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Annual Population Births by Country in 1988

-5 year -1 year 1988 +1 year +5 year

In the year 1988, a total of 139,993,375 babies was born across the globe. Out of this group, 26,188,368 were male and 23,095,807 were female.

The country with the highest birth count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 27,654,404 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a birth count of 26,390,996, and 🇵🇰Pakistan with 4,749,506 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 53 births recorded.

The geographic region with the highest birth count was Asia with a total of 87,309,769 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a birth count 26012.738, and Latin America and the Caribbean with 12,024,289 births recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest birth count of 39,717,155 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a birth count of 29,295,154, and South-Eastern Asia with 11,960,175 births recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest birth count of 111,665,301. While the lowest birth count is recorded by No income group available were only 572,161 newborns was added to that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 1988

Countries with the Highest Birth Count in 1988

Rank Country Births Male Births Female Births
1 🇮🇳India 27,654,404 0 0
2 🇨🇳China 26,390,996 0 0
3 🇵🇰Pakistan 4,749,506 0 0
4 🇮🇩Indonesia 4,738,357 0 0
5 🇳🇬Nigeria 3,962,874 0 0
6 🇺🇸United States of America 3,893,149 0 0
7 🇧🇷Brazil 3,837,396 0 0
8 🇧🇩Bangladesh 3,803,080 0 0
9 🇲🇽Mexico 2,392,783 0 0
10 🇷🇺Russian Federation 2,353,620 0 0
11 🇪🇹Ethiopia 2,229,615 0 0
12 🇵🇭Philippines 2,002,466 0 0
13 🇪🇬Egypt 1,949,956 0 0
14 🇻🇳Viet Nam 1,909,657 0 0
15 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,872,490 0 0
16 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,567,943 0 0
17 🇹🇷Türkiye 1,434,088 0 0
18 🇯🇵Japan 1,326,242 0 0
19 🇿🇦South Africa 1,299,942 0 0
20 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 1,109,554 0 0
21 🇲🇲Myanmar 1,094,196 0 0
22 🇹🇭Thailand 1,082,376 0 0
23 🇰🇪Kenya 982,483 0 0
24 🇸🇩Sudan 908,794 0 0
25 🇩🇪Germany 895,809 0 0
26 🇨🇴Colombia 876,126 0 0
27 🇺🇬Uganda 845,446 0 0
28 🇩🇿Algeria 816,682 0 0
29 🇬🇧United Kingdom 785,035 0 0
30 🇫🇷France 762,367 0 0
31 🇺🇦Ukraine 743,317 0 0
32 🇲🇦Morocco 738,425 0 0
33 🇳🇵Nepal 726,491 0 0
34 🇦🇷Argentina 699,091 0 0
35 🇵🇪Peru 684,250 0 0
36 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 677,693 0 0
37 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 669,947 0 0
38 🇮🇶Iraq 661,607 0 0
39 🇾🇪Yemen 643,319 0 0
40 🇬🇭Ghana 618,235 0 0
41 🇲🇿Mozambique 613,743 0 0
42 🇵🇱Poland 586,659 0 0
43 🇦🇴Angola 573,751 0 0
44 🇮🇹Italy 568,152 0 0
45 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 563,709 0 0
46 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 533,047 0 0
47 🇦🇫Afghanistan 531,795 0 0
48 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 507,401 0 0
49 🇲🇬Madagascar 495,107 0 0
50 🇨🇲Cameroon 481,849 0 0
51 🇲🇾Malaysia 474,030 0 0
52 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 447,752 0 0
53 🇳🇪Niger 437,942 0 0
54 🇲🇼Malawi 423,163 0 0
55 🇪🇸Spain 418,645 0 0
56 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 418,475 0 0
57 🇲🇱Mali 413,137 0 0
58 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 412,031 0 0
59 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 409,136 0 0
60 🇨🇦Canada 395,230 0 0
61 🇰🇭Cambodia 392,970 0 0
62 🇷🇴Romania 371,730 0 0
63 🇸🇴Somalia 361,541 0 0
64 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 355,853 0 0
65 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 349,612 0 0
66 🇿🇲Zambia 346,693 0 0
67 🇬🇹Guatemala 345,051 0 0
68 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 337,955 0 0
69 🇷🇼Rwanda 326,416 0 0
70 🇪🇨Ecuador 309,259 0 0
71 🇸🇳Senegal 304,428 0 0
72 🇨🇱Chile 290,490 0 0
73 🇹🇩Chad 282,941 0 0
74 🇬🇳Guinea 278,263 0 0
75 🇸🇸South Sudan 268,839 0 0
76 🇭🇹Haiti 259,689 0 0
77 🇧🇮Burundi 250,215 0 0
78 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 250,194 0 0
79 🇦🇺Australia 245,113 0 0
80 🇹🇳Tunisia 230,996 0 0
81 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 223,529 0 0
82 🇧🇯Benin 222,500 0 0
83 🇹🇯Tajikistan 217,419 0 0
84 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 214,281 0 0
85 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 187,021 0 0
86 🇨🇺Cuba 186,967 0 0
87 🇳🇱Netherlands 186,872 0 0
88 🇭🇳Honduras 185,228 0 0
89 🇸🇻El Salvador 180,511 0 0
90 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 175,278 0 0
91 🇧🇾Belarus 168,097 0 0
92 🇹🇬Togo 156,271 0 0
93 🇳🇮Nicaragua 153,783 0 0
94 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 140,665 0 0
95 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 136,944 0 0
96 🇵🇾Paraguay 135,939 0 0
97 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 133,513 0 0
98 🇨🇿Czechia 130,264 0 0
99 🇱🇾Libya 128,071 0 0
100 🇨🇫Central African Republic 124,322 0 0
