Annual Population Births by Country in 1960

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In the year 1960, a total of 102,262,439 babies was born across the globe. Out of this group, 28,803,966 were male and 26,169,711 were female.

The country with the highest birth count was 🇨🇳China, with a total of 19,490,632 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇮🇳India with a birth count of 18,957,618, and 🇺🇸United States of America with 3,992,399 births recorded.

The country with the lowest annual birth count was 🇻🇦Holy See with only 8 babies born for the year. Followed by 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy with a birth count of 51, and 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) with 53 births recorded.

The geographic region with the highest birth count was Asia with a total of 62,484,685 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a birth count 13537.719, and Europe with 12,098,378 births recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest birth count of 25,867,477 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a birth count of 23,234,176, and South-Eastern Asia with 9,456,779 births recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest birth count of 78,516,102. While the lowest birth count is recorded by No income group available were only 370,288 newborns was added to that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 1960

Countries with the Highest Birth Count in 1960

Rank Country Births Male Births Female Births
1 🇨🇳China 19,490,632 0 0
2 🇮🇳India 18,957,618 0 0
3 🇺🇸United States of America 3,992,399 0 0
4 🇮🇩Indonesia 3,929,479 0 0
5 🇧🇷Brazil 3,205,265 0 0
6 🇷🇺Russian Federation 2,795,172 0 0
7 🇧🇩Bangladesh 2,492,613 0 0
8 🇵🇰Pakistan 2,102,786 0 0
9 🇳🇬Nigeria 2,071,559 0 0
10 🇲🇽Mexico 1,705,473 0 0
11 🇯🇵Japan 1,658,438 0 0
12 🇻🇳Viet Nam 1,352,488 0 0
13 🇵🇭Philippines 1,328,281 0 0
14 🇪🇬Egypt 1,281,778 0 0
15 🇩🇪Germany 1,271,455 0 0
16 🇹🇷Türkiye 1,227,470 0 0
17 🇹🇭Thailand 1,164,529 0 0
18 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 1,082,164 0 0
19 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,048,502 0 0
20 🇪🇹Ethiopia 1,031,961 0 0
21 🇬🇧United Kingdom 922,890 0 0
22 🇲🇲Myanmar 916,714 0 0
23 🇮🇹Italy 901,896 0 0
24 🇺🇦Ukraine 874,364 0 0
25 🇫🇷France 816,847 0 0
26 🇨🇴Colombia 722,255 0 0
27 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 716,083 0 0
28 🇵🇱Poland 670,178 0 0
29 🇪🇸Spain 660,876 0 0
30 🇿🇦South Africa 652,630 0 0
31 🇲🇦Morocco 600,551 0 0
32 🇩🇿Algeria 556,593 0 0
33 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 495,922 0 0
34 🇦🇷Argentina 483,766 0 0
35 🇵🇪Peru 477,052 0 0
36 🇨🇦Canada 471,518 0 0
37 🇳🇵Nepal 458,470 0 0
38 🇦🇫Afghanistan 434,057 0 0
39 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 432,936 0 0
40 🇰🇪Kenya 427,727 0 0
41 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 410,308 0 0
42 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 404,477 0 0
43 🇸🇩Sudan 394,177 0 0
44 🇺🇬Uganda 371,000 0 0
45 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 365,913 0 0
46 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 357,945 0 0
47 🇷🇴Romania 355,529 0 0
48 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 354,070 0 0
49 🇬🇭Ghana 343,974 0 0
50 🇲🇾Malaysia 335,697 0 0
51 🇲🇿Mozambique 321,996 0 0
52 🇾🇪Yemen 302,077 0 0
53 🇨🇱Chile 287,709 0 0
54 🇦🇴Angola 274,530 0 0
55 🇲🇱Mali 270,294 0 0
56 🇮🇶Iraq 257,432 0 0
57 🇰🇭Cambodia 242,222 0 0
58 🇲🇬Madagascar 240,224 0 0
59 🇳🇱Netherlands 239,541 0 0
60 🇨🇺Cuba 237,890 0 0
61 🇦🇺Australia 227,494 0 0
62 🇨🇲Cameroon 226,139 0 0
63 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 221,899 0 0
64 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 216,783 0 0
65 🇵🇹Portugal 215,138 0 0
66 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 213,643 0 0
67 🇧🇾Belarus 205,048 0 0
68 🇳🇪Niger 203,429 0 0
69 🇪🇨Ecuador 203,139 0 0
70 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 202,331 0 0
71 🇬🇹Guatemala 197,532 0 0
72 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 197,518 0 0
73 🇹🇳Tunisia 197,446 0 0
74 🇲🇼Malawi 193,012 0 0
75 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 180,126 0 0
76 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 172,483 0 0
77 🇭🇹Haiti 170,338 0 0
78 🇬🇷Greece 168,206 0 0
79 🇸🇳Senegal 164,735 0 0
80 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 164,555 0 0
81 🇬🇳Guinea 160,709 0 0
82 🇿🇲Zambia 155,895 0 0
83 🇧🇪Belgium 154,789 0 0
84 🇷🇼Rwanda 153,590 0 0
85 🇭🇺Hungary 146,313 0 0
86 🇸🇸South Sudan 145,279 0 0
87 🇧🇬Bulgaria 143,100 0 0
88 🇹🇩Chad 138,592 0 0
89 🇸🇴Somalia 133,788 0 0
90 🇸🇻El Salvador 132,082 0 0
91 🇧🇮Burundi 128,076 0 0
92 🇨🇿Czechia 127,265 0 0
93 🇦🇹Austria 126,311 0 0
94 🇷🇸Serbia 124,709 0 0
95 🇧🇯Benin 113,419 0 0
96 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 112,621 0 0
97 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 110,543 0 0
98 🇬🇪Georgia 108,113 0 0
99 🇹🇯Tajikistan 107,273 0 0
100 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 105,766 0 0
101 🇭🇳Honduras 103,177 0 0
