Annual Population Births by Country in 2001

-5 year -1 year 2001 +1 year +5 year

In the year 2001, a total of 133,877,730 babies was born across the globe. Out of this group, 27,786,009 were male and 24,309,273 were female.

The country with the highest birth count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 28,842,611 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a birth count of 16,472,561, and 🇵🇰Pakistan with 5,621,718 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 36, and 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) with 39 births recorded.

The geographic region with the highest birth count was Asia with a total of 78,047,076 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a birth count 32119.227, and Latin America and the Caribbean with 11,486,301 births recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest birth count of 41,387,163 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a birth count of 18,958,670, and Eastern Africa with 11,435,496 births recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest birth count of 102,595,504. While the lowest birth count is recorded by No income group available were only 593,917 newborns was added to that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 2001

Countries with the Highest Birth Count in 2001

Rank Country Births Male Births Female Births
1 🇮🇳India 28,842,611 0 0
2 🇨🇳China 16,472,561 0 0
3 🇵🇰Pakistan 5,621,718 0 0
4 🇳🇬Nigeria 5,495,767 0 0
5 🇮🇩Indonesia 4,679,118 0 0
6 🇺🇸United States of America 4,047,723 0 0
7 🇧🇩Bangladesh 3,756,397 0 0
8 🇧🇷Brazil 3,433,869 0 0
9 🇪🇹Ethiopia 3,039,805 0 0
10 🇲🇽Mexico 2,361,422 0 0
11 🇵🇭Philippines 2,299,567 0 0
12 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,245,443 0 0
13 🇪🇬Egypt 1,955,126 0 0
14 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 1,494,650 0 0
15 🇻🇳Viet Nam 1,435,805 0 0
16 🇹🇷Türkiye 1,405,366 0 0
17 🇷🇺Russian Federation 1,355,720 0 0
18 🇰🇪Kenya 1,270,723 0 0
19 🇺🇬Uganda 1,197,462 0 0
20 🇯🇵Japan 1,187,011 0 0
21 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,082,051 0 0
22 🇲🇲Myanmar 1,058,926 0 0
23 🇸🇩Sudan 1,024,097 0 0
24 🇦🇫Afghanistan 969,246 0 0
25 🇿🇦South Africa 963,390 0 0
26 🇮🇶Iraq 905,480 0 0
27 🇨🇴Colombia 859,788 0 0
28 🇹🇭Thailand 837,664 0 0
29 🇦🇴Angola 804,851 0 0
30 🇲🇿Mozambique 791,931 0 0
31 🇫🇷France 765,903 0 0
32 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 763,945 0 0
33 🇾🇪Yemen 752,994 0 0
34 🇳🇵Nepal 738,862 0 0
35 🇩🇪Germany 726,161 0 0
36 🇬🇭Ghana 719,162 0 0
37 🇦🇷Argentina 711,677 0 0
38 🇬🇧United Kingdom 667,031 0 0
39 🇲🇬Madagascar 665,369 0 0
40 🇲🇦Morocco 644,491 0 0
41 🇨🇲Cameroon 632,231 0 0
42 🇳🇪Niger 628,644 0 0
43 🇵🇪Peru 620,232 0 0
44 🇩🇿Algeria 606,613 0 0
45 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 592,858 0 0
46 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 585,491 0 0
47 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 550,458 0 0
48 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 548,789 0 0
49 🇲🇱Mali 548,718 0 0
50 🇮🇹Italy 534,309 0 0
51 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 531,046 0 0
52 🇲🇼Malawi 520,410 0 0
53 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 518,924 0 0
54 🇲🇾Malaysia 504,380 0 0
55 🇿🇲Zambia 460,477 0 0
56 🇸🇴Somalia 450,098 0 0
57 🇹🇩Chad 436,167 0 0
58 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 430,856 0 0
59 🇬🇹Guatemala 411,106 0 0
60 🇪🇸Spain 404,855 0 0
61 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 398,850 0 0
62 🇸🇳Senegal 387,416 0 0
63 🇺🇦Ukraine 377,465 0 0
64 🇵🇱Poland 374,203 0 0
65 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 356,061 0 0
66 🇬🇳Guinea 349,494 0 0
67 🇷🇼Rwanda 337,170 0 0
68 🇰🇭Cambodia 332,245 0 0
69 🇨🇦Canada 326,442 0 0
70 🇸🇸South Sudan 321,615 0 0
71 🇪🇨Ecuador 320,448 0 0
72 🇧🇯Benin 298,375 0 0
73 🇧🇮Burundi 277,120 0 0
74 🇭🇹Haiti 264,216 0 0
75 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 258,962 0 0
76 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 254,327 0 0
77 🇦🇺Australia 245,871 0 0
78 🇨🇱Chile 243,015 0 0
79 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 239,451 0 0
80 🇭🇳Honduras 225,725 0 0
81 🇷🇴Romania 217,705 0 0
82 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 212,085 0 0
83 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 211,171 0 0
84 🇳🇱Netherlands 201,175 0 0
85 🇹🇯Tajikistan 198,914 0 0
86 🇹🇬Togo 198,491 0 0
87 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 192,565 0 0
88 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 176,592 0 0
89 🇹🇳Tunisia 166,923 0 0
90 🇨🇫Central African Republic 165,320 0 0
91 🇸🇻El Salvador 156,957 0 0
92 🇯🇴Jordan 150,869 0 0
93 🇳🇮Nicaragua 140,800 0 0
94 🇵🇾Paraguay 137,632 0 0
95 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 137,188 0 0
96 🇨🇺Cuba 135,672 0 0
97 🇮🇱Israel 133,016 0 0
98 🇱🇷Liberia 128,201 0 0
99 🇨🇬Congo 122,462 0 0
100 🇵🇸State of Palestine 122,380 0 0
101 🇱🇾Libya 119,013 0 0
102 🇧🇪Belgium 115,312 0 0
103 🇵🇹Portugal 112,935 0 0
