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Annual Population Births by Country in 2023

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In the year 2023, a total of 132,110,264 babies was born across the globe. Out of this group, 33,384,189 were male and 28,267,419 were female.

The country with the highest birth count was 🇮🇳India, with a total of 23,219,489 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a birth count of 8,899,881, and 🇳🇬Nigeria with 7,509,758 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 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon with 30 births recorded.

The geographic region with the highest birth count was Asia with a total of 65,645,038 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a birth count 46063.89, and Americas with 13,370,369 births recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest birth count of 37,148,142 people. Closely followed by Eastern Africa with a birth count of 15,929,333, and Western Africa with 14,714,066 births recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Low-and-middle-income countries has the highest birth count of 120,145,430. While the lowest birth count is recorded by No income group available were only 436,848 newborns was added to that segment.

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Countries with the Highest Birth Count in 2023

Rank Country Births Male Births Female Births
1 🇮🇳India 23,219,489 0 0
2 🇨🇳China 8,899,881 0 0
3 🇳🇬Nigeria 7,509,758 0 0
4 🇵🇰Pakistan 6,882,058 0 0
5 🇮🇩Indonesia 4,482,359 0 0
6 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 4,369,683 0 0
7 🇪🇹Ethiopia 4,105,685 0 0
8 🇺🇸United States of America 3,657,476 0 0
9 🇧🇩Bangladesh 3,489,953 0 0
10 🇧🇷Brazil 2,601,670 0 0
11 🇪🇬Egypt 2,405,717 0 0
12 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 2,346,391 0 0
13 🇲🇽Mexico 2,037,689 0 0
14 🇵🇭Philippines 1,840,477 0 0
15 🇺🇬Uganda 1,712,750 0 0
16 🇸🇩Sudan 1,682,049 0 0
17 🇰🇪Kenya 1,499,998 0 0
18 🇦🇫Afghanistan 1,469,029 0 0
19 🇻🇳Viet Nam 1,387,961 0 0
20 🇾🇪Yemen 1,386,914 0 0
21 🇦🇴Angola 1,381,370 0 0
22 🇷🇺Russian Federation 1,297,207 0 0
23 🇲🇿Mozambique 1,260,855 0 0
24 🇿🇦South Africa 1,186,793 0 0
25 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,173,463 0 0
26 🇮🇶Iraq 1,159,682 0 0
27 🇳🇪Niger 1,095,892 0 0
28 🇹🇷Türkiye 1,072,014 0 0
29 🇲🇬Madagascar 1,001,244 0 0
30 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 997,001 0 0
31 🇨🇲Cameroon 957,392 0 0
32 🇲🇱Mali 951,445 0 0
33 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 943,547 0 0
34 🇩🇿Algeria 905,981 0 0
35 🇲🇲Myanmar 903,822 0 0
36 🇬🇭Ghana 888,947 0 0
37 🇹🇩Chad 819,054 0 0
38 🇸🇴Somalia 788,763 0 0
39 🇯🇵Japan 749,884 0 0
40 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 728,612 0 0
41 🇩🇪Germany 719,249 0 0
42 🇨🇴Colombia 705,009 0 0
43 🇬🇧United Kingdom 688,388 0 0
44 🇿🇲Zambia 685,565 0 0
45 🇲🇼Malawi 662,289 0 0
46 🇫🇷France 638,891 0 0
47 🇲🇦Morocco 629,832 0 0
48 🇹🇭Thailand 591,200 0 0
49 🇳🇵Nepal 574,297 0 0
50 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 546,038 0 0
51 🇵🇪Peru 539,623 0 0
52 🇸🇳Senegal 531,890 0 0
53 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 521,601 0 0
54 🇦🇷Argentina 503,823 0 0
55 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 496,917 0 0
56 🇬🇳Guinea 487,595 0 0
57 🇧🇯Benin 478,062 0 0
58 🇧🇮Burundi 460,882 0 0
59 🇲🇾Malaysia 435,989 0 0
60 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 426,984 0 0
61 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 409,417 0 0
62 🇷🇼Rwanda 395,578 0 0
63 🇮🇹Italy 384,627 0 0
64 🇬🇹Guatemala 377,167 0 0
65 🇰🇭Cambodia 361,586 0 0
66 🇨🇦Canada 356,745 0 0
67 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 342,038 0 0
68 🇪🇸Spain 336,821 0 0
69 🇸🇸South Sudan 328,308 0 0
70 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 324,102 0 0
71 🇵🇱Poland 317,916 0 0
72 🇦🇺Australia 304,340 0 0
73 🇹🇬Togo 289,759 0 0
74 🇹🇯Tajikistan 271,420 0 0
75 🇪🇨Ecuador 270,300 0 0
76 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 260,151 0 0
77 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 258,903 0 0
78 🇭🇹Haiti 258,348 0 0
79 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 255,331 0 0
80 🇨🇫Central African Republic 238,858 0 0
81 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 236,394 0 0
82 🇯🇴Jordan 235,776 0 0
83 🇭🇳Honduras 233,793 0 0
84 🇺🇦Ukraine 212,231 0 0
85 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 203,183 0 0
86 🇨🇬Congo 189,365 0 0
87 🇷🇴Romania 183,623 0 0
88 🇨🇱Chile 176,196 0 0
89 🇲🇷Mauritania 172,885 0 0
90 🇮🇱Israel 172,312 0 0
91 🇱🇷Liberia 170,065 0 0
92 🇳🇱Netherlands 167,842 0 0
93 🇹🇳Tunisia 167,729 0 0
94 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 163,043 0 0
95 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 160,100 0 0
96 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 150,759 0 0
97 🇵🇸State of Palestine 146,384 0 0
98 🇵🇾Paraguay 136,778 0 0
99 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 132,404 0 0