101 🇭🇺Hungary 122,047 0 0
102 🇯🇴Jordan 121,297 0 0
103 🇵🇹Portugal 120,783 0 0
104 🇧🇪Belgium 119,782 0 0
105 🇧🇬Bulgaria 116,778 0 0
106 🇸🇪Sweden 112,424 0 0
107 🇬🇷Greece 112,149 0 0
108 🇱🇷Liberia 108,950 0 0
109 🇮🇱Israel 107,456 0 0
110 🇷🇸Serbia 102,982 0 0
111 🇬🇪Georgia 100,473 0 0
112 🇱🇧Lebanon 99,121 0 0
113 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 90,937 0 0
114 🇵🇸State of Palestine 90,177 0 0
115 🇪🇷Eritrea 89,613 0 0
116 🇨🇬Congo 88,941 0 0
117 🇦🇹Austria 87,801 0 0
118 🇨🇷Costa Rica 84,755 0 0
119 🇦🇲Armenia 83,319 0 0
120 🇦🇱Albania 83,285 0 0
121 🇸🇰Slovakia 82,518 0 0
122 🇨🇭Switzerland 79,606 0 0
123 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 78,675 0 0
124 🇲🇷Mauritania 77,644 0 0
125 🇲🇳Mongolia 75,417 0 0
126 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 71,188 0 0
127 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 66,802 0 0
128 🇴🇲Oman 66,331 0 0
129 🇵🇦Panama 65,248 0 0
130 🇯🇲Jamaica 64,200 0 0
131 🇫🇮Finland 63,068 0 0
132 🇱🇸Lesotho 62,770 0 0
133 🇭🇷Croatia 60,012 0 0
134 🇱🇹Lithuania 59,178 0 0
135 🇩🇰Denmark 58,658 0 0
136 🇳🇿New Zealand 57,517 0 0
137 🇳🇴Norway 57,454 0 0
138 🇺🇾Uruguay 55,753 0 0
139 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 55,525 0 0
140 🇮🇪Ireland 54,429 0 0
141 🇸🇬Singapore 53,111 0 0
142 🇰🇼Kuwait 53,093 0 0
143 🇳🇦Namibia 46,841 0 0
144 🇧🇼Botswana 45,988 0 0
145 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 45,209 0 0
146 🇬🇲Gambia 44,063 0 0
147 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 43,628 0 0
148 🇱🇻Latvia 42,433 0 0
149 🇲🇰North Macedonia 36,903 0 0
150 🇬🇦Gabon 35,806 0 0
151 🇸🇿Eswatini 33,266 0 0
152 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 30,574 0 0
153 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 29,559 0 0
154 🇪🇪Estonia 24,925 0 0
155 🇸🇮Slovenia 24,865 0 0
156 🇫🇯Fiji 23,112 0 0
157 🇬🇾Guyana 22,984 0 0
158 🇲🇺Mauritius 20,809 0 0
159 🇧🇹Bhutan 20,347 0 0
160 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 20,098 0 0
161 🇩🇯Djibouti 18,720 0 0
162 🇰🇲Comoros 17,635 0 0
163 🇨🇾Cyprus 15,363 0 0
164 🇷🇪Réunion 14,512 0 0
165 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 14,172 0 0
166 🇧🇭Bahrain 13,650 0 0
167 🇸🇷Suriname 12,566 0 0
168 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 11,818 0 0
169 🇶🇦Qatar 10,688 0 0
170 🇲🇪Montenegro 9,959 0 0
171 🇲🇻Maldives 9,429 0 0
172 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 7,311 0 0
173 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 7,162 0 0
174 🇲🇶Martinique 6,841 0 0
175 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 6,786 0 0
176 🇪🇭Western Sahara 6,687 0 0
177 🇧🇿Belize 6,433 0 0
178 🇵🇫French Polynesia 6,316 0 0
179 🇧🇸Bahamas 6,081 0 0
180 🇼🇸Samoa 5,658 0 0
181 🇲🇹Malta 5,628 0 0
182 🇻🇺Vanuatu 5,515 0 0
183 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 4,617 0 0
184 🇮🇸Iceland 4,601 0 0
185 🇱🇺Luxembourg 4,598 0 0
186 🇳🇨New Caledonia 4,236 0 0
187 🇧🇧Barbados 4,184 0 0
188 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 4,118 0 0
189 🇾🇹Mayotte 3,764 0 0
190 🇬🇺Guam 3,609 0 0
191 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 3,379 0 0
192 🇨🇼Curaçao 3,269 0 0
193 🇹🇴Tonga 3,042 0 0
194 🇬🇫French Guiana 2,997 0 0
195 🇬🇩Grenada 2,874 0 0
196 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2,760 0 0
197 🇰🇮Kiribati 2,687 0 0
198 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 2,321 0 0
199 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 1,969 0 0
200 🇩🇲Dominica 1,793 0 0
201 🇸🇨Seychelles 1,654 0 0
202 🇦🇸American Samoa 1,576 0 0
203 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 1,344 0 0
204 🇦🇼Aruba 1,284 0 0
205 🇬🇱Greenland 1,185 0 0
206 🇯🇪Jersey 1,093 0 0
207 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 1,010 0 0
208 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 989 0 0
209 🇧🇲Bermuda 915 0 0
210 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 868 0 0
211 🇮🇲Isle of Man 817 0 0
212 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 791 0 0
213 🇬🇬Guernsey 678 0 0
214 🇦🇩Andorra 603 0 0
215 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 572 0 0
216 🇬🇮Gibraltar 486 0 0
217 🇨🇰Cook Islands 485 0 0
218 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 455 0 0
219 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 416 0 0
220 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 361 0 0
221 🇲🇨Monaco 347 0 0
222 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 323 0 0
223 🇵🇼Palau 322 0 0
224 🇹🇻Tuvalu 306 0 0
225 🇳🇷Nauru 289 0 0
226 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 243 0 0
227 🇸🇲San Marino 222 0 0
228 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 214 0 0
229 🇲🇸Montserrat 202 0 0
230 🇦🇮Anguilla 147 0 0
231 🇸🇭Saint Helena 125 0 0
232 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 119 0 0
233 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 85 0 0
234 🇳🇺Niue 64 0 0
235 🇹🇰Tokelau 53 0 0
236 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 28 0 0
237 🇻🇦Holy See 5 0 0