102 🇸🇪Sweden 101,205 0 0
103 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 96,049 0 0
104 🇨🇭Switzerland 94,175 0 0
105 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 92,352 0 0
106 🇳🇮Nicaragua 90,206 0 0
107 🇸🇰Slovakia 89,100 0 0
108 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 88,937 0 0
109 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 88,848 0 0
110 🇫🇮Finland 82,313 0 0
111 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 79,890 0 0
112 🇵🇾Paraguay 79,616 0 0
113 🇹🇬Togo 78,343 0 0
114 🇦🇲Armenia 77,424 0 0
115 🇭🇷Croatia 77,229 0 0
116 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 76,989 0 0
117 🇩🇰Denmark 75,249 0 0
118 🇨🇫Central African Republic 72,116 0 0
119 🇱🇾Libya 71,663 0 0
120 🇦🇱Albania 69,920 0 0
121 🇱🇧Lebanon 69,846 0 0
122 🇯🇲Jamaica 66,880 0 0
123 🇸🇬Singapore 66,200 0 0
124 🇱🇹Lithuania 63,521 0 0
125 🇳🇿New Zealand 63,129 0 0
126 🇨🇷Costa Rica 61,420 0 0
127 🇮🇪Ireland 61,307 0 0
128 🇳🇴Norway 61,307 0 0
129 🇺🇾Uruguay 55,075 0 0
130 🇱🇷Liberia 54,595 0 0
131 🇵🇸State of Palestine 54,566 0 0
132 🇮🇱Israel 51,392 0 0
133 🇪🇷Eritrea 47,232 0 0
134 🇵🇦Panama 46,659 0 0
135 🇲🇰North Macedonia 46,036 0 0
136 🇨🇬Congo 45,780 0 0
137 🇲🇳Mongolia 43,472 0 0
138 🇯🇴Jordan 42,500 0 0
139 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 40,866 0 0
140 🇲🇷Mauritania 38,873 0 0
141 🇱🇻Latvia 36,119 0 0
142 🇱🇸Lesotho 32,889 0 0
143 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 31,717 0 0
144 🇴🇲Oman 28,893 0 0
145 🇸🇮Slovenia 28,004 0 0
146 🇲🇺Mauritius 27,417 0 0
147 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 26,641 0 0
148 🇳🇦Namibia 24,721 0 0
149 🇬🇾Guyana 24,409 0 0
150 🇧🇼Botswana 24,256 0 0
151 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 21,397 0 0
152 🇬🇲Gambia 20,225 0 0
153 🇪🇪Estonia 20,182 0 0
154 🇫🇯Fiji 17,779 0 0
155 🇸🇿Eswatini 16,453 0 0
156 🇬🇦Gabon 16,373 0 0
157 🇷🇪Réunion 16,015 0 0
158 🇨🇾Cyprus 14,929 0 0
159 🇰🇼Kuwait 13,839 0 0
160 🇲🇪Montenegro 13,300 0 0
161 🇸🇷Suriname 12,046 0 0
162 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 10,860 0 0
163 🇧🇹Bhutan 10,725 0 0
164 🇲🇶Martinique 10,634 0 0
165 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 10,461 0 0
166 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 9,875 0 0
167 🇲🇹Malta 9,511 0 0
168 🇰🇲Comoros 9,320 0 0
169 🇧🇭Bahrain 7,503 0 0
170 🇧🇧Barbados 7,184 0 0
171 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 5,948 0 0
172 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 5,685 0 0
173 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 5,495 0 0
174 🇼🇸Samoa 5,460 0 0
175 🇱🇺Luxembourg 5,068 0 0
176 🇮🇸Iceland 4,866 0 0
177 🇲🇻Maldives 4,762 0 0
178 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 4,452 0 0
179 🇨🇼Curaçao 4,284 0 0
180 🇬🇩Grenada 4,277 0 0
181 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4,181 0 0
182 🇧🇸Bahamas 4,150 0 0
183 🇧🇿Belize 4,114 0 0
184 🇩🇯Djibouti 3,994 0 0
185 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 3,723 0 0
186 🇵🇫French Polynesia 3,580 0 0
187 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 3,159 0 0
188 🇹🇴Tonga 3,025 0 0
189 🇳🇨New Caledonia 2,941 0 0
190 🇻🇺Vanuatu 2,887 0 0
191 🇩🇲Dominica 2,731 0 0
192 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 2,604 0 0
193 🇬🇺Guam 2,399 0 0
194 🇰🇮Kiribati 2,065 0 0
195 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 1,935 0 0
196 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 1,884 0 0
197 🇦🇼Aruba 1,850 0 0
198 🇪🇭Western Sahara 1,839 0 0
199 🇶🇦Qatar 1,671 0 0
200 🇸🇨Seychelles 1,600 0 0
201 🇬🇱Greenland 1,527 0 0
202 🇾🇹Mayotte 1,225 0 0
203 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 1,159 0 0
204 🇧🇲Bermuda 1,079 0 0
205 🇯🇪Jersey 1,008 0 0
206 🇬🇫French Guiana 1,000 0 0
207 🇦🇸American Samoa 838 0 0
208 🇨🇰Cook Islands 802 0 0
209 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 777 0 0
210 🇮🇲Isle of Man 735 0 0
211 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 720 0 0
212 🇬🇬Guernsey 617 0 0
213 🇬🇮Gibraltar 475 0 0
214 🇵🇼Palau 401 0 0
215 🇲🇸Montserrat 399 0 0
216 🇲🇨Monaco 379 0 0
217 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 357 0 0
218 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 316 0 0
219 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 307 0 0
220 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 288 0 0
221 🇸🇲San Marino 271 0 0
222 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 256 0 0
223 🇦🇮Anguilla 240 0 0
224 🇳🇺Niue 227 0 0
225 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 226 0 0
226 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 205 0 0
227 🇹🇻Tuvalu 194 0 0
228 🇦🇩Andorra 181 0 0
229 🇸🇭Saint Helena 169 0 0
230 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 157 0 0
231 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 155 0 0
232 🇳🇷Nauru 119 0 0
233 🇹🇰Tokelau 74 0 0
234 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 62 0 0
235 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 53 0 0
236 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 51 0 0
237 🇻🇦Holy See 8 0 0

