Annual Population Births by Country in 2008

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In the year 2008, a total of 140,164,401 babies was born across the globe. Out of this group, 29,006,143 were male and 25,031,519 were female.

The country with the highest birth count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 26,890,100 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a birth count of 17,787,573, and 🇳🇬Nigeria with 6,506,155 births recorded.

The country with the lowest annual birth count was 🇻🇦Holy See with only 3 babies born for the year. Followed by 🇹🇰Tokelau with a birth count of 24, and 🇳🇺Niue with 35 births recorded.

The geographic region with the highest birth count was Asia with a total of 78,388,137 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a birth count 37411.101, and Latin America and the Caribbean with 10,893,213 births recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest birth count of 39,685,236 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a birth count of 20,033,319, and Eastern Africa with 12,920,023 births recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest birth count of 105,539,279. While the lowest birth count is recorded by No income group available were only 609,141 newborns was added to that segment.

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Countries with the Highest Birth Count in 2008

Rank Country Births Male Births Female Births
1 🇮🇳India 26,890,100 0 0
2 🇨🇳China 17,787,573 0 0
3 🇳🇬Nigeria 6,506,155 0 0
4 🇵🇰Pakistan 6,026,112 0 0
5 🇮🇩Indonesia 4,927,000 0 0
6 🇺🇸United States of America 4,264,295 0 0
7 🇧🇩Bangladesh 3,379,263 0 0
8 🇪🇹Ethiopia 3,244,916 0 0
9 🇧🇷Brazil 3,071,834 0 0
10 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,766,950 0 0
11 🇵🇭Philippines 2,407,922 0 0
12 🇲🇽Mexico 2,279,101 0 0
13 🇪🇬Egypt 2,193,209 0 0
14 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 1,747,574 0 0
15 🇷🇺Russian Federation 1,726,919 0 0
16 🇰🇪Kenya 1,470,999 0 0
17 🇻🇳Viet Nam 1,468,447 0 0
18 🇺🇬Uganda 1,344,132 0 0
19 🇹🇷Türkiye 1,306,949 0 0
20 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,265,271 0 0
21 🇿🇦South Africa 1,217,792 0 0
22 🇸🇩Sudan 1,204,193 0 0
23 🇯🇵Japan 1,125,048 0 0
24 🇦🇫Afghanistan 1,091,824 0 0
25 🇦🇴Angola 993,966 0 0
26 🇲🇲Myanmar 983,686 0 0
27 🇮🇶Iraq 971,626 0 0
28 🇲🇿Mozambique 910,584 0 0
29 🇾🇪Yemen 857,388 0 0
30 🇹🇭Thailand 824,123 0 0
31 🇩🇿Algeria 810,140 0 0
32 🇬🇭Ghana 807,389 0 0
33 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 805,923 0 0
34 🇫🇷France 788,554 0 0
35 🇬🇧United Kingdom 785,489 0 0
36 🇨🇴Colombia 776,110 0 0
37 🇳🇪Niger 762,405 0 0
38 🇨🇲Cameroon 761,824 0 0
39 🇲🇬Madagascar 760,188 0 0
40 🇦🇷Argentina 717,468 0 0
41 🇲🇱Mali 684,421 0 0
42 🇩🇪Germany 673,997 0 0
43 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 672,815 0 0
44 🇲🇦Morocco 672,527 0 0
45 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 668,001 0 0
46 🇳🇵Nepal 636,509 0 0
47 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 635,702 0 0
48 🇵🇪Peru 626,301 0 0
49 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 618,625 0 0
50 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 599,178 0 0
51 🇲🇼Malawi 593,115 0 0
52 🇮🇹Italy 574,526 0 0
53 🇸🇴Somalia 554,707 0 0
54 🇿🇲Zambia 551,728 0 0
55 🇹🇩Chad 545,645 0 0
56 🇪🇸Spain 514,285 0 0
57 🇺🇦Ukraine 508,773 0 0
58 🇲🇾Malaysia 478,104 0 0
59 🇸🇳Senegal 450,758 0 0
60 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 449,271 0 0
61 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 449,060 0 0
62 🇵🇱Poland 416,586 0 0
63 🇬🇹Guatemala 398,030 0 0
64 🇬🇳Guinea 389,586 0 0
65 🇧🇮Burundi 383,774 0 0
66 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 374,755 0 0
67 🇨🇦Canada 373,044 0 0
68 🇷🇼Rwanda 362,102 0 0
69 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 358,689 0 0
70 🇸🇸South Sudan 355,804 0 0
71 🇧🇯Benin 355,330 0 0
72 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 342,178 0 0
73 🇰🇭Cambodia 341,495 0 0
74 🇪🇨Ecuador 324,545 0 0
75 🇦🇺Australia 297,654 0 0
76 🇭🇹Haiti 266,887 0 0
77 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 262,479 0 0
78 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 245,614 0 0
79 🇷🇴Romania 243,018 0 0
80 🇨🇱Chile 240,764 0 0
81 🇹🇬Togo 233,499 0 0
82 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 222,227 0 0
83 🇭🇳Honduras 217,761 0 0
84 🇹🇯Tajikistan 217,316 0 0
85 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 209,382 0 0
86 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 201,215 0 0
87 🇯🇴Jordan 195,073 0 0
88 🇨🇫Central African Republic 192,421 0 0
89 🇹🇳Tunisia 185,348 0 0
90 🇳🇱Netherlands 184,057 0 0
91 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 174,138 0 0
92 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 173,520 0 0
93 🇨🇬Congo 156,305 0 0
94 🇮🇱Israel 154,217 0 0
95 🇱🇷Liberia 150,548 0 0
96 🇱🇾Libya 145,522 0 0
97 🇳🇮Nicaragua 139,750 0 0
98 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 137,133 0 0
99 🇵🇾Paraguay 131,433 0 0
100 🇵🇸State of Palestine 127,841 0 0
