Annual Population Births by Country in 1978

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In the year 1978, a total of 121,337,099 babies was born across the globe. Out of this group, 24,773,353 were male and 22,086,592 were female.

The country with the highest birth count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 24,242,925 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a birth count of 20,144,421, and 🇮🇩Indonesia with 4,907,955 births recorded.

The country with the lowest annual birth count was 🇻🇦Holy See with only 5 babies born for the year. Followed by 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) with a birth count of 35, and 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy with 40 births recorded.

The geographic region with the highest birth count was Asia with a total of 74,760,972 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a birth count 20860.824, and Latin America and the Caribbean with 11,490,295 births recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest birth count of 34,386,309 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a birth count of 23,601,222, and South-Eastern Asia with 11,443,620 births recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest birth count of 95,786,341. While the lowest birth count is recorded by No income group available were only 495,672 newborns was added to that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 1978

Countries with the Highest Birth Count in 1978

Rank Country Births Male Births Female Births
1 🇮🇳India 24,242,925 0 0
2 🇨🇳China 20,144,421 0 0
3 🇮🇩Indonesia 4,907,955 0 0
4 🇧🇷Brazil 3,820,013 0 0
5 🇧🇩Bangladesh 3,660,549 0 0
6 🇳🇬Nigeria 3,307,814 0 0
7 🇺🇸United States of America 3,254,955 0 0
8 🇵🇰Pakistan 3,223,019 0 0
9 🇲🇽Mexico 2,430,983 0 0
10 🇷🇺Russian Federation 2,234,476 0 0
11 🇵🇭Philippines 1,747,822 0 0
12 🇯🇵Japan 1,725,898 0 0
13 🇪🇹Ethiopia 1,711,767 0 0
14 🇻🇳Viet Nam 1,705,823 0 0
15 🇪🇬Egypt 1,694,418 0 0
16 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,549,699 0 0
17 🇹🇷Türkiye 1,463,445 0 0
18 🇹🇭Thailand 1,206,901 0 0
19 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,133,814 0 0
20 🇲🇲Myanmar 1,105,088 0 0
21 🇿🇦South Africa 970,751 0 0
22 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 887,117 0 0
23 🇩🇪Germany 804,394 0 0
24 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 801,441 0 0
25 🇨🇴Colombia 796,756 0 0
26 🇩🇿Algeria 774,051 0 0
27 🇲🇦Morocco 751,013 0 0
28 🇰🇪Kenya 743,831 0 0
29 🇫🇷France 739,828 0 0
30 🇺🇦Ukraine 731,803 0 0
31 🇸🇩Sudan 722,260 0 0
32 🇮🇹Italy 703,325 0 0
33 🇬🇧United Kingdom 687,869 0 0
34 🇦🇷Argentina 685,890 0 0
35 🇵🇱Poland 669,205 0 0
36 🇦🇫Afghanistan 660,606 0 0
37 🇪🇸Spain 637,056 0 0
38 🇵🇪Peru 628,083 0 0
39 🇺🇬Uganda 619,591 0 0
40 🇳🇵Nepal 613,861 0 0
41 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 534,295 0 0
42 🇮🇶Iraq 525,280 0 0
43 🇲🇿Mozambique 515,482 0 0
44 🇬🇭Ghana 498,269 0 0
45 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 490,349 0 0
46 🇾🇪Yemen 467,773 0 0
47 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 421,493 0 0
48 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 411,173 0 0
49 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 408,964 0 0
50 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 404,239 0 0
51 🇷🇴Romania 403,929 0 0
52 🇦🇴Angola 392,347 0 0
53 🇲🇾Malaysia 392,244 0 0
54 🇲🇬Madagascar 392,018 0 0
55 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 373,305 0 0
56 🇨🇦Canada 368,664 0 0
57 🇨🇲Cameroon 365,278 0 0
58 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 357,299 0 0
59 🇲🇱Mali 357,160 0 0
60 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 342,692 0 0
61 🇳🇪Niger 326,961 0 0
62 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 322,796 0 0
63 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 309,328 0 0
64 🇲🇼Malawi 304,796 0 0
65 🇬🇹Guatemala 290,495 0 0
66 🇪🇨Ecuador 277,971 0 0
67 🇨🇱Chile 268,257 0 0
68 🇸🇳Senegal 264,864 0 0
69 🇿🇲Zambia 262,718 0 0
70 🇷🇼Rwanda 254,261 0 0
71 🇹🇳Tunisia 227,782 0 0
72 🇦🇺Australia 224,175 0 0
73 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 221,104 0 0
74 🇬🇳Guinea 219,592 0 0
75 🇭🇹Haiti 216,635 0 0
76 🇸🇴Somalia 214,089 0 0
77 🇹🇩Chad 208,683 0 0
78 🇸🇸South Sudan 200,628 0 0
79 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 194,872 0 0
80 🇧🇮Burundi 194,391 0 0
81 🇨🇿Czechia 178,288 0 0
82 🇳🇱Netherlands 176,248 0 0
83 🇸🇻El Salvador 175,960 0 0
84 🇰🇭Cambodia 170,607 0 0
85 🇧🇯Benin 167,779 0 0
86 🇵🇹Portugal 167,773 0 0
87 🇭🇺Hungary 166,958 0 0
88 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 166,383 0 0
89 🇭🇳Honduras 157,699 0 0
90 🇧🇾Belarus 156,779 0 0
91 🇹🇯Tajikistan 152,443 0 0
92 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 152,329 0 0
93 🇨🇺Cuba 146,858 0 0
94 🇬🇷Greece 146,296 0 0
95 🇳🇮Nicaragua 140,368 0 0
96 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 139,412 0 0
97 🇧🇬Bulgaria 139,313 0 0
98 🇹🇬Togo 126,671 0 0
99 🇧🇪Belgium 120,752 0 0
100 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 115,503 0 0
