Annual Population Births by Country in 1973

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In the year 1973, a total of 123,269,476 babies was born across the globe. Out of this group, 25,003,265 were male and 22,677,095 were female.

The country with the highest birth count was 🇨🇳China, with a total of 27,608,339 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇮🇳India with a birth count of 23,229,501, and 🇮🇩Indonesia with 4,720,497 births recorded.

The country with the lowest annual birth count was 🇻🇦Holy See with only 6 babies born for the year. Followed by 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy with a birth count of 43, and 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) with 45 births recorded.

The geographic region with the highest birth count was Asia with a total of 79,840,638 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a birth count 18341.064, and Latin America and the Caribbean with 10,876,543 births recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest birth count of 32,168,828 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a birth count of 31,650,283, and South-Eastern Asia with 11,122,138 births recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest birth count of 98,301,559. While the lowest birth count is recorded by No income group available were only 450,109 newborns was added to that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 1973

Countries with the Highest Birth Count in 1973

Rank Country Births Male Births Female Births
1 🇨🇳China 27,608,339 0 0
2 🇮🇳India 23,229,501 0 0
3 🇮🇩Indonesia 4,720,497 0 0
4 🇧🇷Brazil 3,551,780 0 0
5 🇧🇩Bangladesh 3,348,576 0 0
6 🇺🇸United States of America 3,051,417 0 0
7 🇳🇬Nigeria 2,819,292 0 0
8 🇵🇰Pakistan 2,785,335 0 0
9 🇲🇽Mexico 2,330,634 0 0
10 🇯🇵Japan 2,135,420 0 0
11 🇷🇺Russian Federation 2,067,518 0 0
12 🇻🇳Viet Nam 1,624,561 0 0
13 🇵🇭Philippines 1,561,027 0 0
14 🇪🇹Ethiopia 1,517,271 0 0
15 🇪🇬Egypt 1,514,710 0 0
16 🇹🇷Türkiye 1,456,198 0 0
17 🇹🇭Thailand 1,311,735 0 0
18 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,257,618 0 0
19 🇲🇲Myanmar 1,065,843 0 0
20 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,026,359 0 0
21 🇿🇦South Africa 933,062 0 0
22 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 926,070 0 0
23 🇮🇹Italy 866,280 0 0
24 🇫🇷France 851,603 0 0
25 🇩🇪Germany 815,019 0 0
26 🇬🇧United Kingdom 775,548 0 0
27 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 752,182 0 0
28 🇨🇴Colombia 749,007 0 0
29 🇲🇦Morocco 714,506 0 0
30 🇺🇦Ukraine 709,428 0 0
31 🇩🇿Algeria 678,912 0 0
32 🇪🇸Spain 666,455 0 0
33 🇰🇪Kenya 652,487 0 0
34 🇦🇷Argentina 608,718 0 0
35 🇵🇱Poland 604,028 0 0
36 🇵🇪Peru 598,390 0 0
37 🇸🇩Sudan 596,050 0 0
38 🇦🇫Afghanistan 591,855 0 0
39 🇳🇵Nepal 554,447 0 0
40 🇺🇬Uganda 545,538 0 0
41 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 486,090 0 0
42 🇮🇶Iraq 481,442 0 0
43 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 450,310 0 0
44 🇬🇭Ghana 445,569 0 0
45 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 444,720 0 0
46 🇲🇿Mozambique 426,034 0 0
47 🇾🇪Yemen 406,250 0 0
48 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 388,989 0 0
49 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 379,931 0 0
50 🇷🇴Romania 376,663 0 0
51 🇲🇾Malaysia 365,849 0 0
52 🇲🇬Madagascar 348,544 0 0
53 🇨🇦Canada 347,508 0 0
54 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 344,574 0 0
55 🇦🇴Angola 331,059 0 0
56 🇲🇱Mali 326,028 0 0
57 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 325,428 0 0
58 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 324,002 0 0
59 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 321,814 0 0
60 🇨🇲Cameroon 314,611 0 0
61 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 281,944 0 0
62 🇳🇪Niger 281,337 0 0
63 🇨🇱Chile 276,642 0 0
64 🇰🇭Cambodia 269,307 0 0
65 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 269,056 0 0
66 🇲🇼Malawi 265,909 0 0
67 🇪🇨Ecuador 263,304 0 0
68 🇬🇹Guatemala 262,547 0 0
69 🇦🇺Australia 255,131 0 0
70 🇨🇺Cuba 245,859 0 0
71 🇸🇳Senegal 234,397 0 0
72 🇿🇲Zambia 231,082 0 0
73 🇹🇳Tunisia 217,908 0 0
74 🇷🇼Rwanda 212,354 0 0
75 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 204,208 0 0
76 🇬🇳Guinea 202,377 0 0
77 🇳🇱Netherlands 195,403 0 0
78 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 192,464 0 0
79 🇹🇩Chad 191,994 0 0
80 🇭🇹Haiti 191,969 0 0
81 🇸🇸South Sudan 184,253 0 0
82 🇨🇿Czechia 183,017 0 0
83 🇸🇴Somalia 182,006 0 0
84 🇵🇹Portugal 172,567 0 0
85 🇧🇮Burundi 165,350 0 0
86 🇸🇻El Salvador 164,762 0 0
87 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 161,685 0 0
88 🇭🇺Hungary 156,690 0 0
89 🇧🇯Benin 150,332 0 0
90 🇧🇾Belarus 148,244 0 0
91 🇧🇬Bulgaria 143,421 0 0
92 🇬🇷Greece 139,909 0 0
93 🇭🇳Honduras 139,778 0 0
94 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 139,655 0 0
95 🇹🇯Tajikistan 131,676 0 0
96 🇧🇪Belgium 128,874 0 0
97 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 128,116 0 0
98 🇳🇮Nicaragua 126,259 0 0
99 🇹🇬Togo 114,527 0 0
100 🇷🇸Serbia 113,202 0 0
101 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 112,787 0 0
