2026 Rate of Natural Increase

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

Rank	Country	Rate of Natural Increase	Population
1	Niger	3.693	28,336,282
2	Uganda	3.375	52,470,987
3	Angola	3.321	39,764,568
4	Benin	3.213	15,687,265
5	Congo Kinshasa	3.124	122,770,579
6	Mali	3.119	23,291,010
7	Chad	2.966	20,266,075
8	Liberia	2.913	5,967,286
9	Guinea-Bissau	2.875	2,243,720
10	Burundi	2.85	14,371,891
11	Zambia	2.758	21,992,316
12	Guinea	2.728	14,772,606
13	Tanzania	2.695	71,191,205
14	Cameroon	2.69	32,674,515
15	Mozambique	2.688	35,085,048
16	South Sudan	2.675	13,786,294
17	Sudan	2.67	53,124,290
18	Somalia	2.561	13,705,677
19	Nigeria	2.538	248,986,470
20	Togo	2.519	9,353,395
21	Senegal	2.414	19,775,563
22	Zimbabwe	2.371	16,342,566
23	Burkina Faso	2.342	24,145,473
24	Ethiopia	2.314	124,992,937
25	Congo Brazzaville	2.311	6,086,984
26	Timor-Leste	2.302	1,567,824
27	Gaza Strip	2.298	2,159,016
28	Papua New Guinea	2.179	10,502,523
29	Afghanistan	2.149	41,910,604
30	Malawi	2.118	22,724,718
31	Ghana	2.103	36,087,358
32	Madagascar	2.083	30,733,233
33	Sierra Leone	2.079	9,539,924
34	The Gambia	2.048	2,631,425
35.5	Central African Republic	2.02	5,850,877
35.5	Kenya	2.02	60,655,839
37	Gabon	1.994	2,573,219
38	Côte d'Ivoire	1.962	31,267,553
39	Sao Tome and Principe	1.958	229,875
40	West Bank	1.939	3,201,527
41	Equatorial Guinea	1.934	1,910,834
42	Mauritania	1.927	4,494,789
43	Eritrea	1.925	6,492,416
44	Iraq	1.906	43,751,077
45	Pakistan	1.89	261,714,024
46	Rwanda	1.828	14,078,098
47	Jordan	1.814	11,502,926
48	Namibia	1.753	2,929,485
49	Solomon Islands	1.733	750,708
50	Yemen	1.708	33,270,391
51	Oman	1.697	4,036,792
52	Syria	1.696	24,655,702
53	Belize	1.622	439,328
54	Marshall Islands	1.617	84,049
55	Vanuatu	1.608	327,790
56	Libya	1.589	7,562,253
57	Guatemala	1.577	18,793,889
58	Philippines	1.541	121,941,877
59	Kuwait	1.494	3,206,155
60	Comoros	1.461	923,195
61	Djibouti	1.424	1,032,307
62	Tonga	1.423	104,129
63	Egypt	1.382	114,438,165
64	Tajikistan	1.35	9,615,250
65	Tuvalu	1.344	11,912
66	Federated States of Micronesia	1.309	98,093
67	Samoa	1.295	211,619
68	Haiti	1.29	11,869,566
69	Laos	1.276	8,150,410
70	Nauru	1.264	9,967
71	Kiribati	1.237	118,850
72	Eswatini	1.233	1,153,456
73	Honduras	1.213	9,898,039
74	Lesotho	1.212	2,261,944
75	Israel	1.197	9,433,078
76	Kyrgyzstan	1.192	6,265,732
77	Cambodia	1.17	17,391,404
78	Algeria	1.168	46,366,320
79	Cabo Verde	1.148	624,895
80	Guam	1.146	169,805
81	Brunei	1.139	505,588
82	Panama	1.132	4,600,852
83	Bangladesh	1.123	171,643,404
84	Nepal	1.082	31,540,295
85	Dominican Republic	1.075	11,068,929
86	Bolivia	1.06	12,559,502
87	Paraguay	1.037	7,684,028
88	Nicaragua	1.029	6,530,197
89	El Salvador	1.028	6,661,366
90	Botswana	1.021	2,515,901
91	Ecuador	1.017	18,046,533
92.5	Turkmenistan	1.006	5,845,952
92.5	Maldives	1.006	388,256
94	Northern Mariana Islands	0.988	50,783
95	Saudi Arabia	0.969	37,800,159
96	Venezuela	0.962	32,030,413
97.5	Morocco	0.957	38,001,962
97.5	Guyana	0.957	799,675
99	Bhutan	0.912	901,139
100	Bahrain	0.911	1,591,850
101	United Arab Emirates	0.887	10,159,428
102	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.886	62,562
103	Saint Martin	0.877	33,187
104	Fiji	0.873	958,808
105	Antigua and Barbuda	0.872	104,893
106	American Samoa	0.859	42,696
107	Uzbekistan	0.856	32,081,504
108	Mexico	0.851	132,807,523
109	Vietnam	0.843	107,587,618
110	Costa Rica	0.813	5,406,170
111	Iran	0.812	89,867,731
112	South Africa	0.804	59,596,713
113	Malaysia	0.801	35,240,479
114	Burma	0.8	59,215,541
115	Jamaica	0.779	2,830,053
116	Qatar	0.774	2,581,405
