Annual Population Births by Country in 2018

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In the year 2018, a total of 139,628,713 babies was born across the globe. Out of this group, 30,909,237 were male and 26,442,438 were female.

The country with the highest birth count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 24,168,443 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a birth count of 15,504,679, and 🇳🇬Nigeria with 7,590,288 births recorded.

The country with the lowest annual birth count was 🇻🇦Holy See with only 2 babies born for the year. Followed by 🇳🇺Niue with a birth count of 25, and 🇹🇰Tokelau with 28 births recorded.

The geographic region with the highest birth count was Asia with a total of 73,399,529 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a birth count 43713.385, and Latin America and the Caribbean with 10,263,508 births recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest birth count of 37,264,835 people. Closely followed by Eastern Asia with a birth count of 17,407,111, and Eastern Africa with 14,624,961 births recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest birth count of 102,877,038. While the lowest birth count is recorded by No income group available were only 554,419 newborns was added to that segment.

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Countries with the Highest Birth Count in 2018

Rank Country Births Male Births Female Births
1 🇮🇳India 24,168,443 0 0
2 🇨🇳China 15,504,679 0 0
3 🇳🇬Nigeria 7,590,288 0 0
4 🇵🇰Pakistan 6,302,081 0 0
5 🇮🇩Indonesia 4,587,901 0 0
6 🇺🇸United States of America 3,801,511 0 0
7 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 3,747,745 0 0
8 🇪🇹Ethiopia 3,667,649 0 0
9 🇧🇩Bangladesh 3,025,083 0 0
10 🇧🇷Brazil 2,969,862 0 0
11 🇪🇬Egypt 2,548,639 0 0
12 🇵🇭Philippines 2,437,103 0 0
13 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 2,181,403 0 0
14 🇲🇽Mexico 2,042,458 0 0
15 🇷🇺Russian Federation 1,605,282 0 0
16 🇺🇬Uganda 1,579,525 0 0
17 🇻🇳Viet Nam 1,506,516 0 0
18 🇸🇩Sudan 1,478,916 0 0
19 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,474,889 0 0
20 🇰🇪Kenya 1,459,581 0 0
21 🇹🇷Türkiye 1,366,595 0 0
22 🇦🇫Afghanistan 1,355,895 0 0
23 🇦🇴Angola 1,257,353 0 0
24 🇿🇦South Africa 1,212,008 0 0
25 🇮🇶Iraq 1,153,939 0 0
26 🇲🇿Mozambique 1,111,300 0 0
27 🇳🇪Niger 1,041,983 0 0
28 🇩🇿Algeria 1,009,713 0 0
29 🇾🇪Yemen 995,450 0 0
30 🇲🇲Myanmar 942,093 0 0
31 🇨🇲Cameroon 920,977 0 0
32 🇬🇭Ghana 896,502 0 0
33 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 892,790 0 0
34 🇯🇵Japan 885,105 0 0
35 🇲🇬Madagascar 861,570 0 0
36 🇲🇱Mali 856,296 0 0
37 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 779,886 0 0
38 🇩🇪Germany 779,291 0 0
39 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 761,074 0 0
40 🇬🇧United Kingdom 731,289 0 0
41 🇨🇴Colombia 727,649 0 0
42 🇫🇷France 710,430 0 0
43 🇸🇴Somalia 692,627 0 0
44 🇹🇩Chad 691,482 0 0
45 🇹🇭Thailand 687,154 0 0
46 🇲🇦Morocco 676,690 0 0
47 🇦🇷Argentina 674,273 0 0
48 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 652,649 0 0
49 🇿🇲Zambia 642,576 0 0
50 🇲🇼Malawi 623,309 0 0
51 🇳🇵Nepal 600,218 0 0
52 🇵🇪Peru 579,697 0 0
53 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 543,836 0 0
54 🇸🇳Senegal 529,314 0 0
55 🇲🇾Malaysia 517,160 0 0
56 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 483,783 0 0
57 🇧🇯Benin 455,978 0 0
58 🇬🇳Guinea 451,296 0 0
59 🇮🇹Italy 432,061 0 0
60 🇧🇮Burundi 424,108 0 0
61 🇬🇹Guatemala 403,834 0 0
62 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 401,334 0 0
63 🇵🇱Poland 399,342 0 0
64 🇷🇼Rwanda 390,707 0 0
65 🇺🇦Ukraine 385,479 0 0
66 🇨🇦Canada 369,002 0 0
67 🇪🇸Spain 367,754 0 0
68 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 346,305 0 0
69 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 345,826 0 0
70 🇰🇭Cambodia 333,912 0 0
71 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 328,956 0 0
72 🇦🇺Australia 320,272 0 0
73 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 320,196 0 0
74 🇸🇸South Sudan 317,641 0 0
75 🇪🇨Ecuador 299,106 0 0
76 🇭🇹Haiti 271,104 0 0
77 🇹🇬Togo 267,100 0 0
78 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 262,815 0 0
79 🇹🇯Tajikistan 262,048 0 0
80 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 260,265 0 0
81 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 250,029 0 0
82 🇯🇴Jordan 240,188 0 0
83 🇨🇱Chile 221,872 0 0
84 🇭🇳Honduras 214,499 0 0
85 🇨🇫Central African Republic 214,277 0 0
86 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 213,047 0 0
87 🇹🇳Tunisia 211,807 0 0
88 🇷🇴Romania 210,595 0 0
89 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 193,667 0 0
90 🇨🇬Congo 176,098 0 0
91 🇮🇱Israel 175,739 0 0
92 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 169,708 0 0
93 🇳🇱Netherlands 169,248 0 0
94 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 165,223 0 0
95 🇱🇷Liberia 160,303 0 0
96 🇲🇷Mauritania 146,064 0 0
97 🇵🇸State of Palestine 145,148 0 0
98 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 144,719 0 0
