Annual Population Births by Country in 1956

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In the year 1956, a total of 101,827,191 babies was born across the globe. Out of this group, 24,496,325 were male and 22,310,248 were female.

The country with the highest birth count was 🇨🇳China, with a total of 24,379,882 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇮🇳India with a birth count of 17,843,839, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 3,914,029 births recorded.

The country with the lowest annual birth count was 🇻🇦Holy See with only 8 babies born for the year. Followed by 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) with a birth count of 49, and 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy with 49 births recorded.

The geographic region with the highest birth count was Asia with a total of 64,003,820 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a birth count 12452.733, and Europe with 12,133,583 births recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Eastern Asia had the highest birth count of 27,977,475 people. Closely followed by Southern Asia with a birth count of 24,087,938, and South-Eastern Asia with 8,431,516 births recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest birth count of 79,033,400. While the lowest birth count is recorded by No income group available were only 335,416 newborns was added to that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 1956

Countries with the Highest Birth Count in 1956

Rank Country Births Male Births Female Births
1 🇨🇳China 24,379,882 0 0
2 🇮🇳India 17,843,839 0 0
3 🇺🇸United States of America 3,914,029 0 0
4 🇮🇩Indonesia 3,475,206 0 0
5 🇷🇺Russian Federation 2,933,831 0 0
6 🇧🇷Brazil 2,927,550 0 0
7 🇧🇩Bangladesh 2,197,771 0 0
8 🇳🇬Nigeria 1,908,554 0 0
9 🇵🇰Pakistan 1,900,510 0 0
10 🇯🇵Japan 1,701,850 0 0
11 🇲🇽Mexico 1,549,076 0 0
12 🇪🇬Egypt 1,244,586 0 0
13 🇻🇳Viet Nam 1,157,115 0 0
14 🇩🇪Germany 1,134,790 0 0
15 🇵🇭Philippines 1,131,399 0 0
16 🇹🇷Türkiye 1,128,505 0 0
17 🇹🇭Thailand 1,058,199 0 0
18 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 979,281 0 0
19 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 967,872 0 0
20 🇪🇹Ethiopia 950,542 0 0
21 🇲🇲Myanmar 879,236 0 0
22 🇮🇹Italy 874,121 0 0
23 🇺🇦Ukraine 830,711 0 0
24 🇬🇧United Kingdom 830,388 0 0
25 🇫🇷France 814,680 0 0
26 🇵🇱Poland 772,896 0 0
27 🇨🇴Colombia 653,149 0 0
28 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 646,391 0 0
29 🇪🇸Spain 612,301 0 0
30 🇿🇦South Africa 612,123 0 0
31 🇲🇦Morocco 550,918 0 0
32 🇩🇿Algeria 518,567 0 0
33 🇦🇷Argentina 475,723 0 0
34 🇨🇦Canada 443,936 0 0
35 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 438,887 0 0
36 🇵🇪Peru 433,798 0 0
37 🇳🇵Nepal 433,384 0 0
38 🇷🇴Romania 427,230 0 0
39 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 422,145 0 0
40 🇦🇫Afghanistan 404,134 0 0
41 🇰🇪Kenya 372,200 0 0
42 🇸🇩Sudan 352,675 0 0
43 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 351,604 0 0
44 🇺🇬Uganda 341,735 0 0
45 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 331,462 0 0
46 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 330,907 0 0
47 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 326,723 0 0
48 🇲🇾Malaysia 312,479 0 0
49 🇬🇭Ghana 309,201 0 0
50 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 299,518 0 0
51 🇲🇿Mozambique 298,555 0 0
52 🇾🇪Yemen 277,849 0 0
53 🇨🇱Chile 275,533 0 0
54 🇮🇶Iraq 271,355 0 0
55 🇲🇱Mali 256,048 0 0
56 🇦🇴Angola 248,990 0 0
57 🇰🇭Cambodia 241,412 0 0
58 🇳🇱Netherlands 231,473 0 0
59 🇲🇬Madagascar 220,764 0 0
60 🇦🇺Australia 210,230 0 0
61 🇨🇺Cuba 207,983 0 0
62 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 206,006 0 0
63 🇨🇲Cameroon 204,774 0 0
64 🇵🇹Portugal 204,619 0 0
65 🇧🇾Belarus 200,316 0 0
66 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 196,742 0 0
67 🇭🇺Hungary 194,221 0 0
68 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 192,023 0 0
69 🇹🇳Tunisia 188,376 0 0
70 🇪🇨Ecuador 185,319 0 0
71 🇬🇹Guatemala 184,574 0 0
72 🇳🇪Niger 182,197 0 0
73 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 178,096 0 0
74 🇲🇼Malawi 170,268 0 0
75 🇬🇷Greece 167,319 0 0
76 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 162,949 0 0
77 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 162,209 0 0
78 🇭🇹Haiti 162,003 0 0
79 🇨🇿Czechia 161,654 0 0
80 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 157,021 0 0
81 🇧🇬Bulgaria 150,919 0 0
82 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 150,350 0 0
83 🇬🇳Guinea 149,723 0 0
84 🇧🇪Belgium 149,217 0 0
85 🇸🇳Senegal 148,593 0 0
86 🇷🇼Rwanda 141,954 0 0
87 🇿🇲Zambia 135,981 0 0
88 🇸🇸South Sudan 133,834 0 0
89 🇷🇸Serbia 131,438 0 0
90 🇹🇩Chad 129,523 0 0
91 🇸🇴Somalia 123,779 0 0
92 🇧🇮Burundi 122,196 0 0
93 🇸🇻El Salvador 119,727 0 0
94 🇦🇹Austria 115,884 0 0
95 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 107,724 0 0
96 🇸🇪Sweden 107,384 0 0
97 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 105,375 0 0
98 🇧🇯Benin 102,545 0 0
99 🇸🇰Slovakia 98,904 0 0
100 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 97,498 0 0
