Annual Population Births by Country in 2003

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In the year 2003, a total of 134,302,047 babies was born across the globe. Out of this group, 28,228,720 were male and 24,629,752 were female.

The country with the highest birth count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 28,355,763 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a birth count of 16,210,272, and 🇳🇬Nigeria with 5,779,349 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 35, and 🇲🇸Montserrat with 36 births recorded.

The geographic region with the highest birth count was Asia with a total of 77,206,706 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a birth count 33422.31, and Latin America and the Caribbean with 11,210,328 births recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest birth count of 41,045,860 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a birth count of 18,524,113, and Eastern Africa with 11,840,459 births recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest birth count of 102,389,935. While the lowest birth count is recorded by No income group available were only 598,434 newborns was added to that segment.

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Countries with the Highest Birth Count in 2003

Rank Country Births Male Births Female Births
1 🇮🇳India 28,355,763 0 0
2 🇨🇳China 16,210,272 0 0
3 🇳🇬Nigeria 5,779,349 0 0
4 🇵🇰Pakistan 5,705,869 0 0
5 🇮🇩Indonesia 4,657,532 0 0
6 🇺🇸United States of America 4,103,255 0 0
7 🇧🇩Bangladesh 3,736,470 0 0
8 🇧🇷Brazil 3,259,436 0 0
9 🇪🇹Ethiopia 3,095,976 0 0
10 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,372,356 0 0
11 🇲🇽Mexico 2,339,268 0 0
12 🇵🇭Philippines 2,324,514 0 0
13 🇪🇬Egypt 2,000,352 0 0
14 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 1,565,008 0 0
15 🇷🇺Russian Federation 1,492,210 0 0
16 🇻🇳Viet Nam 1,458,029 0 0
17 🇰🇪Kenya 1,318,185 0 0
18 🇹🇷Türkiye 1,269,951 0 0
19 🇺🇬Uganda 1,244,217 0 0
20 🇯🇵Japan 1,142,034 0 0
21 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,081,473 0 0
22 🇦🇫Afghanistan 1,063,246 0 0
23 🇲🇲Myanmar 1,053,868 0 0
24 🇸🇩Sudan 1,043,824 0 0
25 🇿🇦South Africa 984,308 0 0
26 🇮🇶Iraq 936,534 0 0
27 🇦🇴Angola 854,768 0 0
28 🇨🇴Colombia 839,623 0 0
29 🇹🇭Thailand 830,429 0 0
30 🇲🇿Mozambique 824,300 0 0
31 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 781,512 0 0
32 🇾🇪Yemen 780,433 0 0
33 🇫🇷France 754,800 0 0
34 🇬🇭Ghana 744,853 0 0
35 🇳🇵Nepal 718,536 0 0
36 🇦🇷Argentina 706,544 0 0
37 🇩🇪Germany 694,477 0 0
38 🇬🇧United Kingdom 693,324 0 0
39 🇲🇬Madagascar 685,457 0 0
40 🇨🇲Cameroon 674,200 0 0
41 🇳🇪Niger 664,234 0 0
42 🇲🇦Morocco 646,256 0 0
43 🇩🇿Algeria 640,386 0 0
44 🇵🇪Peru 615,508 0 0
45 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 589,684 0 0
46 🇲🇱Mali 588,056 0 0
47 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 579,168 0 0
48 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 573,744 0 0
49 🇲🇼Malawi 545,608 0 0
50 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 540,892 0 0
51 🇮🇹Italy 539,786 0 0
52 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 536,210 0 0
53 🇸🇴Somalia 481,788 0 0
54 🇿🇲Zambia 480,837 0 0
55 🇲🇾Malaysia 475,890 0 0
56 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 468,465 0 0
57 🇹🇩Chad 456,819 0 0
58 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 435,443 0 0
59 🇪🇸Spain 434,778 0 0
60 🇺🇦Ukraine 409,817 0 0
61 🇬🇹Guatemala 406,252 0 0
62 🇸🇳Senegal 403,780 0 0
63 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 364,787 0 0
64 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 363,435 0 0
65 🇵🇱Poland 356,940 0 0
66 🇬🇳Guinea 352,766 0 0
67 🇷🇼Rwanda 344,262 0 0
68 🇰🇭Cambodia 330,996 0 0
69 🇨🇦Canada 329,926 0 0
70 🇸🇸South Sudan 329,704 0 0
71 🇪🇨Ecuador 319,753 0 0
72 🇧🇯Benin 317,134 0 0
73 🇧🇮Burundi 304,505 0 0
74 🇭🇹Haiti 263,901 0 0
75 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 260,022 0 0
76 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 255,467 0 0
77 🇦🇺Australia 249,982 0 0
78 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 235,411 0 0
79 🇨🇱Chile 234,636 0 0
80 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 231,198 0 0
81 🇭🇳Honduras 224,103 0 0
82 🇷🇴Romania 218,206 0 0
83 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 209,303 0 0
84 🇹🇬Togo 206,902 0 0
85 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 202,668 0 0
86 🇳🇱Netherlands 197,455 0 0
87 🇹🇯Tajikistan 194,718 0 0
88 🇨🇫Central African Republic 172,635 0 0
89 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 172,572 0 0
90 🇹🇳Tunisia 170,223 0 0
91 🇯🇴Jordan 157,069 0 0
92 🇸🇻El Salvador 141,275 0 0
93 🇮🇱Israel 141,218 0 0
94 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 139,585 0 0
95 🇳🇮Nicaragua 139,008 0 0
96 🇵🇾Paraguay 133,956 0 0
97 🇨🇺Cuba 132,570 0 0
98 🇱🇷Liberia 130,973 0 0
99 🇱🇾Libya 127,341 0 0
100 🇨🇬Congo 127,161 0 0
101 🇵🇸State of Palestine 122,824 0 0
102 🇧🇪Belgium 114,030 0 0
103 🇵🇹Portugal 112,043 0 0
