Annual Population Births by Country in 1961

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In the year 1961, a total of 100,989,852 babies was born across the globe. Out of this group, 26,232,774 were male and 23,770,408 were female.

The country with the highest birth count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 19,301,072 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a birth count of 17,152,672, and 🇮🇩Indonesia with 4,030,927 births recorded.

The country with the lowest annual birth count was 🇻🇦Holy See with only 9 babies born for the year. Followed by 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) with a birth count of 53, and 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy with 53 births recorded.

The geographic region with the highest birth count was Asia with a total of 60,767,389 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a birth count 13863.632, and Europe with 11,990,399 births recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest birth count of 26,370,209 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a birth count of 20,886,421, and South-Eastern Asia with 9,475,786 births recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest birth count of 77,026,181. While the lowest birth count is recorded by No income group available were only 377,806 newborns was added to that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 1961

Countries with the Highest Birth Count in 1961

Rank Country Births Male Births Female Births
1 🇮🇳India 19,301,072 0 0
2 🇨🇳China 17,152,672 0 0
3 🇮🇩Indonesia 4,030,927 0 0
4 🇺🇸United States of America 4,012,952 0 0
5 🇧🇷Brazil 3,272,231 0 0
6 🇷🇺Russian Federation 2,689,712 0 0
7 🇧🇩Bangladesh 2,573,805 0 0
8 🇵🇰Pakistan 2,157,005 0 0
9 🇳🇬Nigeria 2,120,323 0 0
10 🇲🇽Mexico 1,752,983 0 0
11 🇯🇵Japan 1,652,783 0 0
12 🇵🇭Philippines 1,356,590 0 0
13 🇩🇪Germany 1,318,885 0 0
14 🇪🇬Egypt 1,298,561 0 0
15 🇹🇷Türkiye 1,250,279 0 0
16 🇹🇭Thailand 1,196,674 0 0
17 🇻🇳Viet Nam 1,195,878 0 0
18 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 1,089,765 0 0
19 🇪🇹Ethiopia 1,060,489 0 0
20 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,053,269 0 0
21 🇬🇧United Kingdom 948,240 0 0
22 🇲🇲Myanmar 926,113 0 0
23 🇮🇹Italy 916,730 0 0
24 🇺🇦Ukraine 848,055 0 0
25 🇫🇷France 832,064 0 0
26 🇨🇴Colombia 738,333 0 0
27 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 737,892 0 0
28 🇿🇦South Africa 677,126 0 0
29 🇪🇸Spain 648,226 0 0
30 🇵🇱Poland 627,827 0 0
31 🇲🇦Morocco 609,046 0 0
32 🇩🇿Algeria 566,892 0 0
33 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 512,402 0 0
34 🇦🇷Argentina 488,525 0 0
35 🇵🇪Peru 488,325 0 0
36 🇨🇦Canada 468,209 0 0
37 🇳🇵Nepal 468,095 0 0
38 🇰🇪Kenya 446,309 0 0
39 🇦🇫Afghanistan 443,319 0 0
40 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 439,330 0 0
41 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 417,924 0 0
42 🇸🇩Sudan 404,817 0 0
43 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 389,001 0 0
44 🇺🇬Uganda 379,449 0 0
45 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 373,320 0 0
46 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 357,737 0 0
47 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 356,139 0 0
48 🇬🇭Ghana 352,070 0 0
49 🇲🇾Malaysia 339,887 0 0
50 🇲🇿Mozambique 329,281 0 0
51 🇷🇴Romania 327,549 0 0
52 🇾🇪Yemen 309,435 0 0
53 🇨🇱Chile 290,025 0 0
54 🇮🇶Iraq 288,680 0 0
55 🇦🇴Angola 280,357 0 0
56 🇲🇱Mali 273,731 0 0
57 🇨🇺Cuba 249,324 0 0
58 🇳🇱Netherlands 247,318 0 0
59 🇲🇬Madagascar 244,855 0 0
60 🇰🇭Cambodia 242,323 0 0
61 🇦🇺Australia 237,238 0 0
62 🇨🇲Cameroon 232,387 0 0
63 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 226,287 0 0
64 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 221,101 0 0
65 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 220,100 0 0
66 🇵🇹Portugal 217,794 0 0
67 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 209,602 0 0
68 🇪🇨Ecuador 209,286 0 0
69 🇳🇪Niger 208,726 0 0
70 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 203,247 0 0
71 🇧🇾Belarus 202,857 0 0
72 🇬🇹Guatemala 201,611 0 0
73 🇹🇳Tunisia 199,924 0 0
74 🇲🇼Malawi 199,200 0 0
75 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 184,918 0 0
76 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 175,396 0 0
77 🇭🇹Haiti 172,504 0 0
78 🇸🇳Senegal 169,342 0 0
79 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 167,617 0 0
80 🇬🇳Guinea 163,501 0 0
81 🇬🇷Greece 163,177 0 0
82 🇿🇲Zambia 161,216 0 0
83 🇧🇪Belgium 158,822 0 0
84 🇷🇼Rwanda 155,360 0 0
85 🇸🇸South Sudan 148,148 0 0
86 🇹🇩Chad 141,033 0 0
87 🇧🇬Bulgaria 140,813 0 0
88 🇭🇺Hungary 140,247 0 0
89 🇸🇴Somalia 136,556 0 0
90 🇸🇻El Salvador 136,115 0 0
91 🇦🇹Austria 131,548 0 0
92 🇧🇮Burundi 129,947 0 0
93 🇨🇿Czechia 129,406 0 0
94 🇷🇸Serbia 122,332 0 0
95 🇧🇯Benin 117,455 0 0
96 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 114,855 0 0
97 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 112,705 0 0
98 🇹🇯Tajikistan 110,547 0 0
99 🇬🇪Georgia 108,451 0 0
100 🇭🇳Honduras 105,284 0 0
101 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 104,848 0 0
