Annual Population Births by Country in 1987

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In the year 1987, a total of 140,544,952 babies was born across the globe. Out of this group, 25,821,491 were male and 22,812,596 were female.

The country with the highest birth count was 🇨🇳China, with a total of 27,628,409 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇮🇳India with a birth count of 27,477,888, and 🇮🇩Indonesia with 4,731,775 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 28, and 🇹🇰Tokelau with 54 births recorded.

The geographic region with the highest birth count was Asia with a total of 88,228,950 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a birth count 25632.09, and Latin America and the Caribbean with 12,043,016 births recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest birth count of 39,489,649 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a birth count of 30,540,510, and South-Eastern Asia with 11,926,547 births recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest birth count of 112,664,902. While the lowest birth count is recorded by No income group available were only 566,735 newborns was added to that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 1987

Countries with the Highest Birth Count in 1987

Rank Country Births Male Births Female Births
1 🇨🇳China 27,628,409 0 0
2 🇮🇳India 27,477,888 0 0
3 🇮🇩Indonesia 4,731,775 0 0
4 🇵🇰Pakistan 4,602,418 0 0
5 🇧🇷Brazil 3,894,365 0 0
6 🇳🇬Nigeria 3,883,568 0 0
7 🇧🇩Bangladesh 3,857,924 0 0
8 🇺🇸United States of America 3,778,718 0 0
9 🇷🇺Russian Federation 2,478,433 0 0
10 🇲🇽Mexico 2,417,401 0 0
11 🇪🇹Ethiopia 2,168,348 0 0
12 🇵🇭Philippines 1,964,998 0 0
13 🇪🇬Egypt 1,943,412 0 0
14 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,914,607 0 0
15 🇻🇳Viet Nam 1,913,707 0 0
16 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,529,369 0 0
17 🇹🇷Türkiye 1,436,840 0 0
18 🇯🇵Japan 1,354,166 0 0
19 🇿🇦South Africa 1,303,926 0 0
20 🇲🇲Myanmar 1,112,236 0 0
21 🇹🇭Thailand 1,095,237 0 0
22 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 1,081,836 0 0
23 🇰🇪Kenya 965,953 0 0
24 🇸🇩Sudan 905,733 0 0
25 🇩🇪Germany 874,973 0 0
26 🇨🇴Colombia 868,789 0 0
27 🇩🇿Algeria 831,447 0 0
28 🇺🇬Uganda 817,006 0 0
29 🇬🇧United Kingdom 774,597 0 0
30 🇺🇦Ukraine 764,019 0 0
31 🇫🇷France 761,677 0 0
32 🇲🇦Morocco 757,010 0 0
33 🇳🇵Nepal 716,532 0 0
34 🇦🇷Argentina 693,696 0 0
35 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 682,608 0 0
36 🇵🇪Peru 680,623 0 0
37 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 673,299 0 0
38 🇮🇶Iraq 641,940 0 0
39 🇾🇪Yemen 624,513 0 0
40 🇲🇿Mozambique 620,848 0 0
41 🇬🇭Ghana 617,716 0 0
42 🇵🇱Poland 605,377 0 0
43 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 558,196 0 0
44 🇦🇴Angola 556,592 0 0
45 🇮🇹Italy 552,435 0 0
46 🇦🇫Afghanistan 535,214 0 0
47 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 522,995 0 0
48 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 497,538 0 0
49 🇲🇬Madagascar 480,562 0 0
50 🇨🇲Cameroon 471,481 0 0
51 🇲🇾Malaysia 468,432 0 0
52 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 446,797 0 0
53 🇳🇪Niger 429,431 0 0
54 🇪🇸Spain 427,093 0 0
55 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 418,688 0 0
56 🇲🇱Mali 407,583 0 0
57 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 405,847 0 0
58 🇲🇼Malawi 403,977 0 0
59 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 402,381 0 0
60 🇰🇭Cambodia 387,429 0 0
61 🇨🇦Canada 386,334 0 0
62 🇷🇴Romania 373,578 0 0
63 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 363,103 0 0
64 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 355,579 0 0
65 🇸🇴Somalia 351,249 0 0
66 🇿🇲Zambia 338,391 0 0
67 🇬🇹Guatemala 335,675 0 0
68 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 327,367 0 0
69 🇷🇼Rwanda 321,894 0 0
70 🇪🇨Ecuador 306,906 0 0
71 🇸🇳Senegal 303,194 0 0
72 🇨🇱Chile 286,598 0 0
73 🇬🇳Guinea 271,085 0 0
74 🇹🇩Chad 268,119 0 0
75 🇸🇸South Sudan 264,844 0 0
76 🇭🇹Haiti 256,541 0 0
77 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 247,584 0 0
78 🇧🇮Burundi 245,396 0 0
79 🇦🇺Australia 242,941 0 0
80 🇹🇳Tunisia 237,412 0 0
81 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 222,084 0 0
82 🇧🇯Benin 217,070 0 0
83 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 210,087 0 0
84 🇹🇯Tajikistan 208,813 0 0
85 🇳🇱Netherlands 186,356 0 0
86 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 183,042 0 0
87 🇭🇳Honduras 182,392 0 0
88 🇸🇻El Salvador 178,924 0 0
89 🇨🇺Cuba 178,894 0 0
90 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 171,300 0 0
91 🇧🇾Belarus 168,663 0 0
92 🇹🇬Togo 153,215 0 0
93 🇳🇮Nicaragua 152,905 0 0
94 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 142,429 0 0
95 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 134,294 0 0
96 🇵🇾Paraguay 133,644 0 0
97 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 132,977 0 0
98 🇨🇿Czechia 130,151 0 0
99 🇱🇾Libya 128,493 0 0
100 🇭🇺Hungary 123,794 0 0
101 🇨🇫Central African Republic 122,833 0 0
