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Annual Population Births by Country in 2017

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In the year 2017, a total of 142,624,116 babies was born across the globe. Out of this group, 30,752,012 were male and 26,213,946 were female.

The country with the highest birth count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 24,253,964 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a birth count of 18,427,645, and 🇳🇬Nigeria with 7,486,698 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 24, and 🇳🇺Niue with 25 births recorded.

The geographic region with the highest birth count was Asia with a total of 76,590,579 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a birth count 43102.421, and Latin America and the Caribbean with 10,369,771 births recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest birth count of 37,391,125 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a birth count of 20,406,462, and Eastern Africa with 14,412,530 births recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest birth count of 106,000,040. While the lowest birth count is recorded by No income group available were only 583,620 newborns was added to that segment.

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Countries with the Highest Birth Count in 2017

Rank Country Births Male Births Female Births
1 🇮🇳India 24,253,964 0 0
2 🇨🇳China 18,427,645 0 0
3 🇳🇬Nigeria 7,486,698 0 0
4 🇵🇰Pakistan 6,289,965 0 0
5 🇮🇩Indonesia 4,633,621 0 0
6 🇺🇸United States of America 3,869,955 0 0
7 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 3,646,584 0 0
8 🇪🇹Ethiopia 3,576,536 0 0
9 🇧🇩Bangladesh 2,993,715 0 0
10 🇧🇷Brazil 2,952,133 0 0
11 🇪🇬Egypt 2,568,416 0 0
12 🇵🇭Philippines 2,418,897 0 0
13 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 2,140,107 0 0
14 🇲🇽Mexico 2,081,547 0 0
15 🇷🇺Russian Federation 1,688,766 0 0
16 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,572,333 0 0
17 🇺🇬Uganda 1,537,283 0 0
18 🇻🇳Viet Nam 1,513,810 0 0
19 🇰🇪Kenya 1,457,610 0 0
20 🇸🇩Sudan 1,447,974 0 0
21 🇹🇷Türkiye 1,427,883 0 0
22 🇦🇫Afghanistan 1,332,116 0 0
23 🇦🇴Angola 1,231,485 0 0
24 🇿🇦South Africa 1,169,583 0 0
25 🇮🇶Iraq 1,145,887 0 0
26 🇲🇿Mozambique 1,089,214 0 0
27 🇩🇿Algeria 1,018,808 0 0
28 🇳🇪Niger 1,008,227 0 0
29 🇾🇪Yemen 983,231 0 0
30 🇲🇲Myanmar 948,906 0 0
31 🇯🇵Japan 917,160 0 0
32 🇨🇲Cameroon 913,262 0 0
33 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 891,616 0 0
34 🇬🇭Ghana 875,587 0 0
35 🇲🇬Madagascar 850,058 0 0
36 🇲🇱Mali 838,648 0 0
37 🇩🇪Germany 783,444 0 0
38 🇬🇧United Kingdom 756,659 0 0
39 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 752,036 0 0
40 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 729,145 0 0
41 🇨🇴Colombia 726,008 0 0
42 🇫🇷France 721,051 0 0
43 🇦🇷Argentina 713,799 0 0
44 🇹🇭Thailand 707,256 0 0
45 🇲🇦Morocco 686,331 0 0
46 🇹🇩Chad 675,766 0 0
47 🇸🇴Somalia 674,938 0 0
48 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 643,748 0 0
49 🇿🇲Zambia 632,854 0 0
50 🇲🇼Malawi 614,279 0 0
51 🇳🇵Nepal 603,251 0 0
52 🇵🇪Peru 576,461 0 0
53 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 573,013 0 0
54 🇲🇾Malaysia 522,299 0 0
55 🇸🇳Senegal 519,212 0 0
56 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 480,635 0 0
57 🇮🇹Italy 450,840 0 0
58 🇬🇳Guinea 448,594 0 0
59 🇧🇯Benin 448,571 0 0
60 🇧🇮Burundi 426,555 0 0
61 🇺🇦Ukraine 419,297 0 0
62 🇬🇹Guatemala 411,557 0 0
63 🇵🇱Poland 407,670 0 0
64 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 391,284 0 0
65 🇪🇸Spain 389,062 0 0
66 🇷🇼Rwanda 384,173 0 0
67 🇨🇦Canada 373,611 0 0
68 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 361,088 0 0
69 🇸🇸South Sudan 358,732 0 0
70 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 355,205 0 0
71 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 344,850 0 0
72 🇰🇭Cambodia 338,417 0 0
73 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 326,988 0 0
74 🇦🇺Australia 311,698 0 0
75 🇪🇨Ecuador 300,031 0 0
76 🇭🇹Haiti 271,823 0 0
77 🇹🇬Togo 264,363 0 0
78 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 262,967 0 0
79 🇹🇯Tajikistan 258,372 0 0
80 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 257,718 0 0
81 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 247,721 0 0
82 🇯🇴Jordan 238,327 0 0
83 🇨🇱Chile 221,468 0 0
84 🇹🇳Tunisia 217,515 0 0
85 🇷🇴Romania 217,448 0 0
86 🇭🇳Honduras 213,413 0 0
87 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 213,169 0 0
88 🇨🇫Central African Republic 209,152 0 0
89 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 202,399 0 0
90 🇨🇬Congo 175,642 0 0
91 🇮🇱Israel 175,514 0 0
92 🇳🇱Netherlands 171,027 0 0
93 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 166,076 0 0
94 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 165,103 0 0
95 🇱🇷Liberia 159,429 0 0
96 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 148,053 0 0
97 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 147,211 0 0
98 🇵🇸State of Palestine 145,989 0 0
99 🇳🇮Nicaragua 143,399 0 0
