Number of births by country
The number of live births in a calendar year.
Countries reporting
232
Highest
23.22 million births
India
Lowest
2 births
Vatican
Median
76,884 births
Years covered
74
1950–2023
Data points
17,464
What the numbers show
Number of births is currently reported for 232 countries. The highest value is 23.22 million births in India; the lowest is 2 births in Vatican.
The median across all reporting countries is 76,884 births, and the mean is 569,075 births.
Over the past decade 80 countries rose and 152 fell. The largest increase was in Tokelau (up 46.9%), and the largest decrease in Ukraine (down 58.8%).
Number of births: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 23.22 million births | 2023 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 2 | China | 8.90 million births | 2023 | down 51.4% | falling |
| 3 | Nigeria | 7.51 million births | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 4 | Pakistan | 6.88 million births | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 5 | Indonesia | 4.48 million births | 2023 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 6 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 4.37 million births | 2023 | up 32.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 4.11 million births | 2023 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 8 | United States | 3.66 million births | 2023 | down 7.0% | flat |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 3.49 million births | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 10 | Brazil | 2.60 million births | 2023 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 11 | Egypt | 2.41 million births | 2023 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 12 | Tanzania | 2.35 million births | 2023 | up 25.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Mexico | 2.04 million births | 2023 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 14 | Philippines | 1.84 million births | 2023 | down 26.6% | rising |
| 15 | Uganda | 1.71 million births | 2023 | up 19.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Sudan | 1.68 million births | 2023 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 17 | Kenya | 1.50 million births | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 18 | Afghanistan | 1.47 million births | 2023 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 19 | Vietnam | 1.39 million births | 2023 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 20 | Yemen | 1.39 million births | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 21 | Angola | 1.38 million births | 2023 | up 22.6% | volatile |
| 22 | Russia | 1.30 million births | 2023 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 23 | Mozambique | 1.26 million births | 2023 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 24 | South Africa | 1.19 million births | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 25 | Iran | 1.17 million births | 2023 | down 21.3% | rising |
| 26 | Iraq | 1.16 million births | 2023 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 27 | Niger | 1.10 million births | 2023 | up 23.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Turkey | 1.07 million births | 2023 | down 17.7% | flat |
| 29 | Madagascar | 1.00 million births | 2023 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 30 | Cote d'Ivoire | 997,001 births | 2023 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Cameroon | 957,392 births | 2023 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 32 | Mali | 951,445 births | 2023 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 33 | Uzbekistan | 943,547 births | 2023 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 34 | Algeria | 905,981 births | 2023 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 35 | Myanmar | 903,822 births | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 36 | Ghana | 888,947 births | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 37 | Chad | 819,054 births | 2023 | up 26.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Somalia | 788,763 births | 2023 | up 28.4% | volatile |
| 39 | Japan | 749,884 births | 2023 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 40 | Burkina Faso | 728,612 births | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 41 | Germany | 719,249 births | 2023 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 42 | Colombia | 705,009 births | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 43 | United Kingdom | 688,388 births | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 44 | Zambia | 685,565 births | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 45 | Malawi | 662,289 births | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 46 | France | 638,891 births | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 47 | Morocco | 629,832 births | 2023 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 48 | Thailand | 591,200 births | 2023 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 49 | Nepal | 574,297 births | 2023 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 50 | Saudi Arabia | 546,038 births | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 51 | Peru | 539,623 births | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 52 | Senegal | 531,890 births | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 53 | Syria | 521,601 births | 2023 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 54 | Argentina | 503,823 births | 2023 | down 33.1% | rising |
| 55 | Zimbabwe | 496,917 births | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 56 | Guinea | 487,595 births | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 57 | Benin | 478,062 births | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 58 | Burundi | 460,882 births | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 59 | Malaysia | 435,989 births | 2023 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 60 | Venezuela | 426,984 births | 2023 | down 26.7% | rising |
| 61 | Kazakhstan | 409,417 births | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 62 | Rwanda | 395,578 births | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 63 | Italy | 384,627 births | 2023 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 64 | Guatemala | 377,167 births | 2023 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 65 | Cambodia | 361,586 births | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 66 | Canada | 356,745 births | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 67 | North Korea | 342,038 births | 2023 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 68 | Spain | 336,821 births | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 69 | South Sudan | 328,308 births | 2023 | down 23.2% | rising |
| 70 | Sri Lanka | 324,102 births | 2023 | down 10.9% | flat |
