List of countries by number of births

Number of births by country (2023)

1. India (17.0%)
2. China (6.73%)
3. Nigeria (5.68%)
4. Pakistan (5.21%)
5. Indonesia (3.39%)
6. Democratic Republic of the Congo (3.30%)
7. Ethiopia (3.11%)
8. United States (2.77%)
9. Bangladesh (2.64%)
10. Brazil (1.97%)
11. Egypt (1.82%)
12. Others (45.8%)

The following list sorts sovereign states and dependent territories and by the total number of births. The figures are calculated using data from official World Bank reports published in 2024. .

Number of births in countries

Countries and dependent territories by the estimated number of births using data from World Bank.

Country	Number of births by country (2025) [1]	Births per km²	Total fertility rate [2]	Land area (sq. km) [3]	Total population [4]	Population density (per sq. km) [5]
World	132,985,048	0.89	2.20	148,940,000	8,141,808,945	54
India	23,426,809	7.81	1.90	2,999,790	1,450,935,791	483.68
China	9,003,350	0.96	1.00	9,376,663	1,408,975,000	150.26
Nigeria	7,667,719	8.25	4.48	929,940	232,679,478	250.21
Pakistan	6,986,790	8.93	3.60	782,605	251,269,164	321.07
Indonesia	4,519,081	2.37	2.13	1,908,021	283,487,931	148.58
Democratic Republic of the Congo	4,513,656	1.93	6.05	2,341,765	109,276,265	46.66
Ethiopia	4,213,102	3.64	3.99	1,158,033	132,059,767	114.04
United States	3,639,187	0.39	1.62	9,237,174	340,110,988	36.82
Bangladesh	3,532,514	26.85	2.16	131,568	173,562,364	1,319.18
Brazil	2,612,246	0.31	1.62	8,392,098	211,998,573	25.26
Egypt	2,447,769	2.42	2.75	1,012,853	116,538,258	115.06
Tanzania	2,414,825	2.65	4.61	911,629	68,560,157	75.21
Mexico	2,055,302	1.05	1.91	1,960,750	130,861,007	66.74
Philippines	1,855,699	6.17	1.92	300,641	115,843,670	385.32
Uganda	1,760,581	8.54	4.28	206,118	50,015,092	242.65
Sudan	1,695,690	0.90	4.32	1,883,161	50,448,963	26.79
Kenya	1,529,671	2.58	3.21	592,359	56,432,944	95.27
Afghanistan	1,511,299	2.25	4.84	670,995	42,647,492	63.56
Yemen	1,428,892	2.63	4.59	543,951	40,583,164	74.61
Angola	1,424,053	1.11	5.12	1,285,235	37,885,849	29.48
Viet Nam	1,396,760	4.43	1.91	315,413	100,987,686	320.18
Mozambique	1,298,206	1.60	4.76	809,680	34,631,766	42.77
Russia	1,234,391	0.08	1.41	16,343,589	143,533,851	8.78
South Africa	1,201,734	0.98	2.22	1,228,342	64,007,187	52.11
Iran	1,185,893	0.72	1.70	1,639,673	91,567,738	55.85
Iraq	1,184,568	2.67	3.25	443,452	46,042,015	103.83
Niger	1,132,441	0.87	6.06	1,308,949	27,032,412	20.65
Madagascar	1,025,915	1.72	3.97	596,142	31,964,956	53.62
Ivory Coast	1,021,576	3.14	4.28	325,842	31,934,230	98.01
Cameroon	982,722	2.03	4.32	485,223	29,123,744	60.02
Mali	979,853	0.78	5.61	1,256,610	24,478,595	19.48
Uzbekistan	962,316	2.14	3.50	449,419	36,361,859	80.91
Turkey	957,809	1.24	1.51	771,368	85,518,661	110.87
Algeria	918,730	0.38	2.77	2,415,279	46,814,308	19.38
Myanmar	909,933	1.38	2.12	657,086	54,500,091	82.94
Ghana	905,785	3.91	3.40	231,839	34,427,414	148.50
Chad	860,601	0.65	6.12	1,323,079	20,299,123	15.34
Somalia	816,709	1.26	6.13	649,569	19,009,151	29.26
Burkina Faso	745,154	2.66	4.19	279,814	23,548,781	84.16
Japan	743,852	2.05	1.20	362,984	123,975,371	341.54
Colombia	712,643	0.64	1.65	1,121,485	52,886,363	47.16
