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Annual Population Births by Country in 2003

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In the year 2003, a total of 135,700,801 babies was born across the globe. Out of this group, 28,252,748 were male and 24,824,324 were female.

The country with the highest birth count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 28,794,442 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a birth count of 16,221,728, and 🇳🇬Nigeria with 5,997,118 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 37, and 🇹🇰Tokelau with 40 births recorded.

The geographic region with the highest birth count was Asia with a total of 77,962,058 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a birth count 34164.896, and Americas with 15,522,708 births recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest birth count of 41,710,959 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a birth count of 18,536,951, and Eastern Africa with 11,957,300 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 122,113,306. While the lowest birth count is recorded by No income group available were only 602,213 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 28,794,442 0 0
2 🇨🇳China 16,221,728 0 0
3 🇳🇬Nigeria 5,997,118 0 0
4 🇵🇰Pakistan 5,731,005 0 0
5 🇮🇩Indonesia 4,688,692 0 0
6 🇺🇸United States of America 3,983,291 0 0
7 🇧🇩Bangladesh 3,911,233 0 0
8 🇧🇷Brazil 3,218,588 0 0
9 🇪🇹Ethiopia 3,199,498 0 0
10 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,443,727 0 0
11 🇵🇭Philippines 2,381,067 0 0
12 🇲🇽Mexico 2,351,177 0 0
13 🇪🇬Egypt 2,091,590 0 0
14 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 1,533,095 0 0
15 🇷🇺Russian Federation 1,486,835 0 0
16 🇻🇳Viet Nam 1,444,171 0 0
17 🇰🇪Kenya 1,327,867 0 0
18 🇹🇷Türkiye 1,285,362 0 0
19 🇺🇬Uganda 1,237,537 0 0
20 🇸🇩Sudan 1,201,996 0 0
21 🇯🇵Japan 1,137,890 0 0
22 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,091,911 0 0
23 🇦🇫Afghanistan 1,069,727 0 0
24 🇲🇲Myanmar 1,038,439 0 0
25 🇿🇦South Africa 1,037,337 0 0
26 🇮🇶Iraq 925,338 0 0
27 🇹🇭Thailand 911,609 0 0
28 🇨🇴Colombia 856,735 0 0
29 🇾🇪Yemen 844,736 0 0
30 🇦🇴Angola 835,292 0 0
31 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 818,605 0 0
32 🇲🇿Mozambique 813,926 0 0
33 🇫🇷France 766,772 0 0
34 🇬🇭Ghana 740,673 0 0
35 🇲🇬Madagascar 714,080 0 0
36 🇳🇵Nepal 712,403 0 0
37 🇩🇪Germany 709,346 0 0
38 🇦🇷Argentina 707,388 0 0
39 🇬🇧United Kingdom 701,719 0 0
40 🇳🇪Niger 667,720 0 0
41 🇨🇲Cameroon 663,763 0 0
42 🇲🇦Morocco 638,403 0 0
43 🇩🇿Algeria 631,106 0 0
44 🇵🇪Peru 615,873 0 0
45 🇲🇱Mali 603,368 0 0
46 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 593,958 0 0
47 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 582,049 0 0
48 🇮🇹Italy 540,069 0 0
49 🇲🇼Malawi 534,862 0 0
50 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 529,103 0 0
51 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 526,166 0 0
52 🇸🇴Somalia 496,679 0 0
53 🇿🇲Zambia 482,672 0 0
54 🇲🇾Malaysia 482,490 0 0
55 🇹🇩Chad 474,662 0 0
56 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 472,791 0 0
57 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 447,857 0 0
58 🇪🇸Spain 434,713 0 0
59 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 418,984 0 0
60 🇸🇳Senegal 414,645 0 0
61 🇺🇦Ukraine 412,908 0 0
62 🇬🇹Guatemala 406,709 0 0
63 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 380,930 0 0
64 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 369,005 0 0
65 🇬🇳Guinea 357,353 0 0
66 🇷🇼Rwanda 355,510 0 0
67 🇵🇱Poland 351,971 0 0
68 🇰🇭Cambodia 350,806 0 0
69 🇨🇦Canada 334,808 0 0
70 🇧🇯Benin 328,197 0 0
71 🇪🇨Ecuador 323,349 0 0
72 🇸🇸South Sudan 322,861 0 0
73 🇧🇮Burundi 313,617 0 0
74 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 275,832 0 0
75 🇭🇹Haiti 264,233 0 0
76 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 254,642 0 0
77 🇦🇺Australia 251,074 0 0
78 🇨🇱Chile 236,992 0 0
79 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 230,252 0 0
80 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 225,091 0 0
81 🇭🇳Honduras 223,226 0 0
82 🇷🇴Romania 220,146 0 0
83 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 213,179 0 0
84 🇹🇬Togo 208,364 0 0
85 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 206,224 0 0
86 🇳🇱Netherlands 201,574 0 0
87 🇹🇯Tajikistan 192,775 0 0
88 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 174,697 0 0
89 🇨🇫Central African Republic 171,114 0 0
90 🇹🇳Tunisia 163,658 0 0
91 🇯🇴Jordan 163,500 0 0
92 🇮🇱Israel 141,063 0 0
93 🇸🇻El Salvador 138,834 0 0
94 🇨🇺Cuba 135,794 0 0
95 🇳🇮Nicaragua 135,094 0 0
96 🇱🇷Liberia 131,021 0 0
97 🇵🇾Paraguay 130,026 0 0
98 🇱🇾Libya 128,795 0 0
99 🇨🇬Congo 127,338 0 0
100 🇵🇸State of Palestine 124,384 0 0
101 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 121,350 0 0
102 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 115,587 0 0
103 🇧🇪Belgium 113,291 0 0
104 🇵🇹Portugal 112,019 0 0
105 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 109,170 0 0
106 🇬🇷Greece 107,321 0 0
107 🇲🇷Mauritania 106,230 0 0