101 🇷🇸Serbia 114,120 0 0
102 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 112,886 0 0
103 🇱🇧Lebanon 111,324 0 0
104 🇱🇾Libya 107,929 0 0
105 🇨🇫Central African Republic 102,515 0 0
106 🇵🇾Paraguay 102,247 0 0
107 🇸🇰Slovakia 100,776 0 0
108 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 97,098 0 0
109 🇬🇪Georgia 96,588 0 0
110 🇮🇱Israel 94,304 0 0
111 🇸🇪Sweden 93,486 0 0
112 🇯🇴Jordan 92,493 0 0
113 🇱🇷Liberia 88,384 0 0
114 🇦🇹Austria 85,128 0 0
115 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 84,752 0 0
116 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 82,970 0 0
117 🇦🇱Albania 79,045 0 0
118 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 76,414 0 0
119 🇨🇬Congo 74,316 0 0
120 🇦🇲Armenia 74,010 0 0
121 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 73,118 0 0
122 🇨🇭Switzerland 71,371 0 0
123 🇪🇷Eritrea 71,087 0 0
124 🇮🇪Ireland 70,037 0 0
125 🇭🇷Croatia 69,590 0 0
126 🇨🇷Costa Rica 68,798 0 0
127 🇵🇸State of Palestine 66,327 0 0
128 🇫🇮Finland 64,486 0 0
129 🇲🇷Mauritania 63,099 0 0
130 🇲🇳Mongolia 62,814 0 0
131 🇯🇲Jamaica 62,087 0 0
132 🇩🇰Denmark 61,948 0 0
133 🇺🇾Uruguay 58,770 0 0
134 🇵🇦Panama 58,244 0 0
135 🇱🇸Lesotho 53,737 0 0
136 🇱🇹Lithuania 53,431 0 0
137 🇳🇴Norway 51,697 0 0
138 🇳🇿New Zealand 51,517 0 0
139 🇰🇼Kuwait 49,433 0 0
140 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 48,958 0 0
141 🇴🇲Oman 48,108 0 0
142 🇳🇦Namibia 40,369 0 0
143 🇲🇰North Macedonia 39,662 0 0
144 🇧🇼Botswana 38,530 0 0
145 🇸🇬Singapore 38,462 0 0
146 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 36,476 0 0
147 🇱🇻Latvia 35,257 0 0
148 🇸🇮Slovenia 32,735 0 0
149 🇬🇲Gambia 31,485 0 0
150 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 31,382 0 0
151 🇸🇿Eswatini 27,652 0 0
152 🇬🇦Gabon 27,067 0 0
153 🇬🇾Guyana 24,423 0 0
154 🇲🇺Mauritius 23,893 0 0
155 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 23,567 0 0
156 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 23,033 0 0
157 🇪🇪Estonia 21,741 0 0
158 🇫🇯Fiji 20,800 0 0
159 🇧🇹Bhutan 17,156 0 0
160 🇰🇲Comoros 14,019 0 0
161 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 13,240 0 0
162 🇷🇪Réunion 13,137 0 0
163 🇸🇷Suriname 11,881 0 0
164 🇩🇯Djibouti 11,808 0 0
165 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 11,770 0 0
166 🇨🇾Cyprus 11,751 0 0
167 🇲🇪Montenegro 10,514 0 0
168 🇧🇭Bahrain 10,166 0 0
169 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 9,061 0 0
170 🇶🇦Qatar 7,718 0 0
171 🇲🇻Maldives 7,321 0 0
172 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 6,847 0 0
173 🇲🇹Malta 5,844 0 0
174 🇧🇿Belize 5,775 0 0
175 🇼🇸Samoa 5,763 0 0
176 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 5,738 0 0
177 🇲🇶Martinique 5,737 0 0
178 🇧🇸Bahamas 5,218 0 0
179 🇧🇧Barbados 4,647 0 0
180 🇵🇫French Polynesia 4,500 0 0
181 🇻🇺Vanuatu 4,410 0 0
182 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 4,366 0 0
183 🇮🇸Iceland 4,177 0 0
184 🇳🇨New Caledonia 4,100 0 0
185 🇱🇺Luxembourg 4,003 0 0
186 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 3,756 0 0
187 🇪🇭Western Sahara 3,424 0 0
188 🇹🇴Tonga 3,328 0 0
189 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3,302 0 0
190 🇨🇼Curaçao 3,245 0 0
191 🇬🇺Guam 3,126 0 0
192 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 3,104 0 0
193 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 2,940 0 0
194 🇬🇩Grenada 2,716 0 0
195 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 2,430 0 0
196 🇾🇹Mayotte 2,254 0 0
197 🇰🇮Kiribati 2,133 0 0
198 🇸🇨Seychelles 1,836 0 0
199 🇬🇫French Guiana 1,750 0 0
200 🇩🇲Dominica 1,571 0 0
201 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 1,524 0 0
202 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 1,498 0 0
203 🇦🇼Aruba 1,362 0 0
204 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 1,230 0 0
205 🇦🇸American Samoa 1,068 0 0
206 🇬🇱Greenland 899 0 0
207 🇯🇪Jersey 897 0 0
208 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 738 0 0
209 🇮🇲Isle of Man 735 0 0
210 🇧🇲Bermuda 724 0 0
211 🇬🇬Guernsey 648 0 0
212 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 577 0 0
213 🇬🇮Gibraltar 565 0 0
214 🇨🇰Cook Islands 480 0 0
215 🇦🇩Andorra 467 0 0
216 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 403 0 0
217 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 389 0 0
218 🇲🇨Monaco 322 0 0
219 🇵🇼Palau 299 0 0
220 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 295 0 0
221 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 292 0 0
222 🇸🇲San Marino 273 0 0
223 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 272 0 0
224 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 250 0 0
225 🇲🇸Montserrat 244 0 0
226 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 234 0 0
227 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 209 0 0
228 🇹🇻Tuvalu 209 0 0
229 🇦🇮Anguilla 186 0 0
230 🇳🇷Nauru 181 0 0
231 🇸🇭Saint Helena 143 0 0
232 🇳🇺Niue 121 0 0
233 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 86 0 0
234 🇹🇰Tokelau 48 0 0
235 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 40 0 0
236 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 35 0 0
237 🇻🇦Holy See 5 0 0

