Total number of births by birth order by country

Countries reporting
33
Highest
1.41 million
United States
Lowest
1,810
Iceland
Median
45,797
Years covered
92
1933–2024
Data points
1,628

What the numbers show

Total number of births by birth order is currently reported for 33 countries. The highest value is 1.41 million in United States; the lowest is 1,810 in Iceland.

The median across all reporting countries is 45,797, and the mean is 145,540.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 779.

Over the past decade 7 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in Slovakia (up 21.7%), and the largest decrease in South Korea (down 38.6%).

Total number of births by birth order: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States 1.41 million 2023 down 9.2% rising
2 Russia 594,764 2018 down 35.3% falling
3 Germany 369,653 2017 up 11.5% rising
4 Japan 338,908 2023 down 29.7% falling
5 United Kingdom 294,437 2022 down 3.6% flat
6 Ukraine 237,060 2013 down 2.6% falling
7 Italy 192,525 2022 down 26.8% falling
8 Spain 160,890 2023 down 28.1% falling
9 Canada 157,892 2023 down 4.9% rising
10 South Korea 138,403 2023 down 38.6% falling
11 Poland 135,619 2022 down 28.6% falling
12 Chile 85,353 2020 down 23.4% falling
13 Netherlands 78,156 2022 down 4.2% rising
14 Taiwan 71,535 2023 down 31.4% falling
15 Czechia 51,900 2021 up 1.8% falling
16 Belgium 49,194 2022 down 11.2% flat
17 Portugal 45,797 2023 up 0.0% falling
18 Hungary 43,093 2020 up 0.7% falling
19 Sweden 43,007 2024 down 12.2% rising
20 Switzerland 38,811 2023 down 3.1% rising
21 Austria 37,293 2023 down 2.3% falling
22 Belarus 36,818 2018 down 37.7% falling
23 Slovakia 30,623 2014 up 21.7% falling
24 Bulgaria 29,046 2021 down 21.9% falling
25 Denmark 25,478 2024 up 0.1% falling
26 Norway 22,518 2022 down 12.0% flat
27 Ireland 21,943 2022 down 20.9% rising
28 Finland 18,907 2024 down 19.0% falling
29 Croatia 16,013 2020 down 21.5% falling
30 Lithuania 11,150 2020 down 22.1% falling
31 Slovenia 8,895 2019 down 17.1% falling
32 Estonia 5,464 2019 down 24.2% falling
33 Iceland 1,810 2023 up 7.7% rising

About this data

Indicator
Total number of births by birth order
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
33 places, 1,628 data points, 1933–2024
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