Which has higher number of births, by world region, Italy or Rwanda?

Rwanda, at 395,578 births against 384,627 births in Italy as of 2023.

What is the difference in number of births, by world region between Italy and Rwanda?

10,951 births, with Rwanda ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Rwanda?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of births, by world region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Italy vs Rwanda: Number of births, by world region

Italy

384,627 births

in 2023

Rwanda

395,578 births

in 2023

Italy rank

63rd

Rwanda rank

62nd

Number of births, by world region over time

Italy
Rwanda

How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 395,578 births against 384,627 births in Italy, a difference of 10,951 births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Italy ahead.

Italy ranks 63rd and Rwanda ranks 62nd of 236 countries.

Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Italy	Rwanda	Difference	Ahead
1950s	878,861 births	142,339 births	736,522 births	Italy
1960s	947,570 births	167,512 births	780,058 births	Italy
1970s	814,131 births	229,700 births	584,431 births	Italy
1980s	589,692 births	310,071 births	279,621 births	Italy
1990s	543,876 births	310,167 births	233,709 births	Italy
2000s	552,772 births	360,806 births	191,966 births	Italy
2010s	490,513 births	372,470 births	118,043 births	Italy
2020s	399,862 births	393,570 births	6,292 births	Italy

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of births, by world region, Italy or Rwanda?: Rwanda, at 395,578 births against 384,627 births in Italy as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of births, by world region between Italy and Rwanda?: 10,951 births, with Rwanda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Rwanda?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Italy and Rwanda rank globally for number of births, by world region?: Italy ranks 63rd and Rwanda ranks 62nd of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of births, by world region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of births, by world region
Unit: births
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Number of live births in a calendar year.