Zambia	705,120	0.92	4.10	764,589	21,314,956	27.88
United Kingdom	693,852	2.84	1.56	244,522	69,226,000	283.11
Germany	693,187	1.98	1.39	350,392	83,516,593	238.35
Malawi	679,564	7.02	3.65	96,740	21,655,286	223.85
France	678,661	1.26	1.66	540,363	68,551,653	126.86
Morocco	635,993	1.41	2.23	450,662	38,081,173	84.50
Thailand	590,902	1.16	1.21	510,644	71,668,011	140.35
Saudi Arabia	579,454	0.26	2.28	2,251,587	35,300,280	15.68
Nepal	573,451	4.01	1.98	143,139	29,651,054	207.15
Peru	545,569	0.42	1.98	1,294,077	34,217,848	26.44
Syria	545,440	2.84	2.71	192,020	24,672,760	128.49
Senegal	544,383	2.76	3.82	197,050	18,501,984	93.89
Zimbabwe	505,851	1.28	3.72	393,799	16,634,373	42.24
Argentina	505,582	0.18	1.50	2,746,170	45,696,159	16.64
Guinea	499,419	1.98	4.22	251,678	14,754,785	58.63
Benin	489,982	4.24	4.56	115,570	14,462,724	125.14
Burundi	472,946	17.95	4.88	26,352	14,047,786	533.08
Malaysia	441,341	1.33	1.55	332,584	35,557,673	106.91
Venezuela	428,554	0.48	2.08	885,312	28,405,543	32.09
Kazakhstan	414,693	0.15	3.01	2,734,553	20,592,571	7.53
Rwanda	404,145	16.03	3.70	25,204	14,256,567	565.65
Guatemala	383,017	3.52	2.31	108,824	18,406,359	169.14
Italy	377,297	1.28	1.20	295,562	58,952,704	199.46
Cambodia	366,040	2.05	2.58	178,697	17,638,801	98.71
Canada	363,339	0.04	1.26	9,052,933	41,288,599	4.56
North Korea	343,080	2.84	1.78	120,777	26,498,823	219.40
South Sudan	341,462	0.52	3.86	657,245	11,943,408	18.17
Spain	327,287	0.65	1.12	504,826	48,848,840	96.76
Togo	296,323	5.33	4.19	55,622	9,515,236	171.07
Australia	293,725	0.04	1.50	7,846,925	27,196,812	3.47
Tajikistan	276,677	1.96	3.07	141,476	10,590,927	74.86
Ecuador	272,630	1.09	1.82	250,506	18,135,478	72.40
Poland	270,538	0.89	1.16	305,200	36,559,233	119.79
Sierra Leone	264,454	3.59	3.79	73,728	8,642,022	117.21
Bolivia	263,745	0.24	2.55	1,098,266	12,413,315	11.30
Haiti	261,350	9.37	2.66	27,880	11,772,557	422.26
Papua New Guinea	259,928	0.56	3.10	461,005	10,576,502	22.94
Central African Republic	247,120	0.38	6.01	644,534	5,330,690	8.27
Sri Lanka	245,459	3.99	1.97	61,520	21,916,000	356.24
Jordan	238,116	2.66	2.64	89,676	11,552,876	128.83
Honduras	237,764	2.09	2.50	113,790	10,825,703	95.14
South Korea	232,879	2.38	0.72	97,672	51,751,065	529.84
Ukraine	212,963	0.37	0.98	581,356	37,860,221	65.12
Dominican Republic	204,907	4.22	2.24	48,607	11,427,557	235.10
Republic of the Congo	193,959	0.55	4.16	349,789	6,332,961	18.11
Israel	185,523	8.47	2.85	21,915	9,974,400	455.13
Mauritania	177,946	0.17	4.70	1,060,857	5,169,395	4.87
Chile	177,151	0.24	1.17	746,834	19,764,771	26.46
Liberia	173,772	1.77	3.95	98,420	5,612,817	57.03
Tunisia	168,785	1.08	1.83	156,336	12,277,109	78.53
Netherlands	165,540	4.88	1.43	33,889	17,993,485	530.95
Laos	165,271	0.71	2.42	233,956	7,769,819	33.21
Turkmenistan	162,930	0.34	2.69	478,229	7,494,498	15.67
Romania	152,414	0.66	1.71	229,968	19,051,804	82.85
Kyrgyzstan	148,770	0.76	2.70	195,099	7,221,868	37.02
West Bank and Gaza	143,135	23.21	3.31	6,168	5,289,152	857.39
Paraguay	138,479	0.35	2.42	400,930	6,929,153	17.28
Nicaragua	134,007	1.10	2.22	121,971	6,916,140	56.70
Libya	125,654	0.07	2.35	1,777,691	7,381,023	4.15