99 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 142,871 0 0
100 🇳🇮Nicaragua 142,870 0 0
101 🇵🇾Paraguay 139,766 0 0
102 🇱🇾Libya 124,833 0 0
103 🇧🇪Belgium 118,034 0 0
104 🇨🇺Cuba 117,309 0 0
105 🇸🇪Sweden 114,949 0 0
106 🇨🇿Czechia 111,903 0 0
107 🇸🇻El Salvador 104,224 0 0
108 🇪🇷Eritrea 100,599 0 0
109 🇱🇧Lebanon 98,956 0 0
110 🇧🇾Belarus 95,501 0 0
111 🇭🇺Hungary 93,111 0 0
112 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 91,874 0 0
113 🇴🇲Oman 91,717 0 0
114 🇨🇭Switzerland 87,004 0 0
115 🇵🇹Portugal 86,504 0 0
116 🇬🇲Gambia 85,459 0 0
117 🇦🇹Austria 85,281 0 0
118 🇬🇷Greece 83,495 0 0
119 🇵🇦Panama 78,255 0 0
120 🇲🇳Mongolia 75,256 0 0
121 🇳🇦Namibia 69,909 0 0
122 🇷🇸Serbia 69,380 0 0
123 🇨🇷Costa Rica 68,327 0 0
124 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 66,754 0 0
125 🇬🇦Gabon 63,536 0 0
126 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 62,889 0 0
127 🇧🇬Bulgaria 62,826 0 0
128 🇧🇼Botswana 62,044 0 0
129 🇮🇪Ireland 61,865 0 0
130 🇩🇰Denmark 60,478 0 0
131 🇱🇸Lesotho 59,964 0 0
132 🇸🇰Slovakia 57,576 0 0
133 🇰🇼Kuwait 57,053 0 0
134 🇳🇿New Zealand 56,905 0 0
135 🇳🇴Norway 54,982 0 0
136 🇬🇪Georgia 54,333 0 0
137 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 48,816 0 0
138 🇫🇮Finland 47,532 0 0
139 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 42,468 0 0
140 🇺🇾Uruguay 39,773 0 0
141 🇸🇬Singapore 39,753 0 0
142 🇦🇲Armenia 37,912 0 0
143 🇭🇷Croatia 37,421 0 0
144 🇯🇲Jamaica 34,423 0 0
145 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 32,777 0 0
146 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 30,959 0 0
147 🇦🇱Albania 30,304 0 0
148 🇸🇿Eswatini 29,969 0 0
149 🇶🇦Qatar 29,263 0 0
150 🇱🇹Lithuania 29,026 0 0
151 🇩🇯Djibouti 24,280 0 0
152 🇰🇲Comoros 24,003 0 0
153 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 22,578 0 0
154 🇲🇰North Macedonia 21,705 0 0
155 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 20,884 0 0
156 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 20,608 0 0
157 🇧🇭Bahrain 20,574 0 0
158 🇸🇮Slovenia 20,231 0 0
159 🇱🇻Latvia 19,434 0 0
160 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 18,670 0 0
161 🇫🇯Fiji 18,668 0 0
162 🇬🇾Guyana 16,003 0 0
163 🇷🇪Réunion 14,534 0 0
164 🇪🇪Estonia 14,282 0 0
165 🇲🇺Mauritius 13,431 0 0
166 🇨🇾Cyprus 13,189 0 0
167 🇸🇷Suriname 11,038 0 0
168 🇾🇹Mayotte 10,597 0 0
169 🇧🇹Bhutan 10,503 0 0
170 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 10,188 0 0
171 🇪🇭Western Sahara 9,543 0 0
172 🇻🇺Vanuatu 9,190 0 0
173 🇧🇿Belize 8,018 0 0
174 🇲🇪Montenegro 7,529 0 0
175 🇲🇻Maldives 7,523 0 0
176 🇬🇫French Guiana 7,245 0 0
177 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 6,867 0 0
178 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 6,540 0 0
179 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 6,268 0 0
180 🇱🇺Luxembourg 6,160 0 0
181 🇼🇸Samoa 5,957 0 0
182 🇧🇸Bahamas 4,643 0 0
183 🇲🇹Malta 4,463 0 0
184 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 4,450 0 0
185 🇳🇨New Caledonia 4,335 0 0
186 🇮🇸Iceland 4,171 0 0
187 🇵🇫French Polynesia 4,106 0 0
188 🇲🇶Martinique 3,709 0 0
189 🇰🇮Kiribati 3,491 0 0
190 🇧🇧Barbados 3,053 0 0
191 🇬🇺Guam 2,886 0 0
192 🇹🇴Tonga 2,508 0 0
193 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 2,365 0 0
194 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 2,132 0 0
195 🇬🇩Grenada 2,063 0 0
196 🇨🇼Curaçao 1,809 0 0
197 🇸🇨Seychelles 1,735 0 0
198 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,448 0 0
199 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 1,248 0 0
200 🇯🇪Jersey 1,060 0 0
201 🇦🇼Aruba 1,045 0 0
202 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 1,008 0 0
203 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 991 0 0
204 🇩🇲Dominica 933 0 0
205 🇦🇸American Samoa 879 0 0
206 🇬🇱Greenland 836 0 0
207 🇮🇲Isle of Man 748 0 0
208 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 684 0 0
209 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 633 0 0
210 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 625 0 0
211 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 619 0 0
212 🇦🇩Andorra 593 0 0
213 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 589 0 0
214 🇬🇬Guernsey 556 0 0
215 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 536 0 0
216 🇧🇲Bermuda 520 0 0
217 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 368 0 0
218 🇬🇮Gibraltar 367 0 0
219 🇳🇷Nauru 355 0 0
220 🇲🇨Monaco 339 0 0
221 🇨🇰Cook Islands 291 0 0
222 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 276 0 0
223 🇵🇼Palau 275 0 0
224 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 269 0 0
225 🇹🇻Tuvalu 256 0 0
226 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 215 0 0
227 🇸🇲San Marino 210 0 0
228 🇦🇮Anguilla 153 0 0
229 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 147 0 0
230 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 78 0 0
231 🇸🇭Saint Helena 45 0 0
232 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 45 0 0
233 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 42 0 0
234 🇲🇸Montserrat 33 0 0
235 🇹🇰Tokelau 28 0 0
236 🇳🇺Niue 25 0 0
237 🇻🇦Holy See 2 0 0

