Annual Population Births by Country in 1950

1950 +1 year +5 year

In the year 1950, a total of 92,083,258 babies was born across the globe. Out of this group, 25,784,509 were male and 23,004,027 were female.

The country with the highest birth count was 🇨🇳China, with a total of 22,350,731 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇮🇳India with a birth count of 15,651,496, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 3,379,666 births recorded.

The country with the lowest annual birth count was 🇻🇦Holy See with only 6 babies born for the year. Followed by 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) with a birth count of 37, and 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy with 49 births recorded.

The geographic region with the highest birth count was Asia with a total of 57,489,661 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Europe with a birth count 12202.22, and Africa with 10,949,117 births recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Eastern Asia had the highest birth count of 26,461,487 people. Closely followed by Southern Asia with a birth count of 21,048,911, and South-Eastern Asia with 7,041,718 births recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest birth count of 70,158,154. While the lowest birth count is recorded by No income group available were only 259,974 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 22,350,731 0 0
2 🇮🇳India 15,651,496 0 0
3 🇺🇸United States of America 3,379,666 0 0
4 🇷🇺Russian Federation 2,949,129 0 0
5 🇮🇩Indonesia 2,825,601 0 0
6 🇧🇷Brazil 2,504,882 0 0
7 🇯🇵Japan 2,389,226 0 0
8 🇧🇩Bangladesh 1,848,454 0 0
9 🇳🇬Nigeria 1,696,576 0 0
10 🇵🇰Pakistan 1,647,739 0 0
11 🇲🇽Mexico 1,361,891 0 0
12 🇩🇪Germany 1,156,316 0 0
13 🇪🇬Egypt 1,146,681 0 0
14 🇻🇳Viet Nam 974,863 0 0
15 🇹🇷Türkiye 974,272 0 0
16 🇵🇭Philippines 917,641 0 0
17 🇮🇹Italy 914,162 0 0
18 🇹🇭Thailand 894,797 0 0
19 🇪🇹Ethiopia 874,711 0 0
20 🇫🇷France 868,587 0 0
21 🇺🇦Ukraine 855,267 0 0
22 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 843,927 0 0
23 🇬🇧United Kingdom 822,441 0 0
24 🇲🇲Myanmar 808,100 0 0
25 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 802,706 0 0
26 🇵🇱Poland 764,646 0 0
27 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 565,737 0 0
28 🇪🇸Spain 563,063 0 0
29 🇨🇴Colombia 551,064 0 0
30 🇿🇦South Africa 543,143 0 0
31 🇩🇿Algeria 461,136 0 0
32 🇲🇦Morocco 457,065 0 0
33 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 451,278 0 0
34 🇦🇷Argentina 441,694 0 0
35 🇷🇴Romania 412,845 0 0
36 🇳🇵Nepal 395,211 0 0
37 🇵🇪Peru 369,883 0 0
38 🇨🇦Canada 367,660 0 0
39 🇦🇫Afghanistan 365,303 0 0
40 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 364,524 0 0
41 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 344,433 0 0
42 🇺🇬Uganda 301,504 0 0
43 🇸🇩Sudan 295,693 0 0
44 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 285,353 0 0
45 🇰🇪Kenya 285,133 0 0
46 🇲🇿Mozambique 276,983 0 0
47 🇲🇾Malaysia 264,724 0 0
48 🇮🇶Iraq 258,618 0 0
49 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 256,870 0 0
50 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 249,290 0 0
51 🇾🇪Yemen 248,178 0 0
52 🇨🇱Chile 246,224 0 0
53 🇲🇱Mali 245,320 0 0
54 🇬🇭Ghana 237,147 0 0
55 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 234,644 0 0
56 🇳🇱Netherlands 230,580 0 0
57 🇰🇭Cambodia 208,816 0 0
58 🇦🇴Angola 206,734 0 0
59 🇵🇹Portugal 205,583 0 0
60 🇭🇺Hungary 196,222 0 0
61 🇲🇬Madagascar 192,166 0 0
62 🇨🇺Cuba 189,637 0 0
63 🇦🇺Australia 188,822 0 0
64 🇨🇿Czechia 187,993 0 0
65 🇨🇲Cameroon 186,657 0 0
66 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 183,764 0 0
67 🇧🇾Belarus 169,536 0 0
68 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 166,567 0 0
69 🇹🇳Tunisia 165,557 0 0
70 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 164,768 0 0
71 🇷🇸Serbia 161,267 0 0
72 🇪🇨Ecuador 160,884 0 0
73 🇬🇹Guatemala 158,460 0 0
74 🇧🇬Bulgaria 156,085 0 0
75 🇬🇷Greece 153,300 0 0
76 🇳🇪Niger 152,608 0 0
77 🇭🇹Haiti 150,734 0 0
78 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 149,555 0 0
79 🇲🇼Malawi 145,030 0 0
80 🇧🇪Belgium 144,205 0 0
81 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 140,879 0 0
82 🇬🇳Guinea 134,500 0 0
83 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 134,355 0 0
84 🇸🇳Senegal 128,935 0 0
85 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 125,695 0 0
86 🇷🇼Rwanda 119,443 0 0
87 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 118,073 0 0
88 🇹🇩Chad 117,340 0 0
89 🇧🇮Burundi 116,224 0 0
90 🇸🇪Sweden 116,121 0 0
91 🇸🇸South Sudan 115,170 0 0
92 🇿🇲Zambia 112,653 0 0
93 🇸🇴Somalia 111,738 0 0
94 🇦🇹Austria 107,141 0 0
95 🇸🇻El Salvador 102,860 0 0
96 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 101,781 0 0
97 🇸🇰Slovakia 100,128 0 0
98 🇫🇮Finland 98,503 0 0
99 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 97,389 0 0
100 🇭🇷Croatia 92,524 0 0
101 🇧🇯Benin 92,160 0 0
102 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 87,951 0 0
103 🇨🇭Switzerland 84,280 0 0
