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Natural population growth rate

Name: Natural population growth rate by country, 2023
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216 countries · 2023

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Natural population growth rate league table
#	Country	%	Region	Income
1	Central African Republic	3.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
2	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	3.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
3	Niger	3.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
4	Congo, Dem. Rep.	3.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
5	Mali	3.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
6	Chad	3.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
7	Angola	3.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
8	Mozambique	3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
9	Yemen, Rep.	3%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
10	Uganda	3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
11	Afghanistan	3%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
12	Tanzania	2.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
13	Mauritania	2.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
14	Zambia	2.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
15	Sudan	2.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
16	Burundi	2.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
17	Cameroon	2.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
18	Malawi	2.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
19	Ethiopia	2.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
20	Benin	2.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
21	Guinea	2.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
22	Madagascar	2.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
23	Congo, Rep.	2.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
24	Cote d'Ivoire	2.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
25	Gambia, The	2.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
26	Togo	2.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
27	Senegal	2.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
28	Burkina Faso	2.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
29	Guinea-Bissau	2.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
30	Vanuatu	2.3%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
31	Liberia	2.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
32	Zimbabwe	2.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
33	Sao Tome and Principe	2.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
34	Eritrea	2.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
35	Rwanda	2.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
36	Sierra Leone	2.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
37	Solomon Islands	2.2%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
38	Equatorial Guinea	2.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
39	Iraq	2.2%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
40	Tajikistan	2.2%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
41	Comoros	2.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
42	Gabon	2.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
43	Pakistan	2.1%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
44	Nigeria	2.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
45	Uzbekistan	2%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
46	Kenya	2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
47	West Bank and Gaza	2%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
48	Namibia	2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
49	Ghana	1.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
50	Samoa	1.9%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
51	Botswana	1.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
52	South Sudan	1.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
53	Kiribati	1.9%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
54	Papua New Guinea	1.8%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
55	Naoero	1.8%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
56	Jordan	1.8%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
57	Honduras	1.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
58	Syrian Arab Republic	1.7%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
59	Tonga	1.7%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
60	Eswatini	1.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
61	Guatemala	1.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
62	Turkmenistan	1.6%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
63	Egypt, Arab Rep.	1.6%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
64	Kyrgyz Republic	1.5%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
65	Bangladesh	1.5%	South Asia	Lower middle income
66	Lao PDR	1.5%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
67	Algeria	1.5%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
68	Oman	1.5%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
69	Timor-Leste	1.5%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
70	Nicaragua	1.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
71	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	1.5%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
72	Haiti	1.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
73	Cambodia	1.4%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
74	Paraguay	1.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
75	Marshall Islands	1.4%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
76	Saudi Arabia	1.4%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
77	Bolivia	1.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
78	Tuvalu	1.4%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
79	Lesotho	1.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
80	Kazakhstan	1.3%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
81	Djibouti	1.3%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
82	Belize	1.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
83	Israel	1.3%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
84	Mongolia	1.3%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
85	Guyana	1.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
86	Nepal	1.2%	South Asia	Lower middle income
87	Dominican Republic	1.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
88	Panama	1.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
89	Morocco	1.1%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
90	Guam	1.1%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
91	Suriname	1.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
92	Peru	1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
93	Bahrain	1%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
94	Libya	1%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
95	Lebanon	1%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
96	Ecuador	0.99%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
97	Philippines	0.98%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
98	Mexico	0.95%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
99	South Africa	0.95%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
100	India	0.95%	South Asia	Lower middle income
101	Qatar	0.9%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
102	United Arab Emirates	0.88%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
103	Fiji	0.87%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
104	Maldives	0.87%	South Asia	Upper middle income
105	Kuwait	0.84%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
106	Indonesia	0.84%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
107	American Samoa	0.84%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
108	Brunei Darussalam	0.84%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
109	Iran, Islamic Rep.	0.83%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
