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Annual Population Births by Country in 2026

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In the year 2026, It is projected that 134,907,058 babies will be born globally. Out of this group, 33,836,988 will be male and 29,091,955 female.

The country with the highest birth count is projected to be 🇮🇳India, with a total of 22,819,796 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇨🇳China with a birth count of 10,326,067, and 🇳🇬Nigeria with 8,417,807 births recorded.

The country with the lowest annual birth count is projected to be 🇻🇦Holy See with only 3 babies born for the year. Followed by 🇳🇺Niue with a birth count of 28, and 🇹🇰Tokelau with 35 births recorded.

The geographic region with the highest birth count is projected to be Asia with a total of 66,022,263 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a birth count 47928.933, and Latin America and the Caribbean with 9,480,952 births recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Southern Asia had the highest birth count of 35,845,863 people. Closely followed by Eastern Africa with a birth count of 16,229,341, and Western Africa with 16,165,009 births recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest birth count of 95,444,325. While the lowest birth count is recorded by No income group available were only 511,415 newborns will be added to that segment.

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Countries with the Highest Birth Count in 2026

Rank Country Births Male Births Female Births
1 🇮🇳India 22,819,796 0 0
2 🇨🇳China 10,326,067 0 0
3 🇳🇬Nigeria 8,417,807 0 0
4 🇵🇰Pakistan 6,623,023 0 0
5 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo 4,548,537 0 0
6 🇮🇩Indonesia 4,385,581 0 0
7 🇪🇹Ethiopia 4,049,037 0 0
8 🇺🇸United States of America 3,795,116 0 0
9 🇧🇩Bangladesh 2,934,630 0 0
10 🇧🇷Brazil 2,649,944 0 0
11 🇵🇭Philippines 2,522,208 0 0
12 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania 2,482,397 0 0
13 🇪🇬Egypt 2,459,857 0 0
14 🇲🇽Mexico 1,832,692 0 0
15 🇺🇬Uganda 1,759,703 0 0
16 🇸🇩Sudan 1,612,084 0 0
17 🇰🇪Kenya 1,558,304 0 0
18 🇦🇫Afghanistan 1,493,786 0 0
19 🇦🇴Angola 1,451,467 0 0
20 🇻🇳Viet Nam 1,360,059 0 0
21 🇳🇪Niger 1,332,695 0 0
22 🇷🇺Russian Federation 1,303,000 0 0
23 🇲🇿Mozambique 1,261,704 0 0
24 🇮🇶Iraq 1,252,833 0 0
25 🇹🇷Türkiye 1,159,738 0 0
26 🇿🇦South Africa 1,105,630 0 0
27 🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,070,794 0 0
28 🇾🇪Yemen 1,020,679 0 0
29 🇲🇱Mali 1,013,097 0 0
30 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 1,004,962 0 0
31 🇨🇲Cameroon 1,001,231 0 0
32 🇲🇬Madagascar 946,788 0 0
33 🇬🇭Ghana 921,313 0 0
34 🇲🇲Myanmar 890,946 0 0
35 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 829,433 0 0
36 🇩🇿Algeria 823,688 0 0
37 🇹🇩Chad 821,405 0 0
38 🇸🇴Somalia 817,449 0 0
39 🇯🇵Japan 814,263 0 0
40 🇩🇪Germany 737,627 0 0
41 🇿🇲Zambia 725,472 0 0
42 🇲🇼Malawi 709,710 0 0
43 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 698,119 0 0
44 🇨🇴Colombia 683,569 0 0
45 🇬🇧United Kingdom 676,955 0 0
46 🇫🇷France 669,036 0 0
47 🇦🇷Argentina 623,137 0 0
48 🇲🇦Morocco 618,090 0 0
49 🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic 610,419 0 0
50 🇹🇭Thailand 608,732 0 0
51 🇳🇵Nepal 596,660 0 0
52 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 587,387 0 0
53 🇸🇳Senegal 583,961 0 0
54 🇵🇪Peru 577,184 0 0
55 🇧🇯Benin 506,382 0 0
56 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 503,836 0 0
57 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 501,107 0 0
58 🇲🇾Malaysia 500,475 0 0
59 🇬🇳Guinea 485,726 0 0
60 🇧🇮Burundi 457,042 0 0
61 🇷🇼Rwanda 419,664 0 0
62 🇮🇹Italy 401,526 0 0
63 🇨🇦Canada 388,854 0 0
64 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 382,439 0 0
65 🇬🇹Guatemala 377,122 0 0
66 🇵🇱Poland 355,451 0 0
67 🇪🇸Spain 342,929 0 0
68 🇸🇸South Sudan 339,774 0 0
69 🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea 326,245 0 0
70 🇰🇭Cambodia 305,439 0 0
71 🇦🇺Australia 304,609 0 0
72 🇰🇷Republic of Korea 299,521 0 0
73 🇪🇨Ecuador 294,146 0 0
74 🇹🇬Togo 292,230 0 0
75 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 291,602 0 0
76 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 269,644 0 0
77 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 266,974 0 0
78 🇨🇫Central African Republic 265,163 0 0
79 🇭🇹Haiti 264,193 0 0
80 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 256,874 0 0
81 🇺🇦Ukraine 254,121 0 0
82 🇹🇯Tajikistan 252,625 0 0
83 🇯🇴Jordan 237,233 0 0
84 🇭🇳Honduras 216,964 0 0
85 🇨🇱Chile 216,066 0 0
86 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 195,224 0 0
87 🇷🇴Romania 190,844 0 0
88 🇨🇬Congo 189,879 0 0
89 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China 185,895 0 0
90 🇳🇱Netherlands 184,326 0 0
91 🇮🇱Israel 176,639 0 0
92 🇹🇳Tunisia 176,588 0 0
93 🇱🇷Liberia 173,760 0 0
94 🇲🇷Mauritania 166,071 0 0
95 🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic 157,668 0 0
96 🇵🇸State of Palestine 149,180 0 0