104 🇬🇷Greece 109,777 0 0
105 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 106,943 0 0
106 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 105,975 0 0
107 🇲🇷Mauritania 103,986 0 0
108 🇭🇺Hungary 96,849 0 0
109 🇧🇾Belarus 96,506 0 0
110 🇸🇪Sweden 91,450 0 0
111 🇨🇿Czechia 90,871 0 0
112 🇪🇷Eritrea 89,897 0 0
113 🇱🇧Lebanon 88,500 0 0
114 🇷🇸Serbia 82,819 0 0
115 🇨🇷Costa Rica 77,320 0 0
116 🇦🇹Austria 75,404 0 0
117 🇨🇭Switzerland 71,722 0 0
118 🇵🇦Panama 71,169 0 0
119 🇧🇬Bulgaria 69,104 0 0
120 🇩🇰Denmark 65,393 0 0
121 🇬🇲Gambia 63,614 0 0
122 🇱🇸Lesotho 58,718 0 0
123 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 57,684 0 0
124 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 57,563 0 0
125 🇴🇲Oman 57,310 0 0
126 🇳🇴Norway 56,706 0 0
127 🇮🇪Ireland 56,505 0 0
128 🇳🇦Namibia 56,361 0 0
129 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 55,996 0 0
130 🇫🇮Finland 55,887 0 0
131 🇳🇿New Zealand 55,549 0 0
132 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 53,115 0 0
133 🇸🇰Slovakia 51,368 0 0
134 🇺🇾Uruguay 51,342 0 0
135 🇦🇱Albania 51,320 0 0
136 🇧🇼Botswana 50,830 0 0
137 🇯🇲Jamaica 49,552 0 0
138 🇬🇪Georgia 49,423 0 0
139 🇲🇳Mongolia 49,378 0 0
140 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 48,605 0 0
141 🇭🇷Croatia 44,567 0 0
142 🇬🇦Gabon 43,425 0 0
143 🇸🇬Singapore 42,989 0 0
144 🇰🇼Kuwait 42,943 0 0
145 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 41,129 0 0
146 🇦🇲Armenia 38,353 0 0
147 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 35,137 0 0
148 🇸🇿Eswatini 33,231 0 0
149 🇱🇹Lithuania 32,674 0 0
150 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 31,761 0 0
151 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 28,972 0 0
152 🇲🇰North Macedonia 26,054 0 0
153 🇩🇯Djibouti 25,234 0 0
154 🇫🇯Fiji 20,512 0 0
155 🇱🇻Latvia 20,308 0 0
156 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 20,308 0 0
157 🇲🇺Mauritius 20,047 0 0
158 🇰🇲Comoros 19,488 0 0
159 🇬🇾Guyana 19,269 0 0
160 🇸🇮Slovenia 17,613 0 0
161 🇷🇪Réunion 15,756 0 0
162 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 15,457 0 0
163 🇧🇭Bahrain 14,644 0 0
164 🇧🇹Bhutan 14,632 0 0
165 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 13,138 0 0
166 🇶🇦Qatar 12,838 0 0
167 🇪🇪Estonia 12,700 0 0
168 🇨🇾Cyprus 11,677 0 0
169 🇸🇷Suriname 11,622 0 0
170 🇲🇪Montenegro 8,809 0 0
171 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 7,482 0 0
172 🇧🇿Belize 7,377 0 0
173 🇪🇭Western Sahara 7,175 0 0
174 🇲🇶Martinique 6,553 0 0
175 🇻🇺Vanuatu 6,521 0 0
176 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 6,323 0 0
177 🇾🇹Mayotte 5,976 0 0
178 🇧🇸Bahamas 5,934 0 0
179 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 5,877 0 0
180 🇼🇸Samoa 5,708 0 0
181 🇲🇻Maldives 5,585 0 0
182 🇱🇺Luxembourg 5,419 0 0
183 🇵🇫French Polynesia 5,115 0 0
184 🇬🇫French Guiana 4,985 0 0
185 🇳🇨New Caledonia 4,481 0 0
186 🇮🇸Iceland 4,094 0 0
187 🇲🇹Malta 4,030 0 0
188 🇬🇺Guam 3,761 0 0
189 🇧🇧Barbados 3,669 0 0
190 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 3,441 0 0
191 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 3,301 0 0
192 🇹🇴Tonga 2,940 0 0
193 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 2,793 0 0
194 🇰🇮Kiribati 2,708 0 0
195 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2,185 0 0
196 🇨🇼Curaçao 2,138 0 0
197 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 1,920 0 0
198 🇬🇩Grenada 1,907 0 0
199 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 1,728 0 0
200 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 1,718 0 0
201 🇦🇸American Samoa 1,680 0 0
202 🇸🇨Seychelles 1,411 0 0
203 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 1,377 0 0
204 🇩🇲Dominica 1,292 0 0
205 🇦🇼Aruba 1,242 0 0
206 🇯🇪Jersey 1,002 0 0
207 🇬🇱Greenland 925 0 0
208 🇮🇲Isle of Man 893 0 0
209 🇧🇲Bermuda 877 0 0
210 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 799 0 0
211 🇦🇩Andorra 753 0 0
212 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 725 0 0
213 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 637 0 0
214 🇬🇬Guernsey 620 0 0
215 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 612 0 0
216 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 470 0 0
217 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 439 0 0
218 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 404 0 0
219 🇲🇨Monaco 381 0 0
220 🇨🇰Cook Islands 349 0 0
221 🇸🇲San Marino 345 0 0
222 🇬🇮Gibraltar 338 0 0
223 🇳🇷Nauru 301 0 0
224 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 281 0 0
225 🇵🇼Palau 275 0 0
226 🇹🇻Tuvalu 244 0 0
227 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 238 0 0
228 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 197 0 0
229 🇦🇮Anguilla 184 0 0
230 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 86 0 0
231 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 83 0 0
232 🇸🇭Saint Helena 73 0 0
233 🇲🇸Montserrat 47 0 0
234 🇹🇰Tokelau 41 0 0
235 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 39 0 0
236 🇳🇺Niue 36 0 0
237 🇻🇦Holy See 3 0 0