104 🇬🇪Georgia 84,134 0 0
105 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 81,840 0 0
106 🇭🇳Honduras 81,831 0 0
107 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 81,673 0 0
108 🇩🇰Denmark 79,451 0 0
109 🇳🇮Nicaragua 73,216 0 0
110 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 69,967 0 0
111 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 69,794 0 0
112 🇵🇾Paraguay 67,569 0 0
113 🇹🇬Togo 66,267 0 0
114 🇮🇪Ireland 66,089 0 0
115 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 63,133 0 0
116 🇨🇫Central African Republic 62,584 0 0
117 🇳🇴Norway 62,529 0 0
118 🇱🇹Lithuania 59,673 0 0
119 🇹🇯Tajikistan 58,180 0 0
120 🇱🇧Lebanon 55,160 0 0
121 🇱🇾Libya 53,256 0 0
122 🇲🇰North Macedonia 49,795 0 0
123 🇳🇿New Zealand 49,077 0 0
124 🇦🇲Armenia 48,545 0 0
125 🇦🇱Albania 47,332 0 0
126 🇺🇾Uruguay 46,700 0 0
127 🇯🇲Jamaica 46,404 0 0
128 🇮🇱Israel 46,386 0 0
129 🇵🇸State of Palestine 46,047 0 0
130 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 45,749 0 0
131 🇸🇬Singapore 45,070 0 0
132 🇨🇷Costa Rica 42,685 0 0
133 🇱🇷Liberia 39,522 0 0
134 🇨🇬Congo 37,503 0 0
135 🇪🇷Eritrea 36,888 0 0
136 🇵🇦Panama 35,032 0 0
137 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 34,204 0 0
138 🇸🇮Slovenia 34,140 0 0
139 🇱🇻Latvia 33,221 0 0
140 🇲🇳Mongolia 31,838 0 0
141 🇲🇷Mauritania 29,799 0 0
142 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 26,143 0 0
143 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 25,147 0 0
144 🇱🇸Lesotho 25,098 0 0
145 🇴🇲Oman 24,647 0 0
146 🇲🇺Mauritius 22,308 0 0
147 🇳🇦Namibia 21,728 0 0
148 🇪🇪Estonia 20,272 0 0
149 🇯🇴Jordan 19,914 0 0
150 🇧🇼Botswana 18,796 0 0
151 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 17,979 0 0
152 🇬🇾Guyana 17,616 0 0
153 🇬🇲Gambia 15,177 0 0
154 🇨🇾Cyprus 14,548 0 0
155 🇬🇦Gabon 14,278 0 0
156 🇸🇿Eswatini 13,745 0 0
157 🇷🇪Réunion 12,970 0 0
158 🇫🇯Fiji 12,688 0 0
159 🇲🇪Montenegro 12,043 0 0
160 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 9,697 0 0
161 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 9,602 0 0
162 🇲🇶Martinique 9,333 0 0
163 🇸🇷Suriname 8,926 0 0
164 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 8,634 0 0
165 🇲🇹Malta 8,495 0 0
166 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 8,447 0 0
167 🇧🇹Bhutan 8,344 0 0
168 🇧🇧Barbados 7,326 0 0
169 🇰🇲Comoros 7,140 0 0
170 🇰🇼Kuwait 6,444 0 0
171 🇧🇭Bahrain 5,567 0 0
172 🇼🇸Samoa 4,509 0 0
173 🇱🇺Luxembourg 4,404 0 0
174 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 4,365 0 0
175 🇮🇸Iceland 4,094 0 0
176 🇧🇿Belize 3,695 0 0
177 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 3,578 0 0
178 🇨🇼Curaçao 3,514 0 0
179 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 3,509 0 0
180 🇧🇸Bahamas 3,191 0 0
181 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3,184 0 0
182 🇲🇻Maldives 3,083 0 0
183 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 2,944 0 0
184 🇩🇯Djibouti 2,837 0 0
185 🇬🇩Grenada 2,749 0 0
186 🇵🇫French Polynesia 2,513 0 0
187 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 2,384 0 0
188 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 2,287 0 0
189 🇳🇨New Caledonia 2,231 0 0
190 🇻🇺Vanuatu 2,179 0 0
191 🇹🇴Tonga 2,148 0 0
192 🇬🇺Guam 1,773 0 0
193 🇦🇼Aruba 1,743 0 0
194 🇩🇲Dominica 1,739 0 0
195 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 1,670 0 0
196 🇰🇮Kiribati 1,642 0 0
197 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 1,448 0 0
198 🇸🇨Seychelles 1,244 0 0
199 🇶🇦Qatar 1,167 0 0
200 🇧🇲Bermuda 1,120 0 0
201 🇾🇹Mayotte 1,081 0 0
202 🇬🇱Greenland 999 0 0
203 🇯🇪Jersey 923 0 0
204 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 881 0 0
205 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 869 0 0
206 🇮🇲Isle of Man 861 0 0
207 🇦🇸American Samoa 836 0 0
208 🇬🇫French Guiana 788 0 0
209 🇬🇬Guernsey 770 0 0
210 🇨🇰Cook Islands 650 0 0
211 🇪🇭Western Sahara 610 0 0
212 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 606 0 0
213 🇬🇮Gibraltar 469 0 0
214 🇲🇸Montserrat 464 0 0
215 🇲🇨Monaco 398 0 0
216 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 386 0 0
217 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 324 0 0
218 🇵🇼Palau 324 0 0
219 🇸🇲San Marino 291 0 0
220 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 290 0 0
221 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 272 0 0
222 🇦🇮Anguilla 263 0 0
223 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 247 0 0
224 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 243 0 0
225 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 226 0 0
226 🇹🇻Tuvalu 224 0 0
227 🇸🇭Saint Helena 201 0 0
228 🇳🇺Niue 199 0 0
229 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 138 0 0
230 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 130 0 0
231 🇳🇷Nauru 105 0 0
232 🇦🇩Andorra 96 0 0
233 🇹🇰Tokelau 61 0 0
234 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 55 0 0
235 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 49 0 0
236 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 37 0 0
237 🇻🇦Holy See 6 0 0

