Annual Population Births by Country in 1972

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In the year 1972, a total of 123,275,037 babies was born across the globe. Out of this group, 25,156,942 were male and 22,804,865 were female.

The country with the highest birth count was 🇨🇳China, with a total of 28,553,437 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇮🇳India with a birth count of 22,835,036, and 🇮🇩Indonesia with 4,666,813 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 45, and 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy with 45 births recorded.

The geographic region with the highest birth count was Asia with a total of 80,065,487 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a birth count 17938.848, and Latin America and the Caribbean with 10,746,454 births recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Eastern Asia had the highest birth count of 32,627,917 people. Closely followed by Southern Asia with a birth count of 31,613,059, and South-Eastern Asia with 11,012,107 births recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest birth count of 98,157,994. While the lowest birth count is recorded by No income group available were only 442,076 newborns was added to that segment.

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Countries with the Highest Birth Count in 1972

Rank Country Births Male Births Female Births
1 🇨🇳China 28,553,437 0 0
2 🇮🇳India 22,835,036 0 0
3 🇮🇩Indonesia 4,666,813 0 0
4 🇧🇷Brazil 3,505,837 0 0
5 🇧🇩Bangladesh 3,300,349 0 0
6 🇺🇸United States of America 3,163,771 0 0
7 🇳🇬Nigeria 2,740,755 0 0
8 🇵🇰Pakistan 2,712,779 0 0
9 🇲🇽Mexico 2,292,583 0 0
10 🇯🇵Japan 2,074,513 0 0
11 🇷🇺Russian Federation 2,038,964 0 0
12 🇻🇳Viet Nam 1,570,357 0 0
13 🇵🇭Philippines 1,554,093 0 0
14 🇪🇬Egypt 1,500,246 0 0
15 🇪🇹Ethiopia 1,481,072 0 0
16 🇹🇷Türkiye 1,439,246 0 0
17 🇹🇭Thailand 1,325,824 0 0
18 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,237,268 0 0
19 🇲🇲Myanmar 1,055,963 0 0
20 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,006,016 0 0
21 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 943,149 0 0
22 🇿🇦South Africa 917,557 0 0
23 🇩🇪Germany 897,022 0 0
24 🇫🇷France 884,138 0 0
25 🇮🇹Italy 878,459 0 0
26 🇬🇧United Kingdom 831,322 0 0
27 🇨🇴Colombia 747,867 0 0
28 🇺🇦Ukraine 728,605 0 0
29 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 725,407 0 0
30 🇲🇦Morocco 705,598 0 0
31 🇩🇿Algeria 667,335 0 0
32 🇪🇸Spain 666,500 0 0
33 🇰🇪Kenya 638,925 0 0
34 🇵🇪Peru 591,442 0 0
35 🇦🇷Argentina 588,873 0 0
36 🇸🇩Sudan 583,302 0 0
37 🇵🇱Poland 580,812 0 0
38 🇦🇫Afghanistan 577,071 0 0
39 🇳🇵Nepal 550,594 0 0
40 🇺🇬Uganda 535,434 0 0
41 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 526,082 0 0
42 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 475,712 0 0
43 🇮🇶Iraq 471,209 0 0
44 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 436,563 0 0
45 🇬🇭Ghana 435,994 0 0
46 🇲🇿Mozambique 413,449 0 0
47 🇾🇪Yemen 397,719 0 0
48 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 393,474 0 0
49 🇷🇴Romania 387,939 0 0
50 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 378,976 0 0
51 🇲🇾Malaysia 354,480 0 0
52 🇨🇦Canada 351,226 0 0
53 🇲🇬Madagascar 340,834 0 0
54 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 329,688 0 0
55 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 321,698 0 0
56 🇦🇴Angola 320,440 0 0
57 🇲🇱Mali 320,099 0 0
58 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 313,819 0 0
59 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 311,398 0 0
60 🇨🇲Cameroon 306,277 0 0
61 🇰🇭Cambodia 283,165 0 0
62 🇨🇱Chile 278,787 0 0
63 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 276,315 0 0
64 🇳🇪Niger 273,850 0 0
65 🇦🇺Australia 272,452 0 0
66 🇲🇼Malawi 260,226 0 0
67 🇪🇨Ecuador 260,189 0 0
68 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 257,976 0 0
69 🇨🇺Cuba 257,192 0 0
70 🇬🇹Guatemala 257,096 0 0
71 🇸🇳Senegal 228,423 0 0
72 🇿🇲Zambia 225,286 0 0
73 🇹🇳Tunisia 214,142 0 0
74 🇳🇱Netherlands 213,955 0 0
75 🇷🇼Rwanda 204,571 0 0
76 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 200,801 0 0
77 🇬🇳Guinea 198,891 0 0
78 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 190,992 0 0
79 🇭🇹Haiti 190,574 0 0
80 🇹🇩Chad 187,605 0 0
81 🇸🇸South Sudan 181,069 0 0
82 🇸🇴Somalia 177,146 0 0
83 🇵🇹Portugal 175,541 0 0
84 🇧🇮Burundi 173,326 0 0
85 🇨🇿Czechia 165,099 0 0
86 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 163,866 0 0
87 🇸🇻El Salvador 162,357 0 0
88 🇭🇺Hungary 152,325 0 0
89 🇧🇾Belarus 150,654 0 0
90 🇧🇯Benin 147,599 0 0
91 🇬🇷Greece 141,239 0 0
92 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 137,439 0 0
93 🇭🇳Honduras 136,374 0 0
94 🇧🇬Bulgaria 135,778 0 0
95 🇧🇪Belgium 135,581 0 0
96 🇹🇯Tajikistan 129,532 0 0
97 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 124,978 0 0
98 🇳🇮Nicaragua 123,192 0 0
99 🇸🇪Sweden 112,636 0 0
100 🇷🇸Serbia 112,544 0 0
101 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 112,261 0 0
102 🇹🇬Togo 111,743 0 0
