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Annual Population Births by Country in 2021

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In the year 2021, a total of 133,974,696 babies was born across the globe. Out of this group, 37,524,842 were male and 31,723,312 were female.

The country with the highest birth count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 23,113,533 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a birth count of 10,881,567, and 🇳🇬Nigeria with 7,923,294 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 67,226,688 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a birth count 45368.652, and Latin America and the Caribbean with 9,708,710 births recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest birth count of 36,085,698 people. Closely followed by Eastern Africa with a birth count of 15,328,832, and Western Africa with 15,113,190 births recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest birth count of 96,416,285. While the lowest birth count is recorded by No income group available were only 462,356 newborns was added to that segment.

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Countries with the Highest Birth Count in 2021

Rank Country Births Male Births Female Births
1 🇮🇳India 23,113,533 0 0
2 🇨🇳China 10,881,567 0 0
3 🇳🇬Nigeria 7,923,294 0 0
4 🇵🇰Pakistan 6,374,741 0 0
5 🇮🇩Indonesia 4,496,383 0 0
6 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 4,034,953 0 0
7 🇪🇹Ethiopia 3,895,734 0 0
8 🇺🇸United States of America 3,722,822 0 0
9 🇧🇩Bangladesh 3,019,672 0 0
10 🇧🇷Brazil 2,760,958 0 0
11 🇵🇭Philippines 2,485,008 0 0
12 🇪🇬Egypt 2,465,005 0 0
13 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 2,303,114 0 0
14 🇲🇽Mexico 1,882,362 0 0
15 🇺🇬Uganda 1,686,795 0 0
16 🇸🇩Sudan 1,534,332 0 0
17 🇰🇪Kenya 1,468,358 0 0
18 🇻🇳Viet Nam 1,462,623 0 0
19 🇦🇫Afghanistan 1,440,941 0 0
20 🇷🇺Russian Federation 1,397,456 0 0
21 🇦🇴Angola 1,338,792 0 0
22 🇹🇷Türkiye 1,244,782 0 0
23 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,204,105 0 0
24 🇮🇶Iraq 1,192,345 0 0
25 🇿🇦South Africa 1,176,955 0 0
26 🇲🇿Mozambique 1,174,346 0 0
27 🇳🇪Niger 1,144,371 0 0
28 🇾🇪Yemen 1,008,936 0 0
29 🇩🇿Algeria 950,888 0 0
30 🇨🇲Cameroon 950,546 0 0
31 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 932,943 0 0
32 🇲🇲Myanmar 920,395 0 0
33 🇲🇱Mali 912,901 0 0
34 🇬🇭Ghana 904,679 0 0
35 🇲🇬Madagascar 895,045 0 0
36 🇯🇵Japan 818,509 0 0
37 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 802,875 0 0
38 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 785,817 0 0
39 🇩🇪Germany 763,168 0 0
40 🇹🇩Chad 744,834 0 0
41 🇸🇴Somalia 743,932 0 0
42 🇨🇴Colombia 730,203 0 0
43 🇫🇷France 677,303 0 0
44 🇬🇧United Kingdom 677,219 0 0
45 🇿🇲Zambia 672,000 0 0
46 🇲🇼Malawi 653,703 0 0
47 🇲🇦Morocco 650,892 0 0
48 🇹🇭Thailand 644,325 0 0
49 🇦🇷Argentina 629,391 0 0
50 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 629,339 0 0
51 🇳🇵Nepal 609,790 0 0
52 🇵🇪Peru 593,523 0 0
53 🇸🇳Senegal 549,984 0 0
54 🇲🇾Malaysia 511,313 0 0
55 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 488,807 0 0
56 🇧🇯Benin 475,832 0 0
57 🇬🇳Guinea 465,954 0 0
58 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 451,855 0 0
59 🇧🇮Burundi 437,599 0 0
60 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 426,856 0 0
61 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 413,483 0 0
62 🇮🇹Italy 410,487 0 0
63 🇷🇼Rwanda 403,681 0 0
64 🇨🇦Canada 373,728 0 0
65 🇬🇹Guatemala 372,146 0 0
66 🇵🇱Poland 363,427 0 0
67 🇪🇸Spain 357,652 0 0
68 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 343,885 0 0
69 🇺🇦Ukraine 336,096 0 0
70 🇰🇭Cambodia 320,934 0 0
71 🇸🇸South Sudan 313,347 0 0
72 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 305,877 0 0
73 🇪🇨Ecuador 298,989 0 0
74 🇦🇺Australia 298,496 0 0
75 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 289,006 0 0
76 🇹🇬Togo 275,435 0 0
77 🇭🇹Haiti 269,377 0 0
78 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 264,106 0 0
79 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 263,820 0 0
80 🇹🇯Tajikistan 260,838 0 0
81 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 253,720 0 0
82 🇯🇴Jordan 244,557 0 0
83 🇨🇫Central African Republic 234,821 0 0
84 🇨🇱Chile 229,116 0 0
85 🇭🇳Honduras 216,645 0 0
86 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 205,050 0 0
87 🇹🇳Tunisia 197,396 0 0
88 🇷🇴Romania 195,366 0 0
89 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 185,885 0 0
90 🇳🇱Netherlands 180,273 0 0
91 🇨🇬Congo 179,193 0 0
92 🇮🇱Israel 174,335 0 0
93 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 163,261 0 0
94 🇱🇷Liberia 162,685 0 0
95 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 157,661 0 0
96 🇲🇷Mauritania 153,242 0 0
97 🇵🇸State of Palestine 145,128 0 0
98 🇳🇮Nicaragua 140,589 0 0
99 🇵🇾Paraguay 138,365 0 0
100 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 136,968 0 0
101 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 127,085 0 0