104 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 111,138 0 0
105 🇬🇷Greece 109,203 0 0
106 🇲🇷Mauritania 106,226 0 0
107 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 105,144 0 0
108 🇸🇪Sweden 98,766 0 0
109 🇪🇷Eritrea 96,249 0 0
110 🇭🇺Hungary 94,677 0 0
111 🇨🇿Czechia 94,131 0 0
112 🇧🇾Belarus 93,851 0 0
113 🇱🇧Lebanon 86,328 0 0
114 🇷🇸Serbia 81,082 0 0
115 🇦🇹Austria 76,515 0 0
116 🇨🇷Costa Rica 73,877 0 0
117 🇵🇦Panama 72,150 0 0
118 🇨🇭Switzerland 71,213 0 0
119 🇧🇬Bulgaria 69,866 0 0
120 🇬🇲Gambia 66,290 0 0
121 🇩🇰Denmark 64,625 0 0
122 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 61,647 0 0
123 🇮🇪Ireland 60,554 0 0
124 🇱🇸Lesotho 59,408 0 0
125 🇫🇮Finland 56,342 0 0
126 🇳🇴Norway 56,297 0 0
127 🇳🇦Namibia 55,982 0 0
128 🇴🇲Oman 55,495 0 0
129 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 55,446 0 0
130 🇳🇿New Zealand 55,396 0 0
131 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 54,276 0 0
132 🇸🇰Slovakia 51,953 0 0
133 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 51,849 0 0
134 🇧🇼Botswana 51,413 0 0
135 🇺🇾Uruguay 50,454 0 0
136 🇯🇲Jamaica 49,267 0 0
137 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 49,037 0 0
138 🇬🇪Georgia 47,638 0 0
139 🇲🇳Mongolia 47,042 0 0
140 🇰🇼Kuwait 46,031 0 0
141 🇦🇱Albania 45,781 0 0
142 🇬🇦Gabon 45,246 0 0
143 🇸🇬Singapore 44,625 0 0
144 🇭🇷Croatia 42,607 0 0
145 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 41,385 0 0
146 🇦🇲Armenia 38,688 0 0
147 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 35,684 0 0
148 🇸🇿Eswatini 33,409 0 0
149 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 31,341 0 0
150 🇱🇹Lithuania 31,055 0 0
151 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 29,167 0 0
152 🇲🇰North Macedonia 27,118 0 0
153 🇩🇯Djibouti 26,018 0 0
154 🇱🇻Latvia 21,249 0 0
155 🇫🇯Fiji 20,888 0 0
156 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 20,325 0 0
157 🇲🇺Mauritius 19,847 0 0
158 🇰🇲Comoros 19,734 0 0
159 🇬🇾Guyana 18,324 0 0
160 🇸🇮Slovenia 17,418 0 0
161 🇧🇭Bahrain 15,968 0 0
162 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 15,914 0 0
163 🇷🇪Réunion 15,600 0 0
164 🇧🇹Bhutan 14,135 0 0
165 🇶🇦Qatar 13,138 0 0
166 🇪🇪Estonia 13,088 0 0
167 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 12,732 0 0
168 🇨🇾Cyprus 11,872 0 0
169 🇸🇷Suriname 11,619 0 0
170 🇲🇪Montenegro 8,859 0 0
171 🇪🇭Western Sahara 7,627 0 0
172 🇧🇿Belize 7,370 0 0
173 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 6,974 0 0
174 🇻🇺Vanuatu 6,711 0 0
175 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 6,304 0 0
176 🇾🇹Mayotte 6,245 0 0
177 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 6,114 0 0
178 🇲🇶Martinique 6,019 0 0
179 🇼🇸Samoa 5,611 0 0
180 🇲🇻Maldives 5,580 0 0
181 🇧🇸Bahamas 5,547 0 0
182 🇬🇫French Guiana 5,296 0 0
183 🇱🇺Luxembourg 5,248 0 0
184 🇵🇫French Polynesia 4,760 0 0
185 🇳🇨New Caledonia 4,317 0 0
186 🇮🇸Iceland 4,161 0 0
187 🇲🇹Malta 4,080 0 0
188 🇧🇧Barbados 3,660 0 0
189 🇬🇺Guam 3,467 0 0
190 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 3,210 0 0
191 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 3,178 0 0
192 🇹🇴Tonga 3,081 0 0
193 🇰🇮Kiribati 2,668 0 0
194 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 2,526 0 0
195 🇨🇼Curaçao 2,120 0 0
196 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2,013 0 0
197 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 1,908 0 0
198 🇬🇩Grenada 1,874 0 0
199 🇦🇸American Samoa 1,638 0 0
200 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 1,596 0 0
201 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 1,531 0 0
202 🇸🇨Seychelles 1,475 0 0
203 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 1,289 0 0
204 🇦🇼Aruba 1,168 0 0
205 🇩🇲Dominica 1,105 0 0
206 🇯🇪Jersey 1,014 0 0
207 🇬🇱Greenland 899 0 0
208 🇮🇲Isle of Man 880 0 0
209 🇧🇲Bermuda 820 0 0
210 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 779 0 0
211 🇦🇩Andorra 736 0 0
212 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 723 0 0
213 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 695 0 0
214 🇬🇬Guernsey 608 0 0
215 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 582 0 0
216 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 436 0 0
217 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 435 0 0
218 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 353 0 0
219 🇸🇲San Marino 337 0 0
220 🇲🇨Monaco 337 0 0
221 🇨🇰Cook Islands 316 0 0
222 🇬🇮Gibraltar 313 0 0
223 🇳🇷Nauru 295 0 0
224 🇵🇼Palau 279 0 0
225 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 245 0 0
226 🇹🇻Tuvalu 231 0 0
227 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 228 0 0
228 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 198 0 0
229 🇦🇮Anguilla 145 0 0
230 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 84 0 0
231 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 74 0 0
232 🇸🇭Saint Helena 66 0 0
233 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 40 0 0
234 🇹🇰Tokelau 38 0 0
235 🇲🇸Montserrat 36 0 0
236 🇳🇺Niue 35 0 0
237 🇻🇦Holy See 3 0 0