Regions with the Highest Birth Count in 1978

Rank Region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Asia 74,760,972 0 0
2 Africa 20,860,824 0 0
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 11,490,295 0 0
4 Europe 10,143,418 0 0
5 Northern America 3,625,328 0 0
6 Oceania 456,262 0 0

Sub-regions with the Highest Birth Count in 1978

Rank Sub-region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Southern Asia 34,386,309 0 0
2 Eastern Asia 23,601,222 0 0
3 South-Eastern Asia 11,443,620 0 0
4 South America 7,387,529 0 0
5 Eastern Africa 6,748,052 0 0
6 Western Africa 6,381,305 0 0
7 Eastern Europe 4,864,493 0 0
8 Northern Africa 4,280,878 0 0
9 Western Asia 4,090,407 0 0
10 Central America 3,328,324 0 0
11 Middle Africa 2,319,549 0 0
12 Southern Europe 2,129,344 0 0
13 Western Europe 2,002,434 0 0
14 Central Asia 1,239,414 0 0
15 Northern Europe 1,147,147 0 0
16 Southern Africa 1,131,040 0 0
17 Caribbean 774,442 0 0
18 Australia/New Zealand 275,692 0 0
19 Melanesia 153,872 0 0
20 Polynesia 15,919 0 0
21 Micronesia 10,779 0 0

Income Groups with the Highest Birth Count in 1978

Rank Income Group Births Male Births Female Births
1 Middle-income countries 95,786,341 0 0
2 Lower-middle-income countries 57,391,886 0 0
3 Upper-middle-income countries 38,394,455 0 0
4 High-income countries 14,626,146 0 0
5 Low-income countries 10,428,940 0 0
6 No income group available 495,672 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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