Niger is the top country by rate of natural increase in the world. As of 2020, rate of natural increase in Niger was 37.4 persons per thousand population that accounts for 1.63% of the world's rate of natural increase. The top 5 countries (others are Angola, Mali, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Somalia) account for 7.11% of it. The world's total rate of natural increase was estimated at 2,287.85 persons per thousand population in 2020.

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Actual Data

Rate of natural increase (persons per thousand population)

197019902000200520102011201220132014201520162017201820192020
Oceania14.5312.2310.9811.0711.0410.8910.7310.5610.4010.2410.109.959.799.629.45
Burundi26.8732.5427.9930.7432.8132.9532.9832.8832.6732.3731.9831.5431.0830.6130.15
Comoros26.2231.0528.0027.2226.9726.8526.6826.4626.1725.8425.4625.0724.6724.2723.89
Djibouti29.9429.0621.2518.3516.1015.8215.6015.4115.2515.0814.8914.6514.3614.0213.62
Eritrea25.9525.7521.0926.6527.4926.9426.3125.6625.0524.5124.0223.5723.1422.7322.35
Ethiopia26.8129.3429.7028.1827.4227.3127.1827.0326.8426.6226.3626.0825.7925.4825.15
Kenya35.7032.3727.4227.8227.6627.1826.6025.9925.3624.7624.2123.7223.2822.9122.59
Madagascar27.4029.1931.0829.4327.8327.5827.3727.1927.0426.9226.8126.7126.6026.4826.33
Malawi26.6728.7225.5927.4329.5029.4829.3229.0828.7728.4228.0927.7827.5227.3127.16
Mauritius22.3214.7610.347.784.864.383.943.523.132.762.412.101.811.551.30
Mozambique23.9424.9828.3128.4927.8327.8727.9828.1628.3728.5828.7728.9128.9828.9628.86
Rwanda29.5713.1025.6625.2327.2727.2527.1827.1127.0627.0126.9226.7526.4926.1325.68
Seychelles26.2616.1611.5111.9811.0910.7610.4410.149.879.629.369.088.768.397.99
Somalia23.4928.9533.5432.3031.2931.0930.9230.8230.7730.7730.8130.8630.9030.9230.91
South Sudan22.3726.6127.0126.3426.2426.1125.9425.7525.5325.2925.0424.8024.5524.3124.08
Uganda31.8131.8432.0734.3535.0334.8934.6434.2933.8533.3332.7732.1831.5831.0030.43
United Republic of Tanzania29.9829.0727.8430.2231.0431.0130.9630.8830.8030.7130.5930.4530.2830.0829.86
Zambia33.4930.0127.3429.4531.1431.3231.3731.2831.0830.7830.4330.0729.7429.4629.23
Zimbabwe35.7827.1415.2415.8522.7924.1425.1325.6525.7025.3124.5823.6922.7921.9721.29
Angola26.7530.8330.1132.2133.9834.0634.0433.9333.7333.4733.1732.8532.5432.2531.99
Cameroon25.5430.7526.9227.7227.8427.7227.5527.3627.1526.9226.6726.4026.1225.8325.54
Central African Republic19.6325.1722.1422.1922.5822.6122.6522.7022.7622.8322.9122.9923.0623.1223.16
Chad23.5132.0533.2132.6932.0131.8531.6731.4631.2230.9630.6730.3730.0729.7629.45
Congo28.6126.5225.6627.4028.5328.4428.2628.0127.6927.3326.9526.5526.1625.7925.45