97 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 148,152 0 0
98 🇳🇮Nicaragua 135,747 0 0
99 🇵🇾Paraguay 135,253 0 0
100 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 124,596 0 0
101 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 116,230 0 0
102 🇧🇪Belgium 115,564 0 0
103 🇱🇾Libya 114,387 0 0
104 🇸🇪Sweden 112,145 0 0
105 🇪🇷Eritrea 109,897 0 0
106 🇸🇻El Salvador 97,406 0 0
107 🇨🇺Cuba 96,330 0 0
108 🇨🇿Czechia 95,949 0 0
109 🇭🇺Hungary 94,178 0 0
110 🇬🇲Gambia 91,824 0 0
111 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 87,277 0 0
112 🇨🇭Switzerland 84,558 0 0
113 🇦🇹Austria 82,455 0 0
114 🇧🇾Belarus 81,437 0 0
115 🇵🇹Portugal 78,339 0 0
116 🇵🇦Panama 76,894 0 0
117 🇬🇷Greece 74,921 0 0
118 🇴🇲Oman 74,512 0 0
119 🇳🇦Namibia 68,892 0 0
120 🇩🇰Denmark 67,195 0 0
121 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 66,446 0 0
122 🇬🇦Gabon 64,339 0 0
123 🇳🇿New Zealand 63,383 0 0
124 🇲🇳Mongolia 62,305 0 0
125 🇱🇧Lebanon 61,647 0 0
126 🇷🇸Serbia 61,587 0 0
127 🇧🇼Botswana 59,342 0 0
128 🇨🇷Costa Rica 59,225 0 0
129 🇱🇸Lesotho 58,585 0 0
130 🇳🇴Norway 55,585 0 0
131 🇮🇪Ireland 55,257 0 0
132 🇸🇰Slovakia 53,278 0 0
133 🇧🇬Bulgaria 52,777 0 0
134 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 51,214 0 0
135 🇫🇮Finland 47,405 0 0
136 🇬🇪Georgia 44,305 0 0
137 🇸🇬Singapore 43,320 0 0
138 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova 39,217 0 0
139 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR 39,092 0 0
140 🇰🇼Kuwait 38,289 0 0
141 🇺🇾Uruguay 35,669 0 0
142 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 33,254 0 0
143 🇭🇷Croatia 32,360 0 0
144 🇯🇲Jamaica 31,067 0 0
145 🇦🇲Armenia 29,116 0 0
146 🇸🇿Eswatini 28,126 0 0
147 🇦🇱Albania 27,933 0 0
148 🇵🇷Puerto Rico 26,465 0 0
149 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 25,427 0 0
150 🇩🇯Djibouti 24,763 0 0
151 🇰🇲Comoros 24,226 0 0
152 🇱🇹Lithuania 23,655 0 0
153 🇶🇦Qatar 22,844 0 0
154 🇸🇧Solomon Islands 21,837 0 0
155 🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 19,202 0 0
156 🇲🇰North Macedonia 19,155 0 0
157 🇸🇮Slovenia 17,754 0 0
158 🇫🇯Fiji 17,376 0 0
159 🇧🇭Bahrain 16,394 0 0
160 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 16,347 0 0
161 🇬🇾Guyana 15,355 0 0
162 🇱🇻Latvia 14,584 0 0
163 🇷🇪Réunion 13,859 0 0
164 🇲🇺Mauritius 13,192 0 0
165 🇪🇪Estonia 12,125 0 0
166 🇨🇾Cyprus 11,928 0 0
167 🇾🇹Mayotte 10,997 0 0
168 🇸🇷Suriname 10,995 0 0
169 🇻🇺Vanuatu 9,773 0 0
170 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 9,623 0 0
171 🇧🇹Bhutan 9,621 0 0
172 🇪🇭Western Sahara 9,331 0 0
173 🇬🇫French Guiana 7,927 0 0
174 🇧🇿Belize 7,219 0 0
175 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR 6,952 0 0
176 🇱🇺Luxembourg 6,770 0 0
177 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 6,745 0 0
178 🇲🇪Montenegro 6,568 0 0
179 🇼🇸Samoa 6,059 0 0
180 🇲🇻Maldives 5,951 0 0
181 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 5,797 0 0
182 🇬🇵Guadeloupe 4,841 0 0
183 🇧🇸Bahamas 4,781 0 0
184 🇲🇹Malta 4,759 0 0
185 🇮🇸Iceland 4,472 0 0
186 🇳🇨New Caledonia 4,022 0 0
187 🇵🇫French Polynesia 3,751 0 0
188 🇲🇶Martinique 3,606 0 0
189 🇰🇮Kiribati 3,462 0 0
190 🇧🇧Barbados 2,968 0 0
191 🇬🇺Guam 2,846 0 0
192 🇹🇴Tonga 2,455 0 0
193 🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of) 2,426 0 0
194 🇨🇼Curaçao 2,228 0 0
195 🇱🇨Saint Lucia 1,969 0 0
196 🇬🇩Grenada 1,827 0 0
197 🇸🇨Seychelles 1,523 0 0
198 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,283 0 0
199 🇯🇪Jersey 1,189 0 0
200 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda 1,092 0 0
201 🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands 1,010 0 0
202 🇩🇲Dominica 953 0 0
203 🇦🇼Aruba 768 0 0
204 🇫🇴Faroe Islands 764 0 0
205 🇲🇭Marshall Islands 751 0 0
206 🇬🇱Greenland 741 0 0
207 🇮🇲Isle of Man 722 0 0
208 🇦🇸American Samoa 672 0 0
209 🇬🇬Guernsey 635 0 0
210 🇰🇾Cayman Islands 628 0 0
211 🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands 621 0 0
212 🇦🇩Andorra 554 0 0
213 🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands 541 0 0
214 🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis 539 0 0
215 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 482 0 0
216 🇧🇲Bermuda 445 0 0
217 🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part) 394 0 0
218 🇱🇮Liechtenstein 359 0 0
219 🇲🇨Monaco 336 0 0
220 🇬🇮Gibraltar 332 0 0
221 🇳🇷Nauru 311 0 0
222 🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 269 0 0
223 🇨🇰Cook Islands 260 0 0
224 🇵🇼Palau 257 0 0
225 🇹🇻Tuvalu 252 0 0
226 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands 245 0 0
227 🇸🇲San Marino 201 0 0
228 🇦🇮Anguilla 137 0 0
229 🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands 129 0 0
230 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy 87 0 0
231 🇲🇸Montserrat 42 0 0
232 🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon 40 0 0
233 🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 39 0 0
234 🇸🇭Saint Helena 35 0 0
235 🇹🇰Tokelau 35 0 0
236 🇳🇺Niue 28 0 0
237 🇻🇦Holy See 3 0 0