102 🇵🇹Portugal 121,591 0 0
103 🇧🇪Belgium 117,969 0 0
104 🇯🇴Jordan 117,910 0 0
105 🇧🇬Bulgaria 116,973 0 0
106 🇬🇷Greece 113,530 0 0
107 🇱🇷Liberia 106,590 0 0
108 🇸🇪Sweden 105,544 0 0
109 🇷🇸Serbia 103,945 0 0
110 🇬🇪Georgia 102,374 0 0
111 🇮🇱Israel 100,890 0 0
112 🇱🇧Lebanon 97,772 0 0
113 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 97,604 0 0
114 🇪🇷Eritrea 87,615 0 0
115 🇨🇬Congo 87,051 0 0
116 🇦🇹Austria 86,708 0 0
117 🇦🇲Armenia 84,878 0 0
118 🇨🇷Costa Rica 84,651 0 0
119 🇵🇸State of Palestine 84,487 0 0
120 🇸🇰Slovakia 83,651 0 0
121 🇦🇱Albania 83,626 0 0
122 🇨🇭Switzerland 76,256 0 0
123 🇲🇷Mauritania 75,922 0 0
124 🇲🇳Mongolia 75,054 0 0
125 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 73,000 0 0
126 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 72,887 0 0
127 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 67,382 0 0
128 🇴🇲Oman 66,438 0 0
129 🇯🇲Jamaica 64,924 0 0
130 🇵🇦Panama 64,805 0 0
131 🇱🇸Lesotho 62,501 0 0
132 🇱🇹Lithuania 61,917 0 0
133 🇭🇷Croatia 61,778 0 0
134 🇫🇮Finland 60,089 0 0
135 🇮🇪Ireland 58,307 0 0
136 🇩🇰Denmark 56,106 0 0
137 🇳🇿New Zealand 55,149 0 0
138 🇰🇼Kuwait 54,514 0 0
139 🇳🇴Norway 54,020 0 0
140 🇺🇾Uruguay 53,342 0 0
141 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 50,990 0 0
142 🇧🇼Botswana 46,045 0 0
143 🇳🇦Namibia 45,051 0 0
144 🇸🇬Singapore 44,453 0 0
145 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 43,803 0 0
146 🇱🇻Latvia 43,717 0 0
147 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 43,411 0 0
148 🇬🇲Gambia 42,495 0 0
149 🇲🇰North Macedonia 38,371 0 0
150 🇬🇦Gabon 34,990 0 0
151 🇸🇿Eswatini 32,911 0 0
152 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 31,305 0 0
153 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 29,984 0 0
154 🇸🇮Slovenia 25,259 0 0
155 🇪🇪Estonia 24,933 0 0
156 🇬🇾Guyana 23,328 0 0
157 🇫🇯Fiji 23,260 0 0
158 🇧🇹Bhutan 20,122 0 0
159 🇲🇺Mauritius 19,723 0 0
160 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 19,368 0 0
161 🇩🇯Djibouti 17,688 0 0
162 🇰🇲Comoros 17,334 0 0
163 🇨🇾Cyprus 14,730 0 0
164 🇷🇪Réunion 14,181 0 0
165 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 14,141 0 0
166 🇧🇭Bahrain 13,439 0 0
167 🇸🇷Suriname 12,532 0 0
168 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 11,536 0 0
169 🇶🇦Qatar 10,326 0 0
170 🇲🇪Montenegro 10,252 0 0
171 🇲🇻Maldives 9,365 0 0
172 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 7,230 0 0
173 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 6,997 0 0
174 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 6,833 0 0
175 🇪🇭Western Sahara 6,717 0 0
176 🇲🇶Martinique 6,693 0 0
177 🇧🇿Belize 6,314 0 0
178 🇧🇸Bahamas 6,029 0 0
179 🇵🇫French Polynesia 5,915 0 0
180 🇼🇸Samoa 5,682 0 0
181 🇲🇹Malta 5,441 0 0
182 🇻🇺Vanuatu 5,433 0 0
183 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 4,502 0 0
184 🇧🇧Barbados 4,256 0 0
185 🇱🇺Luxembourg 4,253 0 0
186 🇳🇨New Caledonia 4,208 0 0
187 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 4,175 0 0
188 🇮🇸Iceland 4,168 0 0
189 🇬🇺Guam 3,605 0 0
190 🇾🇹Mayotte 3,554 0 0
191 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 3,343 0 0
192 🇨🇼Curaçao 3,293 0 0
193 🇬🇩Grenada 3,202 0 0
194 🇹🇴Tonga 3,053 0 0
195 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2,825 0 0
196 🇬🇫French Guiana 2,814 0 0
197 🇰🇮Kiribati 2,647 0 0
198 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 2,408 0 0
199 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 1,956 0 0
200 🇩🇲Dominica 1,672 0 0
201 🇸🇨Seychelles 1,650 0 0
202 🇦🇸American Samoa 1,495 0 0
203 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 1,336 0 0
204 🇦🇼Aruba 1,317 0 0
205 🇬🇱Greenland 1,124 0 0
206 🇯🇪Jersey 1,063 0 0
207 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 1,035 0 0
208 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 943 0 0
209 🇧🇲Bermuda 882 0 0
210 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 792 0 0
211 🇮🇲Isle of Man 787 0 0
212 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 699 0 0
213 🇬🇬Guernsey 658 0 0
214 🇦🇩Andorra 555 0 0
215 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 533 0 0
216 🇬🇮Gibraltar 497 0 0
217 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 472 0 0
218 🇨🇰Cook Islands 467 0 0
219 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 444 0 0
220 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 355 0 0
221 🇲🇨Monaco 345 0 0
222 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 316 0 0
223 🇵🇼Palau 316 0 0
224 🇹🇻Tuvalu 305 0 0
225 🇳🇷Nauru 277 0 0
226 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 247 0 0
227 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 223 0 0
228 🇸🇲San Marino 215 0 0
229 🇲🇸Montserrat 206 0 0
230 🇦🇮Anguilla 149 0 0
231 🇸🇭Saint Helena 126 0 0
232 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 118 0 0
233 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 82 0 0
234 🇳🇺Niue 65 0 0
235 🇹🇰Tokelau 54 0 0
236 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 28 0 0
237 🇻🇦Holy See 5 0 0