102 🇸🇪Sweden 103,387 0 0
103 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 98,062 0 0
104 🇨🇭Switzerland 98,055 0 0
105 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 94,470 0 0
106 🇳🇮Nicaragua 92,071 0 0
107 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 90,699 0 0
108 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 87,557 0 0
109 🇸🇰Slovakia 87,196 0 0
110 🇵🇾Paraguay 81,309 0 0
111 🇫🇮Finland 81,242 0 0
112 🇹🇬Togo 79,885 0 0
113 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 79,572 0 0
114 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 77,381 0 0
115 🇦🇲Armenia 77,371 0 0
116 🇩🇰Denmark 76,350 0 0
117 🇭🇷Croatia 76,117 0 0
118 🇱🇾Libya 74,664 0 0
119 🇨🇫Central African Republic 73,457 0 0
120 🇦🇱Albania 71,003 0 0
121 🇱🇧Lebanon 70,991 0 0
122 🇳🇿New Zealand 64,994 0 0
123 🇯🇲Jamaica 64,751 0 0
124 🇸🇬Singapore 63,723 0 0
125 🇱🇹Lithuania 63,249 0 0
126 🇨🇷Costa Rica 62,802 0 0
127 🇳🇴Norway 62,410 0 0
128 🇮🇪Ireland 59,160 0 0
129 🇱🇷Liberia 56,323 0 0
130 🇺🇾Uruguay 55,825 0 0
131 🇵🇸State of Palestine 55,525 0 0
132 🇮🇱Israel 50,420 0 0
133 🇪🇷Eritrea 48,430 0 0
134 🇵🇦Panama 48,181 0 0
135 🇨🇬Congo 46,822 0 0
136 🇯🇴Jordan 45,247 0 0
137 🇲🇳Mongolia 45,057 0 0
138 🇲🇰North Macedonia 44,647 0 0
139 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 41,673 0 0
140 🇲🇷Mauritania 40,148 0 0
141 🇱🇻Latvia 36,360 0 0
142 🇱🇸Lesotho 33,713 0 0
143 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 32,156 0 0
144 🇴🇲Oman 29,296 0 0
145 🇸🇮Slovenia 29,082 0 0
146 🇲🇺Mauritius 27,805 0 0
147 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 26,856 0 0
148 🇳🇦Namibia 25,321 0 0
149 🇬🇾Guyana 24,708 0 0
150 🇧🇼Botswana 24,530 0 0
151 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 21,764 0 0
152 🇬🇲Gambia 20,734 0 0
153 🇪🇪Estonia 20,159 0 0
154 🇫🇯Fiji 17,740 0 0
155 🇸🇿Eswatini 16,822 0 0
156 🇬🇦Gabon 16,753 0 0
157 🇷🇪Réunion 16,457 0 0
158 🇨🇾Cyprus 15,586 0 0
159 🇰🇼Kuwait 15,290 0 0
160 🇲🇪Montenegro 13,405 0 0
161 🇸🇷Suriname 12,367 0 0
162 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 11,035 0 0
163 🇧🇹Bhutan 11,018 0 0
164 🇲🇶Martinique 10,688 0 0
165 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 10,571 0 0
166 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 9,950 0 0
167 🇰🇲Comoros 9,477 0 0
168 🇲🇹Malta 8,445 0 0
169 🇧🇭Bahrain 7,718 0 0
170 🇧🇧Barbados 7,110 0 0
171 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 6,085 0 0
172 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 5,748 0 0
173 🇼🇸Samoa 5,545 0 0
174 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 5,108 0 0
175 🇱🇺Luxembourg 5,071 0 0
176 🇲🇻Maldives 4,893 0 0
177 🇮🇸Iceland 4,506 0 0
178 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 4,401 0 0
179 🇧🇸Bahamas 4,361 0 0
180 🇨🇼Curaçao 4,209 0 0
181 🇬🇩Grenada 4,188 0 0
182 🇩🇯Djibouti 4,151 0 0
183 🇧🇿Belize 4,140 0 0
184 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4,108 0 0
185 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 3,844 0 0
186 🇵🇫French Polynesia 3,647 0 0
187 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 3,212 0 0
188 🇹🇴Tonga 3,078 0 0
189 🇳🇨New Caledonia 3,049 0 0
190 🇻🇺Vanuatu 2,965 0 0
191 🇬🇺Guam 2,492 0 0
192 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 2,482 0 0
193 🇰🇮Kiribati 2,129 0 0
194 🇩🇲Dominica 2,124 0 0
195 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 1,965 0 0
196 🇪🇭Western Sahara 1,959 0 0
197 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 1,944 0 0
198 🇦🇼Aruba 1,842 0 0
199 🇶🇦Qatar 1,832 0 0
200 🇸🇨Seychelles 1,657 0 0
201 🇬🇱Greenland 1,575 0 0
202 🇾🇹Mayotte 1,242 0 0
203 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 1,183 0 0
204 🇯🇪Jersey 1,078 0 0
205 🇧🇲Bermuda 1,073 0 0
206 🇬🇫French Guiana 1,036 0 0
207 🇦🇸American Samoa 857 0 0
208 🇨🇰Cook Islands 816 0 0
209 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 756 0 0
210 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 742 0 0
211 🇮🇲Isle of Man 678 0 0
212 🇬🇬Guernsey 639 0 0
213 🇬🇮Gibraltar 488 0 0
214 🇵🇼Palau 401 0 0
215 🇲🇸Montserrat 394 0 0
216 🇲🇨Monaco 383 0 0
217 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 333 0 0
218 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 331 0 0
219 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 315 0 0
220 🇸🇲San Marino 307 0 0
221 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 293 0 0
222 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 249 0 0
223 🇦🇮Anguilla 242 0 0
224 🇳🇺Niue 225 0 0
225 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 222 0 0
226 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 210 0 0
227 🇦🇩Andorra 202 0 0
228 🇹🇻Tuvalu 182 0 0
229 🇸🇭Saint Helena 171 0 0
230 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 167 0 0
231 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 161 0 0
232 🇳🇷Nauru 118 0 0
233 🇹🇰Tokelau 75 0 0
234 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 67 0 0
235 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 53 0 0
236 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 53 0 0
237 🇻🇦Holy See 9 0 0

