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Annual Population Births by Country in 2009

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In the year 2009, a total of 142,968,320 babies was born across the globe. Out of this group, 29,070,236 were male and 25,052,386 were female.

The country with the highest birth count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 27,219,669 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a birth count of 18,031,193, and 🇳🇬Nigeria with 6,886,601 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 28, and 🇳🇺Niue with 33 births recorded.

The geographic region with the highest birth count was Asia with a total of 79,820,118 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a birth count 38935.471, and Americas with 15,314,695 births recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest birth count of 40,684,828 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a birth count of 20,199,929, and Eastern Africa with 13,230,923 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 128,846,360. While the lowest birth count is recorded by No income group available were only 594,014 newborns was added to that segment.

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Countries with the Highest Birth Count in 2009

Rank Country Births Male Births Female Births
1 🇮🇳India 27,219,669 0 0
2 🇨🇳China 18,031,193 0 0
3 🇳🇬Nigeria 6,886,601 0 0
4 🇵🇰Pakistan 6,532,790 0 0
5 🇮🇩Indonesia 4,955,500 0 0
6 🇺🇸United States of America 4,089,073 0 0
7 🇧🇩Bangladesh 3,444,271 0 0
8 🇪🇹Ethiopia 3,303,639 0 0
9 🇧🇷Brazil 2,989,532 0 0
10 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,924,268 0 0
11 🇵🇭Philippines 2,547,176 0 0
12 🇪🇬Egypt 2,380,803 0 0
13 🇲🇽Mexico 2,303,532 0 0
14 🇷🇺Russian Federation 1,788,518 0 0
15 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 1,708,809 0 0
16 🇻🇳Viet Nam 1,515,454 0 0
17 🇰🇪Kenya 1,501,942 0 0
18 🇺🇬Uganda 1,364,387 0 0
19 🇸🇩Sudan 1,316,518 0 0
20 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,311,757 0 0
21 🇹🇷Türkiye 1,293,077 0 0
22 🇿🇦South Africa 1,178,323 0 0
23 🇦🇫Afghanistan 1,158,017 0 0
24 🇯🇵Japan 1,074,687 0 0
25 🇮🇶Iraq 1,019,814 0 0
26 🇦🇴Angola 1,012,585 0 0
27 🇲🇿Mozambique 960,777 0 0
28 🇲🇲Myanmar 957,663 0 0
29 🇾🇪Yemen 947,938 0 0
30 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 896,304 0 0
31 🇩🇿Algeria 858,476 0 0
32 🇹🇭Thailand 830,227 0 0
33 🇬🇭Ghana 810,162 0 0
34 🇲🇬Madagascar 805,777 0 0
35 🇬🇧United Kingdom 797,810 0 0
36 🇫🇷France 797,096 0 0
37 🇳🇪Niger 794,002 0 0
38 🇨🇴Colombia 781,638 0 0
39 🇨🇲Cameroon 771,425 0 0
40 🇦🇷Argentina 744,841 0 0
41 🇲🇱Mali 725,696 0 0
42 🇲🇦Morocco 701,896 0 0
43 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 683,565 0 0
44 🇩🇪Germany 660,439 0 0
45 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 646,638 0 0
46 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 642,799 0 0
47 🇳🇵Nepal 631,403 0 0
48 🇲🇼Malawi 600,959 0 0
49 🇵🇪Peru 590,770 0 0
50 🇹🇩Chad 585,846 0 0
51 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 584,536 0 0
52 🇸🇴Somalia 579,234 0 0
53 🇮🇹Italy 569,050 0 0
54 🇿🇲Zambia 567,055 0 0
55 🇺🇦Ukraine 522,251 0 0
56 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 503,768 0 0
57 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 493,086 0 0
58 🇪🇸Spain 490,774 0 0
59 🇲🇾Malaysia 486,290 0 0
60 🇸🇳Senegal 460,066 0 0
61 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 437,242 0 0
62 🇵🇱Poland 416,458 0 0
63 🇧🇮Burundi 415,969 0 0
64 🇬🇳Guinea 405,016 0 0
65 🇬🇹Guatemala 400,873 0 0
66 🇨🇦Canada 380,249 0 0
67 🇧🇯Benin 380,206 0 0
68 🇸🇸South Sudan 379,219 0 0
69 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 372,500 0 0
70 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 365,886 0 0
71 🇰🇭Cambodia 365,845 0 0
72 🇷🇼Rwanda 365,340 0 0
73 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 333,438 0 0
74 🇪🇨Ecuador 332,509 0 0
75 🇦🇺Australia 299,304 0 0
76 🇭🇹Haiti 271,900 0 0
77 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 260,589 0 0
78 🇹🇬Togo 249,255 0 0
79 🇨🇱Chile 244,308 0 0
80 🇷🇴Romania 242,503 0 0
81 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 241,335 0 0
82 🇹🇯Tajikistan 235,272 0 0
83 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 230,148 0 0
84 🇭🇳Honduras 220,803 0 0
85 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 216,627 0 0
86 🇯🇴Jordan 204,024 0 0
87 🇨🇫Central African Republic 197,666 0 0
88 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 187,534 0 0
89 🇳🇱Netherlands 185,665 0 0
90 🇹🇳Tunisia 184,294 0 0
91 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 172,074 0 0
92 🇨🇬Congo 162,727 0 0
93 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 157,210 0 0
94 🇮🇱Israel 154,212 0 0
95 🇱🇷Liberia 153,028 0 0
96 🇱🇾Libya 147,418 0 0
97 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 139,854 0 0
98 🇳🇮Nicaragua 139,213 0 0
99 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 136,588 0 0
100 🇵🇸State of Palestine 133,397 0 0