| 71 | Poland | 317,916 births | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 72 | Australia | 304,340 births | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 73 | Tajikistan | 271,420 births | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 74 | Ecuador | 270,300 births | 2023 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 75 | Togo | 268,455 births | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 76 | Bolivia | 260,151 births | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 77 | Sierra Leone | 258,903 births | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 78 | Haiti | 258,348 births | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 79 | Papua New Guinea | 255,331 births | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 80 | Central African Republic | 238,858 births | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 81 | South Korea | 236,394 births | 2023 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 82 | Jordan | 235,776 births | 2023 | up 18.4% | volatile |
| 83 | Honduras | 233,793 births | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 84 | Ukraine | 212,231 births | 2023 | down 58.8% | falling |
| 85 | Dominican Republic | 203,183 births | 2023 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 86 | Congo | 189,365 births | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 87 | Romania | 183,623 births | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 88 | Chile | 176,196 births | 2023 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 89 | Mauritania | 172,885 births | 2023 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 90 | Israel | 172,312 births | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 91 | Liberia | 170,065 births | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 92 | Netherlands | 167,842 births | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 93 | Tunisia | 167,729 births | 2023 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 94 | Laos | 163,043 births | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 95 | Turkmenistan | 160,100 births | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 96 | Kyrgyzstan | 150,759 births | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 97 | Palestine | 146,384 births | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 98 | Paraguay | 136,778 births | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 99 | Taiwan | 132,404 births | 2023 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 100 | Nicaragua | 132,214 births | 2023 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 101 | Azerbaijan | 125,136 births | 2023 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 102 | Libya | 124,371 births | 2023 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 103 | United Arab Emirates | 104,015 births | 2023 | up 12.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Belgium | 101,686 births | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 105 | El Salvador | 99,428 births | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 106 | Eritrea | 99,058 births | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 107 | Sweden | 97,915 births | 2023 | down 13.1% | flat |
| 108 | Cuba | 95,938 births | 2023 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 109 | Lebanon | 93,205 births | 2023 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 110 | Czechia | 91,845 births | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 111 | Portugal | 86,646 births | 2023 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 112 | Hungary | 85,373 births | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 113 | Oman | 85,065 births | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 114 | Switzerland | 83,702 births | 2023 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 115 | Gambia | 82,092 births | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 116 | Austria | 77,054 births | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 117 | Namibia | 76,715 births | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 118 | Greece | 73,661 births | 2023 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 119 | Panama | 71,469 births | 2023 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 120 | Gabon | 68,745 births | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 121 | Belarus | 65,050 births | 2023 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 122 | Mongolia | 65,019 births | 2023 | down 15.5% | rising |
| 123 | Guinea-Bissau | 64,679 births | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 124 | Bulgaria | 62,645 births | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 125 | Botswana | 61,294 births | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 126 | Serbia | 59,840 births | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 127 | New Zealand | 59,236 births | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 128 | Denmark | 57,810 births | 2023 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 129 | Lesotho | 55,728 births | 2023 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 130 | Equatorial Guinea | 54,694 births | 2023 | up 12.7% | volatile |
| 131 | Ireland | 53,268 births | 2023 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 132 | Slovakia | 52,271 births | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 133 | Costa Rica | 51,969 births | 2023 | down 25.4% | rising |
| 134 | Norway | 51,545 births | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 135 | Kuwait | 49,342 births | 2023 | down 16.4% | rising |
| 136 | Singapore | 47,472 births | 2023 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 137 | Georgia | 43,765 births | 2023 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 138 | Finland | 43,556 births | 2023 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 139 | Hong Kong | 41,294 births | 2023 | down 49.3% | falling |
| 140 | Armenia | 34,668 births | 2023 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 141 | Uruguay | 33,443 births | 2023 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 142 | Jamaica | 33,007 births | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 143 | Moldova | 32,986 births | 2023 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 144 | Croatia | 31,446 births | 2023 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 145 | East Timor | 30,561 births | 2023 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 146 | Eswatini | 29,622 births | 2023 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 147 | Qatar | 29,516 births | 2023 | up 27.7% | volatile |