Democratic Republic of the Congo26.2329.4330.0132.1333.2733.2833.2133.0832.8932.6432.3632.0431.7031.3530.99
Equatorial Guinea15.5024.6427.4527.4026.3326.0425.7225.4025.0824.7724.4724.1823.9223.6723.44
Gabon16.1326.3721.7521.4223.8824.3724.8025.1525.3825.4825.4025.1624.7824.2723.65
Sao Tome and Principe28.7728.9930.5431.6430.1629.6929.2228.7428.2827.8427.4427.0626.7126.3926.11
Botswana31.4425.9715.7715.5518.7919.3619.8120.1120.2420.1819.9419.5619.0818.5317.94
Eswatini32.4631.3617.4413.4414.1614.4814.8915.3615.8716.3416.7216.9316.9716.8216.52
Lesotho27.4824.9414.7410.269.7210.1310.6211.1411.6412.0512.3412.5112.5612.4912.31
Namibia28.5129.2518.1815.4319.1119.8720.4920.9321.1821.2321.1120.8820.5820.2619.93
South Africa24.2922.2310.759.0811.2211.6111.9012.0512.0711.9511.7211.4111.0710.7310.40
Benin23.3131.3529.6829.4329.1829.0228.8228.5928.3528.1027.8527.6027.3527.1126.89
Burkina Faso22.8130.4130.7131.4831.6731.5331.3431.1230.8730.6230.3530.0829.8129.5429.28
Cabo Verde26.9132.3421.3618.4616.3716.0915.8315.5615.2714.9514.6014.2413.8713.4913.10
Côte d'Ivoire30.4130.0326.0824.6724.8225.0025.2125.3925.5525.6725.7325.7325.6925.6025.46
Gambia22.6432.9031.4331.5531.8731.8531.8031.7131.5731.3931.1730.9230.6530.3530.04
Ghana30.2429.1125.2724.1924.0323.9223.7623.5723.3323.0522.7522.4322.1021.7721.45
Guinea18.5030.7228.7728.4128.7128.6228.5228.4228.3328.2528.1628.0527.9127.7427.54
Guinea-Bissau19.3628.1426.8027.1027.3527.3127.2227.0626.8526.5826.2525.8925.5125.1324.74
Liberia23.7025.9627.9427.9427.3927.1126.8326.5526.3126.0825.8925.7025.5025.3125.10
Mali18.4228.2830.4933.3333.9033.6833.4133.1232.8432.5832.3332.0931.8631.6231.39
Mauritania30.7330.3928.8528.3828.1728.1027.9927.8327.6327.3927.1026.7926.4726.1425.82
Niger28.5132.5236.3137.5238.4538.5438.5738.5538.4838.3638.2038.0137.8137.6037.40
Nigeria23.5125.6925.2626.2727.0727.0827.0426.9626.8326.6726.4826.2726.0525.8225.59
Senegal25.2331.3428.4929.4531.0031.0631.0030.8330.5530.1829.7429.2828.8128.3627.94
Sierra Leone19.1621.1720.4822.9823.4323.2823.0822.8722.6522.4322.1921.9421.6621.3721.06
Togo29.3829.6127.0827.3927.0326.8526.6126.3326.0125.6725.3224.9824.6724.3824.14
Algeria30.4425.9214.5916.1019.8520.2620.5620.7520.8320.7720.5320.1319.5718.8718.06
Egypt25.7724.8219.4118.4821.0521.6922.1822.4422.4522.2121.7621.1920.5619.9319.32
Libya37.8824.2216.9916.8417.1316.9416.6516.2815.8515.3614.8314.2813.7313.2012.69
Morocco28.3621.8515.8915.5215.9916.0215.9615.8015.5415.1914.7814.3313.8813.4413.04
Sudan32.4429.7729.2828.5427.3527.0826.8026.5026.2025.8925.5825.2824.9924.7124.44
Tunisia25.7419.7011.7710.6511.9612.2712.4912.6012.5712.4112.1211.7411.3010.8310.35
Armenia16.4913.304.345.085.575.545.475.355.184.974.724.444.133.813.48
