Annual Population Births by Country in 1966

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In the year 1966, a total of 117,182,361 babies was born across the globe. Out of this group, 25,248,589 were male and 22,794,983 were female.

The country with the highest birth count was 🇨🇳China, with a total of 29,388,140 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇮🇳India with a birth count of 20,913,381, and 🇮🇩Indonesia with 4,425,640 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 46, and 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy with 57 births recorded.

The geographic region with the highest birth count was Asia with a total of 76,261,276 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a birth count 15559.453, and Europe with 10,950,076 births recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Eastern Asia had the highest birth count of 32,915,536 people. Closely followed by Southern Asia with a birth count of 28,723,283, and South-Eastern Asia with 10,320,448 births recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest birth count of 93,186,965. While the lowest birth count is recorded by No income group available were only 410,332 newborns was added to that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 1966

Countries with the Highest Birth Count in 1966

Rank Country Births Male Births Female Births
1 🇨🇳China 29,388,140 0 0
2 🇮🇳India 20,913,381 0 0
3 🇮🇩Indonesia 4,425,640 0 0
4 🇺🇸United States of America 3,447,008 0 0
5 🇧🇷Brazil 3,394,083 0 0
6 🇧🇩Bangladesh 2,880,541 0 0
7 🇵🇰Pakistan 2,388,085 0 0
8 🇳🇬Nigeria 2,373,357 0 0
9 🇲🇽Mexico 2,027,653 0 0
10 🇷🇺Russian Federation 1,966,519 0 0
11 🇵🇭Philippines 1,452,053 0 0
12 🇯🇵Japan 1,439,454 0 0
13 🇪🇬Egypt 1,382,058 0 0
14 🇻🇳Viet Nam 1,354,772 0 0
15 🇹🇭Thailand 1,318,083 0 0
16 🇩🇪Germany 1,311,065 0 0
17 🇹🇷Türkiye 1,293,643 0 0
18 🇪🇹Ethiopia 1,229,692 0 0
19 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,144,777 0 0
20 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 997,676 0 0
21 🇲🇲Myanmar 983,342 0 0
22 🇬🇧United Kingdom 980,608 0 0
23 🇮🇹Italy 969,623 0 0
24 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 858,750 0 0
25 🇫🇷France 846,659 0 0
26 🇿🇦South Africa 789,697 0 0
27 🇨🇴Colombia 776,398 0 0
28 🇺🇦Ukraine 699,122 0 0
29 🇪🇸Spain 655,106 0 0
30 🇲🇦Morocco 646,566 0 0
31 🇩🇿Algeria 601,499 0 0
32 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 593,237 0 0
33 🇵🇪Peru 539,195 0 0
34 🇰🇪Kenya 538,519 0 0
35 🇵🇱Poland 519,760 0 0
36 🇦🇷Argentina 518,039 0 0
37 🇳🇵Nepal 505,226 0 0
38 🇦🇫Afghanistan 498,801 0 0
39 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 492,542 0 0
40 🇸🇩Sudan 488,236 0 0
41 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 451,761 0 0
42 🇺🇬Uganda 440,427 0 0
43 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 436,115 0 0
44 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 405,241 0 0
45 🇮🇶Iraq 395,345 0 0
46 🇬🇭Ghana 380,674 0 0
47 🇨🇦Canada 379,695 0 0
48 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 374,322 0 0
49 🇲🇿Mozambique 364,856 0 0
50 🇾🇪Yemen 347,207 0 0
51 🇲🇾Malaysia 339,627 0 0
52 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 316,392 0 0
53 🇦🇴Angola 299,577 0 0
54 🇲🇱Mali 294,084 0 0
55 🇨🇱Chile 290,487 0 0
56 🇷🇴Romania 281,190 0 0
57 🇲🇬Madagascar 275,391 0 0
58 🇨🇺Cuba 273,478 0 0
59 🇨🇲Cameroon 264,699 0 0
60 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 261,278 0 0
61 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 257,742 0 0
62 🇰🇭Cambodia 255,165 0 0
63 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 250,979 0 0
64 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 249,491 0 0
65 🇳🇱Netherlands 238,363 0 0
66 🇳🇪Niger 236,200 0 0
67 🇪🇨Ecuador 234,472 0 0
68 🇲🇼Malawi 227,031 0 0
69 🇬🇹Guatemala 226,367 0 0
70 🇦🇺Australia 221,622 0 0
71 🇹🇳Tunisia 212,368 0 0
72 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 211,660 0 0
73 🇵🇹Portugal 203,837 0 0
74 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 193,511 0 0
75 🇸🇳Senegal 192,917 0 0
76 🇿🇲Zambia 188,117 0 0
77 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 186,428 0 0
78 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 181,855 0 0
79 🇭🇹Haiti 180,971 0 0
80 🇬🇳Guinea 177,845 0 0
81 🇸🇸South Sudan 164,541 0 0
82 🇷🇼Rwanda 162,895 0 0
83 🇬🇷Greece 156,153 0 0
84 🇹🇩Chad 154,604 0 0
85 🇸🇴Somalia 152,676 0 0
86 🇧🇾Belarus 152,359 0 0
87 🇸🇻El Salvador 151,320 0 0
88 🇧🇪Belgium 149,880 0 0
89 🇧🇮Burundi 149,508 0 0
90 🇨🇿Czechia 140,157 0 0
91 🇭🇺Hungary 137,806 0 0
92 🇧🇯Benin 131,169 0 0
93 🇧🇬Bulgaria 128,906 0 0
94 🇦🇹Austria 128,435 0 0
95 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 125,185 0 0
96 🇸🇪Sweden 123,745 0 0
97 🇷🇸Serbia 117,454 0 0
98 🇹🇯Tajikistan 117,378 0 0
99 🇭🇳Honduras 117,006 0 0
100 🇨🇭Switzerland 108,891 0 0
101 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 108,623 0 0
102 🇳🇮Nicaragua 102,875 0 0
103 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 100,999 0 0
