Annual Population Births by Country in 2015

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In the year 2015, a total of 142,608,081 babies was born across the globe. Out of this group, 30,032,499 were male and 25,860,535 were female.

The country with the highest birth count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 24,828,119 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a birth count of 17,446,888, and 🇳🇬Nigeria with 7,273,185 births recorded.

The country with the lowest annual birth count was 🇻🇦Holy See with only 2 babies born for the year. Followed by 🇹🇰Tokelau with a birth count of 27, and 🇳🇺Niue with 27 births recorded.

The geographic region with the highest birth count was Asia with a total of 76,786,394 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a birth count 42127.968, and Latin America and the Caribbean with 10,631,279 births recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest birth count of 38,021,671 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a birth count of 19,615,510, and Eastern Africa with 14,004,675 births recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest birth count of 106,297,496. While the lowest birth count is recorded by No income group available were only 597,473 newborns was added to that segment.

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Countries with the Highest Birth Count in 2015

Rank Country Births Male Births Female Births
1 🇮🇳India 24,828,119 0 0
2 🇨🇳China 17,446,888 0 0
3 🇳🇬Nigeria 7,273,185 0 0
4 🇵🇰Pakistan 6,297,466 0 0
5 🇮🇩Indonesia 4,779,601 0 0
6 🇺🇸United States of America 3,995,991 0 0
7 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 3,432,634 0 0
8 🇪🇹Ethiopia 3,425,259 0 0
9 🇧🇩Bangladesh 3,026,354 0 0
10 🇧🇷Brazil 3,021,946 0 0
11 🇪🇬Egypt 2,745,341 0 0
12 🇵🇭Philippines 2,395,675 0 0
13 🇲🇽Mexico 2,159,314 0 0
14 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 2,032,307 0 0
15 🇷🇺Russian Federation 1,941,554 0 0
16 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,582,915 0 0
17 🇻🇳Viet Nam 1,547,636 0 0
18 🇺🇬Uganda 1,478,913 0 0
19 🇰🇪Kenya 1,452,290 0 0
20 🇹🇷Türkiye 1,425,806 0 0
21 🇸🇩Sudan 1,389,533 0 0
22 🇦🇫Afghanistan 1,315,633 0 0
23 🇮🇶Iraq 1,192,944 0 0
24 🇿🇦South Africa 1,183,143 0 0
25 🇦🇴Angola 1,180,604 0 0
26 🇲🇿Mozambique 1,041,021 0 0
27 🇯🇵Japan 1,020,821 0 0
28 🇩🇿Algeria 1,005,272 0 0
29 🇾🇪Yemen 968,416 0 0
30 🇲🇲Myanmar 948,358 0 0
31 🇳🇪Niger 937,161 0 0
32 🇬🇭Ghana 915,988 0 0
33 🇨🇲Cameroon 869,475 0 0
34 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 856,654 0 0
35 🇲🇬Madagascar 814,367 0 0
36 🇲🇱Mali 804,446 0 0
37 🇬🇧United Kingdom 780,094 0 0
38 🇫🇷France 752,498 0 0
39 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 750,846 0 0
40 🇦🇷Argentina 750,290 0 0
41 🇹🇭Thailand 745,375 0 0
42 🇩🇪Germany 739,919 0 0
43 🇨🇴Colombia 734,664 0 0
44 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 723,124 0 0
45 🇲🇦Morocco 705,071 0 0
46 🇹🇩Chad 656,908 0 0
47 🇸🇴Somalia 640,231 0 0
48 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 638,755 0 0
49 🇿🇲Zambia 614,471 0 0
50 🇳🇵Nepal 611,231 0 0
51 🇲🇼Malawi 605,977 0 0
52 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 586,927 0 0
53 🇵🇪Peru 577,568 0 0
54 🇲🇾Malaysia 530,604 0 0
55 🇸🇳Senegal 508,147 0 0
56 🇺🇦Ukraine 482,958 0 0
57 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 481,660 0 0
58 🇮🇹Italy 478,543 0 0
59 🇧🇮Burundi 448,194 0 0
60 🇬🇳Guinea 440,910 0 0
61 🇧🇯Benin 426,663 0 0
62 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 425,505 0 0
63 🇪🇸Spain 417,745 0 0
64 🇬🇹Guatemala 414,042 0 0
65 🇸🇸South Sudan 409,331 0 0
66 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 400,061 0 0
67 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 396,623 0 0
68 🇵🇱Poland 379,211 0 0
69 🇨🇦Canada 371,094 0 0
70 🇷🇼Rwanda 370,930 0 0
71 🇰🇭Cambodia 345,053 0 0
72 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 341,947 0 0
73 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 339,695 0 0
74 🇦🇺Australia 305,209 0 0
75 🇪🇨Ecuador 303,340 0 0
76 🇭🇹Haiti 269,909 0 0
77 🇹🇯Tajikistan 266,537 0 0
78 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 263,405 0 0
79 🇹🇬Togo 257,088 0 0
80 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 252,786 0 0
81 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 244,235 0 0
82 🇨🇱Chile 235,699 0 0
83 🇯🇴Jordan 225,940 0 0
84 🇹🇳Tunisia 221,215 0 0
85 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 216,329 0 0
86 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 214,628 0 0
87 🇭🇳Honduras 211,541 0 0
88 🇷🇴Romania 208,354 0 0
89 🇨🇫Central African Republic 199,087 0 0
90 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 183,781 0 0
91 🇮🇱Israel 180,293 0 0
92 🇨🇬Congo 175,788 0 0
93 🇳🇱Netherlands 172,266 0 0
94 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 168,032 0 0
95 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 166,108 0 0
96 🇱🇷Liberia 158,069 0 0
97 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 150,465 0 0
98 🇵🇸State of Palestine 147,200 0 0