102 🇱🇾Libya 120,072 0 0
103 🇧🇪Belgium 116,448 0 0
104 🇸🇪Sweden 113,322 0 0
105 🇨🇿Czechia 103,948 0 0
106 🇪🇷Eritrea 103,861 0 0
107 🇸🇻El Salvador 101,405 0 0
108 🇨🇺Cuba 100,445 0 0
109 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 96,536 0 0
110 🇭🇺Hungary 91,895 0 0
111 🇧🇾Belarus 88,853 0 0
112 🇬🇲Gambia 87,840 0 0
113 🇨🇭Switzerland 87,086 0 0
114 🇦🇹Austria 84,647 0 0
115 🇱🇧Lebanon 84,450 0 0
116 🇴🇲Oman 83,496 0 0
117 🇵🇹Portugal 80,480 0 0
118 🇬🇷Greece 79,072 0 0
119 🇵🇦Panama 76,933 0 0
120 🇲🇳Mongolia 71,668 0 0
121 🇳🇦Namibia 69,486 0 0
122 🇷🇸Serbia 67,609 0 0
123 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 64,086 0 0
124 🇳🇿New Zealand 63,557 0 0
125 🇬🇦Gabon 63,525 0 0
126 🇩🇰Denmark 63,148 0 0
127 🇨🇷Costa Rica 61,176 0 0
128 🇧🇼Botswana 60,999 0 0
129 🇱🇸Lesotho 59,581 0 0
130 🇮🇪Ireland 58,563 0 0
131 🇧🇬Bulgaria 58,112 0 0
132 🇸🇰Slovakia 54,351 0 0
133 🇳🇴Norway 53,868 0 0
134 🇬🇪Georgia 50,430 0 0
135 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 49,749 0 0
136 🇫🇮Finland 46,891 0 0
137 🇰🇼Kuwait 44,412 0 0
138 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 42,908 0 0
139 🇸🇬Singapore 42,215 0 0
140 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 38,146 0 0
141 🇺🇾Uruguay 35,892 0 0
142 🇭🇷Croatia 34,733 0 0
143 🇦🇲Armenia 33,700 0 0
144 🇯🇲Jamaica 33,150 0 0
145 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 32,976 0 0
146 🇦🇱Albania 29,289 0 0
147 🇸🇿Eswatini 28,831 0 0
148 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 27,646 0 0
149 🇱🇹Lithuania 26,862 0 0
150 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 26,548 0 0
151 🇶🇦Qatar 26,529 0 0
152 🇩🇯Djibouti 24,541 0 0
153 🇰🇲Comoros 24,180 0 0
154 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 21,098 0 0
155 🇲🇰North Macedonia 20,114 0 0
156 🇸🇮Slovenia 19,147 0 0
157 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 18,604 0 0
158 🇫🇯Fiji 17,943 0 0
159 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 17,814 0 0
160 🇧🇭Bahrain 17,501 0 0
161 🇱🇻Latvia 17,024 0 0
162 🇬🇾Guyana 16,375 0 0
163 🇷🇪Réunion 14,071 0 0
164 🇪🇪Estonia 13,639 0 0
165 🇲🇺Mauritius 13,437 0 0
166 🇨🇾Cyprus 12,820 0 0
167 🇸🇷Suriname 11,133 0 0
168 🇾🇹Mayotte 10,641 0 0
169 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 9,976 0 0
170 🇧🇹Bhutan 9,703 0 0
171 🇪🇭Western Sahara 9,461 0 0
172 🇻🇺Vanuatu 9,398 0 0
173 🇬🇫French Guiana 7,503 0 0
174 🇲🇻Maldives 7,337 0 0
175 🇧🇿Belize 7,186 0 0
176 🇲🇪Montenegro 6,965 0 0
177 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 6,921 0 0
178 🇱🇺Luxembourg 6,589 0 0
179 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 6,318 0 0
180 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 6,147 0 0
181 🇼🇸Samoa 5,975 0 0
182 🇧🇸Bahamas 4,666 0 0
183 🇲🇹Malta 4,664 0 0
184 🇮🇸Iceland 4,572 0 0
185 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 4,467 0 0
186 🇳🇨New Caledonia 4,158 0 0
187 🇵🇫French Polynesia 3,881 0 0
188 🇲🇶Martinique 3,524 0 0
189 🇰🇮Kiribati 3,510 0 0
190 🇧🇧Barbados 3,046 0 0
191 🇬🇺Guam 2,795 0 0
192 🇹🇴Tonga 2,454 0 0
193 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 2,357 0 0
194 🇨🇼Curaçao 2,167 0 0
195 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 2,064 0 0
196 🇬🇩Grenada 1,990 0 0
197 🇸🇨Seychelles 1,642 0 0
198 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,348 0 0
199 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 1,147 0 0
200 🇯🇪Jersey 1,134 0 0
201 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 1,129 0 0
202 🇩🇲Dominica 965 0 0
203 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 829 0 0
204 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 814 0 0
205 🇬🇱Greenland 810 0 0
206 🇦🇸American Samoa 788 0 0
207 🇦🇼Aruba 764 0 0
208 🇮🇲Isle of Man 717 0 0
209 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 679 0 0
210 🇬🇬Guernsey 613 0 0
211 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 608 0 0
212 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 578 0 0
213 🇦🇩Andorra 567 0 0
214 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 559 0 0
215 🇧🇲Bermuda 497 0 0
216 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 488 0 0
217 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 358 0 0
218 🇬🇮Gibraltar 350 0 0
219 🇳🇷Nauru 346 0 0
220 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 336 0 0
221 🇲🇨Monaco 322 0 0
222 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 286 0 0
223 🇨🇰Cook Islands 277 0 0
224 🇵🇼Palau 273 0 0
225 🇹🇻Tuvalu 263 0 0
226 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 237 0 0
227 🇸🇲San Marino 202 0 0
228 🇦🇮Anguilla 150 0 0
229 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 138 0 0
230 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 88 0 0
231 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 45 0 0
232 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 42 0 0
233 🇸🇭Saint Helena 41 0 0
234 🇲🇸Montserrat 40 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 2021