Regions with the Highest Birth Count in 2026

Rank Region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Asia 66,022,263 0 0
2 Africa 47,928,933 0 0
3 Latin America and the Caribbean 9,480,952 0 0
4 Europe 6,587,522 0 0
5 Northern America 4,185,194 0 0
6 Oceania 702,192 0 0

Sub-regions with the Highest Birth Count in 2026

Rank Sub-region Births Male Births Female Births
1 Southern Asia 35,845,863 0 0
2 Eastern Africa 16,229,341 0 0
3 Western Africa 16,165,009 0 0
4 Eastern Asia 12,060,337 0 0
5 South-Eastern Asia 10,813,478 0 0
6 Middle Africa 8,399,981 0 0
7 South America 6,017,368 0 0
8 Northern Africa 5,814,027 0 0
9 Western Asia 5,696,653 0 0
10 Central America 2,803,269 0 0
11 Eastern Europe 2,520,254 0 0
12 Western Europe 1,881,032 0 0
13 Central Asia 1,605,933 0 0
14 Southern Africa 1,320,575 0 0
15 Southern Europe 1,113,547 0 0
16 Northern Europe 1,072,689 0 0
17 Caribbean 660,315 0 0
18 Australia/New Zealand 367,992 0 0
19 Melanesia 309,886 0 0
20 Polynesia 13,639 0 0
21 Micronesia 10,675 0 0

Income Groups with the Highest Birth Count in 2026

Rank Income Group Births Male Births Female Births
1 Middle-income countries 95,444,325 0 0
2 Lower-middle-income countries 69,927,051 0 0
3 Low-income countries 26,849,416 0 0
4 Upper-middle-income countries 25,517,274 0 0
5 High-income countries 12,101,902 0 0
6 No income group available 511,415 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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