Annual Population Births by Country in 2016

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In the year 2016, a total of 143,238,900 babies was born across the globe. Out of this group, 30,267,320 were male and 25,933,295 were female.

The country with the highest birth count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 24,783,025 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a birth count of 18,283,156, and 🇳🇬Nigeria with 7,384,114 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 25, and 🇳🇺Niue with 26 births recorded.

The geographic region with the highest birth count was Asia with a total of 77,332,731 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a birth count 42514.802, and Latin America and the Caribbean with 10,418,910 births recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest birth count of 37,970,615 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a birth count of 20,390,236, and Eastern Africa with 14,214,817 births recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest birth count of 106,699,696. While the lowest birth count is recorded by No income group available were only 594,210 newborns was added to that segment.

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Countries with the Highest Birth Count in 2016

Rank Country Births Male Births Female Births
1 🇮🇳India 24,783,025 0 0
2 🇨🇳China 18,283,156 0 0
3 🇳🇬Nigeria 7,384,114 0 0
4 🇵🇰Pakistan 6,291,208 0 0
5 🇮🇩Indonesia 4,717,655 0 0
6 🇺🇸United States of America 3,957,371 0 0
7 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 3,532,382 0 0
8 🇪🇹Ethiopia 3,506,866 0 0
9 🇧🇩Bangladesh 3,036,914 0 0
10 🇧🇷Brazil 2,905,301 0 0
11 🇪🇬Egypt 2,584,116 0 0
12 🇵🇭Philippines 2,394,064 0 0
13 🇲🇽Mexico 2,116,264 0 0
14 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 2,086,159 0 0
15 🇷🇺Russian Federation 1,889,864 0 0
16 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,583,969 0 0
17 🇻🇳Viet Nam 1,530,775 0 0
18 🇺🇬Uganda 1,497,776 0 0
19 🇰🇪Kenya 1,456,804 0 0
20 🇹🇷Türkiye 1,433,893 0 0
21 🇸🇩Sudan 1,417,640 0 0
22 🇦🇫Afghanistan 1,315,746 0 0
23 🇦🇴Angola 1,204,674 0 0
24 🇮🇶Iraq 1,168,384 0 0
25 🇿🇦South Africa 1,151,026 0 0
26 🇲🇿Mozambique 1,063,303 0 0
27 🇩🇿Algeria 1,015,743 0 0
28 🇯🇵Japan 990,949 0 0
29 🇾🇪Yemen 976,977 0 0
30 🇳🇪Niger 973,456 0 0
31 🇲🇲Myanmar 952,050 0 0
32 🇬🇭Ghana 901,955 0 0
33 🇨🇲Cameroon 895,033 0 0
34 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 871,185 0 0
35 🇲🇬Madagascar 835,638 0 0
36 🇲🇱Mali 820,266 0 0
37 🇩🇪Germany 784,473 0 0
38 🇬🇧United Kingdom 777,997 0 0
39 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 751,461 0 0
40 🇫🇷France 735,849 0 0
41 🇦🇷Argentina 734,548 0 0
42 🇨🇴Colombia 730,565 0 0
43 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 726,814 0 0
44 🇹🇭Thailand 723,924 0 0
45 🇲🇦Morocco 684,405 0 0
46 🇹🇩Chad 662,902 0 0
47 🇸🇴Somalia 657,011 0 0
48 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 632,305 0 0
49 🇿🇲Zambia 624,251 0 0
50 🇳🇵Nepal 607,431 0 0
51 🇲🇼Malawi 606,249 0 0
52 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 583,617 0 0
53 🇵🇪Peru 575,208 0 0
54 🇲🇾Malaysia 525,164 0 0
55 🇸🇳Senegal 511,960 0 0
56 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 480,406 0 0
57 🇮🇹Italy 465,826 0 0
58 🇺🇦Ukraine 459,407 0 0
59 🇬🇳Guinea 446,491 0 0
60 🇧🇯Benin 438,452 0 0
61 🇧🇮Burundi 432,480 0 0
62 🇬🇹Guatemala 416,628 0 0
63 🇪🇸Spain 407,102 0 0
64 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 402,246 0 0
65 🇸🇸South Sudan 400,446 0 0
66 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 399,649 0 0
67 🇵🇱Poland 390,297 0 0
68 🇷🇼Rwanda 377,835 0 0
69 🇨🇦Canada 369,376 0 0
70 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 359,024 0 0
71 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 343,423 0 0
72 🇰🇭Cambodia 342,034 0 0
73 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 332,739 0 0
74 🇦🇺Australia 309,448 0 0
75 🇪🇨Ecuador 299,318 0 0
76 🇭🇹Haiti 271,005 0 0
77 🇹🇯Tajikistan 263,837 0 0
78 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 263,168 0 0
79 🇹🇬Togo 261,322 0 0
80 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 254,816 0 0
81 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 246,159 0 0
82 🇯🇴Jordan 235,628 0 0
83 🇨🇱Chile 228,821 0 0
84 🇹🇳Tunisia 219,666 0 0
85 🇷🇴Romania 213,829 0 0
86 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 213,572 0 0
87 🇭🇳Honduras 212,388 0 0
88 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 211,398 0 0
89 🇨🇫Central African Republic 203,227 0 0
90 🇮🇱Israel 183,285 0 0
91 🇨🇬Congo 175,075 0 0
92 🇳🇱Netherlands 173,668 0 0
93 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 171,882 0 0
94 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 166,438 0 0
95 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 165,642 0 0
96 🇱🇷Liberia 159,119 0 0
97 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 149,315 0 0
98 🇵🇸State of Palestine 147,006 0 0
99 🇳🇮Nicaragua 143,755 0 0
100 🇲🇷Mauritania 141,210 0 0