Rank Region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Asia 67,226,688 0 0
2 Africa 45,368,652 0 0
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 9,708,710 0 0
4 Europe 6,879,818 0 0
5 Northern America 4,097,901 0 0
6 Oceania 692,927 0 0

Sub-regions with the Highest Birth Count in 2021

Rank Sub-region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Southern Asia 36,085,698 0 0
2 Eastern Africa 15,328,832 0 0
3 Western Africa 15,113,190 0 0
4 Eastern Asia 12,640,347 0 0
5 South-Eastern Asia 11,085,580 0 0
6 Middle Africa 7,602,733 0 0
7 South America 6,167,166 0 0
8 Northern Africa 5,928,045 0 0
9 Western Asia 5,643,238 0 0
10 Central America 2,858,439 0 0
11 Eastern Europe 2,727,651 0 0
12 Western Europe 1,916,193 0 0
13 Central Asia 1,771,825 0 0
14 Southern Africa 1,395,852 0 0
15 Southern Europe 1,157,587 0 0
16 Northern Europe 1,078,387 0 0
17 Caribbean 683,105 0 0
18 Australia/New Zealand 362,053 0 0
19 Melanesia 306,318 0 0
20 Polynesia 13,837 0 0
21 Micronesia 10,719 0 0

Income Groups with the Highest Birth Count in 2021

Rank Income Group Births Male Births Female Births
1 Middle-income countries 96,416,285 0 0
2 Lower-middle-income countries 69,752,003 0 0
3 Upper-middle-income countries 26,664,282 0 0
4 Low-income countries 24,912,798 0 0
5 High-income countries 12,183,257 0 0
6 No income group available 462,356 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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