Azerbaijan22.5119.819.829.1911.4811.8912.1612.2512.1511.8511.3610.7510.079.368.65
Bahrain31.1825.8318.8916.3014.2213.9513.6813.4013.0912.7512.3812.0011.6111.2110.83
Cyprus11.6612.066.355.034.764.694.604.484.344.173.963.723.443.142.83
Georgia10.437.910.38-0.070.770.890.971.031.051.020.930.800.620.410.17
Iraq33.9230.6930.1928.3827.8427.7527.5527.2126.7326.1525.5024.8724.3023.8223.43
Israel19.9115.7815.3415.5215.9215.9615.9615.9215.8215.6715.4615.2214.9514.6614.37
Jordan40.4030.2227.5826.6824.7324.0423.2422.3521.4120.4619.5718.7818.1217.5917.19
Kuwait42.1620.6920.2718.4217.2116.5915.9015.1614.4113.6412.8512.0511.2410.459.70
Lebanon24.2420.9716.5012.5312.3812.7413.1013.3913.5713.6313.5613.4113.1912.9212.60
Oman31.7232.8020.6218.7618.8818.8318.7318.6018.4118.1617.7917.3316.7516.0915.36
Qatar30.9520.3817.3313.7110.049.719.479.269.088.908.728.538.348.147.93
Saudi Arabia31.7230.8922.6920.6818.6618.1717.6617.1216.5616.0015.4314.8714.3313.7913.27
State of Palestine37.5840.6234.1330.9630.0529.7829.4228.9528.3927.7627.0926.4425.8225.2624.76
Syrian Arab Republic35.1831.3727.6426.9623.6522.5221.4420.5019.7419.1818.8018.5318.3118.1117.88
Turkey25.0017.6215.2113.5112.2212.0311.8611.6811.5011.3111.1010.8710.6210.3410.05
United Arab Emirates29.8023.4214.6312.4010.4910.2310.019.809.599.409.219.038.868.708.54
Yemen26.6940.7930.6229.3028.2828.0027.6527.2426.7626.2325.6625.0624.4723.8923.33
Kazakhstan16.2414.754.208.3412.8213.3313.7414.0814.3414.4714.4414.2213.8213.2612.57
Kyrgyzstan21.0823.0913.9913.9619.6220.6321.3221.6421.5621.1220.4119.5818.7317.9417.24
Tajikistan27.4229.1322.1123.1725.8826.2626.5726.7926.9226.9126.7426.4025.9125.2724.53
Turkmenistan26.0726.6515.8315.5018.1918.8219.2419.4119.3018.9118.2917.5616.7916.0315.30
Uzbekistan26.5827.1016.1815.2016.6016.7116.7716.7916.7716.6616.4616.1315.6915.1514.52
Afghanistan24.6233.6436.3034.7231.5830.8130.0529.2928.5727.8827.2426.6426.0625.5225.00
Bangladesh28.2224.7520.6117.8515.3714.9814.6214.2713.9413.6113.2912.9712.6512.3412.03
Bhutan24.9925.0418.2315.3912.9812.5612.2011.9111.7011.5311.3811.2211.0110.7610.45
India21.9220.6517.7116.0113.6213.1012.6112.1711.7711.4311.1410.8710.6210.3810.14
Iran (Islamic Republic of)26.3624.9712.5812.3613.2513.4813.7113.9414.1414.2614.2814.1813.9413.5813.11
Maldives29.1032.4416.7515.5816.0615.7215.2514.6814.0413.3612.6812.0111.3910.8210.32
Nepal20.3325.6223.0318.7015.8815.5215.2114.9114.6314.3414.0613.7913.5313.2612.97
Pakistan27.8430.3925.8423.6122.5122.4122.3222.2422.1422.0221.8421.6121.3120.9520.54
Sri Lanka22.7614.1211.5712.8111.8211.5211.2110.8910.5710.249.919.559.188.798.40
China25.8614.866.986.105.865.815.755.665.555.395.184.924.614.263.88
China, Hong Kong SAR14.977.373.602.833.593.793.994.174.324.434.484.494.454.354.21