99 🇳🇮Nicaragua 143,872 0 0
100 🇲🇷Mauritania 138,903 0 0
101 🇵🇾Paraguay 138,768 0 0
102 🇱🇾Libya 131,429 0 0
103 🇨🇺Cuba 124,508 0 0
104 🇧🇾Belarus 121,637 0 0
105 🇧🇪Belgium 121,285 0 0
106 🇱🇧Lebanon 115,666 0 0
107 🇸🇻El Salvador 115,153 0 0
108 🇸🇪Sweden 115,078 0 0
109 🇨🇿Czechia 110,124 0 0
110 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 102,419 0 0
111 🇪🇷Eritrea 102,386 0 0
112 🇭🇺Hungary 92,141 0 0
113 🇬🇷Greece 89,377 0 0
114 🇴🇲Oman 87,985 0 0
115 🇨🇭Switzerland 85,758 0 0
116 🇵🇹Portugal 85,275 0 0
117 🇬🇲Gambia 84,732 0 0
118 🇦🇹Austria 83,521 0 0
119 🇵🇦Panama 79,495 0 0
120 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 78,794 0 0
121 🇲🇳Mongolia 78,102 0 0
122 🇨🇷Costa Rica 71,053 0 0
123 🇷🇸Serbia 70,873 0 0
124 🇳🇦Namibia 69,517 0 0
125 🇧🇬Bulgaria 67,378 0 0
126 🇮🇪Ireland 65,037 0 0
127 🇰🇼Kuwait 63,845 0 0
128 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 63,567 0 0
129 🇬🇦Gabon 62,777 0 0
130 🇧🇼Botswana 60,853 0 0
131 🇱🇸Lesotho 60,023 0 0
132 🇳🇿New Zealand 59,977 0 0
133 🇬🇪Georgia 59,661 0 0
134 🇳🇴Norway 58,582 0 0
135 🇩🇰Denmark 57,868 0 0
136 🇸🇰Slovakia 55,758 0 0
137 🇫🇮Finland 55,285 0 0
138 🇸🇬Singapore 51,891 0 0
139 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 49,270 0 0
140 🇺🇾Uruguay 48,408 0 0
141 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 47,145 0 0
142 🇦🇲Armenia 42,325 0 0
143 🇯🇲Jamaica 39,550 0 0
144 🇭🇷Croatia 37,817 0 0
145 🇦🇱Albania 33,845 0 0
146 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 33,482 0 0
147 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 32,265 0 0
148 🇱🇹Lithuania 32,015 0 0
149 🇸🇿Eswatini 31,594 0 0
150 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 31,311 0 0
151 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 24,040 0 0
152 🇩🇯Djibouti 24,018 0 0
153 🇶🇦Qatar 24,016 0 0
154 🇰🇲Comoros 23,498 0 0
155 🇲🇰North Macedonia 23,478 0 0
156 🇱🇻Latvia 22,232 0 0
157 🇧🇭Bahrain 21,277 0 0
158 🇸🇮Slovenia 21,162 0 0
159 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 20,203 0 0
160 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 19,866 0 0
161 🇫🇯Fiji 19,791 0 0
162 🇬🇾Guyana 16,160 0 0
163 🇷🇪Réunion 15,531 0 0
164 🇪🇪Estonia 13,789 0 0
165 🇨🇾Cyprus 13,282 0 0
166 🇲🇺Mauritius 13,265 0 0
167 🇧🇹Bhutan 12,761 0 0
168 🇸🇷Suriname 11,017 0 0
169 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 10,605 0 0
170 🇪🇭Western Sahara 9,471 0 0
171 🇾🇹Mayotte 9,342 0 0
172 🇻🇺Vanuatu 8,976 0 0
173 🇧🇿Belize 7,798 0 0
174 🇲🇪Montenegro 7,725 0 0
175 🇲🇻Maldives 7,498 0 0
176 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 7,122 0 0
177 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 6,977 0 0
178 🇬🇫French Guiana 6,648 0 0
179 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 6,616 0 0
180 🇼🇸Samoa 6,031 0 0
181 🇱🇺Luxembourg 5,992 0 0
182 🇧🇸Bahamas 5,023 0 0
183 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 4,959 0 0
184 🇳🇨New Caledonia 4,497 0 0
185 🇲🇹Malta 4,436 0 0
186 🇵🇫French Polynesia 4,399 0 0
187 🇲🇶Martinique 4,233 0 0
188 🇮🇸Iceland 4,125 0 0
189 🇰🇮Kiribati 3,419 0 0
190 🇬🇺Guam 3,234 0 0
191 🇧🇧Barbados 3,085 0 0
192 🇹🇴Tonga 2,702 0 0
193 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 2,408 0 0
194 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 2,164 0 0
195 🇬🇩Grenada 2,096 0 0
196 🇨🇼Curaçao 2,024 0 0
197 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,702 0 0
198 🇸🇨Seychelles 1,684 0 0
199 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 1,356 0 0
200 🇦🇼Aruba 1,295 0 0
201 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 1,205 0 0
202 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 1,132 0 0
203 🇯🇪Jersey 1,053 0 0
204 🇦🇸American Samoa 1,030 0 0
205 🇩🇲Dominica 944 0 0
206 🇬🇱Greenland 836 0 0
207 🇮🇲Isle of Man 802 0 0
208 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 722 0 0
209 🇦🇩Andorra 714 0 0
210 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 653 0 0
211 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 650 0 0
212 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 623 0 0
213 🇧🇲Bermuda 601 0 0
214 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 594 0 0
215 🇬🇬Guernsey 579 0 0
216 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 458 0 0
217 🇬🇮Gibraltar 443 0 0
218 🇳🇷Nauru 357 0 0
219 🇲🇨Monaco 344 0 0
220 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 328 0 0
221 🇨🇰Cook Islands 312 0 0
222 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 268 0 0
223 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 256 0 0
224 🇸🇲San Marino 253 0 0
225 🇹🇻Tuvalu 245 0 0
226 🇵🇼Palau 240 0 0
227 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 200 0 0
228 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 160 0 0
229 🇦🇮Anguilla 154 0 0
230 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 78 0 0
231 🇲🇸Montserrat 49 0 0
232 🇸🇭Saint Helena 47 0 0
233 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 45 0 0
234 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 39 0 0
235 🇳🇺Niue 27 0 0
236 🇹🇰Tokelau 27 0 0
237 🇻🇦Holy See 2 0 0

