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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 140,985,956 babies was born across the globe. Out of this group, 26,057,987 were male and 23,125,196 were female.

The country with the highest birth count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 28,040,342 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a birth count of 26,442,277, and 🇮🇩Indonesia with 4,822,964 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 29, and 🇹🇰Tokelau with 55 births recorded.

The geographic region with the highest birth count was Asia with a total of 88,023,375 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a birth count 26172.014, and Americas with 16,354,411 births recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest birth count of 40,474,425 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a birth count of 29,282,188, and South-Eastern Asia with 11,967,168 births recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Low-and-middle-income countries has the highest birth count of 126,019,769. While the lowest birth count is recorded by No income group available were only 576,561 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 28,040,342 0 0
2 🇨🇳China 26,442,277 0 0
3 🇮🇩Indonesia 4,822,964 0 0
4 🇵🇰Pakistan 4,759,309 0 0
5 🇳🇬Nigeria 4,114,696 0 0
6 🇺🇸United States of America 3,984,018 0 0
7 🇧🇩Bangladesh 3,960,972 0 0
8 🇧🇷Brazil 3,805,480 0 0
9 🇲🇽Mexico 2,424,955 0 0
10 🇷🇺Russian Federation 2,395,786 0 0
11 🇪🇹Ethiopia 2,248,548 0 0
12 🇵🇭Philippines 2,125,063 0 0
13 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2,038,749 0 0
14 🇪🇬Egypt 1,988,951 0 0
15 🇻🇳Viet Nam 1,804,440 0 0
16 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,595,209 0 0
17 🇹🇷Türkiye 1,491,868 0 0
18 🇯🇵Japan 1,263,653 0 0
19 🇿🇦South Africa 1,230,450 0 0
20 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 1,091,012 0 0
21 🇲🇲Myanmar 1,076,622 0 0
22 🇹🇭Thailand 1,072,246 0 0
23 🇰🇪Kenya 973,805 0 0
24 🇸🇩Sudan 932,002 0 0
25 🇩🇪Germany 890,267 0 0
26 🇨🇴Colombia 847,096 0 0
27 🇺🇬Uganda 840,293 0 0
28 🇩🇿Algeria 785,976 0 0
29 🇬🇧United Kingdom 782,549 0 0
30 🇫🇷France 778,366 0 0
31 🇺🇦Ukraine 757,515 0 0
32 🇲🇦Morocco 741,830 0 0
33 🇳🇵Nepal 720,699 0 0
34 🇦🇷Argentina 706,153 0 0
35 🇵🇪Peru 682,988 0 0
36 🇾🇪Yemen 669,857 0 0
37 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 669,714 0 0
38 🇮🇶Iraq 665,783 0 0
39 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 657,214 0 0
40 🇲🇿Mozambique 621,992 0 0
41 🇬🇭Ghana 607,349 0 0
42 🇦🇫Afghanistan 595,844 0 0
43 🇵🇱Poland 590,147 0 0
44 🇮🇹Italy 568,646 0 0
45 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 568,100 0 0
46 🇦🇴Angola 550,840 0 0
47 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 530,506 0 0
48 🇲🇬Madagascar 498,035 0 0
49 🇨🇲Cameroon 472,860 0 0
50 🇲🇾Malaysia 466,384 0 0
51 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 464,056 0 0
52 🇳🇪Niger 432,376 0 0
53 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 430,592 0 0
54 🇲🇼Malawi 426,759 0 0
55 🇲🇱Mali 426,018 0 0
56 🇪🇸Spain 423,051 0 0
57 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 415,055 0 0
58 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 414,120 0 0
59 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 392,069 0 0
60 🇷🇴Romania 376,046 0 0
61 🇨🇦Canada 373,652 0 0
62 🇸🇴Somalia 367,351 0 0
63 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 360,829 0 0
64 🇿🇲Zambia 348,105 0 0
65 🇬🇹Guatemala 347,598 0 0
66 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 343,070 0 0
67 🇰🇭Cambodia 333,402 0 0
68 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 327,043 0 0
69 🇷🇼Rwanda 324,411 0 0
70 🇸🇳Senegal 311,084 0 0
71 🇪🇨Ecuador 304,024 0 0
72 🇨🇱Chile 291,901 0 0
73 🇹🇩Chad 289,728 0 0
74 🇬🇳Guinea 279,732 0 0
75 🇧🇮Burundi 256,755 0 0
76 🇭🇹Haiti 255,060 0 0
77 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 252,124 0 0
78 🇸🇸South Sudan 251,436 0 0
79 🇦🇺Australia 246,692 0 0
80 🇧🇯Benin 231,437 0 0
81 🇹🇳Tunisia 225,126 0 0
82 🇹🇯Tajikistan 223,937 0 0
83 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 214,394 0 0
84 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 213,566 0 0
85 🇳🇱Netherlands 189,179 0 0
86 🇨🇺Cuba 187,454 0 0
87 🇭🇳Honduras 184,943 0 0
88 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 182,564 0 0
89 🇸🇻El Salvador 181,275 0 0
90 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 174,398 0 0
91 🇹🇬Togo 160,337 0 0
92 🇧🇾Belarus 159,213 0 0
93 🇳🇮Nicaragua 152,641 0 0
94 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 144,854 0 0
95 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 138,329 0 0
96 🇵🇾Paraguay 136,595 0 0
97 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 134,646 0 0
98 🇨🇿Czechia 130,886 0 0
99 🇨🇫Central African Republic 129,676 0 0
100 🇱🇾Libya 125,967 0 0
101 🇯🇴Jordan 124,130 0 0
102 🇭🇺Hungary 122,457 0 0
103 🇵🇹Portugal 120,800 0 0
104 🇧🇪Belgium 119,935 0 0
105 🇧🇬Bulgaria 117,454 0 0
106 🇱🇷Liberia 113,071 0 0
107 🇬🇷Greece 112,244 0 0
108 🇸🇪Sweden 111,368 0 0