Regions with the Highest Birth Count in 2003

Rank Region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Asia 77,206,706 0 0
2 Africa 33,422,309 0 0
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 11,210,328 0 0
4 Europe 7,442,475 0 0
5 Northern America 4,434,976 0 0
6 Oceania 585,252 0 0

Sub-regions with the Highest Birth Count in 2003

Rank Sub-region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Southern Asia 41,045,860 0 0
2 Eastern Asia 18,524,113 0 0
3 Eastern Africa 11,840,459 0 0
4 South-Eastern Asia 11,390,442 0 0
5 Western Africa 11,020,685 0 0
6 South America 7,040,337 0 0
7 Western Asia 5,039,059 0 0
8 Middle Africa 4,740,639 0 0
9 Northern Africa 4,636,007 0 0
10 Central America 3,403,304 0 0
11 Eastern Europe 2,930,690 0 0
12 Western Europe 1,914,430 0 0
13 Southern Europe 1,494,696 0 0
14 Central Asia 1,207,232 0 0
15 Southern Africa 1,184,520 0 0
16 Northern Europe 1,102,659 0 0
17 Caribbean 766,687 0 0
18 Australia/New Zealand 305,377 0 0
19 Melanesia 250,496 0 0
20 Polynesia 15,955 0 0
21 Micronesia 13,424 0 0

Income Groups with the Highest Birth Count in 2003

Rank Income Group Births Male Births Female Births
1 Middle-income countries 102,389,935 0 0
2 Lower-middle-income countries 69,501,088 0 0
3 Upper-middle-income countries 32,888,847 0 0
4 Low-income countries 18,101,577 0 0
5 High-income countries 13,212,101 0 0
6 No income group available 598,434 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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