104 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 95,613 0 0
105 🇬🇪Georgia 93,912 0 0
106 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 92,868 0 0
107 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 91,494 0 0
108 🇹🇬Togo 89,996 0 0
109 🇱🇾Libya 89,610 0 0
110 🇩🇰Denmark 88,097 0 0
111 🇵🇾Paraguay 87,464 0 0
112 🇨🇫Central African Republic 82,690 0 0
113 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 82,360 0 0
114 🇸🇰Slovakia 80,765 0 0
115 🇫🇮Finland 77,668 0 0
116 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 77,399 0 0
117 🇱🇧Lebanon 75,577 0 0
118 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 72,158 0 0
119 🇭🇷Croatia 71,702 0 0
120 🇦🇱Albania 70,876 0 0
121 🇳🇴Norway 67,219 0 0
122 🇯🇲Jamaica 67,009 0 0
123 🇮🇱Israel 64,867 0 0
124 🇱🇷Liberia 64,681 0 0
125 🇨🇷Costa Rica 63,722 0 0
126 🇦🇲Armenia 62,652 0 0
127 🇮🇪Ireland 60,794 0 0
128 🇳🇿New Zealand 59,937 0 0
129 🇵🇸State of Palestine 58,787 0 0
130 🇯🇴Jordan 58,535 0 0
131 🇺🇾Uruguay 56,402 0 0
132 🇸🇬Singapore 55,829 0 0
133 🇱🇹Lithuania 55,370 0 0
134 🇪🇷Eritrea 54,988 0 0
135 🇵🇦Panama 54,138 0 0
136 🇨🇬Congo 54,134 0 0
137 🇲🇳Mongolia 50,524 0 0
138 🇲🇷Mauritania 46,735 0 0
139 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 42,748 0 0
140 🇲🇰North Macedonia 39,557 0 0
141 🇱🇸Lesotho 37,945 0 0
142 🇱🇻Latvia 32,292 0 0
143 🇴🇲Oman 31,373 0 0
144 🇸🇮Slovenia 31,224 0 0
145 🇳🇦Namibia 29,124 0 0
146 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 28,661 0 0
147 🇧🇼Botswana 26,691 0 0
148 🇬🇾Guyana 25,636 0 0
149 🇲🇺Mauritius 25,632 0 0
150 🇰🇼Kuwait 25,380 0 0
151 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 23,325 0 0
152 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 23,161 0 0
153 🇬🇲Gambia 23,011 0 0
154 🇸🇿Eswatini 19,113 0 0
155 🇬🇦Gabon 18,810 0 0
156 🇫🇯Fiji 18,371 0 0
157 🇪🇪Estonia 18,294 0 0
158 🇷🇪Réunion 16,832 0 0
159 🇨🇾Cyprus 15,290 0 0
160 🇸🇷Suriname 13,160 0 0
161 🇧🇹Bhutan 12,714 0 0
162 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 12,419 0 0
163 🇲🇪Montenegro 12,097 0 0
164 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 10,906 0 0
165 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 10,437 0 0
166 🇰🇲Comoros 10,185 0 0
167 🇲🇶Martinique 10,091 0 0
168 🇧🇭Bahrain 8,483 0 0
169 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 7,010 0 0
170 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 6,759 0 0
171 🇧🇧Barbados 5,821 0 0
172 🇼🇸Samoa 5,743 0 0
173 🇲🇹Malta 5,559 0 0
174 🇲🇻Maldives 5,435 0 0
175 🇩🇯Djibouti 5,328 0 0
176 🇱🇺Luxembourg 5,175 0 0
177 🇧🇸Bahamas 4,921 0 0
178 🇮🇸Iceland 4,672 0 0
179 🇧🇿Belize 4,299 0 0
180 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 4,161 0 0
181 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 4,156 0 0
182 🇵🇫French Polynesia 4,144 0 0
183 🇨🇼Curaçao 4,017 0 0
184 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 3,945 0 0
185 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3,765 0 0
186 🇶🇦Qatar 3,557 0 0
187 🇳🇨New Caledonia 3,405 0 0
188 🇻🇺Vanuatu 3,364 0 0
189 🇹🇴Tonga 3,325 0 0
190 🇬🇩Grenada 3,267 0 0
191 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 2,763 0 0
192 🇬🇺Guam 2,706 0 0
193 🇪🇭Western Sahara 2,614 0 0
194 🇩🇲Dominica 2,360 0 0
195 🇰🇮Kiribati 2,299 0 0
196 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 2,246 0 0
197 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 1,928 0 0
198 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 1,859 0 0
199 🇸🇨Seychelles 1,847 0 0
200 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 1,685 0 0
201 🇦🇼Aruba 1,591 0 0
202 🇬🇱Greenland 1,563 0 0
203 🇾🇹Mayotte 1,409 0 0
204 🇬🇫French Guiana 1,236 0 0
205 🇯🇪Jersey 1,113 0 0
206 🇧🇲Bermuda 1,006 0 0
207 🇦🇸American Samoa 992 0 0
208 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 899 0 0
209 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 867 0 0
210 🇨🇰Cook Islands 787 0 0
211 🇬🇬Guernsey 669 0 0
212 🇮🇲Isle of Man 666 0 0
213 🇬🇮Gibraltar 552 0 0
214 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 408 0 0
215 🇲🇨Monaco 390 0 0
216 🇵🇼Palau 373 0 0
217 🇲🇸Montserrat 368 0 0
218 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 353 0 0
219 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 344 0 0
220 🇸🇲San Marino 316 0 0
221 🇦🇩Andorra 311 0 0
222 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 271 0 0
223 🇦🇮Anguilla 243 0 0
224 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 229 0 0
225 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 229 0 0
226 🇳🇺Niue 228 0 0
227 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 202 0 0
228 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 185 0 0
229 🇳🇷Nauru 174 0 0
230 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 165 0 0
231 🇸🇭Saint Helena 160 0 0
232 🇹🇻Tuvalu 141 0 0
233 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 112 0 0
234 🇹🇰Tokelau 66 0 0
235 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 57 0 0
236 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 46 0 0
237 🇻🇦Holy See 9 0 0

