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Annual Population Births by Country in 2000

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In the year 2000, a total of 135,758,482 babies was born across the globe. Out of this group, 27,744,030 were male and 24,496,338 were female.

The country with the highest birth count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 29,111,712 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a birth count of 17,551,191, and 🇵🇰Pakistan with 5,659,445 births recorded.

The country with the lowest annual birth count was 🇻🇦Holy See with only 3 babies born for the year. Followed by 🇳🇺Niue with a birth count of 40, and 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) with 41 births recorded.

The geographic region with the highest birth count was Asia with a total of 79,826,537 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a birth count 32158.303, and Americas with 15,891,700 births recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest birth count of 41,984,693 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a birth count of 20,153,387, and South-Eastern Asia with 11,543,415 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 121,862,431. While the lowest birth count is recorded by No income group available were only 588,879 newborns was added to that segment.

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Countries with the Highest Birth Count in 2000

Rank Country Births Male Births Female Births
1 🇮🇳India 29,111,712 0 0
2 🇨🇳China 17,551,191 0 0
3 🇵🇰Pakistan 5,659,445 0 0
4 🇳🇬Nigeria 5,547,161 0 0
5 🇮🇩Indonesia 4,686,376 0 0
6 🇧🇩Bangladesh 3,980,972 0 0
7 🇺🇸United States of America 3,956,650 0 0
8 🇧🇷Brazil 3,459,239 0 0
9 🇪🇹Ethiopia 3,073,321 0 0
10 🇲🇽Mexico 2,385,977 0 0
11 🇵🇭Philippines 2,331,835 0 0
12 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,287,896 0 0
13 🇪🇬Egypt 2,001,867 0 0
14 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 1,422,747 0 0
15 🇹🇷Türkiye 1,401,449 0 0
16 🇻🇳Viet Nam 1,390,170 0 0
17 🇷🇺Russian Federation 1,268,072 0 0
18 🇰🇪Kenya 1,233,019 0 0
19 🇯🇵Japan 1,197,065 0 0
20 🇺🇬Uganda 1,157,941 0 0
21 🇸🇩Sudan 1,135,928 0 0
22 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,060,427 0 0
23 🇲🇲Myanmar 1,049,124 0 0
24 🇦🇫Afghanistan 1,036,525 0 0
25 🇿🇦South Africa 1,017,081 0 0
26 🇹🇭Thailand 946,821 0 0
27 🇮🇶Iraq 881,887 0 0
28 🇨🇴Colombia 870,048 0 0
29 🇾🇪Yemen 801,831 0 0
30 🇲🇿Mozambique 790,145 0 0
31 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 783,669 0 0
32 🇫🇷France 781,114 0 0
33 🇩🇪Germany 765,246 0 0
34 🇳🇵Nepal 759,927 0 0
35 🇦🇴Angola 758,786 0 0
36 🇦🇷Argentina 719,276 0 0
37 🇬🇭Ghana 704,930 0 0
38 🇲🇬Madagascar 693,681 0 0
39 🇬🇧United Kingdom 684,572 0 0
40 🇲🇦Morocco 644,893 0 0
41 🇵🇪Peru 633,999 0 0
42 🇳🇪Niger 614,503 0 0
43 🇨🇲Cameroon 609,606 0 0
44 🇩🇿Algeria 604,906 0 0
45 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 599,446 0 0
46 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 580,823 0 0
47 🇲🇱Mali 544,335 0 0
48 🇮🇹Italy 540,787 0 0
49 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 539,498 0 0
50 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 538,800 0 0
51 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 519,171 0 0
52 🇲🇾Malaysia 519,149 0 0
53 🇲🇼Malawi 504,370 0 0
54 🇿🇲Zambia 455,450 0 0
55 🇸🇴Somalia 445,848 0 0
56 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 444,729 0 0
57 🇹🇩Chad 439,131 0 0
58 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 429,631 0 0
59 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 414,658 0 0
60 🇬🇹Guatemala 406,001 0 0
61 🇪🇸Spain 399,049 0 0
62 🇸🇳Senegal 391,751 0 0
63 🇺🇦Ukraine 387,659 0 0
64 🇵🇱Poland 377,996 0 0
65 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 355,040 0 0
66 🇰🇭Cambodia 354,758 0 0
67 🇬🇳Guinea 352,603 0 0
68 🇷🇼Rwanda 345,904 0 0
69 🇨🇦Canada 329,737 0 0
70 🇪🇨Ecuador 325,418 0 0
71 🇧🇯Benin 303,881 0 0
72 🇸🇸South Sudan 300,504 0 0
73 🇧🇮Burundi 276,449 0 0
74 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 272,895 0 0
75 🇭🇹Haiti 266,970 0 0
76 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 256,865 0 0
77 🇨🇱Chile 253,044 0 0
78 🇦🇺Australia 249,532 0 0
79 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 245,353 0 0
80 🇷🇴Romania 228,113 0 0
81 🇭🇳Honduras 224,798 0 0
82 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 219,389 0 0
83 🇳🇱Netherlands 208,618 0 0
84 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 199,261 0 0
85 🇹🇬Togo 195,053 0 0
86 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 190,600 0 0
87 🇹🇯Tajikistan 182,945 0 0
88 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 178,694 0 0
89 🇹🇳Tunisia 161,597 0 0
90 🇸🇻El Salvador 161,255 0 0
91 🇨🇫Central African Republic 161,226 0 0
92 🇯🇴Jordan 156,514 0 0
93 🇨🇺Cuba 142,835 0 0
94 🇳🇮Nicaragua 140,057 0 0
95 🇵🇾Paraguay 137,136 0 0
96 🇮🇱Israel 131,441 0 0
97 🇱🇷Liberia 126,606 0 0
98 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 124,478 0 0
99 🇵🇸State of Palestine 121,414 0 0
100 🇵🇹Portugal 118,781 0 0