101 🇧🇪Belgium 126,866 0 0
102 🇨🇺Cuba 122,260 0 0
103 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 120,896 0 0
104 🇸🇻El Salvador 120,773 0 0
105 🇲🇷Mauritania 120,617 0 0
106 🇨🇿Czechia 118,911 0 0
107 🇬🇷Greece 114,808 0 0
108 🇸🇪Sweden 108,777 0 0
109 🇧🇾Belarus 108,282 0 0
110 🇵🇹Portugal 104,021 0 0
111 🇪🇷Eritrea 103,900 0 0
112 🇭🇺Hungary 98,573 0 0
113 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 91,138 0 0
114 🇱🇧Lebanon 83,784 0 0
115 🇧🇬Bulgaria 80,839 0 0
116 🇦🇹Austria 77,176 0 0
117 🇬🇲Gambia 76,091 0 0
118 🇨🇷Costa Rica 76,036 0 0
119 🇵🇦Panama 75,663 0 0
120 🇨🇭Switzerland 75,449 0 0
121 🇮🇪Ireland 74,341 0 0
122 🇷🇸Serbia 68,476 0 0
123 🇩🇰Denmark 64,831 0 0
124 🇳🇿New Zealand 64,003 0 0
125 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 63,782 0 0
126 🇳🇦Namibia 60,753 0 0
127 🇲🇳Mongolia 60,075 0 0
128 🇳🇴Norway 59,833 0 0
129 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 59,612 0 0
130 🇫🇮Finland 59,353 0 0
131 🇱🇸Lesotho 58,737 0 0
132 🇸🇰Slovakia 57,495 0 0
133 🇧🇼Botswana 56,959 0 0
134 🇰🇼Kuwait 56,544 0 0
135 🇴🇲Oman 56,034 0 0
136 🇬🇪Georgia 54,168 0 0
137 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 53,018 0 0
138 🇬🇦Gabon 52,074 0 0
139 🇺🇾Uruguay 48,292 0 0
140 🇸🇬Singapore 48,154 0 0
141 🇭🇷Croatia 45,414 0 0
142 🇯🇲Jamaica 45,010 0 0
143 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 43,138 0 0
144 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 39,120 0 0
145 🇦🇲Armenia 39,111 0 0
146 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 38,925 0 0
147 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 36,195 0 0
148 🇦🇱Albania 35,256 0 0
149 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 34,655 0 0
150 🇸🇿Eswatini 34,355 0 0
151 🇱🇹Lithuania 31,900 0 0
152 🇩🇯Djibouti 24,189 0 0
153 🇱🇻Latvia 23,811 0 0
154 🇲🇰North Macedonia 23,348 0 0
155 🇸🇮Slovenia 22,111 0 0
156 🇰🇲Comoros 21,408 0 0
157 🇫🇯Fiji 21,288 0 0
158 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 21,186 0 0
159 🇧🇭Bahrain 18,126 0 0
160 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 17,424 0 0
161 🇬🇾Guyana 16,766 0 0
162 🇲🇺Mauritius 16,748 0 0
163 🇪🇪Estonia 16,030 0 0
164 🇷🇪Réunion 16,030 0 0
165 🇶🇦Qatar 15,503 0 0
166 🇧🇹Bhutan 14,259 0 0
167 🇨🇾Cyprus 13,219 0 0
168 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 11,921 0 0
169 🇸🇷Suriname 11,266 0 0
170 🇪🇭Western Sahara 8,909 0 0
171 🇲🇪Montenegro 8,878 0 0
172 🇻🇺Vanuatu 7,607 0 0
173 🇧🇿Belize 7,311 0 0
174 🇾🇹Mayotte 7,179 0 0
175 🇲🇻Maldives 7,142 0 0
176 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 6,605 0 0
177 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 6,443 0 0
178 🇬🇫French Guiana 6,211 0 0
179 🇧🇸Bahamas 5,931 0 0
180 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 5,841 0 0
181 🇼🇸Samoa 5,667 0 0
182 🇱🇺Luxembourg 5,483 0 0
183 🇲🇶Martinique 5,331 0 0
184 🇵🇫French Polynesia 4,960 0 0
185 🇮🇸Iceland 4,797 0 0
186 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 4,387 0 0
187 🇳🇨New Caledonia 4,281 0 0
188 🇲🇹Malta 4,035 0 0
189 🇬🇺Guam 3,607 0 0
190 🇧🇧Barbados 3,454 0 0
191 🇰🇮Kiribati 3,168 0 0
192 🇹🇴Tonga 3,023 0 0
193 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 2,737 0 0
194 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 2,211 0 0
195 🇨🇼Curaçao 2,205 0 0
196 🇬🇩Grenada 2,004 0 0
197 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,895 0 0
198 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 1,794 0 0
199 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 1,777 0 0
200 🇸🇨Seychelles 1,674 0 0
201 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 1,416 0 0
202 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 1,357 0 0
203 🇦🇸American Samoa 1,352 0 0
204 🇦🇼Aruba 1,245 0 0
205 🇯🇪Jersey 1,144 0 0
206 🇩🇲Dominica 1,028 0 0
207 🇮🇲Isle of Man 1,016 0 0
208 🇦🇩Andorra 910 0 0
209 🇬🇱Greenland 862 0 0
210 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 812 0 0
211 🇧🇲Bermuda 790 0 0
212 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 732 0 0
213 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 703 0 0
214 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 681 0 0
215 🇬🇬Guernsey 610 0 0
216 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 431 0 0
217 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 412 0 0
218 🇸🇲San Marino 357 0 0
219 🇬🇮Gibraltar 350 0 0
220 🇲🇨Monaco 350 0 0
221 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 345 0 0
222 🇳🇷Nauru 333 0 0
223 🇨🇰Cook Islands 307 0 0
224 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 280 0 0
225 🇵🇼Palau 268 0 0
226 🇹🇻Tuvalu 229 0 0
227 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 216 0 0
228 🇦🇮Anguilla 175 0 0
229 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 170 0 0
230 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 86 0 0
231 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 61 0 0
232 🇸🇭Saint Helena 45 0 0
233 🇲🇸Montserrat 43 0 0
234 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 37 0 0
235 🇳🇺Niue 35 0 0
236 🇹🇰Tokelau 24 0 0
237 🇻🇦Holy See 3 0 0

