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.

Countries reporting
38
Highest
63.72 births per million people
Israel
Lowest
12.97 births per million people
Hong Kong
Median
27.49 births per million people
Years covered
185
1840–2024
Data points
3,607

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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

Indicator
Peak birth month each year and the daily birth rate that month
Unit
births per million people
Source
Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
40 places, 3,607 data points, 1840–2024
Last refreshed

The highest average daily number of births, per million people, recorded in the given year.