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Annual Population Births by Country in 1972

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In the year 1972, a total of 123,554,018 babies was born across the globe. Out of this group, 25,127,092 were male and 22,643,130 were female.

The country with the highest birth count was 🇨🇳China, with a total of 28,596,626 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇮🇳India with a birth count of 22,509,830, and 🇮🇩Indonesia with 4,712,199 births recorded.

The country with the lowest annual birth count was 🇻🇦Holy See with only 7 babies born for the year. Followed by 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy with a birth count of 45, and 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) with 47 births recorded.

The geographic region with the highest birth count was Asia with a total of 80,022,129 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a birth count 18030.481, and Americas with 14,473,304 births recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Eastern Asia had the highest birth count of 32,695,670 people. Closely followed by Southern Asia with a birth count of 31,574,731, and South-Eastern Asia with 10,987,265 births recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Low-and-middle-income countries has the highest birth count of 107,493,429. While the lowest birth count is recorded by No income group available were only 442,636 newborns was added to that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 1972

Countries with the Highest Birth Count in 1972

Rank Country Births Male Births Female Births
1 🇨🇳China 28,596,626 0 0
2 🇮🇳India 22,509,830 0 0
3 🇮🇩Indonesia 4,712,199 0 0
4 🇧🇷Brazil 3,459,178 0 0
5 🇧🇩Bangladesh 3,454,350 0 0
6 🇺🇸United States of America 3,417,716 0 0
7 🇳🇬Nigeria 2,810,108 0 0
8 🇵🇰Pakistan 2,787,037 0 0
9 🇲🇽Mexico 2,325,398 0 0
10 🇯🇵Japan 2,125,227 0 0
11 🇷🇺Russian Federation 2,054,467 0 0
12 🇻🇳Viet Nam 1,579,568 0 0
13 🇵🇭Philippines 1,525,319 0 0
14 🇹🇷Türkiye 1,509,846 0 0
15 🇪🇬Egypt 1,509,456 0 0
16 🇪🇹Ethiopia 1,467,649 0 0
17 🇹🇭Thailand 1,315,153 0 0
18 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,264,479 0 0
19 🇲🇲Myanmar 1,039,217 0 0
20 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,001,904 0 0
21 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 928,258 0 0
22 🇿🇦South Africa 917,234 0 0
23 🇩🇪Germany 891,329 0 0
24 🇮🇹Italy 882,287 0 0
25 🇫🇷France 879,826 0 0
26 🇬🇧United Kingdom 825,796 0 0
27 🇨🇴Colombia 751,555 0 0
28 🇺🇦Ukraine 744,774 0 0
29 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 729,384 0 0
30 🇲🇦Morocco 696,964 0 0
31 🇪🇸Spain 668,185 0 0
32 🇩🇿Algeria 663,182 0 0
33 🇰🇪Kenya 628,772 0 0
34 🇦🇫Afghanistan 607,433 0 0
35 🇸🇩Sudan 605,716 0 0
36 🇦🇷Argentina 587,110 0 0
37 🇵🇪Peru 586,043 0 0
38 🇵🇱Poland 578,463 0 0
39 🇳🇵Nepal 549,324 0 0
40 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 538,059 0 0
41 🇺🇬Uganda 532,653 0 0
42 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 469,175 0 0
43 🇮🇶Iraq 468,479 0 0
44 🇬🇭Ghana 442,860 0 0
45 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 437,167 0 0
46 🇾🇪Yemen 413,096 0 0
47 🇲🇿Mozambique 408,176 0 0
48 🇷🇴Romania 385,436 0 0
49 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 380,516 0 0
50 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 370,162 0 0
51 🇲🇾Malaysia 349,282 0 0
52 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 343,606 0 0
53 🇨🇦Canada 336,708 0 0
54 🇲🇬Madagascar 335,040 0 0
55 🇲🇱Mali 326,916 0 0
56 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 313,553 0 0
57 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 308,498 0 0
58 🇨🇲Cameroon 306,634 0 0
59 🇦🇴Angola 305,545 0 0
60 🇨🇱Chile 279,156 0 0
61 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 276,569 0 0
62 🇦🇺Australia 272,954 0 0
63 🇳🇪Niger 272,112 0 0
64 🇰🇭Cambodia 264,715 0 0
65 🇪🇨Ecuador 262,053 0 0
66 🇲🇼Malawi 260,603 0 0
67 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 254,924 0 0
68 🇬🇹Guatemala 252,539 0 0
69 🇨🇺Cuba 248,481 0 0
70 🇸🇳Senegal 235,965 0 0
71 🇿🇲Zambia 226,582 0 0
72 🇹🇳Tunisia 214,509 0 0
73 🇳🇱Netherlands 214,323 0 0
74 🇷🇼Rwanda 206,169 0 0
75 🇬🇳Guinea 202,044 0 0
76 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 201,383 0 0
77 🇭🇹Haiti 195,972 0 0
78 🇸🇸South Sudan 193,135 0 0
79 🇹🇩Chad 192,022 0 0
80 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 188,751 0 0
81 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 188,462 0 0
82 🇸🇴Somalia 179,476 0 0
83 🇧🇮Burundi 176,528 0 0
84 🇵🇹Portugal 175,360 0 0
85 🇨🇿Czechia 164,627 0 0
86 🇸🇻El Salvador 163,642 0 0
87 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 157,690 0 0
88 🇭🇺Hungary 152,670 0 0
89 🇧🇯Benin 152,164 0 0
90 🇧🇾Belarus 145,872 0 0
91 🇬🇷Greece 145,156 0 0
92 🇧🇪Belgium 135,749 0 0
93 🇭🇳Honduras 134,732 0 0
94 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 132,795 0 0
95 🇧🇬Bulgaria 131,930 0 0
96 🇹🇯Tajikistan 131,078 0 0
97 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 124,046 0 0
98 🇳🇮Nicaragua 120,068 0 0
99 🇷🇸Serbia 116,056 0 0
100 🇹🇬Togo 115,617 0 0
