Demography

Number of children under 5

Name: Number of children under 5 by country, 2023
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Number of children under 5 league table
#	Country	people	Region	Income
1	India	114.66M	South Asia	Lower middle income
2	China	58.04M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
3	Nigeria	33.53M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
4	Pakistan	31.79M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
5	Indonesia	22.35M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
6	Congo, Dem. Rep.	19.28M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
7	Ethiopia	19.07M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
8	United States	18.64M	North America	High income
9	Bangladesh	16.51M	South Asia	Lower middle income
10	Brazil	13.36M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
11	Egypt, Arab Rep.	11.78M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
12	Tanzania	10.81M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
13	Mexico	10.31M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
14	Philippines	9.6M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
15	Uganda	7.94M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
16	Sudan	7.65M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
17	Russian Federation	7.2M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
18	Viet Nam	7.18M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
19	Kenya	7.04M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
20	Afghanistan	6.66M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
21	Yemen, Rep.	6.29M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
22	Angola	6.22M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
23	Iran, Islamic Rep.	6.2M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
24	South Africa	5.89M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
25	Turkiye	5.75M	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
26	Mozambique	5.67M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
27	Iraq	5.56M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
28	Algeria	4.75M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
29	Niger	4.67M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
30	Cote d'Ivoire	4.59M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
31	Madagascar	4.59M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
32	Myanmar	4.43M	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
33	Cameroon	4.39M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
34	Uzbekistan	4.31M	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
35	Ghana	4.23M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
36	Mali	4.16M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
37	Japan	4.14M	East Asia & Pacific	High income
38	Germany	3.91M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
39	United Kingdom	3.59M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
40	Colombia	3.55M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
41	Chad	3.55M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
42	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	3.41M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
43	France	3.4M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
44	Burkina Faso	3.35M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
45	Morocco	3.18M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
46	Zambia	3.15M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
47	Thailand	3.1M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
48	Malawi	3.08M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
49	Nepal	2.79M	South Asia	Lower middle income
50	Argentina	2.75M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
51	Peru	2.69M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
52	Saudi Arabia	2.61M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
53	Senegal	2.45M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
54	Zimbabwe	2.31M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
55	Syrian Arab Republic	2.27M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
56	Malaysia	2.27M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
57	Guinea	2.19M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
58	Benin	2.18M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
59	Burundi	2.17M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
60	Kazakhstan	2.13M	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
61	Venezuela, RB	2.12M	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
62	Italy	2.07M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
63	Canada	1.88M	North America	High income
64	Guatemala	1.88M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
65	Rwanda	1.88M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
66	Cambodia	1.82M	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
67	Poland	1.77M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
68	Spain	1.76M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
69	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	1.71M	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
70	Sri Lanka	1.64M	South Asia	Upper middle income
71	Australia	1.53M	East Asia & Pacific	High income
72	South Sudan	1.48M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
73	Ecuador	1.4M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
74	Korea, Rep.	1.36M	East Asia & Pacific	High income
75	Tajikistan	1.33M	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
76	Ukraine	1.3M	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
77	Bolivia	1.25M	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
78	Haiti	1.24M	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
79	Papua New Guinea	1.23M	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
80	Sierra Leone	1.16M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
81	Jordan	1.16M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
82	Honduras	1.14M	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
83	Togo	1.13M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
84	Dominican Republic	1M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
85	Chile	979,813	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
86	Romania	953,140	Europe & Central Asia	High income
87	Central African Republic	940,906	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
88	Tunisia	901,969	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
89	Netherlands	889,979	Europe & Central Asia	High income
90	Congo, Rep.	885,681	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
91	Israel	875,432	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
92	Turkmenistan	804,417	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
93	Mauritania	799,917	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
94	Lao PDR	795,693	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
95	Kyrgyz Republic	787,605	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
96	Taiwan	775,562	East Asia & Pacific	High income
97	Liberia	772,932	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
98	West Bank and Gaza	719,902	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
99	Paraguay	679,264	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
100	Azerbaijan	674,784	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
101	Nicaragua	657,210	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
102	Libya	644,241	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
103	Belgium	582,811	Europe & Central Asia	High income
104	United Arab Emirates	573,174	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
105	Sweden	566,382	Europe & Central Asia	High income
106	Czechia	547,421	Europe & Central Asia	High income