102 🇸🇪Sweden 110,103 0 0
103 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 106,110 0 0
104 🇦🇹Austria 97,808 0 0
105 🇨🇫Central African Republic 93,802 0 0
106 🇬🇪Georgia 93,608 0 0
107 🇸🇰Slovakia 93,471 0 0
108 🇮🇱Israel 93,059 0 0
109 🇵🇾Paraguay 91,053 0 0
110 🇱🇾Libya 90,078 0 0
111 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 87,592 0 0
112 🇨🇭Switzerland 87,147 0 0
113 🇯🇴Jordan 83,796 0 0
114 🇱🇧Lebanon 83,363 0 0
115 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 82,402 0 0
116 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 80,780 0 0
117 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 78,488 0 0
118 🇦🇱Albania 77,243 0 0
119 🇱🇷Liberia 76,549 0 0
120 🇩🇰Denmark 72,011 0 0
121 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 69,128 0 0
122 🇭🇷Croatia 68,858 0 0
123 🇮🇪Ireland 68,064 0 0
124 🇨🇬Congo 67,531 0 0
125 🇯🇲Jamaica 64,144 0 0
126 🇪🇷Eritrea 63,323 0 0
127 🇦🇲Armenia 62,723 0 0
128 🇳🇴Norway 61,275 0 0
129 🇨🇷Costa Rica 60,426 0 0
130 🇳🇿New Zealand 60,370 0 0
131 🇵🇸State of Palestine 58,993 0 0
132 🇺🇾Uruguay 57,979 0 0
133 🇵🇦Panama 57,595 0 0
134 🇫🇮Finland 56,999 0 0
135 🇲🇳Mongolia 56,219 0 0
136 🇲🇷Mauritania 55,577 0 0
137 🇱🇹Lithuania 53,137 0 0
138 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 48,737 0 0
139 🇸🇬Singapore 46,163 0 0
140 🇱🇸Lesotho 45,411 0 0
141 🇰🇼Kuwait 39,953 0 0
142 🇲🇰North Macedonia 37,233 0 0
143 🇴🇲Oman 36,617 0 0
144 🇳🇦Namibia 36,387 0 0
145 🇱🇻Latvia 35,043 0 0
146 🇸🇮Slovenia 30,499 0 0
147 🇧🇼Botswana 30,077 0 0
148 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 28,881 0 0
149 🇬🇲Gambia 27,520 0 0
150 🇬🇾Guyana 25,173 0 0
151 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 24,050 0 0
152 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 23,764 0 0
153 🇸🇿Eswatini 23,655 0 0
154 🇬🇦Gabon 23,049 0 0
155 🇲🇺Mauritius 22,310 0 0
156 🇪🇪Estonia 20,753 0 0
157 🇫🇯Fiji 17,603 0 0
158 🇧🇹Bhutan 15,173 0 0
159 🇷🇪Réunion 13,664 0 0
160 🇸🇷Suriname 13,407 0 0
161 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 13,022 0 0
162 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 12,859 0 0
163 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 12,760 0 0
164 🇨🇾Cyprus 12,260 0 0
165 🇰🇲Comoros 12,008 0 0
166 🇲🇪Montenegro 11,167 0 0
167 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 8,829 0 0
168 🇧🇭Bahrain 8,769 0 0
169 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 7,995 0 0
170 🇩🇯Djibouti 7,953 0 0
171 🇲🇶Martinique 7,944 0 0
172 🇲🇻Maldives 6,395 0 0
173 🇶🇦Qatar 5,954 0 0
174 🇼🇸Samoa 5,789 0 0
175 🇲🇹Malta 5,722 0 0
176 🇧🇸Bahamas 5,359 0 0
177 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 5,275 0 0
178 🇧🇿Belize 5,072 0 0
179 🇧🇧Barbados 4,706 0 0
180 🇮🇸Iceland 4,596 0 0
181 🇵🇫French Polynesia 4,566 0 0
182 🇳🇨New Caledonia 4,296 0 0
183 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 4,101 0 0
184 🇻🇺Vanuatu 3,961 0 0
185 🇱🇺Luxembourg 3,775 0 0
186 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3,469 0 0
187 🇨🇼Curaçao 3,429 0 0
188 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 3,195 0 0
189 🇪🇭Western Sahara 3,151 0 0
190 🇹🇴Tonga 3,069 0 0
191 🇬🇺Guam 2,978 0 0
192 🇬🇩Grenada 2,867 0 0
193 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 2,680 0 0
194 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 2,538 0 0
195 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 2,533 0 0
196 🇰🇮Kiribati 2,110 0 0
197 🇩🇲Dominica 1,873 0 0
198 🇾🇹Mayotte 1,871 0 0
199 🇸🇨Seychelles 1,836 0 0
200 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 1,545 0 0
201 🇬🇫French Guiana 1,517 0 0
202 🇦🇼Aruba 1,279 0 0
203 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 1,252 0 0
204 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 1,239 0 0
205 🇦🇸American Samoa 1,024 0 0
206 🇬🇱Greenland 932 0 0
207 🇯🇪Jersey 906 0 0
208 🇧🇲Bermuda 903 0 0
209 🇮🇲Isle of Man 874 0 0
210 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 837 0 0
211 🇬🇬Guernsey 693 0 0
212 🇨🇰Cook Islands 686 0 0
213 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 554 0 0
214 🇬🇮Gibraltar 534 0 0
215 🇦🇩Andorra 488 0 0
216 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 428 0 0
217 🇲🇨Monaco 380 0 0
218 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 365 0 0
219 🇵🇼Palau 362 0 0
220 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 334 0 0
221 🇸🇲San Marino 308 0 0
222 🇲🇸Montserrat 292 0 0
223 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 238 0 0
224 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 223 0 0
225 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 208 0 0
226 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 197 0 0
227 🇦🇮Anguilla 194 0 0
228 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 180 0 0
229 🇳🇺Niue 169 0 0
230 🇸🇭Saint Helena 163 0 0
231 🇹🇻Tuvalu 163 0 0
232 🇳🇷Nauru 161 0 0
233 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 114 0 0
234 🇹🇰Tokelau 50 0 0
235 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 45 0 0
236 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 43 0 0
237 🇻🇦Holy See 6 0 0

