Which has higher number of births, Bulgaria or Serbia?

Bulgaria, at 62,645 births against 59,840 births in Serbia as of 2023.

What is the difference in number of births between Bulgaria and Serbia?

2,805 births, with Bulgaria ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Serbia?

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. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bulgaria vs Serbia: Number of births

Bulgaria

62,645 births

in 2023

Serbia

59,840 births

in 2023

Bulgaria rank

124th

Serbia rank

126th

Number of births over time

Bulgaria
Serbia

How they compare

Bulgaria currently reports 62,645 births against 59,840 births in Serbia, a difference of 2,805 births.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Bulgaria ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 124th and Serbia ranks 126th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 5 and Serbia in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bulgaria	Serbia	Difference	Ahead
1950s	147,978 births	141,522 births	6,455 births	Bulgaria
1960s	133,121 births	115,665 births	17,456 births	Bulgaria
1970s	140,070 births	116,301 births	23,769 births	Bulgaria
1980s	120,845 births	104,909 births	15,936 births	Bulgaria
1990s	79,980 births	80,011 births	31.5 births	Serbia
2000s	72,798 births	70,197 births	2,601 births	Bulgaria
2010s	66,947 births	68,001 births	1,054 births	Serbia
2020s	61,136 births	61,513 births	377.25 births	Serbia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of births, Bulgaria or Serbia?: Bulgaria, at 62,645 births against 59,840 births in Serbia as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of births between Bulgaria and Serbia?: 2,805 births, with Bulgaria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Serbia?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Bulgaria and Serbia rank globally for number of births?: Bulgaria ranks 124th and Serbia ranks 126th 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. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of births
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.