2028 Rate of Natural Increase

Country population rate of natural increase (RNI) and rank for world countries for the year 2028

Rank	Country	Rate of Natural Increase	Population
1	Niger	3.658	30,466,058
2	Angola	3.295	42,485,765
3	Uganda	3.26	55,759,123
4	Benin	3.162	16,726,952
5	Congo Kinshasa	3.084	130,535,153
6	Mali	3.05	24,640,020
7	Chad	2.921	21,490,464
8	Liberia	2.872	6,290,451
9	Guinea-Bissau	2.855	2,360,939
10	Burundi	2.81	15,188,150
11	Guinea	2.711	15,598,285
12	Mozambique	2.705	36,927,678
13	Zambia	2.695	23,224,902
14	Tanzania	2.637	75,045,236
15	Cameroon	2.636	34,443,466
16	Sudan	2.612	55,965,290
17	South Sudan	2.607	14,538,154
18	Nigeria	2.523	261,798,838
19	Somalia	2.489	14,415,743
20	Togo	2.459	9,799,124
21	Zimbabwe	2.325	16,978,813
22	Senegal	2.303	20,704,774
23	Congo Brazzaville	2.3	6,374,152
24	Burkina Faso	2.239	25,250,509
25	Ethiopia	2.235	130,766,947
26	Gaza Strip	2.22	2,240,249
27	Timor-Leste	2.19	1,627,682
28	Papua New Guinea	2.097	10,961,381
29	Afghanistan	2.066	43,706,954
30	Ghana	2.043	37,603,351
31	Malawi	2.031	23,687,585
32	Madagascar	1.992	32,011,850
33	Sierra Leone	1.986	9,957,125
34	Kenya	1.971	63,104,476
35	Central African Republic	1.968	6,053,172
36	Gabon	1.953	2,694,433
37	The Gambia	1.945	2,738,482
38	Côte d'Ivoire	1.911	32,571,696
39	Eritrea	1.885	6,656,399
40	Mauritania	1.863	4,662,287
41	Sao Tome and Principe	1.86	236,211
42	Equatorial Guinea	1.856	2,023,873
43	West Bank	1.853	3,300,282
44	Iraq	1.839	45,420,763
45	Pakistan	1.815	271,025,019
46	Jordan	1.754	11,884,113
47	Rwanda	1.738	14,530,128
48	Namibia	1.713	3,032,834
49	Solomon Islands	1.67	774,484
50	Yemen	1.636	34,390,040
51	Syria	1.623	25,436,718
52	Oman	1.601	4,167,692
53	Belize	1.571	452,776
54	Marshall Islands	1.565	86,058
55	Vanuatu	1.547	337,488
56	Libya	1.52	7,744,975
57	Guatemala	1.51	19,323,510
58	Philippines	1.489	125,525,034
59	Kuwait	1.468	3,272,191
60	Comoros	1.426	946,240
61	Djibouti	1.368	1,069,089
62	Tonga	1.362	103,329
63	Egypt	1.296	117,481,245
64	Tajikistan	1.285	9,852,744
65.5	Federated States of Micronesia	1.259	96,501
65.5	Tuvalu	1.259	12,077
67	Samoa	1.252	214,506
68	Haiti	1.246	12,131,256
69	Lesotho	1.211	2,297,222
70	Nauru	1.205	10,042
71	Laos	1.194	8,339,488
72	Kiribati	1.185	121,107
73	Eswatini	1.182	1,168,210
74	Israel	1.179	9,696,207
75	Honduras	1.172	10,111,460
76	Kyrgyzstan	1.139	6,353,602
77	Guam	1.099	169,917
78	Cambodia	1.094	17,698,000
79	Brunei	1.087	519,095
80	Cabo Verde	1.085	638,313
81	Panama	1.072	4,726,427
82	Bangladesh	1.069	174,475,978
83	Algeria	1.066	47,338,774
84	Dominican Republic	1.028	11,246,106
85	Nepal	1.027	31,947,145
86	Botswana	0.976	2,580,197
87	Bolivia	0.975	12,794,033
88	Northern Mariana Islands	0.97	50,485
89	Paraguay	0.967	7,838,562
90.5	Nicaragua	0.964	6,637,995
90.5	Ecuador	0.964	18,407,774
92	El Salvador	0.942	6,683,262
93	Saudi Arabia	0.929	38,977,605
94	Guyana	0.928	806,340
95	Turkmenistan	0.927	5,940,588
96	Maldives	0.917	394,538
97	Morocco	0.904	38,586,537
98	Venezuela	0.903	32,559,837
99	Bahrain	0.884	1,615,633
100	United Arab Emirates	0.881	10,308,525
101	Bhutan	0.857	917,229
102	Saint Martin	0.851	33,374
103	Peru	0.842	33,392,333
104	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.835	64,655
105	Antigua and Barbuda	0.818	107,091
106	Fiji	0.817	965,547
107	Mexico	0.816	134,930,857
108	Vietnam	0.777	109,300,962
109	Uzbekistan	0.776	32,517,467
110	American Samoa	0.772	41,571
111	Qatar	0.771	2,598,420
112	Costa Rica	0.754	5,499,547
113	Malaysia	0.752	35,893,088
114	Burma	0.748	59,980,255
115	South Africa	0.746	60,568,094