101 🇧🇪Belgium 115,875 0 0
102 🇱🇾Libya 115,070 0 0
103 🇨🇬Congo 113,966 0 0
104 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 111,842 0 0
105 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 108,686 0 0
106 🇬🇷Greece 106,714 0 0
107 🇲🇷Mauritania 99,085 0 0
108 🇭🇺Hungary 97,513 0 0
109 🇱🇧Lebanon 92,241 0 0
110 🇧🇾Belarus 90,546 0 0
111 🇨🇿Czechia 90,473 0 0
112 🇸🇪Sweden 90,029 0 0
113 🇪🇷Eritrea 85,318 0 0
114 🇨🇷Costa Rica 79,689 0 0
115 🇦🇹Austria 78,059 0 0
116 🇨🇭Switzerland 77,396 0 0
117 🇧🇬Bulgaria 72,135 0 0
118 🇷🇸Serbia 71,629 0 0
119 🇵🇦Panama 70,773 0 0
120 🇩🇰Denmark 66,726 0 0
121 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 63,229 0 0
122 🇬🇲Gambia 59,739 0 0
123 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 59,510 0 0
124 🇳🇴Norway 59,170 0 0
125 🇳🇦Namibia 57,491 0 0
126 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 56,993 0 0
127 🇫🇮Finland 56,622 0 0
128 🇱🇸Lesotho 56,606 0 0
129 🇳🇿New Zealand 56,573 0 0
130 🇦🇱Albania 55,449 0 0
131 🇸🇰Slovakia 54,799 0 0
132 🇴🇲Oman 54,409 0 0
133 🇮🇪Ireland 54,379 0 0
134 🇬🇪Georgia 53,896 0 0
135 🇯🇲Jamaica 52,498 0 0
136 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 52,286 0 0
137 🇺🇾Uruguay 52,104 0 0
138 🇸🇬Singapore 51,230 0 0
139 🇲🇳Mongolia 51,054 0 0
140 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 49,582 0 0
141 🇧🇼Botswana 46,859 0 0
142 🇰🇼Kuwait 43,766 0 0
143 🇬🇦Gabon 42,641 0 0
144 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 42,557 0 0
145 🇭🇷Croatia 40,917 0 0
146 🇦🇲Armenia 36,509 0 0
147 🇱🇹Lithuania 34,162 0 0
148 🇸🇿Eswatini 33,940 0 0
149 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 32,656 0 0
150 🇲🇰North Macedonia 29,766 0 0
151 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 28,792 0 0
152 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 28,690 0 0
153 🇩🇯Djibouti 25,005 0 0
154 🇫🇯Fiji 20,457 0 0
155 🇱🇻Latvia 20,319 0 0
156 🇲🇺Mauritius 20,154 0 0
157 🇬🇾Guyana 20,062 0 0
158 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 19,624 0 0
159 🇰🇲Comoros 18,955 0 0
160 🇸🇮Slovenia 18,095 0 0
161 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 15,612 0 0
162 🇧🇹Bhutan 15,029 0 0
163 🇷🇪Réunion 14,812 0 0
164 🇧🇭Bahrain 13,680 0 0
165 🇪🇪Estonia 13,011 0 0
166 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 12,631 0 0
167 🇸🇷Suriname 12,163 0 0
168 🇨🇾Cyprus 11,839 0 0
169 🇶🇦Qatar 11,170 0 0
170 🇲🇪Montenegro 9,161 0 0
171 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 7,371 0 0
172 🇧🇿Belize 7,275 0 0
173 🇪🇭Western Sahara 6,799 0 0
174 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 6,464 0 0
175 🇻🇺Vanuatu 6,019 0 0
176 🇼🇸Samoa 5,824 0 0
177 🇲🇶Martinique 5,816 0 0
178 🇾🇹Mayotte 5,812 0 0
179 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 5,724 0 0
180 🇲🇻Maldives 5,617 0 0
181 🇧🇸Bahamas 5,587 0 0
182 🇱🇺Luxembourg 5,564 0 0
183 🇵🇫French Polynesia 5,142 0 0
184 🇬🇫French Guiana 4,890 0 0
185 🇳🇨New Caledonia 4,730 0 0
186 🇲🇹Malta 4,490 0 0
187 🇮🇸Iceland 4,279 0 0
188 🇧🇧Barbados 3,969 0 0
189 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 3,849 0 0
190 🇬🇺Guam 3,688 0 0
191 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 3,602 0 0
192 🇹🇴Tonga 3,018 0 0
193 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 2,987 0 0
194 🇰🇮Kiribati 2,791 0 0
195 🇨🇼Curaçao 2,398 0 0
196 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2,178 0 0
197 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 1,935 0 0
198 🇬🇩Grenada 1,881 0 0
199 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 1,712 0 0
200 🇦🇸American Samoa 1,662 0 0
201 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 1,501 0 0
202 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 1,477 0 0
203 🇸🇨Seychelles 1,469 0 0
204 🇦🇼Aruba 1,229 0 0
205 🇩🇲Dominica 1,228 0 0
206 🇯🇪Jersey 1,037 0 0
207 🇮🇲Isle of Man 945 0 0
208 🇬🇱Greenland 897 0 0
209 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 802 0 0
210 🇧🇲Bermuda 792 0 0
211 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 779 0 0
212 🇦🇩Andorra 758 0 0
213 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 686 0 0
214 🇬🇬Guernsey 655 0 0
215 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 613 0 0
216 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 540 0 0
217 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 424 0 0
218 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 418 0 0
219 🇬🇮Gibraltar 408 0 0
220 🇲🇨Monaco 397 0 0
221 🇨🇰Cook Islands 371 0 0
222 🇸🇲San Marino 322 0 0
223 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 294 0 0
224 🇳🇷Nauru 287 0 0
225 🇵🇼Palau 276 0 0
226 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 271 0 0
227 🇹🇻Tuvalu 254 0 0
228 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 193 0 0
229 🇦🇮Anguilla 173 0 0
230 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 86 0 0
231 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 84 0 0
232 🇸🇭Saint Helena 74 0 0
233 🇹🇰Tokelau 47 0 0
234 🇲🇸Montserrat 44 0 0
235 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 41 0 0
236 🇳🇺Niue 40 0 0
237 🇻🇦Holy See 3 0 0