| 148 | Albania | 28,803 births | 2023 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 149 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 24,569 births | 2023 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 150 | Comoros | 24,366 births | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 152 | Solomon Islands | 21,548 births | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 153 | Lithuania | 21,434 births | 2023 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 154 | Bahrain | 19,558 births | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 155 | Puerto Rico | 18,851 births | 2023 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 156 | Slovenia | 17,902 births | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 157 | North Macedonia | 16,878 births | 2023 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 158 | Guyana | 16,764 births | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 159 | Fiji | 16,631 births | 2023 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 160 | Trinidad and Tobago | 16,094 births | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 161 | Cyprus | 14,524 births | 2023 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 162 | Latvia | 14,250 births | 2023 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 163 | Reunion | 12,003 births | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 164 | Mauritius | 11,804 births | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 166 | Estonia | 11,036 births | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 167 | Suriname | 10,879 births | 2023 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 168 | Bhutan | 9,958 births | 2023 | down 19.5% | rising |
| 169 | Vanuatu | 8,988 births | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 170 | Western Sahara | 8,987 births | 2023 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 171 | French Guiana | 7,707 births | 2023 | up 19.8% | volatile |
| 172 | Belize | 7,410 births | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 173 | Montenegro | 6,981 births | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 174 | Luxembourg | 6,946 births | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 175 | Sao Tome and Principe | 6,507 births | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 176 | Cape Verde | 6,440 births | 2023 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 177 | Brunei | 6,237 births | 2023 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 178 | Maldives | 5,795 births | 2023 | down 23.0% | rising |
| 179 | Samoa | 5,503 births | 2023 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 180 | Macao | 4,515 births | 2023 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 181 | Iceland | 4,347 births | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 182 | Bahamas | 4,335 births | 2023 | down 17.7% | rising |
| 184 | Malta | 4,213 births | 2023 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 185 | New Caledonia | 4,134 births | 2023 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 187 | Kiribati | 3,421 births | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 188 | Barbados | 3,155 births | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 189 | French Polynesia | 3,066 births | 2023 | down 29.0% | rising |
| 190 | Guam | 2,941 births | 2023 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 191 | Micronesia (country) | 2,512 births | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 192 | Tonga | 2,418 births | 2023 | down 16.0% | flat |
| 193 | Saint Lucia | 2,019 births | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 194 | Seychelles | 1,744 births | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 195 | Curacao | 1,394 births | 2023 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 196 | Grenada | 1,371 births | 2023 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 197 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,232 births | 2023 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 198 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1,106 births | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 199 | Aruba | 1,020 births | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 200 | United States Virgin Islands | 959 births | 2023 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 201 | Cayman Islands | 865 births | 2023 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 202 | Jersey | 853 births | 2023 | down 18.4% | flat |
| 203 | Marshall Islands | 821 births | 2023 | down 38.6% | rising |
| 204 | Greenland | 789 births | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 205 | Dominica | 738 births | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 206 | American Samoa | 731 births | 2023 | down 34.7% | rising |
| 207 | Isle of Man | 702 births | 2023 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 208 | Faroe Islands | 690 births | 2023 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 209 | Northern Mariana Islands | 583 births | 2023 | down 51.5% | volatile |
| 210 | Andorra | 555 births | 2023 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 211 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 549 births | 2023 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 212 | Bermuda | 521 births | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 212 | Guernsey | 521 births | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 214 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 496 births | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 215 | Saint Martin (French part) | 470 births | 2023 | down 40.1% | volatile |
| 216 | Gibraltar | 464 births | 2023 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 217 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 390 births | 2023 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 218 | Liechtenstein | 371 births | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 219 | Monaco | 368 births | 2023 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 220 | British Virgin Islands | 325 births | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 221 | Nauru | 303 births | 2023 | down 18.5% | rising |
| 222 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 280 births | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 223 | Tuvalu | 226 births | 2023 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 224 | San Marino | 200 births | 2023 | down 39.2% | flat |
| 225 | Palau | 193 births | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 226 | Cook Islands | 178 births | 2023 | down 40.1% | falling |
| 227 | Anguilla | 130 births | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 228 | Wallis and Futuna | 98 births | 2023 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 229 | Saint Barthelemy | 53 births | 2023 | down 29.3% | rising |
| 230 | Tokelau | 47 births | 2023 | up 46.9% | falling |
| 231 | Montserrat | 39 births | 2023 | down 11.4% | volatile |
| 231 | Falkland Islands | 39 births | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 231 | Saint Helena | 39 births | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 234 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 30 births | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 235 | Niue | 25 births | 2023 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 236 | Vatican | 2 births | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
About this data
The number of live births in a calendar year.