Demography

Number of births

Name: Number of births by country, 2023
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216 countries · 2023

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Number of births league table
#	Country	births	Region	Income
1	India	23.22M	South Asia	Lower middle income
2	China	8.9M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
3	Nigeria	7.51M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
4	Pakistan	6.88M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
5	Indonesia	4.48M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
6	Congo, Dem. Rep.	4.37M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
7	Ethiopia	4.11M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
8	United States	3.66M	North America	High income
9	Bangladesh	3.49M	South Asia	Lower middle income
10	Brazil	2.6M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
11	Egypt, Arab Rep.	2.41M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
12	Tanzania	2.35M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
13	Mexico	2.04M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
14	Philippines	1.84M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
15	Uganda	1.71M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
16	Sudan	1.68M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
17	Kenya	1.5M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
18	Afghanistan	1.47M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
19	Viet Nam	1.39M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
20	Yemen, Rep.	1.39M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
21	Angola	1.38M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
22	Russian Federation	1.3M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
23	Mozambique	1.26M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
24	South Africa	1.19M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
25	Iran, Islamic Rep.	1.17M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
26	Iraq	1.16M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
27	Niger	1.1M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
28	Turkiye	1.07M	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
29	Madagascar	1M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
30	Cote d'Ivoire	997,001	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
31	Cameroon	957,392	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
32	Mali	951,445	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
33	Uzbekistan	943,547	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
34	Algeria	905,981	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
35	Myanmar	903,822	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
36	Ghana	888,947	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
37	Chad	819,054	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
38	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	788,763	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
39	Japan	749,884	East Asia & Pacific	High income
40	Burkina Faso	728,612	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
41	Germany	719,249	Europe & Central Asia	High income
42	Colombia	705,009	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
43	United Kingdom	688,388	Europe & Central Asia	High income
44	Zambia	685,565	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
45	Malawi	662,289	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
46	France	638,891	Europe & Central Asia	High income
47	Morocco	629,832	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
48	Thailand	591,200	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
49	Nepal	574,297	South Asia	Lower middle income
50	Saudi Arabia	546,038	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
51	Peru	539,623	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
52	Senegal	531,890	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
53	Syrian Arab Republic	521,601	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
54	Argentina	503,823	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
55	Zimbabwe	496,917	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
56	Guinea	487,595	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
57	Benin	478,062	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
58	Burundi	460,882	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
59	Malaysia	435,989	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
60	Venezuela, RB	426,984	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
61	Kazakhstan	409,417	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
62	Rwanda	395,578	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
63	Italy	384,627	Europe & Central Asia	High income
64	Guatemala	377,167	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
65	Cambodia	361,586	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
66	Canada	356,745	North America	High income
67	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	342,038	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
68	Spain	336,821	Europe & Central Asia	High income
69	South Sudan	328,308	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
70	Sri Lanka	324,102	South Asia	Upper middle income
71	Poland	317,916	Europe & Central Asia	High income
72	Australia	304,340	East Asia & Pacific	High income
73	Tajikistan	271,420	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
74	Ecuador	270,300	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
75	Togo	268,455	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
76	Bolivia	260,151	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
77	Sierra Leone	258,903	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
78	Haiti	258,348	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
79	Papua New Guinea	255,331	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
80	Central African Republic	238,858	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
81	Korea, Rep.	236,394	East Asia & Pacific	High income
82	Jordan	235,776	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
83	Honduras	233,793	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
84	Ukraine	212,231	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
85	Dominican Republic	203,183	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
86	Congo, Rep.	189,365	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
87	Romania	183,623	Europe & Central Asia	High income
88	Chile	176,196	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
89	Mauritania	172,885	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
90	Israel	172,312	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
91	Liberia	170,065	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
92	Netherlands	167,842	Europe & Central Asia	High income
93	Tunisia	167,729	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
94	Lao PDR	163,043	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
95	Turkmenistan	160,100	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
96	Kyrgyz Republic	150,759	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
97	West Bank and Gaza	146,384	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
98	Paraguay	136,778	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
99	Taiwan	132,404	East Asia & Pacific	High income
100	Nicaragua	132,214	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
101	Azerbaijan	125,136	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
102	Libya	124,371	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
103	United Arab Emirates	104,015	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
104	Belgium	101,686	Europe & Central Asia	High income