108 🇸🇪Sweden 98,751 0 0
109 🇭🇺Hungary 94,772 0 0
110 🇨🇿Czechia 93,762 0 0
111 🇱🇧Lebanon 90,520 0 0
112 🇪🇷Eritrea 89,516 0 0
113 🇧🇾Belarus 85,838 0 0
114 🇦🇹Austria 76,261 0 0
115 🇨🇷Costa Rica 72,726 0 0
116 🇷🇸Serbia 72,380 0 0
117 🇵🇦Panama 72,250 0 0
118 🇨🇭Switzerland 71,095 0 0
119 🇧🇬Bulgaria 67,996 0 0
120 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 65,598 0 0
121 🇩🇰Denmark 64,479 0 0
122 🇬🇲Gambia 62,676 0 0
123 🇮🇪Ireland 61,074 0 0
124 🇱🇸Lesotho 58,151 0 0
125 🇫🇮Finland 56,467 0 0
126 🇳🇴Norway 56,304 0 0
127 🇳🇦Namibia 55,660 0 0
128 🇳🇿New Zealand 55,356 0 0
129 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 54,910 0 0
130 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 54,461 0 0
131 🇴🇲Oman 53,151 0 0
132 🇸🇰Slovakia 51,696 0 0
133 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 51,122 0 0
134 🇯🇲Jamaica 50,977 0 0
135 🇺🇾Uruguay 50,121 0 0
136 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 49,826 0 0
137 🇬🇪Georgia 49,565 0 0
138 🇦🇱Albania 48,693 0 0
139 🇧🇼Botswana 48,643 0 0
140 🇰🇼Kuwait 47,270 0 0
141 🇲🇳Mongolia 47,027 0 0
142 🇬🇦Gabon 45,437 0 0
143 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 42,068 0 0
144 🇸🇬Singapore 41,964 0 0
145 🇭🇷Croatia 39,669 0 0
146 🇦🇲Armenia 39,015 0 0
147 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 35,176 0 0
148 🇸🇿Eswatini 34,489 0 0
149 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 34,392 0 0
150 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 33,907 0 0
151 🇱🇹Lithuania 30,107 0 0
152 🇲🇰North Macedonia 28,012 0 0
153 🇩🇯Djibouti 26,584 0 0
154 🇱🇻Latvia 21,208 0 0
155 🇫🇯Fiji 21,021 0 0
156 🇰🇲Comoros 19,635 0 0
157 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 19,287 0 0
158 🇲🇺Mauritius 19,030 0 0
159 🇸🇮Slovenia 17,331 0 0
160 🇬🇾Guyana 17,325 0 0
161 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 16,134 0 0
162 🇧🇭Bahrain 15,976 0 0
163 🇷🇪Réunion 15,287 0 0
164 🇧🇹Bhutan 13,841 0 0
165 🇪🇪Estonia 13,049 0 0
166 🇶🇦Qatar 12,601 0 0
167 🇨🇾Cyprus 11,746 0 0
168 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 11,714 0 0
169 🇸🇷Suriname 11,658 0 0
170 🇲🇪Montenegro 8,723 0 0
171 🇧🇿Belize 7,365 0 0
172 🇪🇭Western Sahara 7,094 0 0
173 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 6,748 0 0
174 🇻🇺Vanuatu 6,334 0 0
175 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 6,252 0 0
176 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 6,084 0 0
177 🇾🇹Mayotte 5,709 0 0
178 🇼🇸Samoa 5,595 0 0
179 🇲🇻Maldives 5,470 0 0
180 🇧🇸Bahamas 5,378 0 0
181 🇬🇫French Guiana 5,342 0 0
182 🇲🇶Martinique 5,320 0 0
183 🇱🇺Luxembourg 5,240 0 0
184 🇵🇫French Polynesia 4,682 0 0
185 🇳🇨New Caledonia 4,427 0 0
186 🇮🇸Iceland 4,162 0 0
187 🇲🇹Malta 4,099 0 0
188 🇧🇧Barbados 3,733 0 0
189 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 3,347 0 0
190 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 3,323 0 0
191 🇬🇺Guam 3,278 0 0
192 🇹🇴Tonga 3,122 0 0
193 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 2,709 0 0
194 🇰🇮Kiribati 2,692 0 0
195 🇨🇼Curaçao 2,138 0 0
196 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,994 0 0
197 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 1,941 0 0
198 🇬🇩Grenada 1,867 0 0
199 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 1,649 0 0
200 🇦🇸American Samoa 1,624 0 0
201 🇸🇨Seychelles 1,482 0 0
202 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 1,478 0 0
203 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 1,281 0 0
204 🇦🇼Aruba 1,192 0 0
205 🇩🇲Dominica 1,069 0 0
206 🇯🇪Jersey 1,028 0 0
207 🇮🇲Isle of Man 922 0 0
208 🇬🇱Greenland 895 0 0
209 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 795 0 0
210 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 774 0 0
211 🇧🇲Bermuda 755 0 0
212 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 695 0 0
213 🇦🇩Andorra 663 0 0
214 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 655 0 0
215 🇬🇬Guernsey 621 0 0
216 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 448 0 0
217 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 426 0 0
218 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 352 0 0
219 🇲🇨Monaco 344 0 0
220 🇨🇰Cook Islands 309 0 0
221 🇬🇮Gibraltar 305 0 0
222 🇸🇲San Marino 297 0 0
223 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 292 0 0
224 🇵🇼Palau 281 0 0
225 🇳🇷Nauru 280 0 0
226 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 232 0 0
227 🇹🇻Tuvalu 229 0 0
228 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 173 0 0
229 🇦🇮Anguilla 160 0 0
230 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 88 0 0
231 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 76 0 0
232 🇸🇭Saint Helena 63 0 0
233 🇲🇸Montserrat 44 0 0
234 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 42 0 0
235 🇹🇰Tokelau 40 0 0
236 🇳🇺Niue 37 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 77,962,058 0 0
2 Africa 34,164,896 0 0
3 Americas 15,522,708 0 0
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 11,202,884 0 0
5 Europe 7,461,368 0 0
6 Northern America 4,319,824 0 0
7 Oceania 589,771 0 0

Sub-regions with the Highest Birth Count in 2003

Rank Sub-region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Southern Asia 41,710,959 0 0
2 Eastern Asia 18,536,951 0 0
3 Eastern Africa 11,957,300 0 0
4 South-Eastern Asia 11,555,360 0 0
5 Western Africa 11,309,349 0 0
6 South America 7,022,039 0 0
7 Western Asia 4,939,259 0 0
8 Northern Africa 4,862,645 0 0
9 Middle Africa 4,801,322 0 0
10 Central America 3,407,381 0 0
11 Eastern Europe 2,915,750 0 0
12 Western Europe 1,944,274 0 0
13 Southern Europe 1,490,757 0 0
14 Southern Africa 1,234,280 0 0
15 Central Asia 1,219,529 0 0
16 Northern Europe 1,110,587 0 0
17 Caribbean 773,464 0 0
18 Australia/New Zealand 306,430 0 0
19 Melanesia 254,141 0 0
20 Polynesia 15,929 0 0
21 Micronesia 13,271 0 0

Income Groups with the Highest Birth Count in 2003

Rank Income Group Births Male Births Female Births
1 Low-and-middle-income countries 122,113,306 0 0
2 Middle-income countries 104,396,403 0 0
3 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 84,305,117 0 0
4 Lower-middle-income countries 66,588,214 0 0
5 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 50,786,722 0 0
6 Upper-middle-income countries 37,808,189 0 0
7 Low-income countries 17,716,903 0 0
8 High-income countries 12,978,533 0 0
9 No income group available 602,213 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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