Regions with the Highest Birth Count in 1960

Rank Region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Asia 62,484,685 0 0
2 Africa 13,537,719 0 0
3 Europe 12,098,378 0 0
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 9,243,503 0 0
5 Northern America 4,466,678 0 0
6 Oceania 431,476 0 0

Sub-regions with the Highest Birth Count in 1960

Rank Sub-region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Southern Asia 25,867,477 0 0
2 Eastern Asia 23,234,176 0 0
3 South-Eastern Asia 9,456,779 0 0
4 South America 6,081,852 0 0
5 Eastern Europe 5,495,006 0 0
6 Western Africa 4,093,694 0 0
7 Eastern Africa 4,085,397 0 0
8 Northern Africa 3,104,046 0 0
9 Western Asia 2,891,092 0 0
10 Western Europe 2,708,881 0 0
11 Southern Europe 2,462,393 0 0
12 Central America 2,340,663 0 0
13 Middle Africa 1,503,635 0 0
14 Northern Europe 1,432,098 0 0
15 Central Asia 1,035,161 0 0
16 Caribbean 820,988 0 0
17 Southern Africa 750,947 0 0
18 Australia/New Zealand 290,623 0 0
19 Melanesia 118,402 0 0
20 Polynesia 14,557 0 0
21 Micronesia 7,894 0 0

Income Groups with the Highest Birth Count in 1960

Rank Income Group Births Male Births Female Births
1 Middle-income countries 78,516,102 0 0
2 Lower-middle-income countries 43,026,259 0 0
3 Upper-middle-income countries 35,489,843 0 0
4 High-income countries 16,621,045 0 0
5 Low-income countries 6,755,003 0 0
6 No income group available 370,288 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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