Regions with the Highest Birth Count in 2008

Rank Region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Asia 78,388,137 0 0
2 Africa 37,411,101 0 0
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 10,893,213 0 0
4 Europe 8,169,398 0 0
5 Northern America 4,639,054 0 0
6 Oceania 663,498 0 0

Sub-regions with the Highest Birth Count in 2008

Rank Sub-region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Southern Asia 39,685,236 0 0
2 Eastern Asia 20,033,319 0 0
3 Eastern Africa 12,920,023 0 0
4 Western Africa 12,327,917 0 0
5 South-Eastern Asia 11,694,167 0 0
6 South America 6,832,686 0 0
7 Middle Africa 5,514,717 0 0
8 Western Asia 5,505,678 0 0
9 Northern Africa 5,219,847 0 0
10 Eastern Europe 3,412,413 0 0
11 Central America 3,314,424 0 0
12 Western Europe 1,932,276 0 0
13 Southern Europe 1,592,094 0 0
14 Central Asia 1,469,737 0 0
15 Southern Africa 1,428,597 0 0
16 Northern Europe 1,232,615 0 0
17 Caribbean 746,103 0 0
18 Australia/New Zealand 361,656 0 0
19 Melanesia 272,830 0 0
20 Polynesia 15,767 0 0
21 Micronesia 13,245 0 0

Income Groups with the Highest Birth Count in 2008

Rank Income Group Births Male Births Female Births
1 Middle-income countries 105,539,279 0 0
2 Lower-middle-income countries 70,605,272 0 0
3 Upper-middle-income countries 34,934,007 0 0
4 Low-income countries 20,108,140 0 0
5 High-income countries 13,907,841 0 0
6 No income group available 609,141 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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