Regions with the Highest Birth Count in 2000

Rank Region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Asia 79,826,537 0 0
2 Africa 32,158,303 0 0
3 Americas 15,891,700 0 0
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 11,603,539 0 0
5 Europe 7,307,709 0 0
6 Northern America 4,288,161 0 0
7 Oceania 574,233 0 0

Sub-regions with the Highest Birth Count in 2000

Rank Sub-region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Southern Asia 41,984,693 0 0
2 Eastern Asia 20,153,387 0 0
3 South-Eastern Asia 11,543,415 0 0
4 Eastern Africa 11,300,536 0 0
5 Western Africa 10,527,062 0 0
6 South America 7,325,106 0 0
7 Western Asia 4,957,416 0 0
8 Northern Africa 4,671,061 0 0
9 Middle Africa 4,447,665 0 0
10 Central America 3,475,823 0 0
11 Eastern Europe 2,716,889 0 0
12 Western Europe 2,032,685 0 0
13 Southern Europe 1,471,542 0 0
14 Southern Africa 1,211,979 0 0
15 Central Asia 1,187,626 0 0
16 Northern Europe 1,086,593 0 0
17 Caribbean 802,610 0 0
18 Australia/New Zealand 306,106 0 0
19 Melanesia 237,418 0 0
20 Polynesia 16,629 0 0
21 Micronesia 14,080 0 0

Income Groups with the Highest Birth Count in 2000

Rank Income Group Births Male Births Female Births
1 Low-and-middle-income countries 121,862,431 0 0
2 Middle-income countries 105,061,305 0 0
3 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 82,483,653 0 0
4 Lower-middle-income countries 65,682,527 0 0
5 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 52,678,579 0 0
6 Upper-middle-income countries 39,378,778 0 0
7 Low-income countries 16,801,126 0 0
8 High-income countries 13,299,801 0 0
9 No income group available 588,879 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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