Annual Population Births by Country in 1998

-5 year -1 year 1998 +1 year +5 year

In the year 1998, a total of 132,286,772 babies was born across the globe. Out of this group, 27,466,173 were male and 24,295,591 were female.

The country with the highest birth count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 28,380,714 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a birth count of 16,978,997, and 🇵🇰Pakistan with 5,391,873 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 37, and 🇳🇺Niue with 42 births recorded.

The geographic region with the highest birth count was Asia with a total of 78,107,000 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a birth count 30211.69, and Latin America and the Caribbean with 11,751,676 births recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest birth count of 40,602,127 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a birth count of 19,661,331, and South-Eastern Asia with 11,558,558 births recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest birth count of 101,813,435. While the lowest birth count is recorded by No income group available were only 585,969 newborns was added to that segment.

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Countries with the Highest Birth Count in 1998

Rank Country Births Male Births Female Births
1 🇮🇳India 28,380,714 0 0
2 🇨🇳China 16,978,997 0 0
3 🇵🇰Pakistan 5,391,873 0 0
4 🇳🇬Nigeria 5,001,845 0 0
5 🇮🇩Indonesia 4,744,298 0 0
6 🇺🇸United States of America 3,945,474 0 0
7 🇧🇩Bangladesh 3,710,628 0 0
8 🇧🇷Brazil 3,602,190 0 0
9 🇪🇹Ethiopia 2,894,639 0 0
10 🇲🇽Mexico 2,366,195 0 0
11 🇵🇭Philippines 2,218,639 0 0
12 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,070,860 0 0
13 🇪🇬Egypt 1,902,874 0 0
14 🇹🇷Türkiye 1,431,246 0 0
15 🇻🇳Viet Nam 1,427,801 0 0
16 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 1,385,824 0 0
17 🇷🇺Russian Federation 1,297,957 0 0
18 🇯🇵Japan 1,211,319 0 0
19 🇰🇪Kenya 1,174,273 0 0
20 🇺🇬Uganda 1,111,927 0 0
21 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,063,733 0 0
22 🇲🇲Myanmar 1,051,400 0 0
23 🇿🇦South Africa 1,028,046 0 0
24 🇸🇩Sudan 967,341 0 0
25 🇹🇭Thailand 960,890 0 0
26 🇦🇫Afghanistan 940,233 0 0
27 🇨🇴Colombia 879,217 0 0
28 🇮🇶Iraq 853,238 0 0
29 🇩🇪Germany 783,731 0 0
30 🇳🇵Nepal 767,905 0 0
31 🇲🇿Mozambique 749,322 0 0
32 🇦🇴Angola 736,639 0 0
33 🇫🇷France 736,036 0 0
34 🇾🇪Yemen 732,046 0 0
35 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 715,742 0 0
36 🇦🇷Argentina 715,365 0 0
37 🇬🇧United Kingdom 713,633 0 0
38 🇲🇦Morocco 669,214 0 0
39 🇬🇭Ghana 660,465 0 0
40 🇲🇬Madagascar 645,260 0 0
41 🇵🇪Peru 640,417 0 0
42 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 632,466 0 0
43 🇩🇿Algeria 598,945 0 0
44 🇨🇲Cameroon 588,050 0 0
45 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 586,185 0 0
46 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 582,075 0 0
47 🇳🇪Niger 579,983 0 0
48 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 578,179 0 0
49 🇲🇾Malaysia 542,296 0 0
50 🇮🇹Italy 532,158 0 0
51 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 510,176 0 0
52 🇲🇼Malawi 496,726 0 0
53 🇲🇱Mali 491,798 0 0
54 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 486,596 0 0
55 🇿🇲Zambia 434,934 0 0
56 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 430,967 0 0
57 🇺🇦Ukraine 418,883 0 0
58 🇸🇴Somalia 403,112 0 0
59 🇹🇩Chad 402,606 0 0
60 🇬🇹Guatemala 400,984 0 0
61 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 399,428 0 0
62 🇵🇱Poland 392,641 0 0
63 🇪🇸Spain 365,722 0 0
64 🇸🇳Senegal 363,901 0 0
65 🇰🇭Cambodia 343,343 0 0
66 🇨🇦Canada 341,995 0 0
67 🇬🇳Guinea 341,967 0 0
68 🇷🇼Rwanda 327,949 0 0
69 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 324,815 0 0
70 🇪🇨Ecuador 322,864 0 0
71 🇸🇸South Sudan 299,337 0 0
72 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 290,522 0 0
73 🇧🇯Benin 280,484 0 0
74 🇭🇹Haiti 262,929 0 0
75 🇨🇱Chile 257,793 0 0
76 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 254,750 0 0
77 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 253,313 0 0
78 🇧🇮Burundi 249,258 0 0
79 🇦🇺Australia 248,727 0 0
80 🇷🇴Romania 231,633 0 0
81 🇭🇳Honduras 221,199 0 0
82 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 209,217 0 0
83 🇹🇯Tajikistan 207,491 0 0
84 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 203,743 0 0
85 🇳🇱Netherlands 199,171 0 0
86 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 184,315 0 0
87 🇹🇬Togo 183,381 0 0
88 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 177,028 0 0
89 🇹🇳Tunisia 176,018 0 0
90 🇸🇻El Salvador 174,063 0 0
91 🇨🇫Central African Republic 154,622 0 0
92 🇯🇴Jordan 152,896 0 0
93 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 149,144 0 0
94 🇨🇺Cuba 148,572 0 0
95 🇳🇮Nicaragua 145,038 0 0
96 🇵🇾Paraguay 141,599 0 0
97 🇮🇱Israel 127,866 0 0
98 🇵🇸State of Palestine 117,858 0 0
99 🇱🇷Liberia 114,668 0 0
100 🇧🇪Belgium 113,567 0 0
101 🇵🇹Portugal 113,200 0 0
102 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 112,624 0 0