101 🇬🇪Georgia 96,550 0 0
102 🇭🇳Honduras 95,117 0 0
103 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 89,675 0 0
104 🇫🇮Finland 88,780 0 0
105 🇹🇯Tajikistan 88,728 0 0
106 🇨🇭Switzerland 87,532 0 0
107 🇭🇷Croatia 85,782 0 0
108 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 84,086 0 0
109 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 83,547 0 0
110 🇳🇮Nicaragua 82,830 0 0
111 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 81,913 0 0
112 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 77,303 0 0
113 🇩🇰Denmark 75,752 0 0
114 🇵🇾Paraguay 74,170 0 0
115 🇹🇬Togo 73,011 0 0
116 🇨🇫Central African Republic 67,847 0 0
117 🇦🇲Armenia 65,437 0 0
118 🇱🇧Lebanon 64,190 0 0
119 🇸🇬Singapore 63,840 0 0
120 🇳🇴Norway 63,705 0 0
121 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 62,461 0 0
122 🇦🇱Albania 62,006 0 0
123 🇱🇾Libya 61,984 0 0
124 🇮🇪Ireland 61,550 0 0
125 🇱🇹Lithuania 61,393 0 0
126 🇯🇲Jamaica 58,874 0 0
127 🇳🇿New Zealand 56,706 0 0
128 🇨🇷Costa Rica 53,450 0 0
129 🇺🇾Uruguay 52,228 0 0
130 🇵🇸State of Palestine 50,618 0 0
131 🇲🇰North Macedonia 50,064 0 0
132 🇱🇷Liberia 48,042 0 0
133 🇮🇱Israel 47,581 0 0
134 🇪🇷Eritrea 42,617 0 0
135 🇨🇬Congo 42,099 0 0
136 🇵🇦Panama 41,422 0 0
137 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 38,528 0 0
138 🇲🇳Mongolia 38,000 0 0
139 🇲🇷Mauritania 34,524 0 0
140 🇱🇻Latvia 33,197 0 0
141 🇯🇴Jordan 31,886 0 0
142 🇸🇮Slovenia 31,551 0 0
143 🇱🇸Lesotho 29,530 0 0
144 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 28,979 0 0
145 🇴🇲Oman 26,955 0 0
146 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 25,911 0 0
147 🇲🇺Mauritius 24,456 0 0
148 🇳🇦Namibia 23,189 0 0
149 🇧🇼Botswana 22,488 0 0
150 🇬🇾Guyana 22,347 0 0
151 🇪🇪Estonia 20,095 0 0
152 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 19,866 0 0
153 🇬🇲Gambia 18,242 0 0
154 🇫🇯Fiji 16,544 0 0
155 🇸🇿Eswatini 15,158 0 0
156 🇬🇦Gabon 15,063 0 0
157 🇲🇪Montenegro 14,306 0 0
158 🇷🇪Réunion 14,205 0 0
159 🇨🇾Cyprus 13,946 0 0
160 🇸🇷Suriname 10,670 0 0
161 🇲🇶Martinique 10,368 0 0
162 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 10,343 0 0
163 🇧🇹Bhutan 9,672 0 0
164 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 9,527 0 0
165 🇲🇹Malta 9,464 0 0
166 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 8,914 0 0
167 🇰🇼Kuwait 8,871 0 0
168 🇰🇲Comoros 8,636 0 0
169 🇧🇧Barbados 7,384 0 0
170 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 7,217 0 0
171 🇧🇭Bahrain 6,578 0 0
172 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 5,266 0 0
173 🇼🇸Samoa 5,089 0 0
174 🇱🇺Luxembourg 4,931 0 0
175 🇮🇸Iceland 4,609 0 0
176 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 4,551 0 0
177 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 4,372 0 0
178 🇨🇼Curaçao 4,276 0 0
179 🇲🇻Maldives 4,029 0 0
180 🇬🇩Grenada 3,966 0 0
181 🇧🇿Belize 3,942 0 0
182 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3,732 0 0
183 🇧🇸Bahamas 3,553 0 0
184 🇩🇯Djibouti 3,500 0 0
185 🇵🇫French Polynesia 3,260 0 0
186 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 3,089 0 0
187 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 2,790 0 0
188 🇹🇴Tonga 2,685 0 0
189 🇻🇺Vanuatu 2,595 0 0
190 🇳🇨New Caledonia 2,556 0 0
191 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 2,430 0 0
192 🇬🇺Guam 2,161 0 0
193 🇩🇲Dominica 2,009 0 0
194 🇰🇮Kiribati 1,855 0 0
195 🇦🇼Aruba 1,844 0 0
196 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 1,824 0 0
197 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 1,685 0 0
198 🇸🇨Seychelles 1,401 0 0
199 🇶🇦Qatar 1,389 0 0
200 🇪🇭Western Sahara 1,297 0 0
201 🇬🇱Greenland 1,254 0 0
202 🇾🇹Mayotte 1,149 0 0
203 🇧🇲Bermuda 1,083 0 0
204 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 995 0 0
205 🇬🇫French Guiana 850 0 0
206 🇦🇸American Samoa 844 0 0
207 🇯🇪Jersey 815 0 0
208 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 737 0 0
209 🇨🇰Cook Islands 727 0 0
210 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 687 0 0
211 🇮🇲Isle of Man 654 0 0
212 🇬🇬Guernsey 511 0 0
213 🇲🇸Montserrat 478 0 0
214 🇬🇮Gibraltar 443 0 0
215 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 434 0 0
216 🇲🇨Monaco 375 0 0
217 🇵🇼Palau 355 0 0
218 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 298 0 0
219 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 289 0 0
220 🇸🇲San Marino 288 0 0
221 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 281 0 0
222 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 279 0 0
223 🇦🇮Anguilla 275 0 0
224 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 241 0 0
225 🇳🇺Niue 229 0 0
226 🇹🇻Tuvalu 223 0 0
227 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 218 0 0
228 🇸🇭Saint Helena 170 0 0
229 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 169 0 0
230 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 146 0 0
231 🇳🇷Nauru 114 0 0
232 🇦🇩Andorra 109 0 0
233 🇹🇰Tokelau 67 0 0
234 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 64 0 0
235 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 49 0 0
236 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 49 0 0
237 🇻🇦Holy See 8 0 0