Regions with the Highest Birth Count in 1966

Rank Region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Asia 76,261,276 0 0
2 Africa 15,559,453 0 0
3 Europe 10,950,076 0 0
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 10,142,844 0 0
5 Northern America 3,829,438 0 0
6 Oceania 439,274 0 0

Sub-regions with the Highest Birth Count in 1966

Rank Sub-region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Eastern Asia 32,915,536 0 0
2 Southern Asia 28,723,283 0 0
3 South-Eastern Asia 10,320,448 0 0
4 South America 6,523,718 0 0
5 Eastern Africa 4,814,772 0 0
6 Western Africa 4,670,713 0 0
7 Eastern Europe 4,178,743 0 0
8 Northern Africa 3,422,951 0 0
9 Western Asia 3,254,151 0 0
10 Western Europe 2,789,268 0 0
11 Central America 2,747,380 0 0
12 Southern Europe 2,469,993 0 0
13 Middle Africa 1,748,447 0 0
14 Northern Europe 1,512,072 0 0
15 Central Asia 1,047,858 0 0
16 Southern Africa 902,570 0 0
17 Caribbean 871,746 0 0
18 Australia/New Zealand 281,558 0 0
19 Melanesia 132,899 0 0
20 Polynesia 15,768 0 0
21 Micronesia 9,049 0 0

Income Groups with the Highest Birth Count in 1966

Rank Income Group Births Male Births Female Births
1 Middle-income countries 93,186,965 0 0
2 Lower-middle-income countries 47,476,741 0 0
3 Upper-middle-income countries 45,710,224 0 0
4 High-income countries 15,710,554 0 0
5 Low-income countries 7,874,510 0 0
6 No income group available 410,332 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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