Regions with the Highest Birth Count in 1973

Rank Region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Asia 79,840,638 0 0
2 Africa 18,341,064 0 0
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 10,876,543 0 0
4 Europe 10,322,172 0 0
5 Northern America 3,400,874 0 0
6 Oceania 488,185 0 0

Sub-regions with the Highest Birth Count in 1973

Rank Sub-region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Southern Asia 32,168,828 0 0
2 Eastern Asia 31,650,283 0 0
3 South-Eastern Asia 11,122,138 0 0
4 South America 6,885,944 0 0
5 Eastern Africa 5,875,033 0 0
6 Western Africa 5,517,502 0 0
7 Eastern Europe 4,560,967 0 0
8 Northern Africa 3,815,315 0 0
9 Western Asia 3,763,918 0 0
10 Central America 3,147,073 0 0
11 Southern Europe 2,319,990 0 0
12 Western Europe 2,180,375 0 0
13 Middle Africa 2,064,621 0 0
14 Northern Europe 1,260,840 0 0
15 Central Asia 1,135,471 0 0
16 Southern Africa 1,068,592 0 0
17 Caribbean 843,526 0 0
18 Australia/New Zealand 315,502 0 0
19 Melanesia 146,644 0 0
20 Polynesia 15,942 0 0
21 Micronesia 10,097 0 0

Income Groups with the Highest Birth Count in 1973

Rank Income Group Births Male Births Female Births
1 Middle-income countries 98,301,559 0 0
2 Lower-middle-income countries 53,206,411 0 0
3 Upper-middle-income countries 45,095,148 0 0
4 High-income countries 15,223,724 0 0
5 Low-income countries 9,294,084 0 0
6 No income group available 450,109 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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