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Annual Population Births by Country in 2012

-5 year -1 year 2012 +1 year +5 year

In the year 2012, a total of 144,194,060 babies was born across the globe. Out of this group, 29,482,549 were male and 25,307,234 were female.

The country with the highest birth count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 26,026,697 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a birth count of 19,235,424, and 🇳🇬Nigeria with 7,014,004 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 25, and 🇳🇺Niue with 30 births recorded.

The geographic region with the highest birth count was Asia with a total of 79,926,263 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a birth count 40261.502, and Latin America and the Caribbean with 10,780,870 births recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest birth count of 39,186,948 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a birth count of 21,453,069, and Eastern Africa with 13,487,232 births recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest birth count of 108,523,759. While the lowest birth count is recorded by No income group available were only 605,001 newborns was added to that segment.

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Countries with the Highest Birth Count in 2012

Rank Country Births Male Births Female Births
1 🇮🇳India 26,026,697 0 0
2 🇨🇳China 19,235,424 0 0
3 🇳🇬Nigeria 7,014,004 0 0
4 🇵🇰Pakistan 6,416,601 0 0
5 🇮🇩Indonesia 5,028,089 0 0
6 🇺🇸United States of America 3,982,539 0 0
7 🇪🇹Ethiopia 3,289,081 0 0
8 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 3,171,461 0 0
9 🇧🇩Bangladesh 3,061,928 0 0
10 🇧🇷Brazil 2,986,828 0 0
11 🇪🇬Egypt 2,553,920 0 0
12 🇵🇭Philippines 2,399,459 0 0
13 🇲🇽Mexico 2,273,326 0 0
14 🇷🇺Russian Federation 1,933,629 0 0
15 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 1,832,779 0 0
16 🇻🇳Viet Nam 1,525,308 0 0
17 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,463,853 0 0
18 🇰🇪Kenya 1,451,360 0 0
19 🇺🇬Uganda 1,434,633 0 0
20 🇹🇷Türkiye 1,327,167 0 0
21 🇸🇩Sudan 1,281,007 0 0
22 🇦🇫Afghanistan 1,217,396 0 0
23 🇿🇦South Africa 1,187,329 0 0
24 🇮🇶Iraq 1,158,752 0 0
25 🇦🇴Angola 1,102,911 0 0
26 🇯🇵Japan 1,063,425 0 0
27 🇲🇿Mozambique 1,005,848 0 0
28 🇩🇿Algeria 946,579 0 0
29 🇲🇲Myanmar 942,751 0 0
30 🇾🇪Yemen 921,649 0 0
31 🇬🇭Ghana 883,449 0 0
32 🇳🇪Niger 850,851 0 0
33 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 833,494 0 0
34 🇨🇲Cameroon 815,462 0 0
35 🇹🇭Thailand 812,420 0 0
36 🇬🇧United Kingdom 809,031 0 0
37 🇲🇬Madagascar 787,102 0 0
38 🇫🇷France 783,884 0 0
39 🇲🇱Mali 761,774 0 0
40 🇨🇴Colombia 748,734 0 0
41 🇦🇷Argentina 743,784 0 0
42 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 725,124 0 0
43 🇲🇦Morocco 711,273 0 0
44 🇩🇪Germany 684,523 0 0
45 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 654,496 0 0
46 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 653,880 0 0
47 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 614,880 0 0
48 🇳🇵Nepal 614,607 0 0
49 🇹🇩Chad 612,411 0 0
50 🇲🇼Malawi 604,738 0 0
51 🇵🇪Peru 602,813 0 0
52 🇿🇲Zambia 594,874 0 0
53 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 594,156 0 0
54 🇸🇴Somalia 589,585 0 0
55 🇮🇹Italy 534,085 0 0
56 🇺🇦Ukraine 517,910 0 0
57 🇲🇾Malaysia 509,469 0 0
58 🇸🇳Senegal 493,250 0 0
59 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 489,502 0 0
60 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 460,837 0 0
61 🇪🇸Spain 455,530 0 0
62 🇧🇮Burundi 434,602 0 0
63 🇸🇸South Sudan 424,322 0 0
64 🇬🇳Guinea 415,399 0 0
65 🇬🇹Guatemala 407,582 0 0
66 🇵🇱Poland 395,663 0 0
67 🇧🇯Benin 391,846 0 0
68 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 382,568 0 0
69 🇨🇦Canada 378,113 0 0
70 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 364,854 0 0
71 🇷🇼Rwanda 356,053 0 0
72 🇰🇭Cambodia 344,997 0 0
73 🇪🇨Ecuador 325,267 0 0
74 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 322,522 0 0
75 🇦🇺Australia 306,357 0 0
76 🇭🇹Haiti 269,226 0 0
77 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 263,698 0 0
78 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 255,038 0 0
79 🇹🇯Tajikistan 248,476 0 0
80 🇹🇬Togo 248,343 0 0
81 🇨🇱Chile 240,081 0 0
82 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 236,690 0 0
83 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 217,321 0 0
84 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 215,533 0 0
85 🇹🇳Tunisia 214,699 0 0
86 🇭🇳Honduras 212,054 0 0
87 🇨🇫Central African Republic 207,714 0 0
88 🇷🇴Romania 205,748 0 0
89 🇯🇴Jordan 196,810 0 0
90 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 192,733 0 0
91 🇨🇬Congo 177,311 0 0
92 🇳🇱Netherlands 175,828 0 0
93 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 168,363 0 0
94 🇮🇱Israel 165,412 0 0
95 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 163,124 0 0
96 🇱🇷Liberia 162,129 0 0
97 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 144,565 0 0
98 🇳🇮Nicaragua 142,943 0 0
99 🇵🇸State of Palestine 138,097 0 0