Azerbaijan	113,251	1.36	1.55	83,047	10,202,830	122.85
Belgium	111,470	3.63	1.47	30,697	11,858,610	386.30
United Arab Emirates	107,381	1.44	1.20	74,425	10,986,400	147.62
Eritrea	100,920	0.82	3.71	123,455	3,535,603	28.64
Sweden	100,412	0.25	1.45	408,548	10,569,709	25.87
El Salvador	99,877	4.80	1.77	20,813	6,338,193	304.52
Cuba	95,589	0.92	1.44	103,421	10,979,783	106.17
Lebanon	93,731	9.11	2.24	10,287	5,805,962	564.37
Czech Republic	91,602	1.18	1.45	77,458	10,905,028	140.79
Oman	88,978	0.27	2.52	323,737	5,281,538	16.31
Hungary	87,014	0.96	1.51	90,973	9,562,065	105.11
Portugal	86,626	0.94	1.44	92,614	10,694,681	115.48
The Gambia	83,983	8.11	4.01	10,353	2,759,988	266.59
Switzerland	81,050	2.02	1.33	40,028	9,005,582	224.98
Namibia	78,450	0.09	3.21	841,915	3,030,131	3.60
Austria	78,012	0.94	1.32	82,937	9,177,982	110.66
Panama	72,380	0.96	2.12	75,125	4,515,577	60.11
Greece	70,754	0.55	1.32	128,872	10,405,134	80.74
Gabon	70,242	0.27	3.65	263,286	2,538,952	9.64
Mongolia	66,970	0.04	2.70	1,578,038	3,524,788	2.23
Guinea-Bissau	66,122	2.30	3.84	28,746	2,201,352	76.58
Belarus	65,170	0.32	1.21	201,973	9,132,629	45.22
Botswana	62,304	0.11	2.73	576,074	2,521,139	4.38
Serbia	60,595	0.72	1.61	83,623	6,586,476	78.76
Denmark	57,976	1.44	1.50	40,202	5,976,992	148.67
New Zealand	57,422	0.21	1.56	267,740	5,287,500	19.75
Bulgaria	57,328	0.53	1.81	108,472	6,441,421	59.38
Lesotho	56,352	1.84	2.69	30,700	2,337,423	76.14
Equatorial Guinea	56,026	1.95	4.08	28,732	1,892,516	65.87
Ireland	55,576	0.79	1.50	69,982	5,395,790	77.10
Norway	52,379	0.14	1.40	367,746	5,572,279	15.15
Costa Rica	52,217	1.02	1.33	51,303	5,129,910	99.99
Kuwait	50,455	2.81	1.52	17,980	4,897,263	272.36
Slovakia	48,798	1.02	1.49	48,038	5,422,069	112.87
Singapore	44,672	61.03	0.97	732	6,036,860	8,241.85
Finland	43,835	0.14	1.26	305,919	5,619,911	18.37
Georgia	42,522	0.75	1.81	56,912	3,699,557	65.00
Armenia	37,312	1.29	1.90	28,857	3,033,500	105.12
Uruguay	33,429	0.19	1.41	174,942	3,386,588	19.36
Hong Kong SAR, China	33,106	31.59	0.75	1,048	7,524,100	7,177.24
Jamaica	32,999	3.05	1.36	10,827	2,839,175	262.21
Croatia	32,089	0.57	1.46	56,054	3,866,200	68.97
Timor-Leste	30,921	2.06	2.71	15,045	1,400,638	93.09
Eswatini	29,918	1.72	2.75	17,372	1,242,822	71.54
Qatar	28,315	2.29	1.73	12,362	2,857,822	231.16
Moldova	25,836	0.92	1.73	28,117	2,402,306	85.44
Comoros	24,831	13.10	3.88	1,896	866,628	456.95
Bosnia and Herzegovina	24,409	0.48	1.49	50,865	3,164,253	62.21
Albania	24,351	0.90	1.35	26,980	2,377,128	88.11
Djibouti	24,273	1.03	2.61	23,497	1,168,722	49.74
Solomon Islands	22,065	0.77	3.56	28,661	819,198	28.58
Lithuania	20,795	0.33	1.18	62,963	2,888,278	45.87
Bahrain	19,794	24.59	1.82	805	1,588,670	1,971.32
Kosovo	19,239	1.77	1.54	10,887	1,594,353	146
Puerto Rico	18,579	2.10	0.92	8,868	3,203,295	361.19
Slovenia	17,019	0.84	1.51	20,200	2,127,400	105.31
Guyana	16,860	0.08	2.41	212,349	831,087	3.91
North Macedonia	16,784	0.67	1.50	25,172	1,824,359	72.47
Fiji	16,714	0.91	2.28	18,361	928,784	50.58
Cyprus	14,668	1.57	1.39	9,331	1,358,282	145.56
Trinidad and Tobago	14,652	2.85	1.53	5,133	1,368,333	266.57
Latvia	14,369	0.23	1.36	61,649	1,866,124	30.27
