Number of births per year by country
Countries reporting
236
Highest
23.22 million
India
Lowest
2
Vatican
Median
72,565
Years covered
74
1950–2023
Data points
17,464
What the numbers show
Number of births per year is currently reported for 236 countries. The highest value is 23.22 million in India; the lowest is 2 in Vatican.
The median across all reporting countries is 72,565, and the mean is 559,612.
Over the past decade 81 countries rose and 155 fell. The largest increase was in Tokelau (up 46.9%), and the largest decrease in Ukraine (down 58.8%).
Number of births per year: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 23.22 million | 2023 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 2 | China | 8.90 million | 2023 | down 51.4% | falling |
| 3 | Nigeria | 7.51 million | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 4 | Pakistan | 6.88 million | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 5 | Indonesia | 4.48 million | 2023 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 6 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 4.37 million | 2023 | up 32.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 4.11 million | 2023 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 8 | United States | 3.66 million | 2023 | down 7.0% | flat |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 3.49 million | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 10 | Brazil | 2.60 million | 2023 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 11 | Egypt | 2.41 million | 2023 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 12 | Tanzania | 2.35 million | 2023 | up 25.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Mexico | 2.04 million | 2023 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 14 | Philippines | 1.84 million | 2023 | down 26.6% | rising |
| 15 | Uganda | 1.71 million | 2023 | up 19.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Sudan | 1.68 million | 2023 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 17 | Kenya | 1.50 million | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 18 | Afghanistan | 1.47 million | 2023 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 19 | Vietnam | 1.39 million | 2023 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 20 | Yemen | 1.39 million | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 21 | Angola | 1.38 million | 2023 | up 22.6% | volatile |
| 22 | Russia | 1.30 million | 2023 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 23 | Mozambique | 1.26 million | 2023 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 24 | South Africa | 1.19 million | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 25 | Iran | 1.17 million | 2023 | down 21.3% | rising |
| 26 | Iraq | 1.16 million | 2023 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 27 | Niger | 1.10 million | 2023 | up 23.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Turkey | 1.07 million | 2023 | down 17.7% | flat |
| 29 | Madagascar | 1.00 million | 2023 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 30 | Cote d'Ivoire | 997,001 | 2023 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Cameroon | 957,392 | 2023 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 32 | Mali | 951,445 | 2023 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 33 | Uzbekistan | 943,547 | 2023 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 34 | Algeria | 905,981 | 2023 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 35 | Myanmar | 903,822 | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 36 | Ghana | 888,947 | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 37 | Chad | 819,054 | 2023 | up 26.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Somalia | 788,763 | 2023 | up 28.4% | volatile |
| 39 | Japan | 749,884 | 2023 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 40 | Burkina Faso | 728,612 | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 41 | Germany | 719,249 | 2023 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 42 | Colombia | 705,009 | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 43 | United Kingdom | 688,388 | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 44 | Zambia | 685,565 | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 45 | Malawi | 662,289 | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 46 | France | 638,891 | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 47 | Morocco | 629,832 | 2023 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 48 | Thailand | 591,200 | 2023 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 49 | Nepal | 574,297 | 2023 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 50 | Saudi Arabia | 546,038 | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 51 | Peru | 539,623 | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 52 | Senegal | 531,890 | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 53 | Syria | 521,601 | 2023 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 54 | Argentina | 503,823 | 2023 | down 33.1% | rising |
| 55 | Zimbabwe | 496,917 | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 56 | Guinea | 487,595 | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 57 | Benin | 478,062 | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 58 | Burundi | 460,882 | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 59 | Malaysia | 435,989 | 2023 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 60 | Venezuela | 426,984 | 2023 | down 26.7% | rising |
| 61 | Kazakhstan | 409,417 | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 62 | Rwanda | 395,578 | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 63 | Italy | 384,627 | 2023 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 64 | Guatemala | 377,167 | 2023 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 65 | Cambodia | 361,586 | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 66 | Canada | 356,745 | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 67 | North Korea | 342,038 | 2023 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 68 | Spain | 336,821 | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 69 | South Sudan | 328,308 | 2023 | down 23.2% | rising |
| 70 | Sri Lanka | 324,102 | 2023 | down 10.9% | flat |