100 🇳🇮Nicaragua 132,214 0 0
101 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 125,136 0 0
102 🇱🇾Libya 124,371 0 0
103 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 104,015 0 0
104 🇧🇪Belgium 101,686 0 0
105 🇸🇻El Salvador 99,428 0 0
106 🇪🇷Eritrea 99,058 0 0
107 🇸🇪Sweden 97,915 0 0
108 🇨🇺Cuba 95,938 0 0
109 🇱🇧Lebanon 93,205 0 0
110 🇨🇿Czechia 91,845 0 0
111 🇵🇹Portugal 86,646 0 0
112 🇭🇺Hungary 85,373 0 0
113 🇴🇲Oman 85,065 0 0
114 🇨🇭Switzerland 83,702 0 0
115 🇬🇲Gambia 82,092 0 0
116 🇦🇹Austria 77,054 0 0
117 🇳🇦Namibia 76,715 0 0
118 🇬🇷Greece 73,661 0 0
119 🇵🇦Panama 71,469 0 0
120 🇬🇦Gabon 68,745 0 0
121 🇧🇾Belarus 65,050 0 0
122 🇲🇳Mongolia 65,019 0 0
123 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 64,679 0 0
124 🇧🇬Bulgaria 62,645 0 0
125 🇧🇼Botswana 61,294 0 0
126 🇷🇸Serbia 59,840 0 0
127 🇳🇿New Zealand 59,236 0 0
128 🇩🇰Denmark 57,810 0 0
129 🇱🇸Lesotho 55,728 0 0
130 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 54,694 0 0
131 🇮🇪Ireland 53,268 0 0
132 🇸🇰Slovakia 52,271 0 0
133 🇨🇷Costa Rica 51,969 0 0
134 🇳🇴Norway 51,545 0 0
135 🇰🇼Kuwait 49,342 0 0
136 🇸🇬Singapore 47,472 0 0
137 🇬🇪Georgia 43,765 0 0
138 🇫🇮Finland 43,556 0 0
139 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 41,294 0 0
140 🇦🇲Armenia 34,668 0 0
141 🇺🇾Uruguay 33,443 0 0
142 🇯🇲Jamaica 33,007 0 0
143 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 32,986 0 0
144 🇭🇷Croatia 31,446 0 0
145 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 30,561 0 0
146 🇸🇿Eswatini 29,622 0 0
147 🇶🇦Qatar 29,516 0 0
148 🇦🇱Albania 28,803 0 0
149 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 24,569 0 0
150 🇰🇲Comoros 24,366 0 0
151 🇩🇯Djibouti 23,946 0 0
152 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 21,548 0 0
153 🇱🇹Lithuania 21,434 0 0
154 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 20,514 0 0
155 🇧🇭Bahrain 19,558 0 0
156 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 18,851 0 0
157 🇸🇮Slovenia 17,902 0 0
158 🇲🇰North Macedonia 16,878 0 0
159 🇬🇾Guyana 16,764 0 0
160 🇫🇯Fiji 16,631 0 0
161 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 16,094 0 0
162 🇨🇾Cyprus 14,524 0 0
163 🇱🇻Latvia 14,250 0 0
164 🇷🇪Réunion 12,003 0 0
165 🇲🇺Mauritius 11,804 0 0
166 🇾🇹Mayotte 11,186 0 0
167 🇪🇪Estonia 11,036 0 0
168 🇸🇷Suriname 10,879 0 0
169 🇧🇹Bhutan 9,958 0 0
170 🇻🇺Vanuatu 8,988 0 0
171 🇪🇭Western Sahara 8,987 0 0
172 🇬🇫French Guiana 7,707 0 0
173 🇧🇿Belize 7,410 0 0
174 🇲🇪Montenegro 6,981 0 0
175 🇱🇺Luxembourg 6,946 0 0
176 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 6,507 0 0
177 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 6,440 0 0
178 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 6,237 0 0
179 🇲🇻Maldives 5,795 0 0
180 🇼🇸Samoa 5,503 0 0
181 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 4,515 0 0
182 🇮🇸Iceland 4,347 0 0
183 🇧🇸Bahamas 4,335 0 0
184 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 4,233 0 0
185 🇲🇹Malta 4,213 0 0
186 🇳🇨New Caledonia 4,134 0 0
187 🇲🇶Martinique 3,728 0 0
188 🇰🇮Kiribati 3,421 0 0
189 🇧🇧Barbados 3,155 0 0
190 🇵🇫French Polynesia 3,066 0 0
191 🇬🇺Guam 2,941 0 0
192 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 2,512 0 0
193 🇹🇴Tonga 2,418 0 0
194 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 2,019 0 0
195 🇸🇨Seychelles 1,744 0 0
196 🇨🇼Curaçao 1,394 0 0
197 🇬🇩Grenada 1,371 0 0
198 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,232 0 0
199 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 1,106 0 0
200 🇦🇼Aruba 1,020 0 0
201 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 959 0 0
202 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 865 0 0
203 🇯🇪Jersey 853 0 0
204 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 821 0 0
205 🇬🇱Greenland 789 0 0
206 🇩🇲Dominica 738 0 0
207 🇦🇸American Samoa 731 0 0
208 🇮🇲Isle of Man 702 0 0
209 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 690 0 0
210 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 583 0 0
211 🇦🇩Andorra 555 0 0
212 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 549 0 0
213 🇬🇬Guernsey 521 0 0
214 🇧🇲Bermuda 521 0 0
215 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 496 0 0
216 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 470 0 0
217 🇬🇮Gibraltar 464 0 0
218 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 390 0 0
219 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 371 0 0
220 🇲🇨Monaco 368 0 0
221 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 325 0 0
222 🇳🇷Nauru 303 0 0
223 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 280 0 0
224 🇹🇻Tuvalu 226 0 0
225 🇸🇲San Marino 200 0 0
226 🇵🇼Palau 193 0 0
227 🇨🇰Cook Islands 178 0 0
228 🇦🇮Anguilla 130 0 0
229 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 98 0 0
230 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 53 0 0
231 🇹🇰Tokelau 47 0 0
232 🇸🇭Saint Helena 39 0 0
233 🇲🇸Montserrat 39 0 0
234 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 39 0 0
235 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 30 0 0
236 🇳🇺Niue 25 0 0
237 🇻🇦Holy See 2 0 0

