Annual Population Births by Country in 1974

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In the year 1974, a total of 122,436,994 babies was born across the globe. Out of this group, 24,934,754 were male and 22,559,167 were female.

The country with the highest birth count was 🇨🇳China, with a total of 25,654,251 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇮🇳India with a birth count of 23,558,643, and 🇮🇩Indonesia with 4,726,945 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 41, and 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) with 43 births recorded.

The geographic region with the highest birth count was Asia with a total of 78,346,084 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a birth count 18817.423, and Latin America and the Caribbean with 10,970,139 births recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest birth count of 32,694,298 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a birth count of 29,585,492, and South-Eastern Asia with 11,081,316 births recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest birth count of 97,322,203. While the lowest birth count is recorded by No income group available were only 457,862 newborns was added to that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 1974

Countries with the Highest Birth Count in 1974

Rank Country Births Male Births Female Births
1 🇨🇳China 25,654,251 0 0
2 🇮🇳India 23,558,643 0 0
3 🇮🇩Indonesia 4,726,945 0 0
4 🇧🇷Brazil 3,569,444 0 0
5 🇧🇩Bangladesh 3,413,609 0 0
6 🇺🇸United States of America 3,068,554 0 0
7 🇳🇬Nigeria 2,922,261 0 0
8 🇵🇰Pakistan 2,853,960 0 0
9 🇲🇽Mexico 2,357,977 0 0
10 🇷🇺Russian Federation 2,120,356 0 0
11 🇯🇵Japan 2,074,652 0 0
12 🇻🇳Viet Nam 1,604,607 0 0
13 🇵🇭Philippines 1,575,892 0 0
14 🇪🇹Ethiopia 1,560,731 0 0
15 🇪🇬Egypt 1,546,850 0 0
16 🇹🇷Türkiye 1,461,356 0 0
17 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,294,804 0 0
18 🇹🇭Thailand 1,292,303 0 0
19 🇲🇲Myanmar 1,069,376 0 0
20 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,047,356 0 0
21 🇿🇦South Africa 941,718 0 0
22 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 905,643 0 0
23 🇮🇹Italy 859,775 0 0
24 🇫🇷France 805,767 0 0
25 🇩🇪Germany 791,762 0 0
26 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 781,394 0 0
27 🇨🇴Colombia 752,841 0 0
28 🇬🇧United Kingdom 737,558 0 0
29 🇲🇦Morocco 721,227 0 0
30 🇺🇦Ukraine 720,806 0 0
31 🇩🇿Algeria 692,679 0 0
32 🇪🇸Spain 681,367 0 0
33 🇰🇪Kenya 667,703 0 0
34 🇦🇷Argentina 629,184 0 0
35 🇵🇱Poland 626,528 0 0
36 🇸🇩Sudan 611,127 0 0
37 🇦🇫Afghanistan 607,606 0 0
38 🇵🇪Peru 604,729 0 0
39 🇳🇵Nepal 568,451 0 0
40 🇺🇬Uganda 557,991 0 0
41 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 496,741 0 0
42 🇮🇶Iraq 492,009 0 0
43 🇬🇭Ghana 454,816 0 0
44 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 452,606 0 0
45 🇲🇿Mozambique 440,587 0 0
46 🇷🇴Romania 419,978 0 0
47 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 417,385 0 0
48 🇾🇪Yemen 416,460 0 0
49 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 389,631 0 0
50 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 375,130 0 0
51 🇲🇾Malaysia 370,287 0 0
52 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 360,560 0 0
53 🇲🇬Madagascar 356,265 0 0
54 🇨🇦Canada 349,602 0 0
55 🇦🇴Angola 342,446 0 0
56 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 339,632 0 0
57 🇲🇱Mali 331,723 0 0
58 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 330,820 0 0
59 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 327,023 0 0
60 🇨🇲Cameroon 322,976 0 0
61 🇳🇪Niger 289,222 0 0
62 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 288,093 0 0
63 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 279,213 0 0
64 🇨🇱Chile 273,762 0 0
65 🇲🇼Malawi 271,991 0 0
66 🇬🇹Guatemala 268,743 0 0
67 🇪🇨Ecuador 266,148 0 0
68 🇦🇺Australia 244,743 0 0
69 🇸🇳Senegal 240,854 0 0
70 🇰🇭Cambodia 239,909 0 0
71 🇿🇲Zambia 236,716 0 0
72 🇨🇺Cuba 229,578 0 0
73 🇹🇳Tunisia 222,018 0 0
74 🇷🇼Rwanda 220,048 0 0
75 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 207,588 0 0
76 🇬🇳Guinea 205,433 0 0
77 🇭🇹Haiti 196,800 0 0
78 🇹🇩Chad 195,762 0 0
79 🇨🇿Czechia 195,555 0 0
80 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 191,942 0 0
81 🇸🇸South Sudan 187,611 0 0
82 🇸🇴Somalia 187,020 0 0
83 🇭🇺Hungary 186,955 0 0
84 🇳🇱Netherlands 186,050 0 0
85 🇵🇹Portugal 171,879 0 0
86 🇧🇮Burundi 170,791 0 0
87 🇸🇻El Salvador 167,453 0 0
88 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 162,480 0 0
89 🇧🇯Benin 153,444 0 0
90 🇧🇬Bulgaria 151,917 0 0
91 🇧🇾Belarus 151,019 0 0
92 🇬🇷Greece 144,046 0 0
93 🇭🇳Honduras 143,021 0 0
94 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 142,784 0 0
95 🇹🇯Tajikistan 134,869 0 0
96 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 131,477 0 0
97 🇳🇮Nicaragua 129,312 0 0
98 🇧🇪Belgium 123,172 0 0
99 🇹🇬Togo 117,312 0 0
100 🇷🇸Serbia 114,752 0 0
101 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 113,182 0 0
102 🇸🇪Sweden 110,912 0 0
103 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 106,275 0 0