117	Argentina	0.767	47,729,329
118	Suriname	0.765	660,319
119	Colombia	0.759	50,100,671
120	Indonesia	0.755	285,562,809
121	Mongolia	0.752	3,329,593
122.5	New Caledonia	0.74	311,020
122.5	Peru	0.74	32,959,113
124	India	0.735	1,429,700,205
125	The Bahamas	0.732	366,854
126	Turkey	0.714	85,113,274
127	Kosovo	0.706	2,005,355
128	Anguilla	0.677	20,089
129	French Polynesia	0.655	307,394
130	Lebanon	0.651	5,427,540
131	Sri Lanka	0.639	23,715,920
132	Tunisia	0.607	12,175,511
133	Faroe Islands	0.597	53,589
134	Kazakhstan	0.596	19,944,497
135	Brazil	0.579	222,624,000
136	Iceland	0.566	370,019
137	Montserrat	0.543	5,529
138	Azerbaijan	0.541	10,603,697
139	New Zealand	0.527	5,250,088
140	Chile	0.521	18,882,134
141	Australia	0.513	27,349,146
142	Wallis and Futuna	0.505	16,027
143	British Virgin Islands	0.503	41,551
144	Cayman Islands	0.497	68,971
145	Sint Maarten	0.494	47,244
146	Ireland	0.48	5,465,740
147	Gibraltar	0.463	29,777
148	Dominica	0.458	74,599
149	Luxembourg	0.436	691,169
150	Seychelles	0.425	99,226
151	Grenada	0.42	115,177
152	Singapore	0.418	6,131,683
153	Albania	0.411	3,115,029
154	Jersey	0.393	104,465
155	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.386	55,719
156.5	Greenland	0.373	57,661
156.5	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.373	100,355
158.5	Norway	0.356	5,727,367
158.5	Curaçao	0.356	154,059
160	North Korea	0.354	26,376,759
161	United States	0.342	346,481,182
162	Uruguay	0.338	3,443,063
163	Macau	0.294	652,693
164	Palau	0.282	22,030
165	Cyprus	0.256	1,343,402
166	Aruba	0.238	127,717
167	Saint Lucia	0.236	168,865
168	Barbados	0.212	305,388
169	Cook Islands	0.201	7,433
170	Liechtenstein	0.191	40,819
171	France	0.187	69,151,859
172	Switzerland	0.172	8,726,779
173	Netherlands	0.152	17,648,437
175	Denmark	0.15	6,024,472
175	Thailand	0.15	70,109,971
175	Canada	0.15	39,330,711
177	United Kingdom	0.146	69,027,283
178	Trinidad and Tobago	0.14	1,411,080
179	China	0.138	1,420,779,375
180	Bermuda	0.121	73,198
181	Belgium	0.12	12,098,499
182	U.S. Virgin Islands	0.102	103,166
183	Sweden	0.082	10,697,024
184	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	0.063	7,955
185	Mauritius	0.042	1,312,042
186	Guernsey	0.035	68,051
187.5	Montenegro	0.031	594,406
187.5	Armenia	0.031	2,950,306
189	North Macedonia	0.03	2,139,186
190	San Marino	0.012	35,481
191	Malta	0.003	473,893
192	Cuba	-0.001	10,930,643
193	Isle of Man	-0.012	93,035
194	Georgia	-0.042	4,934,699
195	Finland	-0.045	5,646,225
196	Saint Barthelemy	-0.057	7,073
197	South Korea	-0.072	52,290,736
198	Austria	-0.076	9,019,616
199	Hong Kong	-0.095	7,311,499
200	Taiwan	-0.111	23,605,244
201	Andorra	-0.129	85,157
202	Slovakia	-0.201	5,400,883
203	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.241	3,778,869
204	Spain	-0.274	47,390,594
205	Portugal	-0.287	10,183,053
206	Czechia	-0.289	10,696,682
207	Slovenia	-0.292	2,092,892
208	Puerto Rico	-0.294	2,951,840
209	Poland	-0.309	37,638,911
210	Germany	-0.316	83,899,469
211	Moldova	-0.327	3,139,029
212	Italy	-0.398	60,896,213
213	Belarus	-0.427	9,288,502
214	Russia	-0.43	140,647,826
215	Hungary	-0.457	9,576,013
216	Greece	-0.464	10,387,931
217	Croatia	-0.478	4,112,955
218	Monaco	-0.518	32,282
219	Ukraine	-0.525	42,615,564
220	Estonia	-0.535	1,175,394
221	Japan	-0.536	122,108,827
222	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	-0.579	5,008
223	Serbia	-0.583	6,573,488
224	Romania	-0.59	17,834,785
225	Bulgaria	-0.629	6,693,714
226	Lithuania	-0.671	2,573,717
227	Latvia	-0.686	1,760,288

Data from US Census International Database