Regions with the Highest Birth Count in 1956

Rank Region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Asia 64,003,820 0 0
2 Africa 12,452,733 0 0
3 Europe 12,133,583 0 0
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 8,480,058 0 0
5 Northern America 4,360,472 0 0
6 Oceania 396,525 0 0

Sub-regions with the Highest Birth Count in 1956

Rank Sub-region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Eastern Asia 27,977,475 0 0
2 Southern Asia 24,087,938 0 0
3 South-Eastern Asia 8,431,516 0 0
4 Eastern Europe 5,854,769 0 0
5 South America 5,593,199 0 0
6 Western Africa 3,755,155 0 0
7 Eastern Africa 3,708,865 0 0
8 Northern Africa 2,918,404 0 0
9 Western Asia 2,647,972 0 0
10 Western Europe 2,539,170 0 0
11 Southern Europe 2,390,072 0 0
12 Central America 2,130,139 0 0
13 Middle Africa 1,367,821 0 0
14 Northern Europe 1,349,572 0 0
15 Central Asia 858,919 0 0
16 Caribbean 756,720 0 0
17 Southern Africa 702,488 0 0
18 Australia/New Zealand 266,937 0 0
19 Melanesia 108,874 0 0
20 Polynesia 13,560 0 0
21 Micronesia 7,154 0 0

Income Groups with the Highest Birth Count in 1956

Rank Income Group Births Male Births Female Births
1 Middle-income countries 79,033,400 0 0
2 Lower-middle-income countries 39,584,221 0 0
3 Upper-middle-income countries 39,449,179 0 0
4 High-income countries 16,284,832 0 0
5 Low-income countries 6,173,543 0 0
6 No income group available 335,416 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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