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Annual Population Births by Country in 1955

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In the year 1955, a total of 101,807,356 babies was born across the globe. Out of this group, 24,565,631 were male and 22,400,468 were female.

The country with the highest birth count was 🇨🇳China, with a total of 25,708,735 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇮🇳India with a birth count of 17,549,401, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 3,814,760 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 48, and 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy with 49 births recorded.

The geographic region with the highest birth count was Asia with a total of 64,555,772 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a birth count 12190.188, and Europe with 12,134,270 births recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Eastern Asia had the highest birth count of 29,332,533 people. Closely followed by Southern Asia with a birth count of 23,648,728, and South-Eastern Asia with 8,181,729 births recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest birth count of 79,285,075. While the lowest birth count is recorded by No income group available were only 323,759 newborns was added to that segment.

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Countries with the Highest Birth Count in 1955

Rank Country Births Male Births Female Births
1 🇨🇳China 25,708,735 0 0
2 🇮🇳India 17,549,401 0 0
3 🇺🇸United States of America 3,814,760 0 0
4 🇮🇩Indonesia 3,359,348 0 0
5 🇷🇺Russian Federation 2,974,556 0 0
6 🇧🇷Brazil 2,856,791 0 0
7 🇧🇩Bangladesh 2,139,731 0 0
8 🇳🇬Nigeria 1,868,836 0 0
9 🇵🇰Pakistan 1,853,944 0 0
10 🇯🇵Japan 1,771,077 0 0
11 🇲🇽Mexico 1,514,547 0 0
12 🇪🇬Egypt 1,233,309 0 0
13 🇻🇳Viet Nam 1,123,294 0 0
14 🇩🇪Germany 1,111,435 0 0
15 🇹🇷Türkiye 1,104,084 0 0
16 🇵🇭Philippines 1,088,078 0 0
17 🇹🇭Thailand 1,033,051 0 0
18 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 946,203 0 0
19 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 943,027 0 0
20 🇪🇹Ethiopia 934,485 0 0
21 🇮🇹Italy 869,440 0 0
22 🇲🇲Myanmar 867,883 0 0
23 🇺🇦Ukraine 826,853 0 0
24 🇫🇷France 814,445 0 0
25 🇬🇧United Kingdom 792,127 0 0
26 🇵🇱Poland 785,068 0 0
27 🇨🇴Colombia 635,597 0 0
28 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 631,928 0 0
29 🇿🇦South Africa 601,757 0 0
30 🇪🇸Spain 601,036 0 0
31 🇲🇦Morocco 536,358 0 0
32 🇩🇿Algeria 508,773 0 0
33 🇦🇷Argentina 469,409 0 0
34 🇷🇴Romania 436,659 0 0
35 🇨🇦Canada 435,916 0 0
36 🇳🇵Nepal 428,038 0 0
37 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 425,057 0 0
38 🇵🇪Peru 422,743 0 0
39 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 416,057 0 0
40 🇦🇫Afghanistan 397,156 0 0
41 🇰🇪Kenya 356,445 0 0
42 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 355,359 0 0
43 🇸🇩Sudan 343,143 0 0
44 🇺🇬Uganda 334,955 0 0
45 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 320,976 0 0
46 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 319,896 0 0
47 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 315,748 0 0
48 🇲🇾Malaysia 303,591 0 0
49 🇬🇭Ghana 298,295 0 0
50 🇲🇿Mozambique 294,677 0 0
51 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 280,471 0 0
52 🇾🇪Yemen 272,259 0 0
53 🇨🇱Chile 269,292 0 0
54 🇮🇶Iraq 266,969 0 0
55 🇲🇱Mali 253,609 0 0
56 🇦🇴Angola 242,057 0 0
57 🇰🇭Cambodia 235,813 0 0
58 🇳🇱Netherlands 230,005 0 0
59 🇲🇬Madagascar 215,701 0 0
60 🇵🇹Portugal 211,221 0 0
61 🇭🇺Hungary 210,477 0 0
62 🇦🇺Australia 206,044 0 0
63 🇨🇺Cuba 203,999 0 0
64 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 202,341 0 0
65 🇨🇲Cameroon 200,784 0 0
66 🇧🇾Belarus 196,496 0 0
67 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 192,178 0 0
68 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 187,416 0 0
69 🇹🇳Tunisia 184,100 0 0
70 🇪🇨Ecuador 181,174 0 0
71 🇬🇹Guatemala 180,890 0 0
72 🇳🇪Niger 177,426 0 0
73 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 173,091 0 0
74 🇬🇷Greece 165,630 0 0
75 🇲🇼Malawi 165,054 0 0
76 🇨🇿Czechia 164,949 0 0
77 🇭🇹Haiti 159,775 0 0
78 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 158,098 0 0
79 🇧🇬Bulgaria 153,833 0 0
80 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 153,713 0 0
81 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 152,215 0 0
82 🇧🇪Belgium 148,202 0 0
83 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 147,140 0 0
84 🇬🇳Guinea 147,096 0 0
85 🇸🇳Senegal 144,935 0 0
86 🇷🇼Rwanda 138,454 0 0
87 🇷🇸Serbia 138,449 0 0
88 🇿🇲Zambia 131,525 0 0
89 🇸🇸South Sudan 130,654 0 0
90 🇹🇩Chad 127,326 0 0
91 🇸🇴Somalia 121,575 0 0
92 🇧🇮Burundi 121,130 0 0
93 🇸🇻El Salvador 116,744 0 0
94 🇦🇹Austria 109,124 0 0
95 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 108,843 0 0
96 🇸🇪Sweden 106,876 0 0
97 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 103,610 0 0
98 🇧🇯Benin 100,270 0 0
99 🇸🇰Slovakia 99,144 0 0
100 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 94,069 0 0
101 🇬🇪Georgia 93,107 0 0
102 🇭🇳Honduras 92,985 0 0