103 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 111,838 0 0
104 🇨🇬Congo 111,343 0 0
105 🇱🇾Libya 110,634 0 0
106 🇬🇷Greece 109,292 0 0
107 🇲🇷Mauritania 98,214 0 0
108 🇧🇾Belarus 97,306 0 0
109 🇭🇺Hungary 97,190 0 0
110 🇪🇷Eritrea 92,040 0 0
111 🇨🇿Czechia 90,003 0 0
112 🇱🇧Lebanon 89,515 0 0
113 🇸🇪Sweden 88,535 0 0
114 🇦🇹Austria 81,119 0 0
115 🇨🇭Switzerland 78,908 0 0
116 🇨🇷Costa Rica 78,828 0 0
117 🇵🇦Panama 69,618 0 0
118 🇩🇰Denmark 66,052 0 0
119 🇧🇬Bulgaria 65,358 0 0
120 🇷🇸Serbia 65,205 0 0
121 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 62,503 0 0
122 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 61,960 0 0
123 🇦🇱Albania 61,371 0 0
124 🇴🇲Oman 60,185 0 0
125 🇬🇲Gambia 59,877 0 0
126 🇱🇸Lesotho 59,845 0 0
127 🇳🇴Norway 58,587 0 0
128 🇯🇲Jamaica 57,949 0 0
129 🇬🇪Georgia 57,893 0 0
130 🇫🇮Finland 57,551 0 0
131 🇸🇰Slovakia 57,211 0 0
132 🇳🇦Namibia 56,446 0 0
133 🇳🇿New Zealand 55,319 0 0
134 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 54,489 0 0
135 🇺🇾Uruguay 53,997 0 0
136 🇮🇪Ireland 53,011 0 0
137 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 51,132 0 0
138 🇲🇳Mongolia 50,811 0 0
139 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 49,459 0 0
140 🇭🇷Croatia 49,338 0 0
141 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 48,368 0 0
142 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 47,890 0 0
143 🇧🇼Botswana 47,854 0 0
144 🇦🇲Armenia 45,399 0 0
145 🇸🇬Singapore 45,118 0 0
146 🇬🇦Gabon 40,837 0 0
147 🇰🇼Kuwait 40,706 0 0
148 🇱🇹Lithuania 39,054 0 0
149 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 34,053 0 0
150 🇸🇿Eswatini 32,409 0 0
151 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 26,476 0 0
152 🇲🇰North Macedonia 26,328 0 0
153 🇩🇯Djibouti 23,025 0 0
154 🇬🇾Guyana 20,526 0 0
155 🇫🇯Fiji 20,266 0 0
156 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 20,169 0 0
157 🇲🇺Mauritius 19,567 0 0
158 🇱🇻Latvia 19,466 0 0
159 🇰🇲Comoros 19,164 0 0
160 🇸🇮Slovenia 18,028 0 0
161 🇧🇹Bhutan 15,645 0 0
162 🇷🇪Réunion 14,789 0 0
163 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 14,686 0 0
164 🇧🇭Bahrain 14,231 0 0
165 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 13,537 0 0
166 🇪🇪Estonia 12,340 0 0
167 🇨🇾Cyprus 12,292 0 0
168 🇸🇷Suriname 11,629 0 0
169 🇶🇦Qatar 10,886 0 0
170 🇲🇪Montenegro 9,321 0 0
171 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 7,637 0 0
172 🇧🇿Belize 7,012 0 0
173 🇲🇶Martinique 6,860 0 0
174 🇲🇻Maldives 6,581 0 0
175 🇧🇸Bahamas 6,539 0 0
176 🇪🇭Western Sahara 6,431 0 0
177 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 6,405 0 0
178 🇻🇺Vanuatu 6,194 0 0
179 🇼🇸Samoa 5,787 0 0
180 🇾🇹Mayotte 5,751 0 0
181 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 5,462 0 0
182 🇱🇺Luxembourg 5,352 0 0
183 🇵🇫French Polynesia 4,828 0 0
184 🇲🇹Malta 4,775 0 0
185 🇳🇨New Caledonia 4,538 0 0
186 🇬🇫French Guiana 4,510 0 0
187 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 4,290 0 0
188 🇮🇸Iceland 4,166 0 0
189 🇬🇺Guam 3,851 0 0
190 🇧🇧Barbados 3,750 0 0
191 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 3,642 0 0
192 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 3,308 0 0
193 🇹🇴Tonga 2,999 0 0
194 🇰🇮Kiribati 2,777 0 0
195 🇨🇼Curaçao 2,332 0 0
196 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2,327 0 0
197 🇬🇩Grenada 2,035 0 0
198 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 1,912 0 0
199 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 1,765 0 0
200 🇦🇸American Samoa 1,696 0 0
201 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 1,537 0 0
202 🇸🇨Seychelles 1,409 0 0
203 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 1,336 0 0
204 🇦🇼Aruba 1,258 0 0
205 🇩🇲Dominica 1,248 0 0
206 🇯🇪Jersey 1,087 0 0
207 🇬🇱Greenland 988 0 0
208 🇮🇲Isle of Man 940 0 0
209 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 889 0 0
210 🇧🇲Bermuda 861 0 0
211 🇦🇩Andorra 751 0 0
212 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 751 0 0
213 🇬🇬Guernsey 666 0 0
214 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 632 0 0
215 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 570 0 0
216 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 550 0 0
217 🇨🇰Cook Islands 449 0 0
218 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 433 0 0
219 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 422 0 0
220 🇬🇮Gibraltar 415 0 0
221 🇲🇨Monaco 349 0 0
222 🇸🇲San Marino 318 0 0
223 🇳🇷Nauru 303 0 0
224 🇵🇼Palau 294 0 0
225 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 282 0 0
226 🇹🇻Tuvalu 267 0 0
227 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 236 0 0
228 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 214 0 0
229 🇦🇮Anguilla 163 0 0
230 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 98 0 0
231 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 84 0 0
232 🇸🇭Saint Helena 82 0 0
233 🇲🇸Montserrat 44 0 0
234 🇹🇰Tokelau 43 0 0
235 🇳🇺Niue 42 0 0
236 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 37 0 0
237 🇻🇦Holy See 3 0 0