100 🇲🇷Mauritania 132,015 0 0
101 🇵🇾Paraguay 130,919 0 0
102 🇱🇾Libya 128,680 0 0
103 🇨🇺Cuba 126,643 0 0
104 🇧🇪Belgium 125,850 0 0
105 🇧🇾Belarus 118,860 0 0
106 🇸🇻El Salvador 118,481 0 0
107 🇸🇪Sweden 112,663 0 0
108 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 111,989 0 0
109 🇨🇿Czechia 108,396 0 0
110 🇪🇷Eritrea 106,166 0 0
111 🇬🇷Greece 98,721 0 0
112 🇱🇧Lebanon 91,585 0 0
113 🇵🇹Portugal 89,960 0 0
114 🇭🇺Hungary 89,880 0 0
115 🇬🇲Gambia 82,788 0 0
116 🇨🇭Switzerland 81,213 0 0
117 🇵🇦Panama 79,288 0 0
118 🇦🇹Austria 78,392 0 0
119 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 76,262 0 0
120 🇴🇲Oman 74,735 0 0
121 🇨🇷Costa Rica 73,305 0 0
122 🇷🇸Serbia 72,305 0 0
123 🇮🇪Ireland 71,600 0 0
124 🇧🇬Bulgaria 71,197 0 0
125 🇲🇳Mongolia 70,713 0 0
126 🇳🇦Namibia 67,459 0 0
127 🇰🇼Kuwait 66,113 0 0
128 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 62,749 0 0
129 🇳🇿New Zealand 60,979 0 0
130 🇱🇸Lesotho 59,799 0 0
131 🇬🇦Gabon 59,776 0 0
132 🇧🇼Botswana 59,622 0 0
133 🇳🇴Norway 59,547 0 0
134 🇫🇮Finland 59,367 0 0
135 🇩🇰Denmark 57,658 0 0
136 🇬🇪Georgia 56,664 0 0
137 🇸🇰Slovakia 56,140 0 0
138 🇸🇬Singapore 52,502 0 0
139 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 48,840 0 0
140 🇺🇾Uruguay 47,904 0 0
141 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 44,383 0 0
142 🇦🇲Armenia 44,225 0 0
143 🇭🇷Croatia 42,523 0 0
144 🇯🇲Jamaica 41,584 0 0
145 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 39,167 0 0
146 🇦🇱Albania 35,489 0 0
147 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 34,147 0 0
148 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 33,937 0 0
149 🇸🇿Eswatini 32,715 0 0
150 🇱🇹Lithuania 31,961 0 0
151 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 29,834 0 0
152 🇲🇰North Macedonia 23,893 0 0
153 🇩🇯Djibouti 23,888 0 0
154 🇰🇲Comoros 22,904 0 0
155 🇸🇮Slovenia 22,308 0 0
156 🇶🇦Qatar 20,938 0 0
157 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 20,850 0 0
158 🇱🇻Latvia 20,289 0 0
159 🇫🇯Fiji 20,094 0 0
160 🇧🇭Bahrain 19,459 0 0
161 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 19,122 0 0
162 🇬🇾Guyana 16,104 0 0
163 🇷🇪Réunion 15,578 0 0
164 🇲🇺Mauritius 15,097 0 0
165 🇪🇪Estonia 14,099 0 0
166 🇨🇾Cyprus 13,577 0 0
167 🇧🇹Bhutan 13,378 0 0
168 🇸🇷Suriname 11,056 0 0
169 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 10,813 0 0
170 🇪🇭Western Sahara 9,738 0 0
171 🇻🇺Vanuatu 8,573 0 0
172 🇲🇪Montenegro 7,785 0 0
173 🇲🇻Maldives 7,634 0 0
174 🇧🇿Belize 7,544 0 0
175 🇾🇹Mayotte 7,379 0 0
176 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 7,052 0 0
177 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 6,906 0 0
178 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 6,564 0 0
179 🇬🇫French Guiana 6,272 0 0
180 🇼🇸Samoa 6,090 0 0
181 🇱🇺Luxembourg 5,904 0 0
182 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 5,461 0 0
183 🇧🇸Bahamas 5,385 0 0
184 🇵🇫French Polynesia 4,672 0 0
185 🇲🇶Martinique 4,596 0 0
186 🇮🇸Iceland 4,537 0 0
187 🇳🇨New Caledonia 4,501 0 0
188 🇲🇹Malta 4,226 0 0
189 🇬🇺Guam 3,586 0 0
190 🇰🇮Kiribati 3,424 0 0
191 🇧🇧Barbados 3,205 0 0
192 🇹🇴Tonga 2,883 0 0
193 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 2,505 0 0
194 🇨🇼Curaçao 2,242 0 0
195 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 2,163 0 0
196 🇬🇩Grenada 2,076 0 0
197 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,797 0 0
198 🇸🇨Seychelles 1,742 0 0
199 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 1,462 0 0
200 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 1,455 0 0
201 🇦🇼Aruba 1,298 0 0
202 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 1,182 0 0
203 🇦🇸American Samoa 1,163 0 0
204 🇯🇪Jersey 1,105 0 0
205 🇩🇲Dominica 930 0 0
206 🇮🇲Isle of Man 921 0 0
207 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 915 0 0
208 🇬🇱Greenland 799 0 0
209 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 776 0 0
210 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 764 0 0
211 🇦🇩Andorra 753 0 0
212 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 682 0 0
213 🇧🇲Bermuda 672 0 0
214 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 653 0 0
215 🇬🇬Guernsey 595 0 0
216 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 467 0 0
217 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 417 0 0
218 🇬🇮Gibraltar 389 0 0
219 🇳🇷Nauru 361 0 0
220 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 350 0 0
221 🇨🇰Cook Islands 338 0 0
222 🇲🇨Monaco 330 0 0
223 🇸🇲San Marino 290 0 0
224 🇵🇼Palau 259 0 0
225 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 255 0 0
226 🇹🇻Tuvalu 246 0 0
227 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 231 0 0
228 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 181 0 0
229 🇦🇮Anguilla 170 0 0
230 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 83 0 0
231 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 51 0 0
232 🇸🇭Saint Helena 46 0 0
233 🇲🇸Montserrat 46 0 0
234 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 36 0 0
235 🇳🇺Niue 30 0 0
236 🇹🇰Tokelau 25 0 0
237 🇻🇦Holy See 3 0 0