100 🇲🇷Mauritania 143,282 0 0
101 🇵🇾Paraguay 139,763 0 0
102 🇱🇾Libya 126,808 0 0
103 🇧🇪Belgium 119,292 0 0
104 🇨🇺Cuba 115,495 0 0
105 🇸🇪Sweden 115,038 0 0
106 🇨🇿Czechia 112,677 0 0
107 🇸🇻El Salvador 106,787 0 0
108 🇱🇧Lebanon 105,204 0 0
109 🇧🇾Belarus 104,281 0 0
110 🇪🇷Eritrea 100,510 0 0
111 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 96,361 0 0
112 🇭🇺Hungary 94,208 0 0
113 🇴🇲Oman 92,131 0 0
114 🇦🇹Austria 87,092 0 0
115 🇨🇭Switzerland 86,659 0 0
116 🇵🇹Portugal 86,042 0 0
117 🇬🇷Greece 85,894 0 0
118 🇬🇲Gambia 85,183 0 0
119 🇵🇦Panama 79,014 0 0
120 🇲🇳Mongolia 74,832 0 0
121 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 71,585 0 0
122 🇷🇸Serbia 70,179 0 0
123 🇳🇦Namibia 69,888 0 0
124 🇨🇷Costa Rica 69,512 0 0
125 🇧🇬Bulgaria 64,733 0 0
126 🇬🇦Gabon 63,535 0 0
127 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 62,588 0 0
128 🇧🇼Botswana 61,614 0 0
129 🇮🇪Ireland 61,312 0 0
130 🇳🇿New Zealand 60,564 0 0
131 🇩🇰Denmark 60,310 0 0
132 🇱🇸Lesotho 60,221 0 0
133 🇰🇼Kuwait 58,329 0 0
134 🇸🇰Slovakia 57,893 0 0
135 🇳🇴Norway 56,423 0 0
136 🇬🇪Georgia 56,081 0 0
137 🇫🇮Finland 50,169 0 0
138 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 48,336 0 0
139 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 44,192 0 0
140 🇺🇾Uruguay 43,050 0 0
141 🇸🇬Singapore 40,318 0 0
142 🇦🇲Armenia 38,968 0 0
143 🇭🇷Croatia 37,027 0 0
144 🇯🇲Jamaica 35,865 0 0
145 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 33,001 0 0
146 🇦🇱Albania 31,350 0 0
147 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 31,166 0 0
148 🇸🇿Eswatini 30,535 0 0
149 🇱🇹Lithuania 29,600 0 0
150 🇶🇦Qatar 27,496 0 0
151 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 26,996 0 0
152 🇩🇯Djibouti 24,196 0 0
153 🇰🇲Comoros 23,911 0 0
154 🇲🇰North Macedonia 22,198 0 0
155 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 22,055 0 0
156 🇧🇭Bahrain 20,921 0 0
157 🇱🇻Latvia 20,884 0 0
158 🇸🇮Slovenia 20,834 0 0
159 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 20,458 0 0
160 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 19,076 0 0
161 🇫🇯Fiji 19,002 0 0
162 🇬🇾Guyana 16,059 0 0
163 🇷🇪Réunion 14,885 0 0
164 🇪🇪Estonia 13,813 0 0
165 🇲🇺Mauritius 13,755 0 0
166 🇨🇾Cyprus 13,257 0 0
167 🇧🇹Bhutan 11,271 0 0
168 🇸🇷Suriname 11,031 0 0
169 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 10,750 0 0
170 🇾🇹Mayotte 10,536 0 0
171 🇪🇭Western Sahara 9,538 0 0
172 🇻🇺Vanuatu 9,145 0 0
173 🇧🇿Belize 7,905 0 0
174 🇲🇪Montenegro 7,712 0 0
175 🇲🇻Maldives 7,524 0 0
176 🇬🇫French Guiana 7,072 0 0
177 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 6,903 0 0
178 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 6,692 0 0
179 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 6,352 0 0
180 🇱🇺Luxembourg 6,068 0 0
181 🇼🇸Samoa 5,974 0 0
182 🇧🇸Bahamas 4,643 0 0
183 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 4,541 0 0
184 🇲🇹Malta 4,413 0 0
185 🇳🇨New Caledonia 4,409 0 0
186 🇵🇫French Polynesia 4,147 0 0
187 🇮🇸Iceland 4,001 0 0
188 🇲🇶Martinique 3,828 0 0
189 🇰🇮Kiribati 3,456 0 0
190 🇧🇧Barbados 3,058 0 0
191 🇬🇺Guam 3,050 0 0
192 🇹🇴Tonga 2,556 0 0
193 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 2,383 0 0
194 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 2,146 0 0
195 🇬🇩Grenada 2,080 0 0
196 🇸🇨Seychelles 1,764 0 0
197 🇨🇼Curaçao 1,662 0 0
198 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,512 0 0
199 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 1,286 0 0
200 🇦🇼Aruba 1,215 0 0
201 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 1,074 0 0
202 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 1,072 0 0
203 🇯🇪Jersey 1,054 0 0
204 🇦🇸American Samoa 932 0 0
205 🇩🇲Dominica 923 0 0
206 🇬🇱Greenland 844 0 0
207 🇮🇲Isle of Man 772 0 0
208 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 727 0 0
209 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 655 0 0
210 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 633 0 0
211 🇦🇩Andorra 618 0 0
212 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 609 0 0
213 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 597 0 0
214 🇧🇲Bermuda 570 0 0
215 🇬🇬Guernsey 553 0 0
216 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 521 0 0
217 🇬🇮Gibraltar 375 0 0
218 🇳🇷Nauru 355 0 0
219 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 339 0 0
220 🇲🇨Monaco 330 0 0
221 🇨🇰Cook Islands 298 0 0
222 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 270 0 0
223 🇹🇻Tuvalu 251 0 0
224 🇵🇼Palau 237 0 0
225 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 229 0 0
226 🇸🇲San Marino 209 0 0
227 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 205 0 0
228 🇦🇮Anguilla 156 0 0
229 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 153 0 0
230 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 75 0 0
231 🇲🇸Montserrat 52 0 0
232 🇸🇭Saint Helena 46 0 0
233 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 45 0 0
234 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 42 0 0
235 🇳🇺Niue 25 0 0
236 🇹🇰Tokelau 24 0 0
237 🇻🇦Holy See 2 0 0

