Annual Population Births by Country in 1997

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In the year 1997, a total of 132,597,541 babies was born across the globe. Out of this group, 27,241,731 were male and 24,217,446 were female.

The country with the highest birth count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 28,340,882 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a birth count of 17,482,506, and 🇵🇰Pakistan with 5,323,160 births recorded.

The country with the lowest annual birth count was 🇻🇦Holy See with only 3 babies born for the year. Followed by 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) with a birth count of 36, and 🇹🇰Tokelau with 44 births recorded.

The geographic region with the highest birth count was Asia with a total of 78,757,206 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a birth count 29763.972, and Latin America and the Caribbean with 11,804,534 births recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest birth count of 40,479,387 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a birth count of 20,231,471, and South-Eastern Asia with 11,729,073 births recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest birth count of 102,296,725. While the lowest birth count is recorded by No income group available were only 583,435 newborns was added to that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 1997

Countries with the Highest Birth Count in 1997

Rank Country Births Male Births Female Births
1 🇮🇳India 28,340,882 0 0
2 🇨🇳China 17,482,506 0 0
3 🇵🇰Pakistan 5,323,160 0 0
4 🇳🇬Nigeria 4,909,645 0 0
5 🇮🇩Indonesia 4,796,960 0 0
6 🇺🇸United States of America 3,888,133 0 0
7 🇧🇩Bangladesh 3,692,440 0 0
8 🇧🇷Brazil 3,620,076 0 0
9 🇪🇹Ethiopia 2,864,920 0 0
10 🇲🇽Mexico 2,381,468 0 0
11 🇵🇭Philippines 2,193,786 0 0
12 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,066,893 0 0
13 🇪🇬Egypt 1,871,413 0 0
14 🇻🇳Viet Nam 1,472,486 0 0
15 🇹🇷Türkiye 1,438,219 0 0
16 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 1,352,536 0 0
17 🇷🇺Russian Federation 1,308,640 0 0
18 🇯🇵Japan 1,210,386 0 0
19 🇰🇪Kenya 1,138,531 0 0
20 🇺🇬Uganda 1,096,039 0 0
21 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,081,225 0 0
22 🇲🇲Myanmar 1,059,279 0 0
23 🇿🇦South Africa 1,054,866 0 0
24 🇹🇭Thailand 1,015,218 0 0
25 🇸🇩Sudan 956,240 0 0
26 🇦🇫Afghanistan 914,412 0 0
27 🇨🇴Colombia 885,195 0 0
28 🇮🇶Iraq 834,525 0 0
29 🇩🇪Germany 802,831 0 0
30 🇳🇵Nepal 772,556 0 0
31 🇲🇿Mozambique 735,663 0 0
32 🇾🇪Yemen 728,814 0 0
33 🇬🇧United Kingdom 723,360 0 0
34 🇦🇴Angola 718,872 0 0
35 🇫🇷France 716,452 0 0
36 🇦🇷Argentina 715,945 0 0
37 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 688,578 0 0
38 🇲🇦Morocco 676,443 0 0
39 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 659,248 0 0
40 🇵🇪Peru 646,054 0 0
41 🇬🇭Ghana 644,464 0 0
42 🇲🇬Madagascar 638,274 0 0
43 🇩🇿Algeria 623,072 0 0
44 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 621,977 0 0
45 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 575,771 0 0
46 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 575,713 0 0
47 🇨🇲Cameroon 572,921 0 0
48 🇳🇪Niger 563,612 0 0
49 🇲🇾Malaysia 548,238 0 0
50 🇮🇹Italy 533,385 0 0
51 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 499,616 0 0
52 🇲🇼Malawi 485,740 0 0
53 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 480,549 0 0
54 🇲🇱Mali 477,185 0 0
55 🇺🇦Ukraine 443,015 0 0
56 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 437,999 0 0
57 🇿🇲Zambia 425,450 0 0
58 🇵🇱Poland 407,459 0 0
59 🇬🇹Guatemala 395,916 0 0
60 🇹🇩Chad 390,282 0 0
61 🇸🇴Somalia 388,239 0 0
62 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 384,750 0 0
63 🇪🇸Spain 367,907 0 0
64 🇰🇭Cambodia 361,791 0 0
65 🇸🇳Senegal 356,266 0 0
66 🇨🇦Canada 349,346 0 0
67 🇬🇳Guinea 345,248 0 0
68 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 331,705 0 0
69 🇪🇨Ecuador 321,877 0 0
70 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 316,556 0 0
71 🇷🇼Rwanda 309,910 0 0
72 🇸🇸South Sudan 297,355 0 0
73 🇧🇯Benin 274,976 0 0
74 🇨🇱Chile 264,229 0 0
75 🇭🇹Haiti 262,889 0 0
76 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 262,181 0 0
77 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 253,619 0 0
78 🇦🇺Australia 250,493 0 0
79 🇧🇮Burundi 249,706 0 0
80 🇷🇴Romania 232,883 0 0
81 🇭🇳Honduras 217,000 0 0
82 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 212,907 0 0
83 🇹🇯Tajikistan 207,800 0 0
84 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 201,613 0 0
85 🇳🇱Netherlands 193,709 0 0
86 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 186,409 0 0
87 🇹🇳Tunisia 182,890 0 0
88 🇹🇬Togo 178,197 0 0
89 🇸🇻El Salvador 173,320 0 0
90 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 171,613 0 0
91 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 156,355 0 0
92 🇯🇴Jordan 155,556 0 0
93 🇨🇫Central African Republic 151,445 0 0
94 🇨🇺Cuba 149,583 0 0
95 🇳🇮Nicaragua 146,684 0 0
96 🇵🇾Paraguay 142,381 0 0
97 🇮🇱Israel 122,800 0 0
98 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 115,670 0 0
99 🇧🇪Belgium 115,236 0 0