101 🇨🇺Cuba 130,300 0 0
102 🇵🇾Paraguay 129,913 0 0
103 🇲🇷Mauritania 128,109 0 0
104 🇧🇪Belgium 126,154 0 0
105 🇸🇻El Salvador 119,965 0 0
106 🇬🇷Greece 117,910 0 0
107 🇨🇿Czechia 117,739 0 0
108 🇸🇪Sweden 110,778 0 0
109 🇧🇾Belarus 107,158 0 0
110 🇵🇹Portugal 99,740 0 0
111 🇪🇷Eritrea 98,804 0 0
112 🇭🇺Hungary 96,291 0 0
113 🇱🇧Lebanon 89,813 0 0
114 🇧🇬Bulgaria 81,232 0 0
115 🇨🇭Switzerland 77,128 0 0
116 🇮🇪Ireland 76,014 0 0
117 🇦🇹Austria 75,974 0 0
118 🇵🇦Panama 75,482 0 0
119 🇨🇷Costa Rica 74,359 0 0
120 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 74,333 0 0
121 🇬🇲Gambia 72,876 0 0
122 🇷🇸Serbia 68,772 0 0
123 🇲🇳Mongolia 66,143 0 0
124 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 64,744 0 0
125 🇳🇦Namibia 63,602 0 0
126 🇩🇰Denmark 62,612 0 0
127 🇬🇪Georgia 62,464 0 0
128 🇳🇿New Zealand 62,332 0 0
129 🇸🇰Slovakia 61,070 0 0
130 🇳🇴Norway 61,036 0 0
131 🇫🇮Finland 60,151 0 0
132 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 59,144 0 0
133 🇴🇲Oman 58,852 0 0
134 🇱🇸Lesotho 58,148 0 0
135 🇧🇼Botswana 56,528 0 0
136 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 55,412 0 0
137 🇬🇦Gabon 54,613 0 0
138 🇰🇼Kuwait 54,466 0 0
139 🇺🇾Uruguay 47,428 0 0
140 🇭🇷Croatia 44,632 0 0
141 🇸🇬Singapore 44,518 0 0
142 🇯🇲Jamaica 44,233 0 0
143 🇦🇲Armenia 44,096 0 0
144 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 43,778 0 0
145 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 42,066 0 0
146 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 37,870 0 0
147 🇦🇱Albania 36,502 0 0
148 🇸🇿Eswatini 35,242 0 0
149 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 35,216 0 0
150 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 34,145 0 0
151 🇱🇹Lithuania 32,444 0 0
152 🇲🇰North Macedonia 25,389 0 0
153 🇩🇯Djibouti 24,524 0 0
154 🇱🇻Latvia 22,503 0 0
155 🇰🇲Comoros 22,005 0 0
156 🇸🇮Slovenia 21,849 0 0
157 🇫🇯Fiji 20,720 0 0
158 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 19,612 0 0
159 🇧🇭Bahrain 18,301 0 0
160 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 17,450 0 0
161 🇶🇦Qatar 17,414 0 0
162 🇬🇾Guyana 16,588 0 0
163 🇪🇪Estonia 15,796 0 0
164 🇲🇺Mauritius 15,284 0 0
165 🇷🇪Réunion 14,885 0 0
166 🇧🇹Bhutan 13,631 0 0
167 🇨🇾Cyprus 13,390 0 0
168 🇸🇷Suriname 11,444 0 0
169 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 9,872 0 0
170 🇲🇪Montenegro 9,237 0 0
171 🇪🇭Western Sahara 8,374 0 0
172 🇻🇺Vanuatu 7,628 0 0
173 🇾🇹Mayotte 7,519 0 0
174 🇲🇻Maldives 7,407 0 0
175 🇧🇿Belize 7,112 0 0
176 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 6,739 0 0
177 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 6,252 0 0
178 🇬🇫French Guiana 6,094 0 0
179 🇧🇸Bahamas 5,775 0 0
180 🇼🇸Samoa 5,771 0 0
181 🇱🇺Luxembourg 5,550 0 0
182 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 5,538 0 0
183 🇲🇶Martinique 5,221 0 0
184 🇮🇸Iceland 5,066 0 0
185 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 4,945 0 0
186 🇵🇫French Polynesia 4,760 0 0
187 🇳🇨New Caledonia 4,377 0 0
188 🇲🇹Malta 4,139 0 0
189 🇧🇧Barbados 3,497 0 0
190 🇬🇺Guam 3,406 0 0
191 🇰🇮Kiribati 3,309 0 0
192 🇹🇴Tonga 3,044 0 0
193 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 2,788 0 0
194 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 2,480 0 0
195 🇨🇼Curaçao 1,904 0 0
196 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,899 0 0
197 🇬🇩Grenada 1,836 0 0
198 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 1,756 0 0
199 🇸🇨Seychelles 1,709 0 0
200 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 1,706 0 0
201 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 1,395 0 0
202 🇦🇸American Samoa 1,276 0 0
203 🇦🇼Aruba 1,193 0 0
204 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 1,141 0 0
205 🇯🇪Jersey 1,043 0 0
206 🇩🇲Dominica 981 0 0
207 🇮🇲Isle of Man 953 0 0
208 🇬🇱Greenland 885 0 0
209 🇦🇩Andorra 847 0 0
210 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 790 0 0
211 🇧🇲Bermuda 748 0 0
212 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 717 0 0
213 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 715 0 0
214 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 626 0 0
215 🇬🇬Guernsey 606 0 0
216 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 448 0 0
217 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 430 0 0
218 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 395 0 0
219 🇬🇮Gibraltar 383 0 0
220 🇲🇨Monaco 383 0 0
221 🇳🇷Nauru 343 0 0
222 🇸🇲San Marino 298 0 0
223 🇨🇰Cook Islands 298 0 0
224 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 280 0 0
225 🇵🇼Palau 255 0 0
226 🇹🇻Tuvalu 229 0 0
227 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 226 0 0
228 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 215 0 0
229 🇦🇮Anguilla 169 0 0
230 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 83 0 0
231 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 66 0 0
232 🇸🇭Saint Helena 46 0 0
233 🇲🇸Montserrat 46 0 0
234 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 40 0 0
235 🇳🇺Niue 33 0 0
236 🇹🇰Tokelau 28 0 0
237 🇻🇦Holy See 3 0 0