| 71 | Poland | 317,916 | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 72 | Australia | 304,340 | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 73 | Tajikistan | 271,420 | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 74 | Ecuador | 270,300 | 2023 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 75 | Togo | 268,455 | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 76 | Bolivia | 260,151 | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 77 | Sierra Leone | 258,903 | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 78 | Haiti | 258,348 | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 79 | Papua New Guinea | 255,331 | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 80 | Central African Republic | 238,858 | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 81 | South Korea | 236,394 | 2023 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 82 | Jordan | 235,776 | 2023 | up 18.4% | volatile |
| 83 | Honduras | 233,793 | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 84 | Ukraine | 212,231 | 2023 | down 58.8% | falling |
| 85 | Dominican Republic | 203,183 | 2023 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 86 | Congo | 189,365 | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 87 | Romania | 183,623 | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 88 | Chile | 176,196 | 2023 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 89 | Mauritania | 172,885 | 2023 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 90 | Israel | 172,312 | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 91 | Liberia | 170,065 | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 92 | Netherlands | 167,842 | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 93 | Tunisia | 167,729 | 2023 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 94 | Laos | 163,043 | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 95 | Turkmenistan | 160,100 | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 96 | Kyrgyzstan | 150,759 | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 97 | Palestine | 146,384 | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 98 | Paraguay | 136,778 | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 99 | Taiwan | 132,404 | 2023 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 100 | Nicaragua | 132,214 | 2023 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 101 | Azerbaijan | 125,136 | 2023 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 102 | Libya | 124,371 | 2023 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 103 | United Arab Emirates | 104,015 | 2023 | up 12.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Belgium | 101,686 | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 105 | El Salvador | 99,428 | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 106 | Eritrea | 99,058 | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 107 | Sweden | 97,915 | 2023 | down 13.1% | flat |
| 108 | Cuba | 95,938 | 2023 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 109 | Lebanon | 93,205 | 2023 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 110 | Czechia | 91,845 | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 111 | Portugal | 86,646 | 2023 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 112 | Hungary | 85,373 | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 113 | Oman | 85,065 | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 114 | Switzerland | 83,702 | 2023 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 115 | Gambia | 82,092 | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 116 | Austria | 77,054 | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 117 | Namibia | 76,715 | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 118 | Greece | 73,661 | 2023 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 119 | Panama | 71,469 | 2023 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 120 | Gabon | 68,745 | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 121 | Belarus | 65,050 | 2023 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 122 | Mongolia | 65,019 | 2023 | down 15.5% | rising |
| 123 | Guinea-Bissau | 64,679 | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 124 | Bulgaria | 62,645 | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 125 | Botswana | 61,294 | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 126 | Serbia | 59,840 | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 127 | New Zealand | 59,236 | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 128 | Denmark | 57,810 | 2023 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 129 | Lesotho | 55,728 | 2023 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 130 | Equatorial Guinea | 54,694 | 2023 | up 12.7% | volatile |
| 131 | Ireland | 53,268 | 2023 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 132 | Slovakia | 52,271 | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 133 | Costa Rica | 51,969 | 2023 | down 25.4% | rising |
| 134 | Norway | 51,545 | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 135 | Kuwait | 49,342 | 2023 | down 16.4% | rising |
| 136 | Singapore | 47,472 | 2023 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 137 | Georgia | 43,765 | 2023 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 138 | Finland | 43,556 | 2023 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 139 | Hong Kong | 41,294 | 2023 | down 49.3% | falling |
| 140 | Armenia | 34,668 | 2023 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 141 | Uruguay | 33,443 | 2023 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 142 | Jamaica | 33,007 | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 143 | Moldova | 32,986 | 2023 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 144 | Croatia | 31,446 | 2023 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 145 | East Timor | 30,561 | 2023 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 146 | Eswatini | 29,622 | 2023 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 147 | Qatar | 29,516 | 2023 | up 27.7% | volatile |