103 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 105,780 0 0
104 🇦🇹Austria 103,486 0 0
105 🇬🇪Georgia 94,247 0 0
106 🇨🇫Central African Republic 93,007 0 0
107 🇨🇭Switzerland 91,204 0 0
108 🇵🇾Paraguay 89,640 0 0
109 🇱🇾Libya 89,255 0 0
110 🇸🇰Slovakia 87,954 0 0
111 🇮🇱Israel 86,775 0 0
112 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 85,812 0 0
113 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 82,541 0 0
114 🇱🇧Lebanon 82,096 0 0
115 🇯🇴Jordan 81,596 0 0
116 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 79,885 0 0
117 🇦🇱Albania 76,526 0 0
118 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 76,226 0 0
119 🇩🇰Denmark 75,158 0 0
120 🇱🇷Liberia 74,248 0 0
121 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 69,861 0 0
122 🇭🇷Croatia 68,009 0 0
123 🇮🇪Ireland 67,369 0 0
124 🇨🇬Congo 65,792 0 0
125 🇯🇲Jamaica 65,126 0 0
126 🇳🇴Norway 64,232 0 0
127 🇳🇿New Zealand 63,085 0 0
128 🇪🇷Eritrea 62,053 0 0
129 🇦🇲Armenia 61,512 0 0
130 🇨🇷Costa Rica 60,091 0 0
131 🇫🇮Finland 58,671 0 0
132 🇵🇦Panama 57,582 0 0
133 🇵🇸State of Palestine 57,426 0 0
134 🇺🇾Uruguay 57,050 0 0
135 🇱🇹Lithuania 55,819 0 0
136 🇲🇳Mongolia 54,873 0 0
137 🇲🇷Mauritania 54,187 0 0
138 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 49,030 0 0
139 🇸🇬Singapore 47,410 0 0
140 🇱🇸Lesotho 44,076 0 0
141 🇰🇼Kuwait 38,413 0 0
142 🇲🇰North Macedonia 37,049 0 0
143 🇱🇻Latvia 35,889 0 0
144 🇴🇲Oman 35,406 0 0
145 🇳🇦Namibia 35,199 0 0
146 🇸🇮Slovenia 29,459 0 0
147 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 28,694 0 0
148 🇧🇼Botswana 28,660 0 0
149 🇬🇲Gambia 26,717 0 0
150 🇬🇾Guyana 25,207 0 0
151 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 23,870 0 0
152 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 23,496 0 0
153 🇸🇿Eswatini 23,024 0 0
154 🇬🇦Gabon 22,407 0 0
155 🇲🇺Mauritius 21,990 0 0
156 🇪🇪Estonia 21,154 0 0
157 🇫🇯Fiji 17,711 0 0
158 🇨🇾Cyprus 14,976 0 0
159 🇧🇹Bhutan 14,809 0 0
160 🇷🇪Réunion 13,773 0 0
161 🇸🇷Suriname 13,538 0 0
162 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 13,308 0 0
163 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 12,640 0 0
164 🇰🇲Comoros 11,656 0 0
165 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 11,640 0 0
166 🇲🇪Montenegro 11,292 0 0
167 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 9,103 0 0
168 🇧🇭Bahrain 8,540 0 0
169 🇲🇶Martinique 8,487 0 0
170 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 7,784 0 0
171 🇩🇯Djibouti 7,482 0 0
172 🇲🇻Maldives 6,178 0 0
173 🇼🇸Samoa 5,809 0 0
174 🇶🇦Qatar 5,699 0 0
175 🇲🇹Malta 5,494 0 0
176 🇧🇸Bahamas 5,414 0 0
177 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 5,153 0 0
178 🇧🇿Belize 4,957 0 0
179 🇧🇧Barbados 4,746 0 0
180 🇮🇸Iceland 4,655 0 0
181 🇵🇫French Polynesia 4,545 0 0
182 🇳🇨New Caledonia 4,246 0 0
183 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 4,049 0 0
184 🇱🇺Luxembourg 4,030 0 0
185 🇻🇺Vanuatu 3,876 0 0
186 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3,517 0 0
187 🇨🇼Curaçao 3,509 0 0
188 🇪🇭Western Sahara 3,199 0 0
189 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 3,134 0 0
190 🇹🇴Tonga 3,080 0 0
191 🇬🇺Guam 2,936 0 0
192 🇬🇩Grenada 2,838 0 0
193 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 2,725 0 0
194 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 2,647 0 0
195 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 2,505 0 0
196 🇰🇮Kiribati 2,099 0 0
197 🇩🇲Dominica 1,967 0 0
198 🇸🇨Seychelles 1,833 0 0
199 🇾🇹Mayotte 1,797 0 0
200 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 1,589 0 0
201 🇬🇫French Guiana 1,528 0 0
202 🇦🇼Aruba 1,287 0 0
203 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 1,215 0 0
204 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 1,208 0 0
205 🇦🇸American Samoa 1,020 0 0
206 🇬🇱Greenland 998 0 0
207 🇯🇪Jersey 945 0 0
208 🇮🇲Isle of Man 936 0 0
209 🇧🇲Bermuda 925 0 0
210 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 825 0 0
211 🇨🇰Cook Islands 737 0 0
212 🇬🇬Guernsey 704 0 0
213 🇬🇮Gibraltar 545 0 0
214 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 498 0 0
215 🇦🇩Andorra 459 0 0
216 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 429 0 0
217 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 413 0 0
218 🇲🇨Monaco 396 0 0
219 🇵🇼Palau 372 0 0
220 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 362 0 0
221 🇸🇲San Marino 309 0 0
222 🇲🇸Montserrat 293 0 0
223 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 230 0 0
224 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 222 0 0
225 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 208 0 0
226 🇦🇮Anguilla 201 0 0
227 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 183 0 0
228 🇳🇺Niue 180 0 0
229 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 175 0 0
230 🇸🇭Saint Helena 166 0 0
231 🇹🇻Tuvalu 164 0 0
232 🇳🇷Nauru 163 0 0
233 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 134 0 0
234 🇹🇰Tokelau 50 0 0
235 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 45 0 0
236 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 45 0 0
237 🇻🇦Holy See 6 0 0

