Annual Population Births by Country in 2020

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In the year 2020, a total of 135,132,602 babies was born across the globe. Out of this group, 34,316,609 were male and 28,857,699 were female.

The country with the highest birth count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 23,138,532 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a birth count of 12,243,398, and 🇳🇬Nigeria with 7,806,449 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 27, and 🇹🇰Tokelau with 35 births recorded.

The geographic region with the highest birth count was Asia with a total of 68,800,003 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a birth count 44807.257, and Latin America and the Caribbean with 9,854,193 births recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest birth count of 36,099,030 people. Closely followed by Eastern Africa with a birth count of 15,106,572, and Western Africa with 14,886,702 births recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest birth count of 97,970,158. While the lowest birth count is recorded by No income group available were only 476,642 newborns was added to that segment.

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Countries with the Highest Birth Count in 2020

Rank Country Births Male Births Female Births
1 🇮🇳India 23,138,532 0 0
2 🇨🇳China 12,243,398 0 0
3 🇳🇬Nigeria 7,806,449 0 0
4 🇵🇰Pakistan 6,362,705 0 0
5 🇮🇩Indonesia 4,526,200 0 0
6 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 3,929,870 0 0
7 🇪🇹Ethiopia 3,841,565 0 0
8 🇺🇸United States of America 3,670,490 0 0
9 🇧🇩Bangladesh 3,022,909 0 0
10 🇧🇷Brazil 2,787,294 0 0
11 🇪🇬Egypt 2,477,081 0 0
12 🇵🇭Philippines 2,473,218 0 0
13 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 2,262,300 0 0
14 🇲🇽Mexico 1,961,267 0 0
15 🇺🇬Uganda 1,653,818 0 0
16 🇸🇩Sudan 1,521,188 0 0
17 🇻🇳Viet Nam 1,488,374 0 0
18 🇰🇪Kenya 1,455,947 0 0
19 🇷🇺Russian Federation 1,437,461 0 0
20 🇦🇫Afghanistan 1,402,265 0 0
21 🇦🇴Angola 1,312,910 0 0
22 🇹🇷Türkiye 1,265,256 0 0
23 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,243,003 0 0
24 🇿🇦South Africa 1,194,619 0 0
25 🇮🇶Iraq 1,179,335 0 0
26 🇲🇿Mozambique 1,152,789 0 0
27 🇳🇪Niger 1,109,922 0 0
28 🇾🇪Yemen 1,010,361 0 0
29 🇩🇿Algeria 974,703 0 0
30 🇨🇲Cameroon 940,891 0 0
31 🇲🇲Myanmar 928,106 0 0
32 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 917,205 0 0
33 🇬🇭Ghana 902,298 0 0
34 🇲🇱Mali 891,864 0 0
35 🇲🇬Madagascar 884,817 0 0
36 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 832,060 0 0
37 🇯🇵Japan 827,602 0 0
38 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 776,842 0 0
39 🇩🇪Germany 760,378 0 0
40 🇨🇴Colombia 733,491 0 0
41 🇹🇩Chad 729,836 0 0
42 🇸🇴Somalia 728,149 0 0
43 🇫🇷France 681,905 0 0
44 🇬🇧United Kingdom 678,528 0 0
45 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 665,930 0 0
46 🇿🇲Zambia 661,531 0 0
47 🇲🇦Morocco 656,572 0 0
48 🇹🇭Thailand 656,102 0 0
49 🇲🇼Malawi 644,116 0 0
50 🇦🇷Argentina 635,978 0 0
51 🇳🇵Nepal 602,598 0 0
52 🇵🇪Peru 593,207 0 0
53 🇸🇳Senegal 543,219 0 0
54 🇲🇾Malaysia 511,406 0 0
55 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 486,393 0 0
56 🇧🇯Benin 469,278 0 0
57 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 466,065 0 0
58 🇬🇳Guinea 461,563 0 0
59 🇧🇮Burundi 435,303 0 0
60 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 427,805 0 0
61 🇮🇹Italy 410,093 0 0
62 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 406,127 0 0
63 🇷🇼Rwanda 398,512 0 0
64 🇬🇹Guatemala 378,935 0 0
65 🇵🇱Poland 372,990 0 0
66 🇨🇦Canada 370,506 0 0
67 🇪🇸Spain 352,000 0 0
68 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 344,896 0 0
69 🇺🇦Ukraine 338,972 0 0
70 🇰🇭Cambodia 325,659 0 0
71 🇸🇸South Sudan 310,480 0 0
72 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 309,760 0 0
73 🇪🇨Ecuador 299,338 0 0
74 🇦🇺Australia 296,417 0 0
75 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 294,239 0 0
76 🇹🇬Togo 272,757 0 0
77 🇭🇹Haiti 271,045 0 0
78 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 263,322 0 0
79 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 262,770 0 0
80 🇹🇯Tajikistan 262,763 0 0
81 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 253,329 0 0
82 🇯🇴Jordan 243,141 0 0
83 🇨🇱Chile 227,821 0 0
84 🇨🇫Central African Republic 225,927 0 0
85 🇭🇳Honduras 216,208 0 0
86 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 206,696 0 0
87 🇹🇳Tunisia 202,268 0 0
88 🇷🇴Romania 199,088 0 0
89 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 186,897 0 0
90 🇨🇬Congo 177,736 0 0
91 🇮🇱Israel 175,353 0 0
92 🇳🇱Netherlands 173,058 0 0
93 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 164,431 0 0
94 🇱🇷Liberia 161,486 0 0
95 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 160,571 0 0
96 🇲🇷Mauritania 150,426 0 0
97 🇵🇸State of Palestine 144,740 0 0
98 🇳🇮Nicaragua 141,324 0 0
99 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 139,380 0 0
100 🇵🇾Paraguay 138,721 0 0