Regions with the Highest Birth Count in 1987

Rank Region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Asia 88,228,950 0 0
2 Africa 25,632,090 0 0
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 12,043,016 0 0
4 Europe 9,966,304 0 0
5 Northern America 4,167,176 0 0
6 Oceania 507,416 0 0

Sub-regions with the Highest Birth Count in 1987

Rank Sub-region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Southern Asia 39,489,649 0 0
2 Eastern Asia 30,540,510 0 0
3 South-Eastern Asia 11,926,547 0 0
4 Eastern Africa 8,585,153 0 0
5 South America 7,762,447 0 0
6 Western Africa 7,651,975 0 0
7 Eastern Europe 4,942,245 0 0
8 Northern Africa 4,810,224 0 0
9 Western Asia 4,686,729 0 0
10 Central America 3,423,065 0 0
11 Middle Africa 3,094,303 0 0
12 Western Europe 2,108,893 0 0
13 Southern Europe 1,668,468 0 0
14 Central Asia 1,585,515 0 0
15 Southern Africa 1,490,435 0 0
16 Northern Europe 1,246,698 0 0
17 Caribbean 857,504 0 0
18 Australia/New Zealand 298,090 0 0
19 Melanesia 178,730 0 0
20 Polynesia 17,509 0 0
21 Micronesia 13,087 0 0

Income Groups with the Highest Birth Count in 1987

Rank Income Group Births Male Births Female Births
1 Middle-income countries 112,664,902 0 0
2 Lower-middle-income countries 65,532,343 0 0
3 Upper-middle-income countries 47,132,559 0 0
4 High-income countries 14,335,526 0 0
5 Low-income countries 12,977,789 0 0
6 No income group available 566,735 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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