116	India	0.745	1,450,912,742
117	Jamaica	0.739	2,837,452
118	Argentina	0.734	48,444,676
119	Iran	0.733	91,213,362
120	Suriname	0.726	673,487
121	Indonesia	0.718	289,403,103
122	Colombia	0.717	50,551,343
123	New Caledonia	0.694	317,706
124	The Bahamas	0.684	372,086
125	Mongolia	0.68	3,372,433
126	Kosovo	0.672	2,033,138
127	Turkey	0.667	86,038,200
128	Anguilla	0.646	20,760
129	Sri Lanka	0.606	23,957,580
130	Lebanon	0.602	5,485,931
131	French Polynesia	0.592	310,937
132	Faroe Islands	0.554	54,209
133	Kazakhstan	0.544	20,188,060
134	Brazil	0.54	225,047,497
135.5	Iceland	0.527	375,529
135.5	Tunisia	0.527	12,282,237
137	Montserrat	0.501	5,588
138	Azerbaijan	0.492	10,713,655
139.5	Australia	0.483	27,913,929
139.5	New Zealand	0.483	5,333,079
141	Chile	0.469	19,082,052
142	British Virgin Islands	0.468	42,970
143	Ireland	0.461	5,557,521
144	Cayman Islands	0.457	71,255
145	Wallis and Futuna	0.429	16,072
146	Luxembourg	0.421	709,980
147	Gibraltar	0.409	29,845
148	Sint Maarten	0.407	48,198
149	Dominica	0.388	74,440
150	Singapore	0.375	6,230,768
151	Seychelles	0.358	100,122
152	Grenada	0.345	115,602
153	Jersey	0.339	105,433
154	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.33	56,247
155	Albania	0.329	3,118,092
156	Uruguay	0.321	3,459,859
157	Norway	0.32	5,809,909
158	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.316	100,077
159	North Korea	0.315	26,551,458
160	United States	0.314	350,872,007
161	Greenland	0.311	57,514
162	Curaçao	0.31	154,689
163	Palau	0.239	22,189
164	Macau	0.223	660,079
165.5	Aruba	0.198	130,279
165.5	Cyprus	0.198	1,363,574
167	France	0.17	69,548,296
168	Barbados	0.169	306,381
169	Saint Lucia	0.154	169,595
170	Switzerland	0.152	8,832,233
171	Liechtenstein	0.147	41,341
172	United Kingdom	0.132	69,567,012
173	Netherlands	0.129	17,764,213
174	Denmark	0.123	6,073,340
175	Canada	0.116	39,841,474
176	Cook Islands	0.112	7,141
177	Belgium	0.11	12,209,439
178.5	Thailand	0.102	70,229,359
178.5	Trinidad and Tobago	0.102	1,412,148
180	Bermuda	0.076	73,519
181	China	0.075	1,423,514,368
182	Sweden	0.054	10,798,553
183	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	0.025	7,962
184	U.S. Virgin Islands	0.02	101,795
185	Guernsey	0.012	68,282
186	San Marino	0.009	35,837
187	Mauritius	0.002	1,312,648
188	North Macedonia	-0.006	2,141,350
189	Montenegro	-0.013	588,514
190	Armenia	-0.021	2,921,860
191	Cuba	-0.04	10,889,871
192	Isle of Man	-0.047	93,700
193	Malta	-0.065	477,301
194	Georgia	-0.068	4,929,754
195	Finland	-0.076	5,660,359
196	Austria	-0.098	9,067,339
197	Saint Barthelemy	-0.099	7,061
198	South Korea	-0.113	52,460,046
199	Andorra	-0.136	84,931
200.5	Taiwan	-0.15	23,609,310
200.5	Hong Kong	-0.15	7,317,715
202	Slovakia	-0.241	5,379,188
203	Spain	-0.256	47,494,078
204	Portugal	-0.283	10,161,329
205	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.285	3,756,220
206.5	Slovenia	-0.32	2,086,563
206.5	Czechia	-0.32	10,681,037
208	Germany	-0.33	83,657,423
209	Puerto Rico	-0.332	2,885,475
210	Poland	-0.345	37,367,992
211	Moldova	-0.371	3,064,137
212	Italy	-0.378	60,856,833
213	Belarus	-0.439	9,221,795
214	Russia	-0.443	139,904,179
215	Greece	-0.464	10,314,860
216	Hungary	-0.474	9,509,210
217	Croatia	-0.492	4,075,046
218	Ukraine	-0.532	42,143,327
219.5	Monaco	-0.563	32,707
219.5	Estonia	-0.563	1,156,665
221	Japan	-0.564	120,949,076
222	Serbia	-0.575	6,497,944
223	Romania	-0.595	17,564,284
224	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	-0.614	4,886
225	Bulgaria	-0.625	6,606,303
226	Lithuania	-0.706	2,520,267
227	Latvia	-0.718	1,719,673

Data from US Census International Database