Regions with the Highest Birth Count in 2023

Rank Region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Asia 65,645,038 0 0
2 Africa 46,063,890 0 0
3 Americas 13,370,369 0 0
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 9,354,810 0 0
5 Europe 6,337,695 0 0
6 Northern America 4,015,559 0 0
7 Oceania 693,272 0 0

Sub-regions with the Highest Birth Count in 2023

Rank Sub-region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Southern Asia 37,148,142 0 0
2 Eastern Africa 15,929,333 0 0
3 Western Africa 14,714,066 0 0
4 Eastern Asia 10,471,429 0 0
5 South-Eastern Asia 10,250,709 0 0
6 Middle Africa 8,085,670 0 0
7 Northern Africa 5,924,669 0 0
8 Western Asia 5,839,515 0 0
9 South America 5,689,364 0 0
10 Central America 3,011,139 0 0
11 Eastern Europe 2,401,148 0 0
12 Central Asia 1,935,243 0 0
13 Western Europe 1,796,109 0 0
14 Southern Africa 1,410,152 0 0
15 Southern Europe 1,094,121 0 0
16 Northern Europe 1,046,317 0 0
17 Caribbean 654,307 0 0
18 Australia/New Zealand 363,575 0 0
19 Melanesia 306,632 0 0
20 Polynesia 12,292 0 0
21 Micronesia 10,773 0 0

Income Groups with the Highest Birth Count in 2023

Rank Income Group Births Male Births Female Births
1 Low-and-middle-income countries 120,145,430 0 0
2 Middle-income countries 94,859,342 0 0
3 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 91,679,631 0 0
4 Lower-middle-income countries 66,393,543 0 0
5 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 39,989,552 0 0
6 Upper-middle-income countries 28,465,799 0 0
7 Low-income countries 25,286,088 0 0
8 High-income countries 11,523,753 0 0
9 No income group available 436,848 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 2024.

Data Published: 2024-07-11

Data Sources

The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2024

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