107	Cuba	504,058	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
108	El Salvador	495,946	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
109	Hungary	462,049	Europe & Central Asia	High income
110	Eritrea	461,114	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
111	Lebanon	451,904	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
112	Switzerland	434,031	Europe & Central Asia	High income
113	Oman	427,937	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
114	Portugal	426,131	Europe & Central Asia	High income
115	Austria	425,844	Europe & Central Asia	High income
116	Namibia	409,462	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
117	Belarus	399,408	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
118	Greece	397,773	Europe & Central Asia	High income
119	Gambia, The	383,559	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
120	Panama	359,780	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
121	Mongolia	352,992	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
122	Gabon	331,234	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
123	Serbia	314,989	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
124	Denmark	308,877	Europe & Central Asia	High income
125	Bulgaria	308,119	Europe & Central Asia	High income
126	New Zealand	298,070	East Asia & Pacific	High income
127	Guinea-Bissau	297,297	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
128	Botswana	293,659	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
129	Ireland	293,493	Europe & Central Asia	High income
130	Costa Rica	284,205	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
131	Slovak Republic	283,056	Europe & Central Asia	High income
132	Norway	276,510	Europe & Central Asia	High income
133	Lesotho	266,337	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
134	Kuwait	266,086	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
135	Equatorial Guinea	252,431	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
136	Georgia	242,112	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
137	Finland	236,635	Europe & Central Asia	High income
138	Singapore	228,711	East Asia & Pacific	High income
139	Hong Kong SAR, China	224,529	East Asia & Pacific	High income
140	Moldova	178,813	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
141	Armenia	177,296	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
142	Uruguay	175,413	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
143	Croatia	168,800	Europe & Central Asia	High income
144	Jamaica	165,500	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
145	Timor-Leste	156,933	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
146	Qatar	154,510	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
147	Albania	145,074	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
148	Eswatini	142,151	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
149	Bosnia and Herzegovina	130,436	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
150	Lithuania	127,928	Europe & Central Asia	High income
151	Djibouti	114,506	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
152	Comoros	114,145	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
153	Solomon Islands	103,683	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
154	Puerto Rico (US)	97,806	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
155	Slovenia	95,872	Europe & Central Asia	High income
156	North Macedonia	95,162	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
157	Bahrain	94,701	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
158	Latvia	87,250	Europe & Central Asia	High income
159	Trinidad and Tobago	84,323	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
160	Guyana	82,916	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
161	Fiji	82,655	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
162	Cyprus	74,054	Europe & Central Asia	High income
163	Estonia	67,121	Europe & Central Asia	High income
164	Mauritius	60,561	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
165	Suriname	53,331	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
166	Bhutan	48,329	South Asia	Lower middle income
167	Vanuatu	44,000	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
168	Cabo Verde	39,135	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
169	Montenegro	36,789	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
170	Belize	35,737	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
171	Luxembourg	34,189	Europe & Central Asia	High income
172	Brunei Darussalam	31,431	East Asia & Pacific	High income
173	Sao Tome and Principe	30,650	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
174	Maldives	30,641	South Asia	Upper middle income
175	Macao SAR, China	29,383	East Asia & Pacific	High income
176	Samoa	28,284	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
177	Iceland	23,233	Europe & Central Asia	High income
178	Malta	22,280	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
179	Bahamas, The	21,817	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
180	New Caledonia	20,760	East Asia & Pacific	High income
181	Kiribati	16,280	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
182	Barbados	15,793	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
183	French Polynesia	15,091	East Asia & Pacific	High income
184	Guam	14,782	East Asia & Pacific	High income
185	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	12,130	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
186	Tonga	11,804	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
187	St. Lucia	10,209	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
188	Seychelles	8,851	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
189	Curacao	7,251	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
190	Grenada	6,975	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
191	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	6,370	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
192	Antigua and Barbuda	5,404	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
193	Aruba	5,288	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
194	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	4,767	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
195	Marshall Islands	4,289	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
196	Cayman Islands	4,197	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
197	Greenland	4,055	Europe & Central Asia	High income
198	American Samoa	3,856	East Asia & Pacific	High income
199	Dominica	3,656	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
200	Faroe Islands	3,589	Europe & Central Asia	High income
201	Isle of Man	3,479	Europe & Central Asia	High income
202	Northern Mariana Islands	3,080	East Asia & Pacific	High income
203	St. Kitts and Nevis	2,839	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
204	Bermuda	2,724	North America	High income
205	Turks and Caicos Islands	2,583	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
206	Andorra	2,416	Europe & Central Asia	High income
207	Gibraltar	2,245	Europe & Central Asia	High income
208	Liechtenstein	1,867	Europe & Central Asia	High income
209	St. Martin (French part)	1,860	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
210	Monaco	1,812	Europe & Central Asia	High income
211	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1,765	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
212	British Virgin Islands	1,630	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
213	Naoero	1,490	East Asia & Pacific	High income
214	San Marino	1,156	Europe & Central Asia	High income
215	Tuvalu	1,098	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
216	Palau	984	East Asia & Pacific	High income

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