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Annual Population Births by Country in 1950

1950 +1 year +5 year

In the year 1950, a total of 91,823,936 babies was born across the globe. Out of this group, 25,664,047 were male and 22,822,845 were female.

The country with the highest birth count was 🇨🇳China, with a total of 22,293,375 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇮🇳India with a birth count of 15,287,998, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 3,697,926 births recorded.

The country with the lowest annual birth count was 🇻🇦Holy See with only 7 babies born for the year. Followed by 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) with a birth count of 39, and 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy with 49 births recorded.

The geographic region with the highest birth count was Asia with a total of 57,064,430 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Europe with a birth count 12167.798, and Americas with 11,364,168 births recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Eastern Asia had the highest birth count of 26,452,688 people. Closely followed by Southern Asia with a birth count of 20,749,203, and South-Eastern Asia with 6,997,162 births recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Low-and-middle-income countries has the highest birth count of 75,196,255. While the lowest birth count is recorded by No income group available were only 259,932 newborns was added to that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 1950

Countries with the Highest Birth Count in 1950

Rank Country Births Male Births Female Births
1 🇨🇳China 22,293,375 0 0
2 🇮🇳India 15,287,998 0 0
3 🇺🇸United States of America 3,697,926 0 0
4 🇷🇺Russian Federation 2,884,600 0 0
5 🇮🇩Indonesia 2,783,163 0 0
6 🇧🇷Brazil 2,476,917 0 0
7 🇯🇵Japan 2,461,534 0 0
8 🇧🇩Bangladesh 1,910,563 0 0
9 🇳🇬Nigeria 1,706,938 0 0
10 🇵🇰Pakistan 1,645,719 0 0
11 🇲🇽Mexico 1,358,501 0 0
12 🇩🇪Germany 1,205,774 0 0
13 🇪🇬Egypt 1,155,065 0 0
14 🇹🇷Türkiye 982,482 0 0
15 🇻🇳Viet Nam 973,300 0 0
16 🇮🇹Italy 912,801 0 0
17 🇵🇭Philippines 903,377 0 0
18 🇹🇭Thailand 902,318 0 0
19 🇫🇷France 866,424 0 0
20 🇺🇦Ukraine 853,675 0 0
21 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 838,122 0 0
22 🇬🇧United Kingdom 817,314 0 0
23 🇲🇲Myanmar 812,125 0 0
24 🇪🇹Ethiopia 799,118 0 0
25 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 784,803 0 0
26 🇵🇱Poland 754,898 0 0
27 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 563,665 0 0
28 🇪🇸Spain 562,979 0 0
29 🇨🇴Colombia 546,443 0 0
30 🇿🇦South Africa 534,108 0 0
31 🇩🇿Algeria 456,352 0 0
32 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 451,526 0 0
33 🇦🇷Argentina 443,092 0 0
34 🇲🇦Morocco 435,623 0 0
35 🇷🇴Romania 417,257 0 0
36 🇳🇵Nepal 390,784 0 0
37 🇦🇫Afghanistan 383,985 0 0
38 🇵🇪Peru 368,545 0 0
39 🇨🇦Canada 359,149 0 0
40 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 349,853 0 0
41 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 341,603 0 0
42 🇺🇬Uganda 301,346 0 0
43 🇸🇩Sudan 296,853 0 0
44 🇰🇪Kenya 284,634 0 0
45 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 280,651 0 0
46 🇲🇿Mozambique 278,306 0 0
47 🇲🇾Malaysia 272,659 0 0
48 🇮🇶Iraq 259,351 0 0
49 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 256,887 0 0
50 🇨🇱Chile 248,632 0 0
51 🇬🇭Ghana 244,091 0 0
52 🇲🇱Mali 244,036 0 0
53 🇾🇪Yemen 243,594 0 0
54 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 239,063 0 0
55 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 237,617 0 0
56 🇳🇱Netherlands 229,967 0 0
57 🇵🇹Portugal 205,622 0 0
58 🇰🇭Cambodia 203,959 0 0
59 🇦🇴Angola 201,604 0 0
60 🇲🇬Madagascar 196,927 0 0
61 🇭🇺Hungary 196,308 0 0
62 🇨🇲Cameroon 190,920 0 0
63 🇨🇺Cuba 189,922 0 0
64 🇨🇿Czechia 189,148 0 0
65 🇦🇺Australia 188,769 0 0
66 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 182,668 0 0
67 🇹🇳Tunisia 168,250 0 0
68 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 164,865 0 0
69 🇧🇾Belarus 163,567 0 0
70 🇪🇨Ecuador 158,389 0 0
71 🇬🇹Guatemala 157,067 0 0
72 🇧🇬Bulgaria 155,976 0 0
73 🇬🇷Greece 155,669 0 0
74 🇷🇸Serbia 153,205 0 0
75 🇳🇪Niger 152,302 0 0
76 🇭🇹Haiti 151,714 0 0
77 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 148,458 0 0
78 🇲🇼Malawi 145,952 0 0
79 🇧🇪Belgium 143,917 0 0
80 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 140,346 0 0
81 🇬🇳Guinea 136,489 0 0
82 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 133,003 0 0
83 🇸🇳Senegal 131,196 0 0
84 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 126,330 0 0
85 🇷🇼Rwanda 125,842 0 0
86 🇸🇸South Sudan 123,007 0 0
87 🇹🇩Chad 118,651 0 0
88 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 117,561 0 0
89 🇧🇮Burundi 117,211 0 0
90 🇿🇲Zambia 116,321 0 0
91 🇸🇪Sweden 115,287 0 0
92 🇸🇴Somalia 111,806 0 0
93 🇦🇹Austria 107,515 0 0
94 🇸🇻El Salvador 102,496 0 0
95 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 101,146 0 0
96 🇸🇰Slovakia 100,288 0 0
97 🇫🇮Finland 98,369 0 0
98 🇭🇷Croatia 97,115 0 0
99 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 95,629 0 0
100 🇧🇯Benin 92,031 0 0
101 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 87,390 0 0