Regions with the Highest Birth Count in 2009

Rank Region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Asia 79,820,118 0 0
2 Africa 38,935,471 0 0
3 Americas 15,314,695 0 0
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 10,843,675 0 0
5 Europe 8,227,460 0 0
6 Northern America 4,471,020 0 0
7 Oceania 670,575 0 0

Sub-regions with the Highest Birth Count in 2009

Rank Sub-region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Southern Asia 40,684,828 0 0
2 Eastern Asia 20,199,929 0 0
3 Eastern Africa 13,230,923 0 0
4 Western Africa 12,955,280 0 0
5 South-Eastern Asia 11,915,143 0 0
6 South America 6,740,231 0 0
7 Middle Africa 5,759,646 0 0
8 Northern Africa 5,597,779 0 0
9 Western Asia 5,489,368 0 0
10 Eastern Europe 3,488,631 0 0
11 Central America 3,341,341 0 0
12 Western Europe 1,928,780 0 0
13 Southern Europe 1,562,610 0 0
14 Central Asia 1,530,850 0 0
15 Southern Africa 1,391,843 0 0
16 Northern Europe 1,247,440 0 0
17 Caribbean 762,103 0 0
18 Australia/New Zealand 361,636 0 0
19 Melanesia 280,324 0 0
20 Polynesia 15,665 0 0
21 Micronesia 12,950 0 0

Income Groups with the Highest Birth Count in 2009

Rank Income Group Births Male Births Female Births
1 Low-and-middle-income countries 128,846,360 0 0
2 Middle-income countries 108,886,865 0 0
3 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 88,600,941 0 0
4 Lower-middle-income countries 68,641,446 0 0
5 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 53,767,827 0 0
6 Upper-middle-income countries 40,245,419 0 0
7 Low-income countries 19,959,495 0 0
8 High-income countries 13,522,408 0 0
9 No income group available 594,014 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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