Regions with the Highest Birth Count in 1961

Rank Region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Asia 60,767,389 0 0
2 Africa 13,863,632 0 0
3 Europe 11,990,399 0 0
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 9,438,786 0 0
5 Northern America 4,483,977 0 0
6 Oceania 445,669 0 0

Sub-regions with the Highest Birth Count in 1961

Rank Sub-region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Southern Asia 26,370,209 0 0
2 Eastern Asia 20,886,421 0 0
3 South-Eastern Asia 9,475,786 0 0
4 South America 6,202,959 0 0
5 Eastern Europe 5,281,218 0 0
6 Eastern Africa 4,197,349 0 0
7 Western Africa 4,189,957 0 0
8 Northern Africa 3,155,864 0 0
9 Western Asia 2,976,320 0 0
10 Western Europe 2,792,476 0 0
11 Southern Europe 2,458,487 0 0
12 Central America 2,403,188 0 0
13 Middle Africa 1,542,949 0 0
14 Northern Europe 1,458,218 0 0
15 Central Asia 1,058,653 0 0
16 Caribbean 832,639 0 0
17 Southern Africa 777,512 0 0
18 Australia/New Zealand 302,231 0 0
19 Melanesia 120,539 0 0
20 Polynesia 14,757 0 0
21 Micronesia 8,141 0 0

Income Groups with the Highest Birth Count in 1961

Rank Income Group Births Male Births Female Births
1 Middle-income countries 77,026,181 0 0
2 Lower-middle-income countries 43,683,071 0 0
3 Upper-middle-income countries 33,343,110 0 0
4 High-income countries 16,701,981 0 0
5 Low-income countries 6,883,884 0 0
6 No income group available 377,806 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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