China, Macao SAR6.0414.445.084.056.436.897.257.497.627.627.517.337.126.886.61
China, Taiwan Province of China21.6210.216.433.191.711.651.601.551.461.341.191.030.880.730.59
Dem. People's Republic of Korea27.3514.998.906.915.245.215.215.225.205.155.064.944.804.644.47
Japan12.123.731.500.48-0.73-1.00-1.28-1.57-1.86-2.16-2.47-2.79-3.11-3.43-3.75
Mongolia29.1322.1711.6213.2318.1018.8519.3919.7019.7619.5719.1418.5317.8217.0316.21
Republic of Korea21.119.716.674.433.843.703.513.252.942.582.191.781.381.000.65
Brunei Darussalam28.5825.0219.1715.7213.5013.4113.2813.0412.6812.2011.6311.0310.459.919.42
Cambodia23.1429.6818.6318.6718.9918.7718.4918.1917.8917.5817.2416.8716.4716.0315.56
Indonesia25.6717.4714.3014.5614.1413.9513.7113.4213.1012.7512.3711.9911.6111.2410.88
Lao People's Democratic Republic24.7529.0922.1620.4019.4819.1718.8618.5718.2918.0217.7417.4517.1216.7516.34
Malaysia26.6723.2417.4513.6412.6112.5112.4212.3412.2512.1512.0111.8511.6611.4411.18
Myanmar23.4016.4814.7213.3010.9310.5810.2910.069.899.759.629.509.359.188.98
Philippines31.2126.7224.1821.9019.4018.9318.4017.8117.1616.4815.8115.2014.6714.2513.91
Singapore17.9913.488.076.405.775.615.455.275.074.874.664.444.213.993.76
Thailand27.7713.527.655.754.574.344.113.893.673.453.212.952.682.382.07
Timor-Leste20.0325.3529.1828.1624.1923.6423.2723.0923.0623.1523.2923.4023.4323.3423.13
Viet Nam24.8922.2011.7811.1511.4711.4511.4011.3411.2511.1310.9610.7310.4310.079.68
Antigua and Barbuda19.9011.6813.6312.1810.4910.3110.1610.009.849.669.459.218.968.698.39
Bahamas19.9518.3011.789.108.488.258.037.847.687.557.447.337.207.046.86
Barbados12.908.236.385.153.383.032.722.442.212.021.871.751.641.551.47
Cuba22.659.445.904.243.443.323.152.932.652.321.951.561.180.820.48
Dominican Republic31.0222.9818.6516.8015.3715.1414.9214.7014.4814.2413.9713.6813.3613.0112.63
Grenada19.7520.3411.309.898.928.628.338.067.827.597.377.146.896.626.32
Haiti20.7123.9120.5019.1718.0217.7717.5117.2416.9716.6916.4016.1115.8215.5115.20
Jamaica27.3018.7314.8512.1410.4310.119.819.559.329.118.928.738.538.328.08
Puerto Rico19.0210.586.545.433.913.382.731.971.140.26-0.62-1.44-2.17-2.77-3.22
Saint Lucia29.7322.0511.988.126.506.195.915.675.475.315.154.984.804.584.32
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines30.8718.2012.7210.588.467.907.346.826.335.915.555.244.984.754.55
Trinidad and Tobago19.3313.247.137.537.447.246.996.696.335.945.505.044.564.083.60
Belize33.6030.4524.0421.4118.8118.4618.1417.8117.4617.1116.7516.4016.0715.7615.45
Costa Rica25.7023.4515.3812.5211.2010.9710.7310.4710.209.909.589.248.898.548.18
El Salvador29.7423.1118.1614.5912.8112.5512.3212.1211.9511.7811.6011.4211.2110.9810.73