103 🇫🇮Finland 89,568 0 0
104 🇭🇷Croatia 88,250 0 0
105 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 88,157 0 0
106 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 85,104 0 0
107 🇨🇭Switzerland 84,822 0 0
108 🇹🇯Tajikistan 83,715 0 0
109 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 81,801 0 0
110 🇳🇮Nicaragua 81,008 0 0
111 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 80,258 0 0
112 🇩🇰Denmark 75,940 0 0
113 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 74,628 0 0
114 🇵🇾Paraguay 73,042 0 0
115 🇹🇬Togo 71,757 0 0
116 🇨🇫Central African Republic 66,910 0 0
117 🇳🇴Norway 63,009 0 0
118 🇱🇧Lebanon 62,750 0 0
119 🇮🇪Ireland 62,368 0 0
120 🇦🇲Armenia 61,171 0 0
121 🇱🇹Lithuania 60,192 0 0
122 🇸🇬Singapore 60,059 0 0
123 🇦🇱Albania 59,836 0 0
124 🇱🇾Libya 59,740 0 0
125 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 58,928 0 0
126 🇯🇲Jamaica 56,779 0 0
127 🇳🇿New Zealand 55,193 0 0
128 🇨🇷Costa Rica 51,615 0 0
129 🇲🇰North Macedonia 51,166 0 0
130 🇺🇾Uruguay 50,958 0 0
131 🇵🇸State of Palestine 49,719 0 0
132 🇮🇱Israel 46,477 0 0
133 🇱🇷Liberia 46,449 0 0
134 🇪🇷Eritrea 41,629 0 0
135 🇨🇬Congo 41,224 0 0
136 🇵🇦Panama 40,343 0 0
137 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 38,048 0 0
138 🇲🇳Mongolia 36,494 0 0
139 🇱🇻Latvia 33,601 0 0
140 🇲🇷Mauritania 33,579 0 0
141 🇸🇮Slovenia 32,110 0 0
142 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 29,750 0 0
143 🇯🇴Jordan 29,527 0 0
144 🇱🇸Lesotho 28,778 0 0
145 🇴🇲Oman 26,527 0 0
146 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 25,767 0 0
147 🇲🇺Mauritius 23,996 0 0
148 🇳🇦Namibia 22,946 0 0
149 🇧🇼Botswana 21,874 0 0
150 🇬🇾Guyana 21,679 0 0
151 🇪🇪Estonia 21,246 0 0
152 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 19,512 0 0
153 🇬🇲Gambia 17,752 0 0
154 🇫🇯Fiji 16,049 0 0
155 🇸🇿Eswatini 14,885 0 0
156 🇬🇦Gabon 14,849 0 0
157 🇲🇪Montenegro 14,449 0 0
158 🇷🇪Réunion 13,850 0 0
159 🇨🇾Cyprus 13,846 0 0
160 🇸🇷Suriname 10,339 0 0
161 🇲🇶Martinique 10,271 0 0
162 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 10,237 0 0
163 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 9,472 0 0
164 🇧🇹Bhutan 9,424 0 0
165 🇲🇹Malta 9,247 0 0
166 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 8,687 0 0
167 🇰🇲Comoros 8,449 0 0
168 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 7,716 0 0
169 🇰🇼Kuwait 7,492 0 0
170 🇧🇧Barbados 7,415 0 0
171 🇧🇭Bahrain 6,371 0 0
172 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 5,119 0 0
173 🇱🇺Luxembourg 5,073 0 0
174 🇼🇸Samoa 5,004 0 0
175 🇮🇸Iceland 4,511 0 0
176 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 4,343 0 0
177 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 4,332 0 0
178 🇨🇼Curaçao 4,213 0 0
179 🇧🇿Belize 3,904 0 0
180 🇲🇻Maldives 3,855 0 0
181 🇬🇩Grenada 3,786 0 0
182 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3,645 0 0
183 🇧🇸Bahamas 3,430 0 0
184 🇩🇯Djibouti 3,380 0 0
185 🇵🇫French Polynesia 3,140 0 0
186 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 2,944 0 0
187 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 2,743 0 0
188 🇹🇴Tonga 2,593 0 0
189 🇻🇺Vanuatu 2,525 0 0
190 🇳🇨New Caledonia 2,483 0 0
191 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 2,383 0 0
192 🇬🇺Guam 2,109 0 0
193 🇩🇲Dominica 1,927 0 0
194 🇦🇼Aruba 1,835 0 0
195 🇰🇮Kiribati 1,824 0 0
196 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 1,794 0 0
197 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 1,638 0 0
198 🇸🇨Seychelles 1,370 0 0
199 🇶🇦Qatar 1,346 0 0
200 🇬🇱Greenland 1,206 0 0
201 🇪🇭Western Sahara 1,167 0 0
202 🇾🇹Mayotte 1,139 0 0
203 🇧🇲Bermuda 1,085 0 0
204 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 902 0 0
205 🇦🇸American Samoa 843 0 0
206 🇬🇫French Guiana 829 0 0
207 🇯🇪Jersey 800 0 0
208 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 757 0 0
209 🇨🇰Cook Islands 717 0 0
210 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 675 0 0
211 🇮🇲Isle of Man 629 0 0
212 🇲🇸Montserrat 498 0 0
213 🇬🇬Guernsey 491 0 0
214 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 447 0 0
215 🇬🇮Gibraltar 432 0 0
216 🇲🇨Monaco 372 0 0
217 🇵🇼Palau 339 0 0
218 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 298 0 0
219 🇸🇲San Marino 289 0 0
220 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 286 0 0
221 🇦🇮Anguilla 283 0 0
222 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 283 0 0
223 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 282 0 0
224 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 243 0 0
225 🇳🇺Niue 227 0 0
226 🇹🇻Tuvalu 226 0 0
227 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 224 0 0
228 🇸🇭Saint Helena 179 0 0
229 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 159 0 0
230 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 143 0 0
231 🇳🇷Nauru 112 0 0
232 🇦🇩Andorra 95 0 0
233 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 65 0 0
234 🇹🇰Tokelau 65 0 0
235 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 49 0 0
236 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 48 0 0
237 🇻🇦Holy See 7 0 0