105	El Salvador	99,428	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
106	Eritrea	99,058	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
107	Sweden	97,915	Europe & Central Asia	High income
108	Cuba	95,938	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
109	Lebanon	93,205	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
110	Czechia	91,845	Europe & Central Asia	High income
111	Portugal	86,646	Europe & Central Asia	High income
112	Hungary	85,373	Europe & Central Asia	High income
113	Oman	85,065	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
114	Switzerland	83,702	Europe & Central Asia	High income
115	Gambia, The	82,092	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
116	Austria	77,054	Europe & Central Asia	High income
117	Namibia	76,715	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
118	Greece	73,661	Europe & Central Asia	High income
119	Panama	71,469	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
120	Gabon	68,745	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
121	Belarus	65,050	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
122	Mongolia	65,019	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
123	Guinea-Bissau	64,679	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
124	Bulgaria	62,645	Europe & Central Asia	High income
125	Botswana	61,294	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
126	Serbia	59,840	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
127	New Zealand	59,236	East Asia & Pacific	High income
128	Denmark	57,810	Europe & Central Asia	High income
129	Lesotho	55,728	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
130	Equatorial Guinea	54,694	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
131	Ireland	53,268	Europe & Central Asia	High income
132	Slovak Republic	52,271	Europe & Central Asia	High income
133	Costa Rica	51,969	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
134	Norway	51,545	Europe & Central Asia	High income
135	Kuwait	49,342	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
136	Singapore	47,472	East Asia & Pacific	High income
137	Georgia	43,765	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
138	Finland	43,556	Europe & Central Asia	High income
139	Hong Kong SAR, China	41,294	East Asia & Pacific	High income
140	Armenia	34,668	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
141	Uruguay	33,443	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
142	Jamaica	33,007	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
143	Moldova	32,986	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
144	Croatia	31,446	Europe & Central Asia	High income
145	Timor-Leste	30,561	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
146	Eswatini	29,622	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
147	Qatar	29,516	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
148	Albania	28,803	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
149	Bosnia and Herzegovina	24,569	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
150	Comoros	24,366	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
151	Djibouti	23,946	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
152	Solomon Islands	21,548	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
153	Lithuania	21,434	Europe & Central Asia	High income
154	Bahrain	19,558	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
155	Puerto Rico (US)	18,851	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
156	Slovenia	17,902	Europe & Central Asia	High income
157	North Macedonia	16,878	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
158	Guyana	16,764	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
159	Fiji	16,631	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
160	Trinidad and Tobago	16,094	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
161	Cyprus	14,524	Europe & Central Asia	High income
162	Latvia	14,250	Europe & Central Asia	High income
163	Mauritius	11,804	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
164	Estonia	11,036	Europe & Central Asia	High income
165	Suriname	10,879	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
166	Bhutan	9,958	South Asia	Lower middle income
167	Vanuatu	8,988	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
168	Belize	7,410	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
169	Montenegro	6,981	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
170	Luxembourg	6,946	Europe & Central Asia	High income
171	Sao Tome and Principe	6,507	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
172	Cabo Verde	6,440	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
173	Brunei Darussalam	6,237	East Asia & Pacific	High income
174	Maldives	5,795	South Asia	Upper middle income
175	Samoa	5,503	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
176	Macao SAR, China	4,515	East Asia & Pacific	High income
177	Iceland	4,347	Europe & Central Asia	High income
178	Bahamas, The	4,335	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
179	Malta	4,213	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
180	New Caledonia	4,134	East Asia & Pacific	High income
181	Kiribati	3,421	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
182	Barbados	3,155	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
183	French Polynesia	3,066	East Asia & Pacific	High income
184	Guam	2,941	East Asia & Pacific	High income
185	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	2,512	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
186	Tonga	2,418	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
187	St. Lucia	2,019	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
188	Seychelles	1,744	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
189	Curacao	1,394	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
190	Grenada	1,371	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
191	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	1,232	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
192	Antigua and Barbuda	1,106	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
193	Aruba	1,020	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
194	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	959	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
195	Cayman Islands	865	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
196	Marshall Islands	821	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
197	Greenland	789	Europe & Central Asia	High income
198	Dominica	738	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
199	American Samoa	731	East Asia & Pacific	High income
200	Isle of Man	702	Europe & Central Asia	High income
201	Faroe Islands	690	Europe & Central Asia	High income
202	Northern Mariana Islands	583	East Asia & Pacific	High income
203	Andorra	555	Europe & Central Asia	High income
204	St. Kitts and Nevis	549	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
205	Bermuda	521	North America	High income
206	Turks and Caicos Islands	496	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
207	St. Martin (French part)	470	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
208	Gibraltar	464	Europe & Central Asia	High income
209	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	390	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
210	Liechtenstein	371	Europe & Central Asia	High income
211	Monaco	368	Europe & Central Asia	High income
212	British Virgin Islands	325	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
213	Naoero	303	East Asia & Pacific	High income
214	Tuvalu	226	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
215	San Marino	200	Europe & Central Asia	High income
216	Palau	193	East Asia & Pacific	High income

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