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2012 Rate of Natural Increase

Country population rate of natural increase (RNI) and rank for world countries for the year 2012

Rank	Country	Rate Natural Increase	Population
1	Niger	3.796	16,842,453
2	Uganda	3.667	32,815,387
3	Angola	3.583	24,407,498
4	Congo Kinshasa	3.521	77,998,458
5	Mali	3.516	15,408,711
6	Chad	3.492	12,899,944
7	Benin	3.293	9,804,697
8	Burundi	3.225	9,748,109
9	Gaza Strip	3.206	1,587,311
10	Senegal	3.197	13,470,240
11	Burkina Faso	3.17	16,599,121
12	Zambia	3.102	14,518,489
13	Liberia	3.095	4,140,620
14	Malawi	3.077	15,966,179
15	Tanzania	3.051	47,316,472
16	Togo	3	6,531,832
17	Mozambique	2.988	24,329,701
18	The Gambia	2.949	1,858,289
19	Sao Tome and Principe	2.898	183,044
20	South Sudan	2.896	10,776,233
21	Timor-Leste	2.877	1,143,600
22	Sudan	2.875	36,431,189
23	Rwanda	2.804	10,505,340
24	Somalia	2.789	10,112,673
25	Congo Brazzaville	2.763	4,489,950
26	Ethiopia	2.756	86,859,145
27	Cameroon	2.755	22,073,688
28	Guinea-Bissau	2.728	1,587,214
29	Iraq	2.71	31,447,457
30	Equatorial Guinea	2.701	1,091,653
31	Madagascar	2.682	21,967,795
32	Kenya	2.675	44,323,013
33	Nigeria	2.659	174,931,760
34	Guinea	2.638	10,083,975
35	Papua New Guinea	2.629	7,445,397
36	Egypt	2.61	85,806,339
37	Yemen	2.604	24,594,248
38	Sierra Leone	2.592	6,519,000
39	Ghana	2.563	25,944,002
40	Eritrea	2.539	5,587,486
41	Libya	2.484	5,790,189
42	Afghanistan	2.464	30,412,510
43	Pakistan	2.439	197,077,122
44	West Bank	2.434	2,499,200
45	Mauritania	2.4	3,356,215
46	Marshall Islands	2.364	68,358
47	Zimbabwe	2.353	12,974,906
48	Comoros	2.347	741,756
49	Solomon Islands	2.329	580,328
50	Côte d'Ivoire	2.326	22,700,920
51	Jordan	2.313	7,077,343
52	Vanuatu	2.271	255,930
53	Guatemala	2.262	14,823,189
54	Central African Republic	2.166	4,881,023
55	Syria	2.162	22,432,681
56	Belize	2.149	341,900
57	Namibia	2.1	2,249,387
58	Oman	2.078	3,084,018
59	Nauru	2.066	9,343
60	Gabon	2.045	1,743,383
61	Algeria	2.009	37,365,369
62	Tonga	1.978	106,134
63	Cambodia	1.945	14,648,510
64	Laos	1.935	6,625,013
65	Tajikistan	1.932	7,765,108
66	Philippines	1.905	96,862,023
67	Honduras	1.893	8,287,528
68	Bolivia	1.89	10,397,215
69	Kuwait	1.889	2,646,670
70	Federated States of Micronesia	1.75	106,384
71	Haiti	1.696	9,792,754
72	Kyrgyzstan	1.695	5,496,560
73	Djibouti	1.679	773,220
74	Samoa	1.676	194,318
75	Nepal	1.654	27,501,219
76	Israel	1.644	7,629,226
77	American Samoa	1.639	54,476
78	Guam	1.618	164,643
79	Eswatini	1.608	1,031,550
80	Saudi Arabia	1.587	29,493,088
81	Panama	1.581	3,594,589
82	Peru	1.581	29,666,146
83	Mongolia	1.572	2,869,801
84	Venezuela	1.528	29,486,420
85	Kiribati	1.496	102,153
86	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.49	46,379
87	Cabo Verde	1.478	523,159
88	Bangladesh	1.473	149,790,601
89	Fiji	1.469	889,592
90	Mexico	1.461	117,627,103
91	Ecuador	1.453	15,217,573
92	Tuvalu	1.431	10,627
93	Brunei	1.43	408,471
94	Tunisia	1.428	10,772,441
95	Morocco	1.408	33,052,739
96	Nicaragua	1.399	5,717,219
97	Dominican Republic	1.395	9,661,072
98	Botswana	1.338	2,044,538
99	El Salvador	1.337	6,032,632
100	Turkmenistan	1.324	5,053,286
101	Northern Mariana Islands	1.312	53,405
102	Iran	1.29	76,681,210
103	Indonesia	1.286	252,247,464
104	Lesotho	1.276	2,028,871
105	Vietnam	1.273	92,697,293
106	Paraguay	1.263	6,537,669
107	India	1.261	1,251,839,015
108	Malaysia	1.241	29,982,958
109	Burma	1.238	52,523,110
110	Saint Martin	1.231	30,943
111	Uzbekistan	1.205	28,398,053
112	Bhutan	1.201	778,358
113	Costa Rica	1.196	4,635,159
114	Kazakhstan	1.19	17,517,255
115	Suriname	1.178	554,290
