Annual Population Births by Country in 1962

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In the year 1962, a total of 112,053,316 babies was born across the globe. Out of this group, 24,371,885 were male and 22,034,519 were female.

The country with the highest birth count was 🇨🇳China, with a total of 26,932,558 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇮🇳India with a birth count of 19,662,550, and 🇮🇩Indonesia with 4,126,688 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 52, and 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy with 54 births recorded.

The geographic region with the highest birth count was Asia with a total of 71,585,573 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a birth count 14204.59, and Europe with 11,784,056 births recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Eastern Asia had the highest birth count of 30,719,993 people. Closely followed by Southern Asia with a birth count of 26,890,199, and South-Eastern Asia with 9,822,316 births recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest birth count of 87,956,767. While the lowest birth count is recorded by No income group available were only 384,809 newborns was added to that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 1962

Countries with the Highest Birth Count in 1962

Rank Country Births Male Births Female Births
1 🇨🇳China 26,932,558 0 0
2 🇮🇳India 19,662,550 0 0
3 🇮🇩Indonesia 4,126,688 0 0
4 🇺🇸United States of America 3,934,687 0 0
5 🇧🇷Brazil 3,325,058 0 0
6 🇧🇩Bangladesh 2,649,956 0 0
7 🇷🇺Russian Federation 2,546,485 0 0
8 🇵🇰Pakistan 2,201,790 0 0
9 🇳🇬Nigeria 2,173,566 0 0
10 🇲🇽Mexico 1,809,520 0 0
11 🇯🇵Japan 1,679,731 0 0
12 🇵🇭Philippines 1,379,426 0 0
13 🇻🇳Viet Nam 1,376,266 0 0
14 🇩🇪Germany 1,333,222 0 0
15 🇪🇬Egypt 1,315,176 0 0
16 🇹🇷Türkiye 1,262,273 0 0
17 🇹🇭Thailand 1,228,075 0 0
18 🇪🇹Ethiopia 1,089,900 0 0
19 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 1,081,529 0 0
20 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,069,073 0 0
21 🇬🇧United Kingdom 975,683 0 0
22 🇲🇲Myanmar 937,875 0 0
23 🇮🇹Italy 927,674 0 0
24 🇺🇦Ukraine 824,236 0 0
25 🇫🇷France 822,996 0 0
26 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 761,202 0 0
27 🇨🇴Colombia 752,124 0 0
28 🇿🇦South Africa 698,264 0 0
29 🇪🇸Spain 648,985 0 0
30 🇲🇦Morocco 622,156 0 0
31 🇵🇱Poland 598,615 0 0
32 🇩🇿Algeria 575,592 0 0
33 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 527,972 0 0
34 🇦🇷Argentina 499,960 0 0
35 🇵🇪Peru 498,964 0 0
36 🇳🇵Nepal 476,301 0 0
37 🇰🇪Kenya 464,927 0 0
38 🇨🇦Canada 462,411 0 0
39 🇦🇫Afghanistan 453,468 0 0
40 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 446,243 0 0
41 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 431,479 0 0
42 🇸🇩Sudan 422,065 0 0
43 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 417,592 0 0
44 🇺🇬Uganda 388,798 0 0
45 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 380,219 0 0
46 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 360,707 0 0
47 🇬🇭Ghana 359,214 0 0
48 🇮🇶Iraq 352,449 0 0
49 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 351,265 0 0
50 🇲🇾Malaysia 343,335 0 0
51 🇲🇿Mozambique 337,394 0 0
52 🇾🇪Yemen 315,739 0 0
53 🇷🇴Romania 303,378 0 0
54 🇨🇱Chile 291,387 0 0
55 🇦🇴Angola 284,781 0 0
56 🇲🇱Mali 277,352 0 0
57 🇨🇺Cuba 261,670 0 0
58 🇲🇬Madagascar 249,750 0 0
59 🇳🇱Netherlands 246,079 0 0
60 🇰🇭Cambodia 242,490 0 0
61 🇨🇲Cameroon 239,226 0 0
62 🇦🇺Australia 234,039 0 0
63 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 230,584 0 0
64 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 227,166 0 0
65 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 227,085 0 0
66 🇵🇹Portugal 218,298 0 0
67 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 217,505 0 0
68 🇪🇨Ecuador 214,728 0 0
69 🇳🇪Niger 214,180 0 0
70 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 205,806 0 0
71 🇲🇼Malawi 205,273 0 0
72 🇬🇹Guatemala 205,257 0 0
73 🇹🇳Tunisia 202,350 0 0
74 🇧🇾Belarus 196,116 0 0
75 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 190,057 0 0
76 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 177,922 0 0
77 🇭🇹Haiti 174,647 0 0
78 🇸🇳Senegal 173,826 0 0
79 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 170,559 0 0
80 🇿🇲Zambia 166,554 0 0
81 🇬🇳Guinea 166,378 0 0
82 🇬🇷Greece 161,452 0 0
83 🇷🇼Rwanda 156,276 0 0
84 🇧🇪Belgium 155,547 0 0
85 🇸🇸South Sudan 151,099 0 0
86 🇹🇩Chad 143,562 0 0
87 🇸🇻El Salvador 140,043 0 0
88 🇸🇴Somalia 139,545 0 0
89 🇧🇬Bulgaria 136,149 0 0
90 🇧🇮Burundi 134,716 0 0
91 🇦🇹Austria 133,262 0 0
92 🇨🇿Czechia 132,023 0 0
93 🇭🇺Hungary 130,408 0 0
94 🇧🇯Benin 120,330 0 0
95 🇷🇸Serbia 118,648 0 0
96 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 116,856 0 0
97 🇹🇯Tajikistan 112,969 0 0
98 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 110,477 0 0
99 🇬🇪Georgia 107,500 0 0
100 🇭🇳Honduras 107,359 0 0
101 🇸🇪Sweden 106,432 0 0
102 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 103,154 0 0
103 🇨🇭Switzerland 102,985 0 0