Regions with the Highest Birth Count in 2001

Rank Region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Asia 78,047,076 0 0
2 Africa 32,119,227 0 0
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 11,486,301 0 0
4 Europe 7,277,594 0 0
5 Northern America 4,376,051 0 0
6 Oceania 571,481 0 0

Sub-regions with the Highest Birth Count in 2001

Rank Sub-region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Southern Asia 41,387,163 0 0
2 Eastern Asia 18,958,670 0 0
3 Eastern Africa 11,435,496 0 0
4 South-Eastern Asia 11,408,746 0 0
5 Western Africa 10,513,016 0 0
6 South America 7,253,738 0 0
7 Western Asia 5,090,756 0 0
8 Northern Africa 4,523,437 0 0
9 Middle Africa 4,484,748 0 0
10 Central America 3,451,876 0 0
11 Eastern Europe 2,778,395 0 0
12 Western Europe 1,961,879 0 0
13 Southern Europe 1,471,419 0 0
14 Central Asia 1,201,741 0 0
15 Southern Africa 1,162,530 0 0
16 Northern Europe 1,065,901 0 0
17 Caribbean 780,687 0 0
18 Australia/New Zealand 301,420 0 0
19 Melanesia 239,535 0 0
20 Polynesia 16,396 0 0
21 Micronesia 14,130 0 0

Income Groups with the Highest Birth Count in 2001

Rank Income Group Births Male Births Female Births
1 Middle-income countries 102,595,504 0 0
2 Lower-middle-income countries 69,245,442 0 0
3 Upper-middle-income countries 33,350,061 0 0
4 Low-income countries 17,393,550 0 0
5 High-income countries 13,294,759 0 0
6 No income group available 593,917 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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