Regions with the Highest Birth Count in 2015

Rank Region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Asia 76,786,394 0 0
2 Africa 42,127,968 0 0
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 10,631,279 0 0
4 Europe 8,004,465 0 0
5 Northern America 4,368,567 0 0
6 Oceania 689,408 0 0

Sub-regions with the Highest Birth Count in 2015

Rank Sub-region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Southern Asia 38,021,671 0 0
2 Eastern Asia 19,615,510 0 0
3 Eastern Africa 14,004,675 0 0
4 Western Africa 13,879,797 0 0
5 South-Eastern Asia 11,550,758 0 0
6 South America 6,694,878 0 0
7 Middle Africa 6,631,034 0 0
8 Northern Africa 6,207,333 0 0
9 Western Asia 5,890,237 0 0
10 Eastern Europe 3,508,386 0 0
11 Central America 3,202,268 0 0
12 Western Europe 1,961,912 0 0
13 Central Asia 1,708,218 0 0
14 Southern Africa 1,405,129 0 0
15 Southern Europe 1,327,036 0 0
16 Northern Europe 1,207,131 0 0
17 Caribbean 734,133 0 0
18 Australia/New Zealand 365,186 0 0
19 Melanesia 297,701 0 0
20 Polynesia 14,936 0 0
21 Micronesia 11,585 0 0

Income Groups with the Highest Birth Count in 2015

Rank Income Group Births Male Births Female Births
1 Middle-income countries 106,297,496 0 0
2 Lower-middle-income countries 71,330,140 0 0
3 Upper-middle-income countries 34,967,356 0 0
4 Low-income countries 22,401,462 0 0
5 High-income countries 13,311,650 0 0
6 No income group available 597,473 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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