101 🇵🇾Paraguay 139,710 0 0
102 🇱🇾Libya 129,300 0 0
103 🇧🇪Belgium 121,005 0 0
104 🇧🇾Belarus 118,469 0 0
105 🇨🇺Cuba 117,455 0 0
106 🇸🇪Sweden 117,061 0 0
107 🇨🇿Czechia 111,541 0 0
108 🇱🇧Lebanon 110,828 0 0
109 🇸🇻El Salvador 110,186 0 0
110 🇪🇷Eritrea 101,487 0 0
111 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 98,939 0 0
112 🇭🇺Hungary 95,053 0 0
113 🇴🇲Oman 90,334 0 0
114 🇬🇷Greece 88,820 0 0
115 🇨🇭Switzerland 86,933 0 0
116 🇵🇹Portugal 86,863 0 0
117 🇦🇹Austria 86,827 0 0
118 🇬🇲Gambia 84,854 0 0
119 🇵🇦Panama 79,220 0 0
120 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 77,794 0 0
121 🇲🇳Mongolia 76,746 0 0
122 🇷🇸Serbia 70,071 0 0
123 🇳🇦Namibia 69,953 0 0
124 🇨🇷Costa Rica 69,914 0 0
125 🇧🇬Bulgaria 66,073 0 0
126 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 63,320 0 0
127 🇬🇦Gabon 63,233 0 0
128 🇮🇪Ireland 63,114 0 0
129 🇧🇼Botswana 61,432 0 0
130 🇩🇰Denmark 60,597 0 0
131 🇰🇼Kuwait 60,579 0 0
132 🇱🇸Lesotho 60,423 0 0
133 🇳🇴Norway 58,550 0 0
134 🇳🇿New Zealand 58,476 0 0
135 🇬🇪Georgia 58,419 0 0
136 🇸🇰Slovakia 57,494 0 0
137 🇫🇮Finland 52,673 0 0
138 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 47,979 0 0
139 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 47,821 0 0
140 🇺🇾Uruguay 46,580 0 0
141 🇸🇬Singapore 42,370 0 0
142 🇦🇲Armenia 41,759 0 0
143 🇯🇲Jamaica 37,820 0 0
144 🇭🇷Croatia 37,675 0 0
145 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 33,157 0 0
146 🇦🇱Albania 32,584 0 0
147 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 31,308 0 0
148 🇱🇹Lithuania 31,174 0 0
149 🇸🇿Eswatini 31,104 0 0
150 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 30,154 0 0
151 🇶🇦Qatar 25,480 0 0
152 🇩🇯Djibouti 24,044 0 0
153 🇰🇲Comoros 23,717 0 0
154 🇲🇰North Macedonia 23,318 0 0
155 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 22,690 0 0
156 🇱🇻Latvia 22,058 0 0
157 🇧🇭Bahrain 21,178 0 0
158 🇸🇮Slovenia 20,894 0 0
159 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 20,365 0 0
160 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 19,529 0 0
161 🇫🇯Fiji 19,447 0 0
162 🇬🇾Guyana 16,113 0 0
163 🇷🇪Réunion 15,118 0 0
164 🇪🇪Estonia 14,023 0 0
165 🇨🇾Cyprus 13,652 0 0
166 🇲🇺Mauritius 13,456 0 0
167 🇧🇹Bhutan 12,059 0 0
168 🇸🇷Suriname 11,005 0 0
169 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 10,786 0 0
170 🇾🇹Mayotte 10,024 0 0
171 🇪🇭Western Sahara 9,522 0 0
172 🇻🇺Vanuatu 9,079 0 0
173 🇲🇪Montenegro 7,848 0 0
174 🇧🇿Belize 7,832 0 0
175 🇲🇻Maldives 7,526 0 0
176 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 7,120 0 0
177 🇬🇫French Guiana 6,853 0 0
178 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 6,842 0 0
179 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 6,494 0 0
180 🇼🇸Samoa 5,990 0 0
181 🇱🇺Luxembourg 5,966 0 0
182 🇧🇸Bahamas 4,819 0 0
183 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 4,757 0 0
184 🇲🇹Malta 4,583 0 0
185 🇳🇨New Caledonia 4,454 0 0
186 🇵🇫French Polynesia 4,270 0 0
187 🇲🇶Martinique 4,026 0 0
188 🇮🇸Iceland 4,011 0 0
189 🇰🇮Kiribati 3,433 0 0
190 🇬🇺Guam 3,237 0 0
191 🇧🇧Barbados 3,068 0 0
192 🇹🇴Tonga 2,621 0 0
193 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 2,402 0 0
194 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 2,157 0 0
195 🇬🇩Grenada 2,091 0 0
196 🇨🇼Curaçao 1,835 0 0
197 🇸🇨Seychelles 1,746 0 0
198 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,616 0 0
199 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 1,321 0 0
200 🇦🇼Aruba 1,290 0 0
201 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 1,134 0 0
202 🇯🇪Jersey 1,057 0 0
203 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 1,055 0 0
204 🇦🇸American Samoa 984 0 0
205 🇩🇲Dominica 921 0 0
206 🇬🇱Greenland 841 0 0
207 🇮🇲Isle of Man 780 0 0
208 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 682 0 0
209 🇦🇩Andorra 679 0 0
210 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 676 0 0
211 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 644 0 0
212 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 631 0 0
213 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 631 0 0
214 🇧🇲Bermuda 595 0 0
215 🇬🇬Guernsey 572 0 0
216 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 497 0 0
217 🇬🇮Gibraltar 388 0 0
218 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 365 0 0
219 🇳🇷Nauru 357 0 0
220 🇲🇨Monaco 349 0 0
221 🇨🇰Cook Islands 306 0 0
222 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 263 0 0
223 🇹🇻Tuvalu 248 0 0
224 🇵🇼Palau 245 0 0
225 🇸🇲San Marino 231 0 0
226 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 229 0 0
227 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 209 0 0
228 🇦🇮Anguilla 157 0 0
229 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 157 0 0
230 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 76 0 0
231 🇲🇸Montserrat 49 0 0
232 🇸🇭Saint Helena 46 0 0
233 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 45 0 0
234 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 40 0 0
235 🇳🇺Niue 26 0 0
236 🇹🇰Tokelau 25 0 0
237 🇻🇦Holy See 2 0 0