Mauritius	12,706	6.38	1.39	1,992	1,245,779	625.26
Estonia	10,978	0.26	1.31	42,794	1,372,341	32.07
Suriname	10,974	0.07	2.25	161,922	634,431	3.92
Bhutan	10,023	0.26	1.46	38,389	791,524	20.62
Vanuatu	9,194	0.74	3.60	12,470	327,777	26.28
Belize	7,517	0.32	2.01	23,141	417,072	18.02
Montenegro	6,983	0.52	1.74	13,449	623,525	46.36
São Tomé and Príncipe	6,638	6.78	3.64	979	235,536	240.49
Cape Verde	6,471	1.60	1.52	4,049	524,877	129.61
Luxembourg	6,431	2.46	1.25	2,615	677,012	258.86
Brunei	6,288	1.18	1.75	5,313	462,721	87.09
Maldives	5,815	19.45	1.57	299	527,799	1,765.08
Samoa	5,537	1.98	3.83	2,797	218,019	77.94
Malta	4,607	14.00	1.06	329	568,847	1,727.33
The Bahamas	4,354	0.43	1.37	10,056	401,283	39.90
Iceland	4,251	0.04	1.59	101,050	386,506	3.82
New Caledonia	4,173	0.23	1.98	18,454	292,639	15.86
Macao SAR, China	3,778	114.48	0.59	33	687,000	20,569.70
Kiribati	3,472	4.22	3.15	822	134,518	163.62
Barbados	3,156	7.34	1.71	430	282,467	656.60
French Polynesia	3,073	0.88	1.50	3,479	281,807	80.99
Guam	2,963	5.45	2.78	544	167,777	308.34
Federated States of Micronesia	2,523	3.59	2.75	703	113,160	160.90
Tonga	2,408	3.36	3.13	717	104,175	145.27
Saint Lucia	2,024	3.31	1.38	611	179,744	293.91
Seychelles	1,577	3.38	2.02	466	121,354	260.38
Channel Islands	1,378	6.96	1.37	198	168,126	849
Grenada	1,372	4.04	1.49	340	117,207	344.36
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1,223	3.16	1.77	387	100,616	259.80
United States Virgin Islands	1,189	3.42	1.98	348	104,377	299.76
Curacao	1,169	2.62	1.20	447	155,967	348.32
Antigua and Barbuda	1,111	2.51	1.58	442	93,772	212.08
Cayman Islands	881	3.61	1.53	244	74,457	304.32
Aruba	861	4.76	1.60	181	107,995	596.44
Marshall Islands	793	4.56	2.92	174	37,548	215.71
Dominica	734	0.98	1.48	746	66,205	88.68
American Samoa	719	3.67	2.29	196	46,765	237.60
Greenland	716	0.00	1.77	410,240	56,836	0.14
Isle of Man	701	1.23	1.55	569	84,160	147.66
Faroe Islands	579	0.42	1.86	1,376	54,681	39.72
Northern Mariana Islands	571	1.27	2.35	451	44,278	98.14
Andorra	562	1.18	1.08	476	81,938	172.03
St. Kitts and Nevis	550	2.12	1.50	260	46,843	179.84
Bermuda	520	9.81	1.40	53	64,636	1,198.11
Turks and Caicos Islands	499	0.52	1.46	956	46,535	48.63
Gibraltar	474	47.40	1.89	10	39,329	3,847.10
Saint Martin	445	9.47	2.72	47	26,129	550.30
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	395	11.62	1.45	34	43,350	1,257.32
Liechtenstein	368	2.27	1.45	162	40,450	249.04
Monaco	364	182.00	2.11	2	38,631	18,692.90
British Virgin Islands	328	2.17	1.04	151	39,471	259.90
Nauru	304	15.20	3.33	20	11,947	593.75
Tuvalu	222	7.66	3.21	29	9,646	327.20
Palau	192	0.42	1.91	459	17,695	38.54
San Marino	190	3.17	1.15	60	33,977	564.33

See also

• Total fertility rate
• List of countries by total fertility rate
• List of countries by birth rate
• List of countries by number of deaths
• List of people with the most children
• List of population concern organizations
• Population growth
• Sub-replacement fertility
• Fertility and intelligence

External links

• Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs - Population Division - World Population Prospects, the 2024 Revision
• WPP2024_GEN_F01_DEMOGRAPHIC_INDICATORS_COMPACT.xlsx