116	Bahrain	1.177	1,248,334
117	Turkey	1.162	76,335,994
118	Colombia	1.14	44,381,863
119	Maldives	1.121	394,347
120	French Polynesia	1.106	274,454
121	Sri Lanka	1.105	21,479,055
122	Kosovo	1.089	1,836,167
123	New Caledonia	1.073	260,190
124	Guyana	1.04	786,193
125	South Africa	1.039	51,910,102
126	Antigua and Barbuda	1.023	88,872
127	Jamaica	1.021	2,827,200
128	Azerbaijan	1.018	9,493,724
129	Lebanon	0.994	4,608,680
130	Argentina	0.993	42,216,144
131	Ireland	0.94	4,721,704
132	The Bahamas	0.938	325,236
133	United Arab Emirates	0.92	8,606,553
134	Sint Maarten	0.917	39,143
135	Grenada	0.892	109,088
136	Qatar	0.881	1,952,262
137	Wallis and Futuna	0.881	15,429
138	Brazil	0.857	201,350,896
139	Chile	0.849	17,067,800
140	Anguilla	0.831	15,400
141	Seychelles	0.807	89,698
142	Singapore	0.806	5,318,078
143	Iceland	0.804	320,531
144	Dominica	0.743	73,523
145	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.731	103,410
146	Cook Islands	0.726	10,746
147	Australia	0.72	22,563,165
148	New Zealand	0.717	4,336,624
149	Saint Lucia	0.717	161,811
150	Cayman Islands	0.711	52,475
151	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.674	50,707
152	Albania	0.647	3,007,803
153	U.S. Virgin Islands	0.64	108,188
154	Macau	0.638	580,391
155	Trinidad and Tobago	0.636	1,334,316
156	China	0.634	1,355,524,732
157	Greenland	0.605	57,648
158	British Virgin Islands	0.598	31,126
159	Gibraltar	0.594	28,916
160	Curaçao	0.565	145,841
161	North Korea	0.54	24,635,363
162	Armenia	0.514	3,067,011
163	Cyprus	0.499	1,138,183
164	Aruba	0.488	107,587
165	Barbados	0.467	292,221
166	Montserrat	0.465	5,163
167	Thailand	0.456	67,045,539
168	United States	0.45	313,830,990
169	Faroe Islands	0.443	49,476
170	South Korea	0.437	49,823,397
171	Luxembourg	0.403	533,061
172	Mauritius	0.401	1,288,493
173	France	0.399	65,638,922
174	United Kingdom	0.398	63,448,099
175	Liechtenstein	0.398	36,713
176	Uruguay	0.395	3,318,165
177	Canada	0.387	34,974,489
178	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	0.375	7,745
179	Norway	0.364	5,021,107
180	Bermuda	0.36	69,154
181	Taiwan	0.331	23,238,660
182	Saint Barthelemy	0.328	7,331
183	Cuba	0.322	11,261,613
184	Jersey	0.321	94,826
185	Hong Kong	0.296	7,050,104
186	Andorra	0.293	85,164
187	Puerto Rico	0.25	3,636,205
188	Georgia	0.25	4,950,269
189	Palau	0.248	20,966
190	Montenegro	0.247	622,079
191	Netherlands	0.245	16,729,271
192	Switzerland	0.227	7,924,908
193	Sweden	0.222	9,573,255
194	Guernsey	0.179	65,413
195	Malta	0.168	422,121
196	North Macedonia	0.164	2,089,228
197	Belgium	0.162	11,058,132
198	Finland	0.144	5,405,387
199	Slovenia	0.128	2,092,758
200	Isle of Man	0.114	85,339
201	Spain	0.111	46,444,355
202	Denmark	0.1	5,592,472
203	San Marino	0.084	32,127
204	Slovakia	0.057	5,438,948
205	Poland	0.007	38,632,128
206	Austria	0.004	8,512,930
207	Czechia	-0.008	10,591,594
208	Moldova	-0.037	3,654,059
209	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.056	3,878,827
210	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	-0.086	5,865
211	Estonia	-0.108	1,288,868
212	Japan	-0.129	127,250,763
213	Italy	-0.129	61,303,175
214	Monaco	-0.148	30,523
215	Greece	-0.149	10,948,200
216	Portugal	-0.168	10,591,764
217	Russia	-0.182	143,475,007
218	Croatia	-0.226	4,389,754
219	Germany	-0.233	81,862,920
220	Romania	-0.269	20,252,280
221	Belarus	-0.285	9,642,669
222	Ukraine	-0.31	45,491,540
223	Hungary	-0.343	9,950,567
224	Lithuania	-0.353	2,973,159
225	Latvia	-0.445	2,051,103
226	Serbia	-0.491	7,159,029
227	Bulgaria	-0.548	7,308,614

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Data from US Census International Database