Guatemala30.8730.4529.1125.8622.5422.1321.7721.4421.1220.8020.4820.1519.8219.4919.15
Honduras32.7831.8028.5924.3720.4919.8419.2718.7818.3618.0117.7117.4317.1616.8916.60
Mexico33.2323.3619.1116.9514.7814.4014.0213.6313.2212.8112.3911.9911.5911.2110.86
Nicaragua32.7328.5321.7219.8618.5018.2017.8917.5517.2016.8316.4316.0115.5815.1414.70
Panama30.0621.3118.6717.2016.1815.9615.7215.4615.1714.8614.5414.2213.9013.6013.31
Argentina14.1214.0611.6510.9610.4510.3610.2710.1710.059.919.769.599.419.239.04
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)22.5122.7420.9119.3017.5617.2416.9316.6016.2715.9315.6015.2814.9814.6914.42
Brazil24.9617.9013.9311.219.289.048.828.638.438.228.007.757.477.176.85
Chile20.0016.7511.229.588.988.798.538.227.857.457.046.646.275.935.64
Colombia28.2021.4417.0714.1611.5311.1810.8810.6110.3510.119.869.609.329.038.71
Ecuador29.1023.7520.3217.9916.4016.1715.9615.7615.5515.3415.1114.8714.6114.3414.05
Guyana27.2819.9518.0715.3914.0313.9613.8913.7913.6313.4213.1412.8412.5112.1711.82
Paraguay29.9627.3821.4618.6517.0816.7816.5016.2416.0015.7815.5515.3215.0714.8014.51
Peru28.5423.6317.8416.8915.3214.8114.3213.8813.5013.2012.9412.7012.4512.1811.88
Suriname28.4320.7016.2814.7413.4713.2212.9712.7012.4212.1311.8211.5111.2110.9010.60
Uruguay10.948.506.915.765.014.944.894.834.774.704.614.504.394.274.14
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)30.6423.6818.7117.0015.2314.8014.3213.7813.2012.5911.9911.4210.9010.4510.08
Australia11.097.906.186.667.167.086.976.856.736.616.486.356.206.045.86
New Zealand13.658.827.137.667.637.377.076.766.476.215.985.775.595.435.29
Fiji26.8922.3317.8015.7514.2914.1714.0914.0213.9313.8113.6313.3813.0712.7012.28
Papua New Guinea23.3224.1024.4523.1621.6421.3121.0020.7120.4620.2420.0419.8419.6519.4419.23
Solomon Islands33.5533.2130.0129.2829.2129.3029.3729.3829.3229.1828.9328.5928.1927.7227.23
Vanuatu30.0828.9727.2727.2726.7426.5226.2725.9925.6925.3625.0324.6824.3323.9823.63
Kiribati20.5326.6322.6622.2122.5722.6322.6622.6322.5522.4022.1821.9021.5621.1720.75
Micronesia (Fed. States of)30.4026.3622.2018.7916.9516.8816.8516.8116.7516.6616.5416.4016.2616.1015.93
Samoa32.5126.5324.3023.5522.1521.6721.1820.7320.3219.9719.6619.3919.1418.9018.67
Tonga29.1425.1221.3921.5720.2419.8219.3818.9418.5118.1117.7517.4317.1516.9116.71
Belarus6.992.96-6.29-5.61-2.62-2.01-1.49-1.07-0.77-0.61-0.56-0.61-0.71-0.87-1.06
Bulgaria6.64-0.52-6.25-5.16-4.96-5.13-5.33-5.55-5.77-5.97-6.16-6.32-6.48-6.61-6.74
Czechia3.700.00-2.17-0.420.480.400.300.210.140.080.03-0.05-0.17-0.33-0.53
Hungary3.54-2.11-4.08-3.77-3.69-3.65-3.59-3.51-3.40-3.29-3.19-3.13-3.12-3.16-3.26
Poland8.674.670.220.320.510.410.290.190.100.02-0.08-0.20-0.36-0.55-0.78
