In the year 1956, a total of 101,759,013 babies was born across the globe.
The country with the highest birth count was 🇨🇳China, with a total of 24,364,154 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇮🇳India with a birth count of 17,526,403, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 4,204,606 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 46, and 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy with 49 births recorded.
The geographic region with the highest birth count was Asia with a total of 63,763,682 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Americas with a birth count 13,084,929, and Africa with 12,452,577 births recorded for the year.
When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Eastern Asia had the highest birth count of 27,998,752 people. Closely followed by Southern Asia with a birth count of 23,877,369, and South-Eastern Asia with 8,435,272 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 84,890,001. While the lowest birth count is recorded by No income group available were only 335,736 newborns was added to that segment.
| Rank | Location | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asia | 63,763,682 |
| 2 | Americas | 13,084,929 |
| 3 | Africa | 12,452,577 |
| 4 | Europe | 12,059,533 |
| 5 | Latin America and the Caribbean | 8,443,877 |
| 6 | Northern America | 4,641,052 |
| 7 | Oceania | 398,292 |
| Rank | Location | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eastern Asia | 27,998,752 |
| 2 | Southern Asia | 23,877,369 |
| 3 | South-Eastern Asia | 8,435,272 |
| 4 | Eastern Europe | 5,778,251 |
| 5 | South America | 5,563,613 |
| 6 | Western Africa | 3,785,886 |
| 7 | Eastern Africa | 3,683,067 |
| 8 | Northern Africa | 2,916,606 |
| 9 | Western Asia | 2,608,992 |
| 10 | Western Europe | 2,543,671 |
| 11 | Southern Europe | 2,403,431 |
| 12 | Central America | 2,131,581 |
| 13 | Middle Africa | 1,371,849 |
| 14 | Northern Europe | 1,334,180 |
| 15 | Central Asia | 843,297 |
| 16 | Caribbean | 748,683 |
| 17 | Southern Africa | 695,169 |
| 18 | Australia/New Zealand | 267,207 |
| 19 | Melanesia | 109,957 |
| 20 | Polynesia | 13,740 |
| 21 | Micronesia | 7,388 |
| Rank | Location | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Low-and-middle-income countries | 84,890,001 |
| 2 | Middle-income countries | 78,976,901 |
| 3 | High-and-upper-middle-income countries | 59,506,390 |
| 4 | Upper-middle-income countries | 42,982,746 |
| 5 | Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries | 41,907,255 |
| 6 | Lower-middle-income countries | 35,994,155 |
| 7 | High-income countries | 16,523,644 |
| 8 | Low-income countries | 5,913,100 |
| 9 | No income group available | 335,736 |
Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2024.
Data Published: 2024-07-11Source data made available by UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2024 under CC BY 3.0 IGO.
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