Regions with the Highest Birth Count in 1950

Rank Region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Asia 57,489,661 0 0
2 Europe 12,202,220 0 0
3 Africa 10,949,117 0 0
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 7,345,600 0 0
5 Northern America 3,749,583 0 0
6 Oceania 347,077 0 0

Sub-regions with the Highest Birth Count in 1950

Rank Sub-region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Eastern Asia 26,461,487 0 0
2 Southern Asia 21,048,911 0 0
3 South-Eastern Asia 7,041,718 0 0
4 Eastern Europe 5,861,646 0 0
5 South America 4,807,493 0 0
6 Western Africa 3,302,510 0 0
7 Eastern Africa 3,240,626 0 0
8 Western Europe 2,596,201 0 0
9 Northern Africa 2,579,998 0 0
10 Southern Europe 2,378,551 0 0
11 Western Asia 2,286,547 0 0
12 Central America 1,859,667 0 0
13 Northern Europe 1,365,822 0 0
14 Middle Africa 1,203,473 0 0
15 Caribbean 678,440 0 0
16 Central Asia 650,998 0 0
17 Southern Africa 622,510 0 0
18 Australia/New Zealand 237,899 0 0
19 Melanesia 91,431 0 0
20 Polynesia 11,525 0 0
21 Micronesia 6,222 0 0

Income Groups with the Highest Birth Count in 1950

Rank Income Group Births Male Births Female Births
1 Middle-income countries 70,158,154 0 0
2 Upper-middle-income countries 35,810,515 0 0
3 Lower-middle-income countries 34,347,639 0 0
4 High-income countries 16,030,247 0 0
5 Low-income countries 5,634,883 0 0
6 No income group available 259,974 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 2022.

Data Sources

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

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2022

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