Regions with the Highest Birth Count in 2018

Rank Region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Asia 73,399,529 0 0
2 Africa 43,713,385 0 0
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 10,263,508 0 0
4 Europe 7,375,157 0 0
5 Northern America 4,171,913 0 0
6 Oceania 705,220 0 0

Sub-regions with the Highest Birth Count in 2018

Rank Sub-region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Southern Asia 37,264,835 0 0
2 Eastern Asia 17,407,111 0 0
3 Eastern Africa 14,624,961 0 0
4 Western Africa 14,467,838 0 0
5 South-Eastern Asia 11,256,132 0 0
6 Middle Africa 7,126,552 0 0
7 South America 6,492,975 0 0
8 Northern Africa 6,060,140 0 0
9 Western Asia 5,713,755 0 0
10 Eastern Europe 3,064,083 0 0
11 Central America 3,062,485 0 0
12 Western Europe 1,956,154 0 0
13 Central Asia 1,757,696 0 0
14 Southern Africa 1,433,894 0 0
15 Southern Europe 1,213,864 0 0
16 Northern Europe 1,141,056 0 0
17 Caribbean 708,048 0 0
18 Australia/New Zealand 377,178 0 0
19 Melanesia 302,829 0 0
20 Polynesia 14,198 0 0
21 Micronesia 11,015 0 0

Income Groups with the Highest Birth Count in 2018

Rank Income Group Births Male Births Female Births
1 Middle-income countries 102,877,038 0 0
2 Lower-middle-income countries 70,702,230 0 0
3 Upper-middle-income countries 32,174,808 0 0
4 Low-income countries 23,534,174 0 0
5 High-income countries 12,663,082 0 0
6 No income group available 554,419 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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