Peak birth month each year and the daily birth rate that month by country
The highest average daily number of births, per million people, recorded in the given year.
What the numbers show
Peak birth month each year and the daily birth rate that month is currently reported for 38 countries. The highest value is 63.72 births per million people in Israel; the lowest is 12.97 births per million people in Hong Kong.
The median across all reporting countries is 27.49 births per million people, and the mean is 27.94 births per million people.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 7 countries rose and 31 fell. The largest increase was in Ukraine (up 33.0%), and the largest decrease in South Korea (down 48.3%).
Peak birth month each year and the daily birth rate that month: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Israel | 63.72 births per million people | 2009 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 2 | Russia | 39.9 births per million people | 2014 | up 31.6% | falling |
| 3 | Belarus | 35.99 births per million people | 2016 | up 21.1% | falling |
| 4 | Chile | 35.46 births per million people | 2019 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 5 | Iceland | 35.4 births per million people | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 6 | Ukraine | 35.36 births per million people | 2013 | up 33.0% | falling |
| 7 | Australia | 35.07 births per million people | 2021 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 8 | Estonia | 32.66 births per million people | 2019 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 9 | New Zealand | 32.46 births per million people | 2020 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 10 | Slovakia | 31.23 births per million people | 2019 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 11 | Czechia | 30.97 births per million people | 2021 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 13 | United States | 30.84 births per million people | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 15 | Hungary | 29.11 births per million people | 2020 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 16 | Norway | 28.96 births per million people | 2024 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 17 | United Kingdom | 28.56 births per million people | 2022 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 18 | Germany | 27.84 births per million people | 2020 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 19 | Denmark | 27.69 births per million people | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 20 | Croatia | 27.66 births per million people | 2020 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 21 | Slovenia | 27.62 births per million people | 2019 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 22 | France | 27.36 births per million people | 2023 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 23 | Sweden | 27.29 births per million people | 2024 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 24 | Belgium | 27.16 births per million people | 2023 | down 17.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Netherlands | 26.88 births per million people | 2023 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 26 | Switzerland | 26.26 births per million people | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 27 | Canada | 25.25 births per million people | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 28 | Austria | 24.87 births per million people | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 29 | Bulgaria | 24.76 births per million people | 2021 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 30 | Portugal | 23.87 births per million people | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 31 | Greece | 23.81 births per million people | 2019 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 32 | Finland | 22.17 births per million people | 2024 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 33 | Poland | 21.57 births per million people | 2023 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 34 | Latvia | 20.36 births per million people | 2024 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 35 | Italy | 20 births per million people | 2022 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 36 | Lithuania | 19.86 births per million people | 2024 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 37 | Spain | 19.05 births per million people | 2023 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 38 | Japan | 17.27 births per million people | 2023 | down 28.1% | volatile |
| 39 | South Korea | 14.62 births per million people | 2023 | down 48.3% | falling |
| 40 | Hong Kong | 12.97 births per million people | 2023 | down 46.2% | falling |
About this data
The highest average daily number of births, per million people, recorded in the given year.