102 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 86,682 0 0
103 🇨🇭Switzerland 84,393 0 0
104 🇬🇪Georgia 84,379 0 0
105 🇭🇳Honduras 81,841 0 0
106 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 81,154 0 0
107 🇩🇰Denmark 79,454 0 0
108 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 79,371 0 0
109 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 78,773 0 0
110 🇳🇮Nicaragua 72,046 0 0
111 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 70,878 0 0
112 🇹🇬Togo 67,170 0 0
113 🇮🇪Ireland 66,938 0 0
114 🇵🇾Paraguay 66,919 0 0
115 🇨🇫Central African Republic 65,217 0 0
116 🇹🇯Tajikistan 64,354 0 0
117 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 63,715 0 0
118 🇳🇴Norway 62,833 0 0
119 🇱🇾Libya 55,562 0 0
120 🇱🇧Lebanon 55,544 0 0
121 🇱🇹Lithuania 53,541 0 0
122 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 49,519 0 0
123 🇳🇿New Zealand 49,102 0 0
124 🇦🇱Albania 49,038 0 0
125 🇦🇲Armenia 47,681 0 0
126 🇮🇱Israel 47,508 0 0
127 🇲🇰North Macedonia 46,992 0 0
128 🇺🇾Uruguay 46,859 0 0
129 🇯🇲Jamaica 46,008 0 0
130 🇵🇸State of Palestine 45,680 0 0
131 🇸🇬Singapore 44,926 0 0
132 🇨🇷Costa Rica 41,602 0 0
133 🇱🇷Liberia 40,283 0 0
134 🇨🇬Congo 37,989 0 0
135 🇪🇷Eritrea 36,213 0 0
136 🇵🇦Panama 34,787 0 0
137 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 34,712 0 0
138 🇸🇮Slovenia 34,056 0 0
139 🇱🇻Latvia 33,020 0 0
140 🇲🇳Mongolia 31,712 0 0
141 🇲🇷Mauritania 28,308 0 0
142 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 25,908 0 0
143 🇱🇸Lesotho 25,260 0 0
144 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 25,008 0 0
145 🇴🇲Oman 23,743 0 0
146 🇲🇺Mauritius 22,211 0 0
147 🇳🇦Namibia 21,085 0 0
148 🇯🇴Jordan 20,464 0 0
149 🇪🇪Estonia 20,142 0 0
150 🇧🇼Botswana 18,806 0 0
151 🇬🇾Guyana 18,137 0 0
152 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 17,833 0 0
153 🇬🇲Gambia 15,238 0 0
154 🇨🇾Cyprus 14,416 0 0
155 🇬🇦Gabon 14,189 0 0
156 🇸🇿Eswatini 13,667 0 0
157 🇫🇯Fiji 13,039 0 0
158 🇷🇪Réunion 12,571 0 0
159 🇲🇪Montenegro 12,355 0 0
160 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 9,638 0 0
161 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 9,360 0 0
162 🇲🇶Martinique 9,107 0 0
163 🇲🇹Malta 8,673 0 0
164 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 8,632 0 0
165 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 8,609 0 0
166 🇸🇷Suriname 8,441 0 0
167 🇧🇹Bhutan 8,355 0 0
168 🇰🇲Comoros 7,283 0 0
169 🇧🇧Barbados 7,272 0 0
170 🇰🇼Kuwait 6,827 0 0
171 🇧🇭Bahrain 5,766 0 0
172 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 4,869 0 0
173 🇼🇸Samoa 4,718 0 0
174 🇱🇺Luxembourg 4,381 0 0
175 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 4,306 0 0
176 🇮🇸Iceland 4,103 0 0
177 🇨🇼Curaçao 3,762 0 0
178 🇧🇿Belize 3,651 0 0
179 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 3,395 0 0
180 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3,222 0 0
181 🇧🇸Bahamas 3,068 0 0
182 🇲🇻Maldives 3,021 0 0
183 🇩🇯Djibouti 2,821 0 0
184 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 2,776 0 0
185 🇬🇩Grenada 2,767 0 0
186 🇵🇫French Polynesia 2,473 0 0
187 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 2,348 0 0
188 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 2,339 0 0
189 🇳🇨New Caledonia 2,239 0 0
190 🇹🇴Tonga 2,148 0 0
191 🇻🇺Vanuatu 2,145 0 0
192 🇩🇲Dominica 1,778 0 0
193 🇦🇼Aruba 1,777 0 0
194 🇬🇺Guam 1,761 0 0
195 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 1,661 0 0
196 🇰🇮Kiribati 1,641 0 0
197 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 1,464 0 0
198 🇸🇨Seychelles 1,219 0 0
199 🇶🇦Qatar 1,170 0 0
200 🇧🇲Bermuda 1,145 0 0
201 🇾🇹Mayotte 1,044 0 0
202 🇬🇱Greenland 964 0 0
203 🇯🇪Jersey 913 0 0
204 🇮🇲Isle of Man 887 0 0
205 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 878 0 0
206 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 868 0 0
207 🇦🇸American Samoa 845 0 0
208 🇬🇫French Guiana 812 0 0
209 🇬🇬Guernsey 736 0 0
210 🇨🇰Cook Islands 659 0 0
211 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 605 0 0
212 🇪🇭Western Sahara 564 0 0
213 🇬🇮Gibraltar 522 0 0
214 🇲🇸Montserrat 455 0 0
215 🇲🇨Monaco 395 0 0
216 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 380 0 0
217 🇵🇼Palau 346 0 0
218 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 319 0 0
219 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 294 0 0
220 🇸🇲San Marino 255 0 0
221 🇦🇮Anguilla 255 0 0
222 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 253 0 0
223 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 253 0 0
224 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 249 0 0
225 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 230 0 0
226 🇹🇻Tuvalu 228 0 0
227 🇸🇭Saint Helena 200 0 0
228 🇳🇺Niue 199 0 0
229 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 142 0 0
230 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 124 0 0
231 🇳🇷Nauru 102 0 0
232 🇦🇩Andorra 92 0 0
233 🇹🇰Tokelau 57 0 0
234 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 56 0 0
235 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 49 0 0
236 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 39 0 0
237 🇻🇦Holy See 7 0 0