109 🇬🇪Georgia 105,341 0 0
110 🇱🇧Lebanon 99,786 0 0
111 🇷🇸Serbia 96,110 0 0
112 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 95,121 0 0
113 🇮🇱Israel 92,105 0 0
114 🇵🇸State of Palestine 90,564 0 0
115 🇦🇹Austria 88,445 0 0
116 🇨🇬Congo 88,215 0 0
117 🇪🇷Eritrea 85,936 0 0
118 🇦🇲Armenia 84,309 0 0
119 🇦🇱Albania 84,224 0 0
120 🇨🇷Costa Rica 84,077 0 0
121 🇸🇰Slovakia 82,497 0 0
122 🇨🇭Switzerland 79,489 0 0
123 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 78,395 0 0
124 🇲🇷Mauritania 77,182 0 0
125 🇲🇳Mongolia 75,564 0 0
126 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 72,562 0 0
127 🇱🇸Lesotho 65,007 0 0
128 🇴🇲Oman 64,792 0 0
129 🇵🇦Panama 64,750 0 0
130 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 64,528 0 0
131 🇫🇮Finland 63,035 0 0
132 🇯🇲Jamaica 61,789 0 0
133 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 61,192 0 0
134 🇭🇷Croatia 60,196 0 0
135 🇩🇰Denmark 58,821 0 0
136 🇳🇿New Zealand 57,538 0 0
137 🇳🇴Norway 57,395 0 0
138 🇱🇹Lithuania 56,612 0 0
139 🇺🇾Uruguay 55,479 0 0
140 🇮🇪Ireland 55,155 0 0
141 🇰🇼Kuwait 54,925 0 0
142 🇸🇬Singapore 53,070 0 0
143 🇳🇦Namibia 46,858 0 0
144 🇬🇲Gambia 46,689 0 0
145 🇧🇼Botswana 44,227 0 0
146 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 44,111 0 0
147 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 43,738 0 0
148 🇱🇻Latvia 40,549 0 0
149 🇲🇰North Macedonia 39,158 0 0
150 🇬🇦Gabon 35,812 0 0
151 🇸🇿Eswatini 33,718 0 0
152 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 31,472 0 0
153 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 29,353 0 0
154 🇸🇮Slovenia 25,145 0 0
155 🇪🇪Estonia 24,855 0 0
156 🇫🇯Fiji 23,023 0 0
157 🇬🇾Guyana 22,859 0 0
158 🇧🇹Bhutan 22,145 0 0
159 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 20,541 0 0
160 🇲🇺Mauritius 20,511 0 0
161 🇰🇲Comoros 18,979 0 0
162 🇩🇯Djibouti 18,777 0 0
163 🇨🇾Cyprus 15,245 0 0
164 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 14,940 0 0
165 🇧🇭Bahrain 13,564 0 0
166 🇸🇷Suriname 12,828 0 0
167 🇷🇪Réunion 12,380 0 0
168 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 12,201 0 0
169 🇶🇦Qatar 10,156 0 0
170 🇲🇪Montenegro 10,083 0 0
171 🇲🇻Maldives 9,322 0 0
172 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 7,280 0 0
173 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 7,108 0 0
174 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 6,958 0 0
175 🇪🇭Western Sahara 6,651 0 0
176 🇲🇶Martinique 6,527 0 0
177 🇧🇿Belize 6,524 0 0
178 🇵🇫French Polynesia 6,101 0 0
179 🇼🇸Samoa 5,916 0 0
180 🇧🇸Bahamas 5,827 0 0
181 🇲🇹Malta 5,802 0 0
182 🇻🇺Vanuatu 5,619 0 0
183 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 4,786 0 0
184 🇮🇸Iceland 4,621 0 0
185 🇱🇺Luxembourg 4,579 0 0
186 🇳🇨New Caledonia 4,227 0 0
187 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 4,024 0 0
188 🇧🇧Barbados 3,711 0 0
189 🇾🇹Mayotte 3,633 0 0
190 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 3,580 0 0
191 🇬🇺Guam 3,451 0 0
192 🇹🇴Tonga 3,320 0 0
193 🇨🇼Curaçao 3,239 0 0
194 🇬🇫French Guiana 2,869 0 0
195 🇬🇩Grenada 2,792 0 0
196 🇰🇮Kiribati 2,727 0 0
197 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2,609 0 0
198 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 2,358 0 0
199 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 1,904 0 0
200 🇩🇲Dominica 1,842 0 0
201 🇸🇨Seychelles 1,694 0 0
202 🇦🇸American Samoa 1,535 0 0
203 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 1,314 0 0
204 🇦🇼Aruba 1,267 0 0
205 🇬🇱Greenland 1,201 0 0
206 🇯🇪Jersey 1,076 0 0
207 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 973 0 0
208 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 962 0 0
209 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 871 0 0
210 🇧🇲Bermuda 847 0 0
211 🇮🇲Isle of Man 825 0 0
212 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 764 0 0
213 🇬🇬Guernsey 681 0 0
214 🇦🇩Andorra 612 0 0
215 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 549 0 0
216 🇨🇰Cook Islands 490 0 0
217 🇬🇮Gibraltar 472 0 0
218 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 419 0 0
219 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 386 0 0
220 🇲🇨Monaco 385 0 0
221 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 371 0 0
222 🇵🇼Palau 322 0 0
223 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 314 0 0
224 🇹🇻Tuvalu 307 0 0
225 🇳🇷Nauru 293 0 0
226 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 259 0 0
227 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 244 0 0
228 🇸🇲San Marino 222 0 0
229 🇲🇸Montserrat 206 0 0
230 🇦🇮Anguilla 151 0 0
231 🇸🇭Saint Helena 132 0 0
232 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 118 0 0
233 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 89 0 0
234 🇳🇺Niue 64 0 0
235 🇹🇰Tokelau 55 0 0
236 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 29 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 88,023,375 0 0
2 Africa 26,172,014 0 0
3 Americas 16,354,411 0 0
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 11,994,576 0 0
5 Europe 9,917,070 0 0
6 Northern America 4,359,835 0 0
7 Oceania 519,086 0 0