Republic of Moldova10.118.22-0.42-1.64-0.73-0.59-0.53-0.54-0.63-0.79-1.01-1.25-1.51-1.76-2.01
Romania11.522.75-2.47-1.93-1.93-2.09-2.28-2.47-2.66-2.84-3.01-3.17-3.35-3.52-3.70
Russian Federation5.821.54-6.43-5.14-1.79-1.19-0.68-0.270.030.190.220.12-0.07-0.35-0.69
Slovakia9.444.970.210.130.680.730.770.790.800.780.730.640.510.330.12
Ukraine6.300.05-7.36-6.87-4.96-4.72-4.59-4.56-4.64-4.81-5.06-5.34-5.62-5.89-6.12
Denmark5.330.401.281.511.331.201.090.990.930.900.910.940.971.011.05
Estonia4.470.60-4.47-2.40-0.89-0.84-0.85-0.88-0.93-1.00-1.09-1.20-1.34-1.51-1.70
Finland4.492.831.551.701.701.551.341.090.790.480.15-0.17-0.48-0.76-1.00
Iceland14.2610.458.168.438.247.967.607.216.806.396.015.685.395.154.95
Ireland11.086.006.709.149.849.649.358.998.598.167.717.246.776.305.85
Latvia3.250.38-6.08-4.67-3.88-3.77-3.69-3.63-3.60-3.61-3.67-3.79-3.95-4.15-4.40
Lithuania8.573.79-2.78-4.09-3.71-3.46-3.24-3.06-2.95-2.93-3.00-3.14-3.32-3.55-3.82
Norway7.043.063.033.313.833.783.703.593.463.343.243.173.133.123.14
Sweden3.932.50-0.311.132.342.442.522.582.632.672.702.732.752.762.76
United Kingdom3.452.241.272.173.523.523.443.283.072.832.602.382.192.051.94
Albania23.8418.8810.526.625.165.185.205.165.044.834.554.223.883.543.19
Bosnia and Herzegovina16.687.132.690.36-0.49-0.68-0.89-1.12-1.38-1.65-1.95-2.27-2.60-2.94-3.28
Croatia4.250.24-1.07-2.07-2.10-2.29-2.53-2.82-3.12-3.43-3.73-4.02-4.28-4.50-4.68
Greece8.341.140.590.69-0.17-0.55-0.95-1.36-1.75-2.13-2.48-2.83-3.16-3.49-3.79
Italy7.290.15-0.51-0.02-0.52-0.79-1.09-1.42-1.75-2.08-2.39-2.69-2.97-3.22-3.45
Malta6.387.923.972.101.791.781.781.781.781.751.701.631.531.411.25
Montenegro14.179.333.943.112.302.131.951.781.621.461.321.181.050.920.79
North Macedonia17.7710.184.692.691.601.591.581.561.491.371.200.990.760.510.26
Portugal10.171.440.660.39-0.85-1.17-1.48-1.77-2.04-2.28-2.49-2.68-2.86-3.02-3.17
Serbia9.505.070.81-1.18-2.61-2.86-3.08-3.25-3.38-3.48-3.56-3.63-3.71-3.80-3.90
Slovenia6.471.50-0.820.021.221.221.151.010.810.560.28-0.01-0.31-0.61-0.89
Spain11.191.880.772.272.191.841.441.030.640.27-0.05-0.35-0.63-0.89-1.13
Austria2.700.530.220.090.040.040.040.040.050.060.060.070.080.070.06
Belgium2.091.270.761.361.831.781.701.591.481.361.261.161.071.000.94
France5.813.813.684.164.073.913.683.413.112.792.472.191.941.751.60
Germany1.25-1.05-1.27-1.78-2.30-2.34-2.33-2.27-2.17-2.06-1.95-1.88-1.86-1.90-1.99
Luxembourg0.662.193.583.163.513.613.693.743.753.723.673.603.523.443.36
Netherlands9.294.243.613.402.692.532.362.181.991.811.631.481.351.241.15
Switzerland6.802.781.891.722.172.222.262.292.322.342.342.322.292.232.16
Canada9.296.933.603.603.913.833.713.563.393.213.042.862.702.552.42
United States of America6.896.765.495.695.134.864.574.294.023.773.563.383.233.113.01