Regions with the Highest Birth Count in 1998

Rank Region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Asia 78,107,000 0 0
2 Africa 30,211,690 0 0
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 11,751,676 0 0
4 Europe 7,369,527 0 0
5 Northern America 4,289,416 0 0
6 Oceania 557,463 0 0

Sub-regions with the Highest Birth Count in 1998

Rank Sub-region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Southern Asia 40,602,127 0 0
2 Eastern Asia 19,661,331 0 0
3 South-Eastern Asia 11,558,558 0 0
4 Eastern Africa 10,747,739 0 0
5 Western Africa 9,670,996 0 0
6 South America 7,483,072 0 0
7 Western Asia 5,013,530 0 0
8 Northern Africa 4,431,457 0 0
9 Middle Africa 4,136,895 0 0
10 Central America 3,462,941 0 0
11 Eastern Europe 2,802,673 0 0
12 Western Europe 1,998,653 0 0
13 Southern Europe 1,452,483 0 0
14 Central Asia 1,271,454 0 0
15 Southern Africa 1,224,603 0 0
16 Northern Europe 1,115,718 0 0
17 Caribbean 805,663 0 0
18 Australia/New Zealand 304,046 0 0
19 Melanesia 222,712 0 0
20 Polynesia 16,393 0 0
21 Micronesia 14,312 0 0

Income Groups with the Highest Birth Count in 1998

Rank Income Group Births Male Births Female Births
1 Middle-income countries 101,813,435 0 0
2 Lower-middle-income countries 67,526,543 0 0
3 Upper-middle-income countries 34,286,892 0 0
4 Low-income countries 16,426,502 0 0
5 High-income countries 13,460,866 0 0
6 No income group available 585,969 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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