101 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 113,724 0 0
102 🇸🇪Sweden 112,328 0 0
103 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 109,608 0 0
104 🇦🇹Austria 103,181 0 0
105 🇱🇾Libya 102,259 0 0
106 🇬🇪Georgia 94,914 0 0
107 🇨🇫Central African Republic 93,414 0 0
108 🇨🇭Switzerland 90,780 0 0
109 🇵🇾Paraguay 89,427 0 0
110 🇸🇰Slovakia 87,785 0 0
111 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 85,662 0 0
112 🇮🇱Israel 84,899 0 0
113 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 83,818 0 0
114 🇯🇴Jordan 82,526 0 0
115 🇱🇧Lebanon 81,822 0 0
116 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 79,970 0 0
117 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 76,316 0 0
118 🇩🇰Denmark 75,232 0 0
119 🇦🇱Albania 74,682 0 0
120 🇱🇷Liberia 73,418 0 0
121 🇭🇷Croatia 69,074 0 0
122 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 68,733 0 0
123 🇮🇪Ireland 67,921 0 0
124 🇨🇬Congo 66,160 0 0
125 🇳🇴Norway 64,327 0 0
126 🇳🇿New Zealand 63,029 0 0
127 🇯🇲Jamaica 62,906 0 0
128 🇪🇷Eritrea 60,518 0 0
129 🇨🇷Costa Rica 59,513 0 0
130 🇦🇲Armenia 58,778 0 0
131 🇫🇮Finland 58,633 0 0
132 🇵🇦Panama 57,527 0 0
133 🇵🇸State of Palestine 57,339 0 0
134 🇺🇾Uruguay 56,415 0 0
135 🇲🇷Mauritania 54,495 0 0
136 🇲🇳Mongolia 54,386 0 0
137 🇱🇹Lithuania 54,233 0 0
138 🇸🇬Singapore 49,123 0 0
139 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 49,083 0 0
140 🇱🇸Lesotho 43,962 0 0
141 🇲🇰North Macedonia 42,016 0 0
142 🇰🇼Kuwait 38,519 0 0
143 🇴🇲Oman 35,662 0 0
144 🇳🇦Namibia 35,173 0 0
145 🇱🇻Latvia 34,429 0 0
146 🇸🇮Slovenia 29,850 0 0
147 🇧🇼Botswana 28,339 0 0
148 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 27,960 0 0
149 🇬🇲Gambia 26,402 0 0
150 🇬🇾Guyana 26,070 0 0
151 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 23,685 0 0
152 🇸🇿Eswatini 23,193 0 0
153 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 22,647 0 0
154 🇬🇦Gabon 22,370 0 0
155 🇪🇪Estonia 21,382 0 0
156 🇲🇺Mauritius 20,658 0 0
157 🇫🇯Fiji 18,155 0 0
158 🇧🇹Bhutan 15,602 0 0
159 🇨🇾Cyprus 14,886 0 0
160 🇷🇪Réunion 13,893 0 0
161 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 13,303 0 0
162 🇸🇷Suriname 12,983 0 0
163 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 12,566 0 0
164 🇰🇲Comoros 12,171 0 0
165 🇲🇪Montenegro 11,322 0 0
166 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 11,189 0 0
167 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 9,465 0 0
168 🇲🇶Martinique 8,610 0 0
169 🇧🇭Bahrain 8,267 0 0
170 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 8,166 0 0
171 🇩🇯Djibouti 7,618 0 0
172 🇧🇧Barbados 6,220 0 0
173 🇲🇻Maldives 6,160 0 0
174 🇧🇸Bahamas 5,821 0 0
175 🇲🇹Malta 5,769 0 0
176 🇼🇸Samoa 5,674 0 0
177 🇶🇦Qatar 5,410 0 0
178 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 4,956 0 0
179 🇧🇿Belize 4,894 0 0
180 🇮🇸Iceland 4,649 0 0
181 🇵🇫French Polynesia 4,349 0 0
182 🇳🇨New Caledonia 4,182 0 0
183 🇱🇺Luxembourg 4,027 0 0
184 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3,891 0 0
185 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 3,888 0 0
186 🇻🇺Vanuatu 3,837 0 0
187 🇨🇼Curaçao 3,504 0 0
188 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 3,237 0 0
189 🇹🇴Tonga 3,232 0 0
190 🇪🇭Western Sahara 3,211 0 0
191 🇬🇩Grenada 3,194 0 0
192 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 2,981 0 0
193 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 2,864 0 0
194 🇬🇺Guam 2,733 0 0
195 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 2,725 0 0
196 🇰🇮Kiribati 2,182 0 0
197 🇩🇲Dominica 2,076 0 0
198 🇾🇹Mayotte 1,750 0 0
199 🇸🇨Seychelles 1,664 0 0
200 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 1,575 0 0
201 🇬🇫French Guiana 1,523 0 0
202 🇦🇼Aruba 1,318 0 0
203 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 1,174 0 0
204 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 1,141 0 0
205 🇬🇱Greenland 989 0 0
206 🇦🇸American Samoa 986 0 0
207 🇧🇲Bermuda 899 0 0
208 🇯🇪Jersey 875 0 0
209 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 816 0 0
210 🇮🇲Isle of Man 789 0 0
211 🇬🇬Guernsey 726 0 0
212 🇨🇰Cook Islands 724 0 0
213 🇬🇮Gibraltar 555 0 0
214 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 505 0 0
215 🇦🇩Andorra 464 0 0
216 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 425 0 0
217 🇵🇼Palau 414 0 0
218 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 409 0 0
219 🇲🇨Monaco 388 0 0
220 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 367 0 0
221 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 329 0 0
222 🇸🇲San Marino 310 0 0
223 🇲🇸Montserrat 275 0 0
224 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 243 0 0
225 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 205 0 0
226 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 199 0 0
227 🇦🇮Anguilla 193 0 0
228 🇳🇺Niue 174 0 0
229 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 168 0 0
230 🇹🇻Tuvalu 168 0 0
231 🇸🇭Saint Helena 155 0 0
232 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 127 0 0
233 🇳🇷Nauru 106 0 0
234 🇹🇰Tokelau 51 0 0
235 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 47 0 0
236 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 45 0 0
237 🇻🇦Holy See 7 0 0