104 🇸🇰Slovakia 98,296 0 0
105 🇦🇹Austria 97,375 0 0
106 🇮🇱Israel 97,175 0 0
107 🇨🇫Central African Republic 94,907 0 0
108 🇱🇾Libya 93,767 0 0
109 🇬🇪Georgia 93,158 0 0
110 🇵🇾Paraguay 92,824 0 0
111 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 89,481 0 0
112 🇯🇴Jordan 85,822 0 0
113 🇱🇧Lebanon 84,830 0 0
114 🇨🇭Switzerland 84,134 0 0
115 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 83,795 0 0
116 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 80,474 0 0
117 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 79,252 0 0
118 🇱🇷Liberia 78,792 0 0
119 🇦🇱Albania 78,232 0 0
120 🇩🇰Denmark 71,027 0 0
121 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 69,839 0 0
122 🇨🇬Congo 69,390 0 0
123 🇭🇷Croatia 68,767 0 0
124 🇮🇪Ireland 68,390 0 0
125 🇪🇷Eritrea 64,916 0 0
126 🇦🇲Armenia 64,441 0 0
127 🇯🇲Jamaica 63,181 0 0
128 🇫🇮Finland 62,245 0 0
129 🇨🇷Costa Rica 61,581 0 0
130 🇵🇸State of Palestine 60,650 0 0
131 🇺🇾Uruguay 60,328 0 0
132 🇳🇴Norway 59,714 0 0
133 🇳🇿New Zealand 58,847 0 0
134 🇵🇦Panama 57,722 0 0
135 🇲🇳Mongolia 57,550 0 0
136 🇲🇷Mauritania 57,067 0 0
137 🇱🇹Lithuania 52,994 0 0
138 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 50,371 0 0
139 🇱🇸Lesotho 47,275 0 0
140 🇸🇬Singapore 41,542 0 0
141 🇰🇼Kuwait 41,526 0 0
142 🇴🇲Oman 38,024 0 0
143 🇲🇰North Macedonia 37,672 0 0
144 🇳🇦Namibia 37,483 0 0
145 🇱🇻Latvia 35,729 0 0
146 🇧🇼Botswana 31,767 0 0
147 🇸🇮Slovenia 29,919 0 0
148 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 28,690 0 0
149 🇬🇲Gambia 28,232 0 0
150 🇬🇾Guyana 24,945 0 0
151 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 24,704 0 0
152 🇸🇿Eswatini 24,684 0 0
153 🇬🇦Gabon 23,677 0 0
154 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 23,590 0 0
155 🇲🇺Mauritius 22,601 0 0
156 🇪🇪Estonia 21,084 0 0
157 🇫🇯Fiji 17,762 0 0
158 🇧🇹Bhutan 15,527 0 0
159 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 14,066 0 0
160 🇷🇪Réunion 13,576 0 0
161 🇸🇷Suriname 13,200 0 0
162 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 12,894 0 0
163 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 12,696 0 0
164 🇰🇲Comoros 12,368 0 0
165 🇨🇾Cyprus 11,971 0 0
166 🇲🇪Montenegro 10,999 0 0
167 🇧🇭Bahrain 9,008 0 0
168 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 8,573 0 0
169 🇩🇯Djibouti 8,479 0 0
170 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 8,234 0 0
171 🇲🇶Martinique 7,524 0 0
172 🇲🇻Maldives 6,567 0 0
173 🇶🇦Qatar 6,235 0 0
174 🇲🇹Malta 5,797 0 0
175 🇼🇸Samoa 5,779 0 0
176 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 5,388 0 0
177 🇧🇸Bahamas 5,215 0 0
178 🇧🇿Belize 5,189 0 0
179 🇧🇧Barbados 4,665 0 0
180 🇵🇫French Polynesia 4,571 0 0
181 🇳🇨New Caledonia 4,317 0 0
182 🇮🇸Iceland 4,286 0 0
183 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 4,157 0 0
184 🇻🇺Vanuatu 4,045 0 0
185 🇱🇺Luxembourg 3,842 0 0
186 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3,411 0 0
187 🇨🇼Curaçao 3,354 0 0
188 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 3,253 0 0
189 🇪🇭Western Sahara 3,129 0 0
190 🇹🇴Tonga 3,086 0 0
191 🇬🇺Guam 3,080 0 0
192 🇬🇩Grenada 2,880 0 0
193 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 2,717 0 0
194 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 2,584 0 0
195 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 2,452 0 0
196 🇰🇮Kiribati 2,136 0 0
197 🇾🇹Mayotte 1,947 0 0
198 🇸🇨Seychelles 1,865 0 0
199 🇩🇲Dominica 1,794 0 0
200 🇬🇫French Guiana 1,523 0 0
201 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 1,486 0 0
202 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 1,305 0 0
203 🇦🇼Aruba 1,286 0 0
204 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 1,271 0 0
205 🇦🇸American Samoa 1,032 0 0
206 🇯🇪Jersey 880 0 0
207 🇬🇱Greenland 871 0 0
208 🇧🇲Bermuda 869 0 0
209 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 816 0 0
210 🇮🇲Isle of Man 800 0 0
211 🇬🇬Guernsey 689 0 0
212 🇨🇰Cook Islands 626 0 0
213 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 595 0 0
214 🇬🇮Gibraltar 528 0 0
215 🇦🇩Andorra 516 0 0
216 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 402 0 0
217 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 366 0 0
218 🇲🇨Monaco 359 0 0
219 🇵🇼Palau 352 0 0
220 🇸🇲San Marino 304 0 0
221 🇲🇸Montserrat 286 0 0
222 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 281 0 0
223 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 246 0 0
224 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 223 0 0
225 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 215 0 0
226 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 212 0 0
227 🇦🇮Anguilla 187 0 0
228 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 186 0 0
229 🇹🇻Tuvalu 163 0 0
230 🇳🇷Nauru 161 0 0
231 🇸🇭Saint Helena 159 0 0
232 🇳🇺Niue 157 0 0
233 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 103 0 0
234 🇹🇰Tokelau 50 0 0
235 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 43 0 0
236 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 41 0 0
237 🇻🇦Holy See 6 0 0