Regions with the Highest Birth Count in 2017

Rank Region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Asia 76,590,579 0 0
2 Africa 43,102,421 0 0
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 10,369,771 0 0
4 Europe 7,617,755 0 0
5 Northern America 4,245,025 0 0
6 Oceania 698,565 0 0

Sub-regions with the Highest Birth Count in 2017

Rank Sub-region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Southern Asia 37,391,125 0 0
2 Eastern Asia 20,406,462 0 0
3 Eastern Africa 14,412,530 0 0
4 Western Africa 14,252,546 0 0
5 South-Eastern Asia 11,329,295 0 0
6 Middle Africa 6,970,113 0 0
7 South America 6,542,897 0 0
8 Northern Africa 6,075,390 0 0
9 Western Asia 5,772,583 0 0
10 Eastern Europe 3,211,165 0 0
11 Central America 3,113,134 0 0
12 Western Europe 1,975,302 0 0
13 Central Asia 1,691,114 0 0
14 Southern Africa 1,391,842 0 0
15 Southern Europe 1,259,973 0 0
16 Northern Europe 1,171,315 0 0
17 Caribbean 713,740 0 0
18 Australia/New Zealand 372,262 0 0
19 Melanesia 300,734 0 0
20 Polynesia 14,360 0 0
21 Micronesia 11,209 0 0

Income Groups with the Highest Birth Count in 2017

Rank Income Group Births Male Births Female Births
1 Middle-income countries 106,000,040 0 0
2 Lower-middle-income countries 70,700,425 0 0
3 Upper-middle-income countries 35,299,615 0 0
4 Low-income countries 23,116,792 0 0
5 High-income countries 12,923,664 0 0
6 No income group available 583,620 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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