101 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 131,920 0 0
102 🇱🇾Libya 121,777 0 0
103 🇧🇪Belgium 114,894 0 0
104 🇸🇪Sweden 112,361 0 0
105 🇨🇿Czechia 107,036 0 0
106 🇨🇺Cuba 105,616 0 0
107 🇪🇷Eritrea 102,300 0 0
108 🇸🇻El Salvador 102,067 0 0
109 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 98,648 0 0
110 🇭🇺Hungary 92,544 0 0
111 🇧🇾Belarus 91,163 0 0
112 🇱🇧Lebanon 87,727 0 0
113 🇴🇲Oman 86,916 0 0
114 🇬🇲Gambia 86,835 0 0
115 🇨🇭Switzerland 86,564 0 0
116 🇦🇹Austria 83,345 0 0
117 🇵🇹Portugal 82,935 0 0
118 🇬🇷Greece 81,073 0 0
119 🇵🇦Panama 76,898 0 0
120 🇲🇳Mongolia 73,785 0 0
121 🇳🇦Namibia 69,444 0 0
122 🇷🇸Serbia 68,556 0 0
123 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 63,738 0 0
124 🇬🇦Gabon 63,472 0 0
125 🇳🇿New Zealand 63,130 0 0
126 🇨🇷Costa Rica 62,230 0 0
127 🇧🇼Botswana 61,583 0 0
128 🇩🇰Denmark 61,396 0 0
129 🇧🇬Bulgaria 59,781 0 0
130 🇮🇪Ireland 59,670 0 0
131 🇱🇸Lesotho 59,478 0 0
132 🇸🇰Slovakia 55,730 0 0
133 🇳🇴Norway 53,588 0 0
134 🇰🇼Kuwait 52,942 0 0
135 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 51,511 0 0
136 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 49,758 0 0
137 🇬🇪Georgia 48,839 0 0
138 🇫🇮Finland 46,241 0 0
139 🇸🇬Singapore 41,375 0 0
140 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 38,584 0 0
141 🇭🇷Croatia 35,757 0 0
142 🇺🇾Uruguay 35,457 0 0
143 🇦🇲Armenia 35,016 0 0
144 🇯🇲Jamaica 33,317 0 0
145 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 32,882 0 0
146 🇶🇦Qatar 30,968 0 0
147 🇦🇱Albania 29,535 0 0
148 🇸🇿Eswatini 29,120 0 0
149 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 28,685 0 0
150 🇱🇹Lithuania 27,494 0 0
151 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 26,790 0 0
152 🇩🇯Djibouti 24,496 0 0
153 🇰🇲Comoros 24,128 0 0
154 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 20,904 0 0
155 🇲🇰North Macedonia 20,295 0 0
156 🇸🇮Slovenia 19,126 0 0
157 🇧🇭Bahrain 18,949 0 0
158 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 18,763 0 0
159 🇫🇯Fiji 18,123 0 0
160 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 18,119 0 0
161 🇱🇻Latvia 17,545 0 0
162 🇬🇾Guyana 16,309 0 0
163 🇷🇪Réunion 14,205 0 0
164 🇪🇪Estonia 13,902 0 0
165 🇲🇺Mauritius 13,462 0 0
166 🇨🇾Cyprus 13,081 0 0
167 🇸🇷Suriname 11,100 0 0
168 🇾🇹Mayotte 10,593 0 0
169 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 10,008 0 0
170 🇧🇹Bhutan 9,770 0 0
171 🇪🇭Western Sahara 9,530 0 0
172 🇻🇺Vanuatu 9,336 0 0
173 🇲🇻Maldives 7,490 0 0
174 🇬🇫French Guiana 7,473 0 0
175 🇲🇪Montenegro 7,114 0 0
176 🇧🇿Belize 7,060 0 0
177 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 6,802 0 0
178 🇱🇺Luxembourg 6,469 0 0
179 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 6,259 0 0
180 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 6,218 0 0
181 🇼🇸Samoa 5,952 0 0
182 🇧🇸Bahamas 4,670 0 0
183 🇮🇸Iceland 4,534 0 0
184 🇲🇹Malta 4,509 0 0
185 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 4,417 0 0
186 🇳🇨New Caledonia 4,193 0 0
187 🇵🇫French Polynesia 3,904 0 0
188 🇲🇶Martinique 3,557 0 0
189 🇰🇮Kiribati 3,500 0 0
190 🇧🇧Barbados 3,048 0 0
191 🇬🇺Guam 2,771 0 0
192 🇹🇴Tonga 2,446 0 0
193 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 2,343 0 0
194 🇨🇼Curaçao 2,138 0 0
195 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 2,091 0 0
196 🇬🇩Grenada 2,013 0 0
197 🇸🇨Seychelles 1,668 0 0
198 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,370 0 0
199 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 1,175 0 0
200 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 1,127 0 0
201 🇯🇪Jersey 1,115 0 0
202 🇩🇲Dominica 957 0 0
203 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 887 0 0
204 🇦🇼Aruba 863 0 0
205 🇬🇱Greenland 821 0 0
206 🇦🇸American Samoa 809 0 0
207 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 807 0 0
208 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 799 0 0
209 🇮🇲Isle of Man 722 0 0
210 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 612 0 0
211 🇬🇬Guernsey 598 0 0
212 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 593 0 0
213 🇦🇩Andorra 591 0 0
214 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 557 0 0
215 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 521 0 0
216 🇧🇲Bermuda 517 0 0
217 🇬🇮Gibraltar 355 0 0
218 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 355 0 0
219 🇳🇷Nauru 350 0 0
220 🇲🇨Monaco 324 0 0
221 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 313 0 0
222 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 284 0 0
223 🇨🇰Cook Islands 280 0 0
224 🇵🇼Palau 277 0 0
225 🇹🇻Tuvalu 262 0 0
226 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 229 0 0
227 🇸🇲San Marino 208 0 0
228 🇦🇮Anguilla 151 0 0
229 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 140 0 0
230 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 86 0 0
231 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 45 0 0
232 🇸🇭Saint Helena 43 0 0
233 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 43 0 0
234 🇲🇸Montserrat 42 0 0
235 🇹🇰Tokelau 35 0 0
236 🇳🇺Niue 27 0 0
237 🇻🇦Holy See 2 0 0