Regions with the Highest Birth Count in 2012

Rank Region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Asia 79,926,263 0 0
2 Africa 40,261,502 0 0
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 10,780,870 0 0
4 Europe 8,178,804 0 0
5 Northern America 4,362,173 0 0
6 Oceania 684,448 0 0

Sub-regions with the Highest Birth Count in 2012

Rank Sub-region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Southern Asia 39,186,948 0 0
2 Eastern Asia 21,453,069 0 0
3 Eastern Africa 13,487,232 0 0
4 Western Africa 13,323,115 0 0
5 South-Eastern Asia 11,824,348 0 0
6 South America 6,717,655 0 0
7 Middle Africa 6,198,336 0 0
8 Western Asia 5,868,668 0 0
9 Northern Africa 5,845,896 0 0
10 Eastern Europe 3,546,264 0 0
11 Central America 3,314,523 0 0
12 Western Europe 1,936,275 0 0
13 Central Asia 1,593,230 0 0
14 Southern Europe 1,452,237 0 0
15 Southern Africa 1,406,923 0 0
16 Northern Europe 1,244,028 0 0
17 Caribbean 748,692 0 0
18 Australia/New Zealand 367,335 0 0
19 Melanesia 288,981 0 0
20 Polynesia 15,625 0 0
21 Micronesia 12,507 0 0

Income Groups with the Highest Birth Count in 2012

Rank Income Group Births Male Births Female Births
1 Middle-income countries 108,523,759 0 0
2 Lower-middle-income countries 71,772,912 0 0
3 Upper-middle-income countries 36,750,847 0 0
4 Low-income countries 21,540,241 0 0
5 High-income countries 13,525,059 0 0
6 No income group available 605,001 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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