104 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 99,975 0 0
105 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 96,050 0 0
106 🇳🇮Nicaragua 93,901 0 0
107 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 92,950 0 0
108 🇸🇰Slovakia 84,053 0 0
109 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 83,381 0 0
110 🇵🇾Paraguay 83,041 0 0
111 🇹🇬Togo 81,659 0 0
112 🇫🇮Finland 81,478 0 0
113 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 81,393 0 0
114 🇱🇾Libya 78,121 0 0
115 🇩🇰Denmark 77,696 0 0
116 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 77,635 0 0
117 🇦🇲Armenia 75,497 0 0
118 🇨🇫Central African Republic 74,956 0 0
119 🇭🇷Croatia 74,574 0 0
120 🇱🇧Lebanon 72,323 0 0
121 🇦🇱Albania 71,358 0 0
122 🇳🇿New Zealand 64,654 0 0
123 🇨🇷Costa Rica 63,780 0 0
124 🇯🇲Jamaica 63,361 0 0
125 🇸🇬Singapore 62,171 0 0
126 🇳🇴Norway 61,766 0 0
127 🇱🇹Lithuania 60,760 0 0
128 🇮🇪Ireland 60,331 0 0
129 🇱🇷Liberia 58,108 0 0
130 🇵🇸State of Palestine 56,553 0 0
131 🇺🇾Uruguay 56,537 0 0
132 🇮🇱Israel 51,919 0 0
133 🇪🇷Eritrea 49,858 0 0
134 🇵🇦Panama 49,712 0 0
135 🇨🇬Congo 47,921 0 0
136 🇯🇴Jordan 47,677 0 0
137 🇲🇳Mongolia 46,933 0 0
138 🇲🇰North Macedonia 43,562 0 0
139 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 42,438 0 0
140 🇲🇷Mauritania 41,307 0 0
141 🇱🇻Latvia 35,696 0 0
142 🇱🇸Lesotho 34,521 0 0
143 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 32,173 0 0
144 🇴🇲Oman 29,692 0 0
145 🇸🇮Slovenia 29,170 0 0
146 🇲🇺Mauritius 27,753 0 0
147 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 26,869 0 0
148 🇳🇦Namibia 26,034 0 0
149 🇬🇾Guyana 24,962 0 0
150 🇧🇼Botswana 24,823 0 0
151 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 22,105 0 0
152 🇬🇲Gambia 21,235 0 0
153 🇪🇪Estonia 19,793 0 0
154 🇫🇯Fiji 18,369 0 0
155 🇸🇿Eswatini 17,214 0 0
156 🇬🇦Gabon 17,160 0 0
157 🇷🇪Réunion 16,973 0 0
158 🇰🇼Kuwait 16,898 0 0
159 🇨🇾Cyprus 15,278 0 0
160 🇲🇪Montenegro 13,407 0 0
161 🇸🇷Suriname 12,657 0 0
162 🇧🇹Bhutan 11,324 0 0
163 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 11,246 0 0
164 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 10,969 0 0
165 🇲🇶Martinique 10,707 0 0
166 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 10,157 0 0
167 🇰🇲Comoros 9,624 0 0
168 🇲🇹Malta 8,105 0 0
169 🇧🇭Bahrain 7,923 0 0
170 🇧🇧Barbados 6,882 0 0
171 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 6,225 0 0
172 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 6,026 0 0
173 🇼🇸Samoa 5,617 0 0
174 🇲🇻Maldives 5,031 0 0
175 🇱🇺Luxembourg 4,961 0 0
176 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 4,929 0 0
177 🇮🇸Iceland 4,705 0 0
178 🇧🇸Bahamas 4,488 0 0
179 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 4,353 0 0
180 🇩🇯Djibouti 4,326 0 0
181 🇧🇿Belize 4,162 0 0
182 🇨🇼Curaçao 4,152 0 0
183 🇬🇩Grenada 4,042 0 0
184 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4,017 0 0
185 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 3,909 0 0
186 🇵🇫French Polynesia 3,717 0 0
187 🇹🇴Tonga 3,132 0 0
188 🇳🇨New Caledonia 3,118 0 0
189 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 3,087 0 0
190 🇻🇺Vanuatu 3,042 0 0
191 🇬🇺Guam 2,569 0 0
192 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 2,331 0 0
193 🇰🇮Kiribati 2,156 0 0
194 🇶🇦Qatar 2,105 0 0
195 🇩🇲Dominica 2,101 0 0
196 🇪🇭Western Sahara 2,071 0 0
197 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 2,005 0 0
198 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 1,984 0 0
199 🇦🇼Aruba 1,803 0 0
200 🇸🇨Seychelles 1,708 0 0
201 🇬🇱Greenland 1,589 0 0
202 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 1,294 0 0
203 🇾🇹Mayotte 1,264 0 0
204 🇯🇪Jersey 1,130 0 0
205 🇧🇲Bermuda 1,085 0 0
206 🇬🇫French Guiana 1,070 0 0
207 🇦🇸American Samoa 890 0 0
208 🇨🇰Cook Islands 823 0 0
209 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 781 0 0
210 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 766 0 0
211 🇬🇬Guernsey 655 0 0
212 🇮🇲Isle of Man 647 0 0
213 🇬🇮Gibraltar 525 0 0
214 🇵🇼Palau 398 0 0
215 🇲🇸Montserrat 396 0 0
216 🇲🇨Monaco 388 0 0
217 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 348 0 0
218 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 321 0 0
219 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 307 0 0
220 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 296 0 0
221 🇸🇲San Marino 295 0 0
222 🇦🇮Anguilla 246 0 0
223 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 244 0 0
224 🇳🇺Niue 223 0 0
225 🇦🇩Andorra 222 0 0
226 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 219 0 0
227 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 216 0 0
228 🇸🇭Saint Helena 172 0 0
229 🇹🇻Tuvalu 169 0 0
230 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 164 0 0
231 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 148 0 0
232 🇳🇷Nauru 122 0 0
233 🇹🇰Tokelau 76 0 0
234 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 74 0 0
235 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 54 0 0
236 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 52 0 0
237 🇻🇦Holy See 9 0 0

