Saint Lucia0.236168,865
168Barbados0.212305,388
169Cook Islands0.2017,433
170Liechtenstein0.19140,819
171France0.18769,151,859
172Switzerland0.1728,726,779
173Netherlands0.15217,648,437
174Denmark0.156,024,472
175Thailand0.1570,109,971
176Canada0.1539,330,711
177United Kingdom0.14669,027,283
178Trinidad and Tobago0.141,411,080
179China0.1381,420,779,375
180Bermuda0.12173,198
181Belgium0.1212,098,499
182U.S. Virgin Islands0.102103,166
183Sweden0.08210,697,024
184Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha0.0637,955
185Mauritius0.0421,312,042
186Guernsey0.03568,051
187Montenegro0.031594,406
188Armenia0.0312,950,306
189North Macedonia0.032,139,186
190San Marino0.01235,481
191Malta0.003473,893
192Cuba-0.00110,930,643
193Isle of Man-0.01293,035
194Georgia-0.0424,934,699
195Finland-0.0455,646,225
196Saint Barthelemy-0.0577,073
197South Korea-0.07252,290,736
198Austria-0.0769,019,616
199Hong Kong-0.0957,311,499
200Taiwan-0.11123,605,244
201Andorra-0.12985,157
202Slovakia-0.2015,400,883
203Bosnia and Herzegovina-0.2413,778,869
204Spain-0.27447,390,594
205Portugal-0.28710,183,053
206Czechia-0.28910,696,682
207Slovenia-0.2922,092,892
208Puerto Rico-0.2942,951,840
209Poland-0.30937,638,911
210Germany-0.31683,899,469
211Moldova-0.3273,139,029
212Italy-0.39860,896,213
213Belarus-0.4279,288,502
214Russia-0.43140,647,826
215Hungary-0.4579,576,013
216Greece-0.46410,387,931
217Croatia-0.4784,112,955
218Monaco-0.51832,282
219Ukraine-0.52542,615,564
220Estonia-0.5351,175,394
221Japan-0.536122,108,827
222Saint Pierre and Miquelon-0.5795,008
223Serbia-0.5836,573,488
224Romania-0.5917,834,785
225Bulgaria-0.6296,693,714
226Lithuania-0.6712,573,717
227Latvia-0.6861,760,288
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Data from US Census International Database