Regions with the Highest Birth Count in 1988

Rank Region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Asia 87,309,769 0 0
2 Africa 26,012,738 0 0
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 12,024,289 0 0
4 Europe 9,840,567 0 0
5 Northern America 4,290,599 0 0
6 Oceania 515,413 0 0

Sub-regions with the Highest Birth Count in 1988

Rank Sub-region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Southern Asia 39,717,155 0 0
2 Eastern Asia 29,295,154 0 0
3 South-Eastern Asia 11,960,175 0 0
4 Eastern Africa 8,775,373 0 0
5 Western Africa 7,788,682 0 0
6 South America 7,740,782 0 0
7 Northern Africa 4,779,612 0 0
8 Eastern Europe 4,765,968 0 0
9 Western Asia 4,749,521 0 0
10 Central America 3,413,792 0 0
11 Middle Africa 3,180,264 0 0
12 Western Europe 2,137,545 0 0
13 Southern Europe 1,671,391 0 0
14 Central Asia 1,587,764 0 0
15 Southern Africa 1,488,807 0 0
16 Northern Europe 1,265,663 0 0
17 Caribbean 869,715 0 0
18 Australia/New Zealand 302,630 0 0
19 Melanesia 181,625 0 0
20 Polynesia 17,915 0 0
21 Micronesia 13,243 0 0

Income Groups with the Highest Birth Count in 1988

Rank Income Group Births Male Births Female Births
1 Middle-income countries 111,665,301 0 0
2 Lower-middle-income countries 65,931,388 0 0
3 Upper-middle-income countries 45,733,912 0 0
4 High-income countries 14,508,218 0 0
5 Low-income countries 13,247,695 0 0
6 No income group available 572,161 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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