Regions with the Highest Birth Count in 1962

Rank Region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Asia 71,585,573 0 0
2 Africa 14,204,590 0 0
3 Europe 11,784,056 0 0
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 9,633,491 0 0
5 Northern America 4,399,920 0 0
6 Oceania 445,686 0 0

Sub-regions with the Highest Birth Count in 1962

Rank Sub-region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Eastern Asia 30,719,993 0 0
2 Southern Asia 26,890,199 0 0
3 South-Eastern Asia 9,822,316 0 0
4 South America 6,311,320 0 0
5 Eastern Europe 5,034,844 0 0
6 Eastern Africa 4,313,767 0 0
7 Western Africa 4,289,295 0 0
8 Northern Africa 3,217,531 0 0
9 Western Asia 3,079,911 0 0
10 Western Europe 2,799,785 0 0
11 Central America 2,473,731 0 0
12 Southern Europe 2,461,875 0 0
13 Middle Africa 1,583,142 0 0
14 Northern Europe 1,487,552 0 0
15 Central Asia 1,073,154 0 0
16 Caribbean 848,440 0 0
17 Southern Africa 800,855 0 0
18 Australia/New Zealand 298,692 0 0
19 Melanesia 123,704 0 0
20 Polynesia 14,952 0 0
21 Micronesia 8,338 0 0

Income Groups with the Highest Birth Count in 1962

Rank Income Group Births Male Births Female Births
1 Middle-income countries 87,956,767 0 0
2 Lower-middle-income countries 44,690,410 0 0
3 Upper-middle-income countries 43,266,357 0 0
4 High-income countries 16,633,611 0 0
5 Low-income countries 7,078,129 0 0
6 No income group available 384,809 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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