Regions with the Highest Birth Count in 1950

Rank Region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Asia 57,064,430 0 0
2 Europe 12,167,798 0 0
3 Americas 11,364,168 0 0
4 Africa 10,878,554 0 0
5 Latin America and the Caribbean 7,304,860 0 0
6 Northern America 4,059,308 0 0
7 Oceania 348,986 0 0

Sub-regions with the Highest Birth Count in 1950

Rank Sub-region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Eastern Asia 26,452,688 0 0
2 Southern Asia 20,749,203 0 0
3 South-Eastern Asia 6,997,162 0 0
4 Eastern Europe 5,795,087 0 0
5 South America 4,773,115 0 0
6 Western Africa 3,318,678 0 0
7 Eastern Africa 3,174,030 0 0
8 Western Europe 2,643,059 0 0
9 Northern Africa 2,568,270 0 0
10 Southern Europe 2,375,238 0 0
11 Western Asia 2,211,110 0 0
12 Central America 1,851,993 0 0
13 Northern Europe 1,354,414 0 0
14 Middle Africa 1,204,650 0 0
15 Caribbean 679,752 0 0
16 Central Asia 654,267 0 0
17 Southern Africa 612,926 0 0
18 Australia/New Zealand 237,871 0 0
19 Melanesia 93,170 0 0
20 Polynesia 11,708 0 0
21 Micronesia 6,237 0 0

Income Groups with the Highest Birth Count in 1950

Rank Income Group Births Male Births Female Births
1 Low-and-middle-income countries 75,196,255 0 0
2 Middle-income countries 69,849,835 0 0
3 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 54,918,721 0 0
4 Upper-middle-income countries 38,559,581 0 0
5 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 36,636,674 0 0
6 Lower-middle-income countries 31,290,254 0 0
7 High-income countries 16,359,140 0 0
8 Low-income countries 5,346,420 0 0
9 No income group available 259,932 0 0

Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2024.

Data Published: 2024-07-11

Data Sources

The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2024

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