100 🇵🇸State of Palestine 115,215 0 0
101 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 113,830 0 0
102 🇵🇹Portugal 112,422 0 0
103 🇱🇾Libya 111,950 0 0
104 🇨🇬Congo 110,479 0 0
105 🇬🇷Greece 110,152 0 0
106 🇭🇺Hungary 100,240 0 0
107 🇱🇷Liberia 99,559 0 0
108 🇲🇷Mauritania 97,064 0 0
109 🇧🇾Belarus 94,438 0 0
110 🇪🇷Eritrea 93,745 0 0
111 🇨🇿Czechia 90,664 0 0
112 🇱🇧Lebanon 90,235 0 0
113 🇸🇪Sweden 89,877 0 0
114 🇷🇸Serbia 85,069 0 0
115 🇦🇹Austria 84,075 0 0
116 🇨🇭Switzerland 80,333 0 0
117 🇨🇷Costa Rica 80,215 0 0
118 🇵🇦Panama 68,964 0 0
119 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 67,978 0 0
120 🇩🇰Denmark 67,394 0 0
121 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 66,410 0 0
122 🇦🇱Albania 65,081 0 0
123 🇧🇬Bulgaria 64,571 0 0
124 🇬🇪Georgia 61,641 0 0
125 🇱🇸Lesotho 60,979 0 0
126 🇴🇲Oman 60,495 0 0
127 🇳🇴Norway 59,704 0 0
128 🇫🇮Finland 59,078 0 0
129 🇯🇲Jamaica 58,962 0 0
130 🇸🇰Slovakia 58,716 0 0
131 🇬🇲Gambia 58,168 0 0
132 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 57,896 0 0
133 🇭🇷Croatia 57,510 0 0
134 🇳🇿New Zealand 57,095 0 0
135 🇺🇾Uruguay 55,406 0 0
136 🇳🇦Namibia 55,143 0 0
137 🇸🇬Singapore 54,586 0 0
138 🇲🇳Mongolia 52,100 0 0
139 🇮🇪Ireland 51,868 0 0
140 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 50,580 0 0
141 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 49,295 0 0
142 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 49,113 0 0
143 🇦🇲Armenia 48,622 0 0
144 🇧🇼Botswana 47,028 0 0
145 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 46,465 0 0
146 🇰🇼Kuwait 40,795 0 0
147 🇬🇦Gabon 40,080 0 0
148 🇱🇹Lithuania 39,808 0 0
149 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 33,813 0 0
150 🇸🇿Eswatini 32,374 0 0
151 🇲🇰North Macedonia 26,552 0 0
152 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 25,775 0 0
153 🇩🇯Djibouti 22,281 0 0
154 🇬🇾Guyana 20,825 0 0
155 🇲🇺Mauritius 20,652 0 0
156 🇫🇯Fiji 20,505 0 0
157 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 20,307 0 0
158 🇱🇻Latvia 20,035 0 0
159 🇰🇲Comoros 18,993 0 0
160 🇸🇮Slovenia 18,382 0 0
161 🇧🇹Bhutan 16,014 0 0
162 🇷🇪Réunion 14,899 0 0
163 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 14,391 0 0
164 🇧🇭Bahrain 13,956 0 0
165 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 13,684 0 0
166 🇪🇪Estonia 12,726 0 0
167 🇨🇾Cyprus 12,708 0 0
168 🇸🇷Suriname 11,728 0 0
169 🇶🇦Qatar 10,505 0 0
170 🇲🇪Montenegro 9,237 0 0
171 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 7,614 0 0
172 🇲🇻Maldives 6,992 0 0
173 🇧🇿Belize 6,872 0 0
174 🇲🇶Martinique 6,863 0 0
175 🇧🇸Bahamas 6,686 0 0
176 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 6,503 0 0
177 🇪🇭Western Sahara 6,189 0 0
178 🇻🇺Vanuatu 6,130 0 0
179 🇼🇸Samoa 5,790 0 0
180 🇾🇹Mayotte 5,626 0 0
181 🇱🇺Luxembourg 5,451 0 0
182 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 5,350 0 0
183 🇲🇹Malta 4,977 0 0
184 🇵🇫French Polynesia 4,967 0 0
185 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 4,695 0 0
186 🇳🇨New Caledonia 4,621 0 0
187 🇬🇫French Guiana 4,294 0 0
188 🇮🇸Iceland 4,164 0 0
189 🇬🇺Guam 3,816 0 0
190 🇧🇧Barbados 3,786 0 0
191 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 3,646 0 0
192 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 3,467 0 0
193 🇹🇴Tonga 2,972 0 0
194 🇰🇮Kiribati 2,782 0 0
195 🇨🇼Curaçao 2,410 0 0
196 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2,399 0 0
197 🇬🇩Grenada 2,311 0 0
198 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 1,910 0 0
199 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 1,890 0 0
200 🇦🇸American Samoa 1,697 0 0
201 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 1,471 0 0
202 🇸🇨Seychelles 1,433 0 0
203 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 1,428 0 0
204 🇦🇼Aruba 1,328 0 0
205 🇩🇲Dominica 1,297 0 0
206 🇯🇪Jersey 1,103 0 0
207 🇬🇱Greenland 1,056 0 0
208 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 888 0 0
209 🇮🇲Isle of Man 885 0 0
210 🇧🇲Bermuda 818 0 0
211 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 768 0 0
212 🇦🇩Andorra 756 0 0
213 🇬🇬Guernsey 678 0 0
214 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 673 0 0
215 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 611 0 0
216 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 586 0 0
217 🇨🇰Cook Islands 484 0 0
218 🇬🇮Gibraltar 446 0 0
219 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 425 0 0
220 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 419 0 0
221 🇲🇨Monaco 340 0 0
222 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 330 0 0
223 🇵🇼Palau 317 0 0
224 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 316 0 0
225 🇸🇲San Marino 310 0 0
226 🇳🇷Nauru 305 0 0
227 🇹🇻Tuvalu 274 0 0
228 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 218 0 0
229 🇦🇮Anguilla 161 0 0
230 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 103 0 0
231 🇸🇭Saint Helena 86 0 0
232 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 83 0 0
233 🇲🇸Montserrat 67 0 0
234 🇳🇺Niue 45 0 0
235 🇹🇰Tokelau 44 0 0
236 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 36 0 0
237 🇻🇦Holy See 3 0 0