| 148 | Albania | 28,803 | 2023 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 149 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 24,569 | 2023 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 150 | Comoros | 24,366 | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 151 | Djibouti | 23,946 | 2023 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 152 | Solomon Islands | 21,548 | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 153 | Lithuania | 21,434 | 2023 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 154 | Bahrain | 19,558 | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 155 | Puerto Rico | 18,851 | 2023 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 156 | Slovenia | 17,902 | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 157 | North Macedonia | 16,878 | 2023 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 158 | Guyana | 16,764 | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 159 | Fiji | 16,631 | 2023 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 160 | Trinidad and Tobago | 16,094 | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 161 | Cyprus | 14,524 | 2023 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 162 | Latvia | 14,250 | 2023 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 163 | Reunion | 12,003 | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 164 | Mauritius | 11,804 | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 165 | Mayotte | 11,186 | 2023 | up 41.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Estonia | 11,036 | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 167 | Suriname | 10,879 | 2023 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 168 | Bhutan | 9,958 | 2023 | down 19.5% | rising |
| 169 | Vanuatu | 8,988 | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 170 | Western Sahara | 8,987 | 2023 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 171 | French Guiana | 7,707 | 2023 | up 19.8% | volatile |
| 172 | Belize | 7,410 | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 173 | Montenegro | 6,981 | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 174 | Luxembourg | 6,946 | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 175 | Sao Tome and Principe | 6,507 | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 176 | Cape Verde | 6,440 | 2023 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 177 | Brunei | 6,237 | 2023 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 178 | Maldives | 5,795 | 2023 | down 23.0% | rising |
| 179 | Samoa | 5,503 | 2023 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 180 | Macao | 4,515 | 2023 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 181 | Iceland | 4,347 | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 182 | Bahamas | 4,335 | 2023 | down 17.7% | rising |
| 183 | Guadeloupe | 4,233 | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 184 | Malta | 4,213 | 2023 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 185 | New Caledonia | 4,134 | 2023 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 186 | Martinique | 3,728 | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 187 | Kiribati | 3,421 | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 188 | Barbados | 3,155 | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 189 | French Polynesia | 3,066 | 2023 | down 29.0% | rising |
| 190 | Guam | 2,941 | 2023 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 191 | Micronesia (country) | 2,512 | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 192 | Tonga | 2,418 | 2023 | down 16.0% | flat |
| 193 | Saint Lucia | 2,019 | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 194 | Seychelles | 1,744 | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 195 | Curacao | 1,394 | 2023 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 196 | Grenada | 1,371 | 2023 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 197 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,232 | 2023 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 198 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1,106 | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 199 | Aruba | 1,020 | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 200 | United States Virgin Islands | 959 | 2023 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 201 | Cayman Islands | 865 | 2023 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 202 | Jersey | 853 | 2023 | down 18.4% | flat |
| 203 | Marshall Islands | 821 | 2023 | down 38.6% | rising |
| 204 | Greenland | 789 | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 205 | Dominica | 738 | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 206 | American Samoa | 731 | 2023 | down 34.7% | rising |
| 207 | Isle of Man | 702 | 2023 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 208 | Faroe Islands | 690 | 2023 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 209 | Northern Mariana Islands | 583 | 2023 | down 51.5% | volatile |
| 210 | Andorra | 555 | 2023 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 211 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 549 | 2023 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 212 | Bermuda | 521 | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 212 | Guernsey | 521 | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 214 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 496 | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 215 | Saint Martin (French Part) | 470 | 2023 | down 40.1% | volatile |
| 216 | Gibraltar | 464 | 2023 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 217 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 390 | 2023 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 218 | Liechtenstein | 371 | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 219 | Monaco | 368 | 2023 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 220 | British Virgin Islands | 325 | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 221 | Nauru | 303 | 2023 | down 18.5% | rising |
| 222 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 280 | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 223 | Tuvalu | 226 | 2023 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 224 | San Marino | 200 | 2023 | down 39.2% | flat |
| 225 | Palau | 193 | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 226 | Cook Islands | 178 | 2023 | down 40.1% | falling |
| 227 | Anguilla | 130 | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 228 | Wallis and Futuna | 98 | 2023 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 229 | Saint Barthelemy | 53 | 2023 | down 29.3% | rising |
| 230 | Tokelau | 47 | 2023 | up 46.9% | falling |
| 231 | Montserrat | 39 | 2023 | down 11.4% | volatile |
| 231 | Falkland Islands | 39 | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 231 | Saint Helena | 39 | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 234 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 30 | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 235 | Niue | 25 | 2023 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 236 | Vatican | 2 | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |