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Annual Population Births by Country in 1971

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In the year 1971, a total of 123,647,417 babies was born across the globe. Out of this group, 26,355,960 were male and 23,327,993 were female.

The country with the highest birth count was 🇨🇳China, with a total of 29,749,961 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇮🇳India with a birth count of 22,482,719, and 🇮🇩Indonesia with 4,626,576 births recorded.

The country with the lowest annual birth count was 🇻🇦Holy See with only 6 babies born for the year. Followed by 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) with a birth count of 46, and 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy with 47 births recorded.

The geographic region with the highest birth count was Asia with a total of 80,518,682 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a birth count 17528.004, and Europe with 10,662,541 births recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Eastern Asia had the highest birth count of 33,779,105 people. Closely followed by Southern Asia with a birth count of 31,138,713, and South-Eastern Asia with 10,879,352 births recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest birth count of 98,294,357. While the lowest birth count is recorded by No income group available were only 435,999 newborns was added to that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 1971

Countries with the Highest Birth Count in 1971

Rank Country Births Male Births Female Births
1 🇨🇳China 29,749,961 0 0
2 🇮🇳India 22,482,719 0 0
3 🇮🇩Indonesia 4,626,576 0 0
4 🇧🇷Brazil 3,466,644 0 0
5 🇺🇸United States of America 3,441,896 0 0
6 🇧🇩Bangladesh 3,261,908 0 0
7 🇳🇬Nigeria 2,671,104 0 0
8 🇵🇰Pakistan 2,648,206 0 0
9 🇲🇽Mexico 2,248,479 0 0
10 🇯🇵Japan 2,015,314 0 0
11 🇷🇺Russian Federation 1,991,403 0 0
12 🇵🇭Philippines 1,542,235 0 0
13 🇻🇳Viet Nam 1,509,850 0 0
14 🇪🇬Egypt 1,475,157 0 0
15 🇪🇹Ethiopia 1,441,693 0 0
16 🇹🇷Türkiye 1,419,071 0 0
17 🇹🇭Thailand 1,333,403 0 0
18 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,239,284 0 0
19 🇲🇲Myanmar 1,045,544 0 0
20 🇩🇪Germany 999,693 0 0
21 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 984,880 0 0
22 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 962,163 0 0
23 🇿🇦South Africa 902,223 0 0
24 🇬🇧United Kingdom 900,804 0 0
25 🇮🇹Italy 897,439 0 0
26 🇫🇷France 885,665 0 0
27 🇨🇴Colombia 751,603 0 0
28 🇺🇦Ukraine 730,750 0 0
29 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 701,335 0 0
30 🇲🇦Morocco 693,131 0 0
31 🇪🇸Spain 665,454 0 0
32 🇩🇿Algeria 657,259 0 0
33 🇰🇪Kenya 625,092 0 0
34 🇵🇪Peru 583,674 0 0
35 🇦🇷Argentina 572,168 0 0
36 🇸🇩Sudan 570,657 0 0
37 🇵🇱Poland 564,230 0 0
38 🇦🇫Afghanistan 564,040 0 0
39 🇳🇵Nepal 545,585 0 0
40 🇺🇬Uganda 521,953 0 0
41 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 509,404 0 0
42 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 465,058 0 0
43 🇮🇶Iraq 461,488 0 0
44 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 430,371 0 0
45 🇬🇭Ghana 427,915 0 0
46 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 407,509 0 0
47 🇲🇿Mozambique 403,481 0 0
48 🇷🇴Romania 402,231 0 0
49 🇾🇪Yemen 387,485 0 0
50 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 376,470 0 0
51 🇨🇦Canada 362,297 0 0
52 🇲🇾Malaysia 349,991 0 0
53 🇲🇬Madagascar 331,385 0 0
54 🇲🇱Mali 315,409 0 0
55 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 315,391 0 0
56 🇦🇴Angola 313,120 0 0
57 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 312,882 0 0
58 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 305,497 0 0
59 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 299,289 0 0
60 🇨🇲Cameroon 299,115 0 0
61 🇨🇱Chile 280,346 0 0
62 🇦🇺Australia 278,561 0 0
63 🇰🇭Cambodia 275,732 0 0
64 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 271,766 0 0
65 🇳🇪Niger 267,118 0 0
66 🇨🇺Cuba 262,522 0 0
67 🇪🇨Ecuador 256,338 0 0
68 🇲🇼Malawi 254,359 0 0
69 🇬🇹Guatemala 252,161 0 0
70 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 248,357 0 0
71 🇳🇱Netherlands 227,323 0 0
72 🇸🇳Senegal 222,237 0 0
73 🇿🇲Zambia 219,358 0 0
74 🇹🇳Tunisia 211,930 0 0
75 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 197,920 0 0
76 🇷🇼Rwanda 197,348 0 0
77 🇬🇳Guinea 195,470 0 0
78 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 189,745 0 0
79 🇭🇹Haiti 188,990 0 0
80 🇵🇹Portugal 180,542 0 0
81 🇸🇸South Sudan 178,103 0 0
82 🇹🇩Chad 176,822 0 0
83 🇸🇴Somalia 172,655 0 0
84 🇧🇮Burundi 170,196 0 0
85 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 167,017 0 0
86 🇸🇻El Salvador 159,497 0 0
87 🇨🇿Czechia 155,205 0 0
88 🇧🇾Belarus 151,707 0 0
89 🇭🇺Hungary 149,963 0 0
90 🇧🇯Benin 144,479 0 0
91 🇬🇷Greece 143,081 0 0
92 🇧🇪Belgium 140,965 0 0
93 🇧🇬Bulgaria 140,079 0 0
94 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 135,250 0 0
95 🇭🇳Honduras 132,414 0 0
96 🇹🇯Tajikistan 127,856 0 0
97 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 122,101 0 0
98 🇳🇮Nicaragua 119,893 0 0
99 🇸🇪Sweden 114,259 0 0
100 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 110,767 0 0
101 🇹🇬Togo 108,562 0 0
102 🇦🇹Austria 108,064 0 0
103 🇷🇸Serbia 106,577 0 0
104 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 103,106 0 0
105 🇨🇭Switzerland 96,148 0 0
106 🇬🇪Georgia 93,994 0 0
107 🇨🇫Central African Republic 92,013 0 0
108 🇮🇱Israel 90,967 0 0
109 🇱🇾Libya 89,395 0 0
110 🇵🇾Paraguay 88,875 0 0
111 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 84,909 0 0
112 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 83,447 0 0
113 🇸🇰Slovakia 83,070 0 0
114 🇱🇧Lebanon 80,441 0 0
115 🇯🇴Jordan 78,662 0 0
116 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 78,561 0 0
117 🇦🇱Albania 75,697 0 0
118 🇩🇰Denmark 75,009 0 0
119 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 74,044 0 0
120 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 72,412 0 0
121 🇱🇷Liberia 72,116 0 0
122 🇮🇪Ireland 66,704 0 0
123 🇭🇷Croatia 66,298 0 0
124 🇯🇲Jamaica 65,676 0 0
125 🇳🇴Norway 65,550 0 0
126 🇳🇿New Zealand 64,382 0 0
127 🇨🇬Congo 63,623 0 0
128 🇫🇮Finland 61,224 0 0
129 🇪🇷Eritrea 60,945 0 0
130 🇦🇲Armenia 60,694 0 0
131 🇨🇷Costa Rica 60,250 0 0
132 🇱🇹Lithuania 57,332 0 0
133 🇵🇦Panama 57,183 0 0
134 🇵🇸State of Palestine 56,337 0 0
135 🇺🇾Uruguay 56,005 0 0
136 🇲🇳Mongolia 53,666 0 0
137 🇲🇷Mauritania 52,809 0 0
138 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 48,051 0 0
139 🇸🇬Singapore 45,028 0 0
140 🇱🇸Lesotho 42,874 0 0
141 🇲🇰North Macedonia 37,213 0 0
142 🇰🇼Kuwait 37,028 0 0
143 🇱🇻Latvia 36,026 0 0
144 🇴🇲Oman 34,394 0 0
145 🇳🇦Namibia 34,088 0 0
146 🇸🇮Slovenia 28,839 0 0
147 🇧🇼Botswana 27,723 0 0
148 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 27,497 0 0
149 🇬🇲Gambia 25,930 0 0
150 🇬🇾Guyana 25,261 0 0
151 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 24,001 0 0
152 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 23,904 0 0
153 🇸🇿Eswatini 22,425 0 0
154 🇲🇺Mauritius 22,033 0 0
155 🇬🇦Gabon 21,674 0 0
156 🇪🇪Estonia 21,505 0 0
157 🇫🇯Fiji 18,033 0 0
158 🇨🇾Cyprus 14,883 0 0
159 🇧🇹Bhutan 14,447 0 0
160 🇷🇪Réunion 13,822 0 0
161 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 13,501 0 0
162 🇸🇷Suriname 13,356 0 0
163 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 12,411 0 0
164 🇰🇲Comoros 11,342 0 0
165 🇲🇪Montenegro 11,194 0 0
166 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 10,441 0 0
167 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 9,421 0 0
168 🇲🇶Martinique 8,682 0 0
169 🇧🇭Bahrain 8,398 0 0
170 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 7,604 0 0
171 🇩🇯Djibouti 7,016 0 0
172 🇲🇻Maldives 6,054 0 0
173 🇼🇸Samoa 5,825 0 0
174 🇲🇹Malta 5,641 0 0
175 🇶🇦Qatar 5,514 0 0
176 🇧🇸Bahamas 5,359 0 0
177 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 4,987 0 0
178 🇧🇿Belize 4,823 0 0
179 🇧🇧Barbados 4,812 0 0
180 🇵🇫French Polynesia 4,519 0 0
181 🇱🇺Luxembourg 4,348 0 0
182 🇮🇸Iceland 4,278 0 0
183 🇳🇨New Caledonia 4,093 0 0
184 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 4,011 0 0
185 🇻🇺Vanuatu 3,791 0 0
186 🇨🇼Curaçao 3,610 0 0
187 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3,574 0 0
188 🇪🇭Western Sahara 3,267 0 0
189 🇹🇴Tonga 3,118 0 0
190 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 3,062 0 0
191 🇬🇺Guam 2,906 0 0
192 🇬🇩Grenada 2,815 0 0
193 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 2,762 0 0
194 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 2,610 0 0
195 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 2,527 0 0
196 🇰🇮Kiribati 2,099 0 0
197 🇩🇲Dominica 2,052 0 0
198 🇸🇨Seychelles 1,826 0 0
199 🇾🇹Mayotte 1,732 0 0
200 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 1,640 0 0
201 🇬🇫French Guiana 1,497 0 0
202 🇦🇼Aruba 1,327 0 0
203 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 1,226 0 0
204 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 1,169 0 0
205 🇬🇱Greenland 1,063 0 0
206 🇦🇸American Samoa 1,025 0 0
207 🇯🇪Jersey 1,004 0 0
208 🇧🇲Bermuda 946 0 0
209 🇮🇲Isle of Man 915 0 0
210 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 795 0 0
211 🇨🇰Cook Islands 760 0 0
212 🇬🇬Guernsey 706 0 0
213 🇬🇮Gibraltar 566 0 0
214 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 442 0 0
215 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 427 0 0
216 🇦🇩Andorra 425 0 0
217 🇲🇨Monaco 398 0 0
218 🇵🇼Palau 379 0 0
219 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 362 0 0
220 🇸🇲San Marino 308 0 0
221 🇲🇸Montserrat 292 0 0
222 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 272 0 0
223 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 221 0 0
224 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 220 0 0
225 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 210 0 0
226 🇦🇮Anguilla 208 0 0
227 🇳🇺Niue 191 0 0
228 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 173 0 0
229 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 170 0 0
230 🇸🇭Saint Helena 169 0 0
231 🇳🇷Nauru 166 0 0
232 🇹🇻Tuvalu 166 0 0
233 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 154 0 0
234 🇹🇰Tokelau 52 0 0
235 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 47 0 0
236 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 46 0 0
237 🇻🇦Holy See 6 0 0

Regions with the Highest Birth Count in 1971

Rank Region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Asia 80,518,682 0 0
2 Africa 17,528,004 0 0
3 Europe 10,662,541 0 0
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 10,618,745 0 0
5 Northern America 3,806,356 0 0
6 Oceania 513,089 0 0

Sub-regions with the Highest Birth Count in 1971

Rank Sub-region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Eastern Asia 33,779,105 0 0
2 Southern Asia 31,138,713 0 0
3 South-Eastern Asia 10,879,352 0 0
4 South America 6,724,103 0 0
5 Eastern Africa 5,584,031 0 0
6 Western Africa 5,246,033 0 0
7 Eastern Europe 4,442,683 0 0
8 Northern Africa 3,700,796 0 0
9 Western Asia 3,627,701 0 0
10 Central America 3,034,699 0 0
11 Western Europe 2,462,967 0 0
12 Southern Europe 2,350,777 0 0
13 Middle Africa 1,967,810 0 0
14 Northern Europe 1,406,114 0 0
15 Central Asia 1,093,811 0 0
16 Southern Africa 1,029,334 0 0
17 Caribbean 859,943 0 0
18 Australia/New Zealand 342,943 0 0
19 Melanesia 144,289 0 0
20 Polynesia 16,085 0 0
21 Micronesia 9,771 0 0

Income Groups with the Highest Birth Count in 1971

Rank Income Group Births Male Births Female Births
1 Middle-income countries 98,294,357 0 0
2 Lower-middle-income countries 51,468,262 0 0
3 Upper-middle-income countries 46,826,095 0 0
4 High-income countries 15,959,165 0 0
5 Low-income countries 8,957,896 0 0
6 No income group available 435,999 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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