Regions with the Highest Birth Count in 1974

Rank Region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Asia 78,346,084 0 0
2 Africa 18,817,423 0 0
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 10,970,139 0 0
4 Europe 10,406,013 0 0
5 Northern America 3,419,999 0 0
6 Oceania 477,336 0 0

Sub-regions with the Highest Birth Count in 1974

Rank Sub-region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Southern Asia 32,694,298 0 0
2 Eastern Asia 29,585,492 0 0
3 South-Eastern Asia 11,081,316 0 0
4 South America 6,949,162 0 0
5 Eastern Africa 6,043,814 0 0
6 Western Africa 5,687,424 0 0
7 Eastern Europe 4,751,882 0 0
8 Northern Africa 3,890,796 0 0
9 Western Asia 3,830,591 0 0
10 Central America 3,190,998 0 0
11 Southern Europe 2,334,182 0 0
12 Middle Africa 2,112,463 0 0
13 Western Europe 2,092,826 0 0
14 Northern Europe 1,227,123 0 0
15 Central Asia 1,154,387 0 0
16 Southern Africa 1,082,926 0 0
17 Caribbean 829,979 0 0
18 Australia/New Zealand 303,591 0 0
19 Melanesia 147,538 0 0
20 Polynesia 15,863 0 0
21 Micronesia 10,344 0 0

Income Groups with the Highest Birth Count in 1974

Rank Income Group Births Male Births Female Births
1 Middle-income countries 97,322,203 0 0
2 Lower-middle-income countries 54,016,833 0 0
3 Upper-middle-income countries 43,305,370 0 0
4 High-income countries 15,174,542 0 0
5 Low-income countries 9,482,387 0 0
6 No income group available 457,862 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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