Regions with the Highest Birth Count in 1972

Rank Region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Asia 80,022,129 0 0
2 Africa 18,030,481 0 0
3 Americas 14,473,304 0 0
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 10,716,866 0 0
5 Europe 10,518,436 0 0
6 Northern America 3,756,438 0 0
7 Oceania 509,668 0 0

Sub-regions with the Highest Birth Count in 1972

Rank Sub-region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Eastern Asia 32,695,670 0 0
2 Southern Asia 31,574,731 0 0
3 South-Eastern Asia 10,987,265 0 0
4 South America 6,750,112 0 0
5 Eastern Africa 5,717,360 0 0
6 Western Africa 5,465,333 0 0
7 Eastern Europe 4,522,340 0 0
8 Northern Africa 3,795,297 0 0
9 Western Asia 3,625,334 0 0
10 Central America 3,118,312 0 0
11 Southern Europe 2,353,991 0 0
12 Western Europe 2,319,968 0 0
13 Middle Africa 2,004,590 0 0
14 Northern Europe 1,322,137 0 0
15 Central Asia 1,139,129 0 0
16 Southern Africa 1,047,901 0 0
17 Caribbean 848,442 0 0
18 Australia/New Zealand 335,982 0 0
19 Melanesia 148,063 0 0
20 Polynesia 15,785 0 0
21 Micronesia 9,838 0 0

Income Groups with the Highest Birth Count in 1972

Rank Income Group Births Male Births Female Births
1 Low-and-middle-income countries 107,493,429 0 0
2 Middle-income countries 98,661,812 0 0
3 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 66,379,785 0 0
4 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 56,722,131 0 0
5 Upper-middle-income countries 50,771,298 0 0
6 Lower-middle-income countries 47,890,514 0 0
7 High-income countries 15,608,488 0 0
8 Low-income countries 8,831,617 0 0
9 No income group available 442,636 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 2024.

Data Published: 2024-07-11

Data Sources

The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2024

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