2026 Rate of Natural Increase

The population rate of natural increase (birth rate minus death rate) for all world countries for the year 2026.

2026 Top 10 Countries Rate of Natural Increase (RNI)

Rank	Country	RNI
1	Angola	3.32
2	Malawi	3.22
3	Mali	3.12
4	Burundi	3.09
5	Uganda	2.98
6	Chad	2.97
7	Niger	2.95
8	Liberia	2.92
9	Guinea-Bissau	2.88
10	Zambia	2.83

Please see also 2020, 2025, and 2027.

2026 Countries Rate of Natural Increase (RNI)

Rank	Country	RNI
11	Guinea	2.73
12	Sudan	2.69
13	South Sudan	2.68
14	Tanzania	2.63
15	Ethiopia	2.62
16	Mozambique	2.56
17	Somalia	2.55
18	Sierra Leone	2.52
19	Nigeria	2.48
20	Cameroon	2.41
21	Benin	2.4
22	Zimbabwe	2.38
23	Togo	2.38
24	Burkina Faso	2.35
25	Iraq	2.32
26	Timor-Leste	2.32
27	Congo (Brazzaville)	2.31
28	Gaza Strip	2.3
29	Senegal	2.22
30	Ghana	2.17
31	Afghanistan	2.17
32	Equatorial Guinea	2.12
33	Madagascar	2.1
34	Gabon	2.0
35	Central African Republic	2.0
36	Sao Tome and Principe	1.98
37	Cote d'Ivoire	1.97
38	Mauritania	1.95
39	Eritrea	1.94
40	Congo (Kinshasa)	1.94
41	West Bank	1.93
42	Egypt	1.88
43	Western Sahara	1.84
44	Rwanda	1.83
45	Jordan	1.8
46	Namibia	1.76
47	Solomon Islands	1.75
48	Yemen	1.73
49	The Gambia	1.69
50	Oman	1.69
51	Belize	1.62
52	Vanuatu	1.62
53	Marshall Islands	1.62
54	Guatemala	1.58
55	Philippines	1.55
56	Comoros	1.48
57	Kuwait	1.47
58	Djibouti	1.43
59	Tonga	1.42
60	Syria	1.37
61	Papua New Guinea	1.37
62	Honduras	1.36
63	Laos	1.36
64	Tuvalu	1.35
65	Nauru	1.35
66	Tajikistan	1.35
67	Federated States of Micronesia	1.3
68	Haiti	1.3
69	Pakistan	1.29
70	Samoa	1.29
71	Bolivia	1.28
72	Kiribati	1.25
73	Kenya	1.24
74	Swaziland	1.23
75	Kyrgyzstan	1.18
76	Israel	1.16
77	Cambodia	1.15
78	Malaysia	1.14
79	Algeria	1.14
80	Cabo Verde	1.14
81	Guam	1.12
82	Brunei	1.11
83	Bangladesh	1.11
84	Libya	1.09
85	Dominican Republic	1.07
86	Nepal	1.06
87	Venezuela	1.05
88	Mexico	1.03
89	Morocco	1.02
90	Botswana	1.02
91	Paraguay	1.02
92	Nicaragua	1.02
93	Panama	1.02
94	Ecuador	1.0
95	Turkmenistan	0.99
96	Maldives	0.97
97	Northern Mariana Islands	0.95
98	India	0.95
99	Saudi Arabia	0.91
100	Bahrain	0.91
101	Peru	0.9
102	American Samoa	0.87
103	Bhutan	0.86
104	Fiji	0.86
105	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.86
106	El Salvador	0.85
107	Saint Martin	0.84
108	Antigua and Barbuda	0.84
109	Uzbekistan	0.84
110	Guyana	0.81
111	South Africa	0.8
112	Burma	0.79
113	Colombia	0.79
114	Costa Rica	0.78
115	Iran	0.77
116	Suriname	0.74
117	Indonesia	0.74
118	Argentina	0.74
119	Qatar	0.73
120	Mongolia	0.73
121	Jamaica	0.72
122	New Caledonia	0.72
123	Turkey	0.69
124	Kosovo	0.68
125	Vietnam	0.65
126	Montserrat	0.63
127	Anguilla	0.63
128	French Polynesia	0.62
129	Lebanon	0.61
130	Sri Lanka	0.61
131	Tunisia	0.59
132	Kazakhstan	0.57
133	The Bahamas	0.56
134	Brazil	0.55
135	Faroe Islands	0.55
136	United Arab Emirates	0.53
137	Singapore	0.51
138	Iceland	0.51
139	Azerbaijan	0.51
140	Lesotho	0.49
141	Chile	0.48
142	British Virgin Islands	0.47
143	Wallis and Futuna	0.46
144	Sint Maarten	0.45
145	Cayman Islands	0.43
146	Ireland	0.43
147	Dominica	0.43
148	New Zealand	0.4
149	Luxembourg	0.4
150	Grenada	0.39
151	Mauritius	0.39
152	North Korea	0.38
153	Albania	0.38
154	Seychelles	0.37
155	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.35
156	Australia	0.34
157	Jersey	0.34
158	Gibraltar	0.34
159	Greenland	0.34
160	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.33
161	United States	0.33
162	Curacao	0.31
163	Uruguay	0.31
164	Norway	0.31
165	Cyprus	0.21
166	Cook Islands	0.2
167	Palau	0.2
168	Aruba	0.19
169	Saint Lucia	0.19
170	Sweden	0.15
171	United Kingdom	0.14
172	Liechtenstein	0.14
173	France	0.13
174	Barbados	0.11
175	Denmark	0.11
176	Switzerland	0.11
177	Netherlands	0.1
178	Thailand	0.09
179	Bermuda	0.07
180	Belgium	0.06
181	China	0.06
182	Macau	0.04
183	U.S. Virgin Islands	0.04
184	Montenegro	0.0
185	Macedonia	0.0
186	Armenia	-0.0
187	Canada	-0.01
188	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	-0.01
189	South Korea	-0.02
190	Guernsey	-0.03
191	Cuba	-0.04
192	Malta	-0.05
193	San Marino	-0.06
194	Trinidad and Tobago	-0.07
195	Isle of Man	-0.08
196	Georgia	-0.09
197	Finland	-0.1
198	Spain	-0.12
199	Saint Barthelemy	-0.13
200	Austria	-0.13
201	Taiwan	-0.14
202	Hong Kong	-0.16
203	Andorra	-0.18
204	Slovakia	-0.25
205	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.29
206	Italy	-0.3
207	Puerto Rico	-0.33
208	Portugal	-0.33
209	Czechia	-0.33
210	Poland	-0.34
211	Slovenia	-0.34
212	Moldova	-0.36
213	Greece	-0.39
214	Japan	-0.41
215	Romania	-0.43
216	Germany	-0.44
217	Russia	-0.44
218	Belarus	-0.45
219	Hungary	-0.49
220	Serbia	-0.5
221	Croatia	-0.52
222	Ukraine	-0.52
223	Estonia	-0.57
224	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	-0.6
225	Bulgaria	-0.71
226	Lithuania	-0.71
227	Latvia	-0.72
228	Monaco	-0.74

Data is from US Census - International Database.

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