Regions with the Highest Birth Count in 2016

Rank Region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Asia 77,332,731 0 0
2 Africa 42,514,802 0 0
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 10,418,910 0 0
4 Europe 7,950,684 0 0
5 Northern America 4,328,230 0 0
6 Oceania 693,543 0 0

Sub-regions with the Highest Birth Count in 2016

Rank Sub-region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Southern Asia 37,970,615 0 0
2 Eastern Asia 20,390,236 0 0
3 Eastern Africa 14,214,817 0 0
4 Western Africa 14,074,814 0 0
5 South-Eastern Asia 11,434,472 0 0
6 Middle Africa 6,790,841 0 0
7 South America 6,540,847 0 0
8 Northern Africa 6,060,391 0 0
9 Western Asia 5,829,554 0 0
10 Eastern Europe 3,450,012 0 0
11 Central America 3,156,186 0 0
12 Western Europe 1,995,438 0 0
13 Central Asia 1,707,854 0 0
14 Southern Africa 1,373,939 0 0
15 Southern Europe 1,300,887 0 0
16 Northern Europe 1,204,347 0 0
17 Caribbean 721,877 0 0
18 Australia/New Zealand 367,924 0 0
19 Melanesia 299,504 0 0
20 Polynesia 14,625 0 0
21 Micronesia 11,490 0 0

Income Groups with the Highest Birth Count in 2016

Rank Income Group Births Male Births Female Births
1 Middle-income countries 106,699,696 0 0
2 Lower-middle-income countries 71,229,253 0 0
3 Upper-middle-income countries 35,470,443 0 0
4 Low-income countries 22,729,767 0 0
5 High-income countries 13,215,227 0 0
6 No income group available 594,210 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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