Sub-regions with the Highest Birth Count in 1988

Rank Sub-region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Southern Asia 40,474,425 0 0
2 Eastern Asia 29,282,188 0 0
3 South-Eastern Asia 11,967,168 0 0
4 Eastern Africa 8,771,241 0 0
5 Western Africa 7,986,341 0 0
6 South America 7,688,525 0 0
7 Eastern Europe 4,827,119 0 0
8 Northern Africa 4,806,507 0 0
9 Western Asia 4,695,851 0 0
10 Central America 3,446,764 0 0
11 Middle Africa 3,187,666 0 0
12 Western Europe 2,151,014 0 0
13 Southern Europe 1,680,525 0 0
14 Central Asia 1,603,743 0 0
15 Southern Africa 1,420,259 0 0
16 Northern Europe 1,258,412 0 0
17 Caribbean 859,287 0 0
18 Australia/New Zealand 304,230 0 0
19 Melanesia 183,402 0 0
20 Polynesia 18,205 0 0
21 Micronesia 13,249 0 0

Income Groups with the Highest Birth Count in 1988

Rank Income Group Births Male Births Female Births
1 Low-and-middle-income countries 126,019,769 0 0
2 Middle-income countries 113,187,540 0 0
3 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 75,291,269 0 0
4 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 65,110,847 0 0
5 Lower-middle-income countries 62,459,040 0 0
6 Upper-middle-income countries 50,728,500 0 0
7 High-income countries 14,382,347 0 0
8 Low-income countries 12,832,229 0 0
9 No income group available 576,561 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 2024.

Data Published: 2024-07-11

Data Sources

The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2024

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