Regions with the Highest Birth Count in 1997

Rank Region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Asia 78,757,206 0 0
2 Africa 29,763,972 0 0
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 11,804,534 0 0
4 Europe 7,476,674 0 0
5 Northern America 4,239,457 0 0
6 Oceania 555,698 0 0

Sub-regions with the Highest Birth Count in 1997

Rank Sub-region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Southern Asia 40,479,387 0 0
2 Eastern Asia 20,231,471 0 0
3 South-Eastern Asia 11,729,073 0 0
4 Eastern Africa 10,544,744 0 0
5 Western Africa 9,458,543 0 0
6 South America 7,517,438 0 0
7 Western Asia 4,995,817 0 0
8 Northern Africa 4,428,197 0 0
9 Middle Africa 4,082,098 0 0
10 Central America 3,470,439 0 0
11 Eastern Europe 2,858,520 0 0
12 Western Europe 1,998,846 0 0
13 Southern Europe 1,487,952 0 0
14 Central Asia 1,321,458 0 0
15 Southern Africa 1,250,390 0 0
16 Northern Europe 1,131,356 0 0
17 Caribbean 816,657 0 0
18 Australia/New Zealand 307,589 0 0
19 Melanesia 217,259 0 0
20 Polynesia 16,604 0 0
21 Micronesia 14,246 0 0

Income Groups with the Highest Birth Count in 1997

Rank Income Group Births Male Births Female Births
1 Middle-income countries 102,296,725 0 0
2 Lower-middle-income countries 67,321,104 0 0
3 Upper-middle-income countries 34,975,621 0 0
4 Low-income countries 16,185,456 0 0
5 High-income countries 13,531,925 0 0
6 No income group available 583,435 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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