110	El Salvador	0.82%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
111	Northern Mariana Islands	0.82%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
112	Colombia	0.81%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
113	New Caledonia	0.8%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
114	St. Martin (French part)	0.78%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
115	Tunisia	0.77%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
116	Myanmar	0.75%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
117	Venezuela, RB	0.75%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
118	Cabo Verde	0.73%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
119	French Polynesia	0.73%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
120	Viet Nam	0.73%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
121	Malaysia	0.73%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
122	Sri Lanka	0.7%	South Asia	Upper middle income
123	Cayman Islands	0.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
124	Bhutan	0.66%	South Asia	Lower middle income
125	Turkiye	0.6%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
126	Gibraltar	0.56%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
127	Azerbaijan	0.56%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
128	Seychelles	0.54%	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
129	Brazil	0.52%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
130	Antigua and Barbuda	0.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
131	Costa Rica	0.47%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
132	Australia	0.46%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
133	Iceland	0.45%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
134	Greenland	0.43%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
135	New Zealand	0.42%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
136	Cyprus	0.37%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
137	Jamaica	0.35%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
138	Luxembourg	0.35%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
139	Singapore	0.34%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
140	Ireland	0.34%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
141	Argentina	0.34%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
142	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.33%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
143	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	0.33%	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
144	Grenada	0.29%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
145	St. Lucia	0.26%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
146	Chile	0.25%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
147	Armenia	0.24%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
148	British Virgin Islands	0.24%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
149	Trinidad and Tobago	0.23%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
150	Faroe Islands	0.23%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
151	Bahamas, The	0.21%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
152	United States	0.2%	North America	High income
153	Albania	0.19%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
154	Liechtenstein	0.18%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
155	St. Kitts and Nevis	0.18%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
156	Macao SAR, China	0.15%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
157	Norway	0.13%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
158	Canada	0.11%	North America	High income
159	Switzerland	0.11%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
160	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	0.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
161	Andorra	0.08%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
162	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.07%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
163	Barbados	0.06%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
164	Mauritius	0.05%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
165	Malta	0.05%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
166	United Kingdom	0.05%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
167	Sweden	0.04%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
168	France	0.03%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
169	Denmark	0.01%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
170	Uruguay	0.01%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
171	Netherlands	0.01%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
172	Aruba	-0.01%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
173	Slovak Republic	-0.03%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
174	Georgia	-0.03%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
175	Montenegro	-0.04%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
176	Palau	-0.06%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
177	Thailand	-0.06%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
178	Bermuda	-0.08%	North America	High income
179	Belgium	-0.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
180	Cuba	-0.14%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
181	North Macedonia	-0.16%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
182	Dominica	-0.17%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
183	Slovenia	-0.17%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
184	Austria	-0.18%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
185	China	-0.2%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
186	Czechia	-0.2%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
187	San Marino	-0.21%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
188	Korea, Rep.	-0.21%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
189	Isle of Man	-0.21%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
190	Hong Kong SAR, China	-0.21%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
191	Spain	-0.23%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
192	Curacao	-0.24%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
193	Poland	-0.24%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
194	Portugal	-0.28%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
195	Moldova	-0.29%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
196	Finland	-0.29%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
197	Taiwan	-0.31%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
198	Russian Federation	-0.34%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
199	Germany	-0.37%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
200	Romania	-0.38%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
201	Estonia	-0.41%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
202	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	-0.42%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
203	Hungary	-0.44%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
204	Italy	-0.47%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
205	Puerto Rico (US)	-0.49%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
206	Serbia	-0.5%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
207	Greece	-0.52%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
208	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.57%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
209	Bulgaria	-0.59%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
210	Croatia	-0.61%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
211	Belarus	-0.62%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
212	Japan	-0.62%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
213	Lithuania	-0.68%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
214	Latvia	-0.71%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
215	Ukraine	-0.75%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
216	Monaco	-1.2%	Europe & Central Asia	High income

Natural population growth rate