Regions with the Highest Birth Count in 1972

Rank Region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Asia 80,065,487 0 0
2 Africa 17,938,848 0 0
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 10,746,454 0 0
4 Europe 10,499,844 0 0
5 Northern America 3,517,053 0 0
6 Oceania 507,351 0 0

Sub-regions with the Highest Birth Count in 1972

Rank Sub-region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Eastern Asia 32,627,917 0 0
2 Southern Asia 31,613,059 0 0
3 South-Eastern Asia 11,012,107 0 0
4 South America 6,797,367 0 0
5 Eastern Africa 5,735,305 0 0
6 Western Africa 5,373,961 0 0
7 Eastern Europe 4,504,354 0 0
8 Northern Africa 3,763,078 0 0
9 Western Asia 3,693,870 0 0
10 Central America 3,094,231 0 0
11 Southern Europe 2,335,004 0 0
12 Western Europe 2,330,171 0 0
13 Middle Africa 2,017,988 0 0
14 Northern Europe 1,330,315 0 0
15 Central Asia 1,118,534 0 0
16 Southern Africa 1,048,516 0 0
17 Caribbean 854,856 0 0
18 Australia/New Zealand 335,537 0 0
19 Melanesia 145,878 0 0
20 Polynesia 16,012 0 0
21 Micronesia 9,924 0 0

Income Groups with the Highest Birth Count in 1972

Rank Income Group Births Male Births Female Births
1 Middle-income countries 98,157,994 0 0
2 Lower-middle-income countries 52,313,353 0 0
3 Upper-middle-income countries 45,844,641 0 0
4 High-income countries 15,493,078 0 0
5 Low-income countries 9,181,889 0 0
6 No income group available 442,076 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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