Natural population change (births minus deaths) (2026)

With 13.1K thousands in 2026, India leads the world in natural population change (births minus deaths), followed by Pakistan (5.3K thousands) and Nigeria (4.9K thousands). The top 5 is rounded off by Democratic Republic of the Congo (3.7K thousands) and Ethiopia (3.4K thousands). Further down, Bangladesh (2.5K thousands) and Indonesia (2.2K thousands) hold the next two spots. United Republic of Tanzania (2.1K thousands), Egypt (1.8K thousands), and Uganda (1.5K thousands) round out the top ten. At the extremes, India is 8.7× as high as Uganda (1.5K thousands). Six of the top ten are in Africa, with three from Eastern. Among these countries, Indonesia saw the largest year-over-year change at -2.9%.