Regions with the Highest Birth Count in 2020

Rank Region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Asia 68,800,003 0 0
2 Africa 44,807,257 0 0
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 9,854,193 0 0
4 Europe 6,938,739 0 0
5 Northern America 4,042,381 0 0
6 Oceania 690,029 0 0

Sub-regions with the Highest Birth Count in 2020

Rank Sub-region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Southern Asia 36,099,030 0 0
2 Eastern Africa 15,106,572 0 0
3 Western Africa 14,886,702 0 0
4 Eastern Asia 14,029,131 0 0
5 South-Eastern Asia 11,154,017 0 0
6 Middle Africa 7,436,618 0 0
7 South America 6,215,622 0 0
8 Northern Africa 5,963,121 0 0
9 Western Asia 5,695,246 0 0
10 Central America 2,945,989 0 0
11 Eastern Europe 2,793,349 0 0
12 Western Europe 1,907,292 0 0
13 Central Asia 1,822,579 0 0
14 Southern Africa 1,414,244 0 0
15 Southern Europe 1,159,601 0 0
16 Northern Europe 1,078,497 0 0
17 Caribbean 692,582 0 0
18 Australia/New Zealand 359,547 0 0
19 Melanesia 305,885 0 0
20 Polynesia 13,856 0 0
21 Micronesia 10,741 0 0

Income Groups with the Highest Birth Count in 2020

Rank Income Group Births Male Births Female Births
1 Middle-income countries 97,970,158 0 0
2 Lower-middle-income countries 69,707,220 0 0
3 Upper-middle-income countries 28,262,938 0 0
4 Low-income countries 24,471,629 0 0
5 High-income countries 12,214,173 0 0
6 No income group available 476,642 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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