Regions with the Highest Birth Count in 1955

Rank Region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Asia 64,555,772 0 0
2 Africa 12,190,188 0 0
3 Europe 12,134,270 0 0
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 8,286,068 0 0
5 Northern America 4,253,127 0 0
6 Oceania 387,930 0 0

Sub-regions with the Highest Birth Count in 1955

Rank Sub-region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Eastern Asia 29,332,533 0 0
2 Southern Asia 23,648,728 0 0
3 South-Eastern Asia 8,181,729 0 0
4 Eastern Europe 5,929,835 0 0
5 South America 5,458,938 0 0
6 Western Africa 3,673,676 0 0
7 Eastern Africa 3,621,623 0 0
8 Northern Africa 2,866,592 0 0
9 Western Asia 2,579,293 0 0
10 Western Europe 2,503,766 0 0
11 Southern Europe 2,388,551 0 0
12 Central America 2,082,034 0 0
13 Middle Africa 1,338,058 0 0
14 Northern Europe 1,312,118 0 0
15 Central Asia 813,489 0 0
16 Caribbean 745,096 0 0
17 Southern Africa 690,239 0 0
18 Australia/New Zealand 261,238 0 0
19 Melanesia 106,435 0 0
20 Polynesia 13,261 0 0
21 Micronesia 6,996 0 0

Income Groups with the Highest Birth Count in 1955

Rank Income Group Births Male Births Female Births
1 Middle-income countries 79,285,075 0 0
2 Upper-middle-income countries 40,539,216 0 0
3 Lower-middle-income countries 38,745,859 0 0
4 High-income countries 16,136,617 0 0
5 Low-income countries 6,061,905 0 0
6 No income group available 323,759 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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