The following list sorts sovereign states and dependent territories and by the total number of births. Figures are from the 2022 revision of the United Nations World Population Prospects report, for the calendar year 2021.
Countries and dependent territories by the estimated number of births in 2021 according to the World Population Prospects 2022 of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. [1]
Rank | Country | Number of births (2021) |
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1 | India | 23,114,000 |
2 | China | 10,881,567 |
3 | Nigeria | 7,923,294 |
4 | Pakistan | 6,374,741 |
5 | Indonesia | 4,496,383 |
6 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 4,034,953 |
7 | Ethiopia | 3,895,734 |
8 | United States | 3,722,822 |
9 | Bangladesh | 3,019,672 |
10 | Brazil | 2,760,958 |
11 | Philippines | 2,364,739 |
12 | Egypt | 2,465,005 |
13 | Tanzania | 2,303,114 |
14 | Mexico | 1,882,362 |
15 | Uganda | 1,686,795 |
16 | Sudan | 1,534,332 |
17 | Kenya | 1,468,358 |
18 | Vietnam | 1,462,623 |
19 | Afghanistan | 1,440,941 |
20 | Russia | 1,397,456 |
21 | Angola | 1,338,792 |
22 | Turkey | 1,244,782 |
23 | Iran | 1,204,105 |
24 | Iraq | 1,192,345 |
25 | South Africa | 1,176,955 |
26 | Mozambique | 1,174,346 |
27 | Niger | 1,144,371 |
28 | Yemen | 1,008,936 |
29 | Algeria | 950,888 |
30 | Cameroon | 950,546 |
31 | Ivory Coast | 932,943 |
32 | Myanmar | 920,395 |
33 | Mali | 912,901 |
34 | Ghana | 904,679 |
35 | Madagascar | 895,045 |
36 | Japan | 818,509 |
37 | Uzbekistan | 802,875 |
38 | Burkina Faso | 785,817 |
39 | Germany | 763,168 |
40 | Chad | 744,834 |
41 | Somalia | 743,932 |
42 | Colombia | 730,203 |
43 | France | 677,303 |
44 | United Kingdom | 677,219 |
45 | Zambia | 672,000 |
46 | Malawi | 653,703 |
47 | Morocco | 650,892 |
48 | Thailand | 644,325 |
49 | Argentina | 629,391 |
50 | Saudi Arabia | 629,339 |
51 | Nepal | 609,790 |
52 | Peru | 593,523 |
53 | Senegal | 549,984 |
54 | Malaysia | 511,313 |
55 | Zimbabwe | 488,807 |
56 | Benin | 475,832 |
57 | Guinea | 465,954 |
58 | Venezuela | 451,855 |
59 | Burundi | 437,599 |
60 | Syria | 426,856 |
61 | Kazakhstan | 413,483 |
62 | Italy | 410,487 |
63 | Rwanda | 403,681 |
64 | Canada | 373,728 |
65 | Guatemala | 372,146 |
66 | Poland | 363,427 |
67 | Spain | 357,652 |
68 | North Korea | 343,885 |
69 | Ukraine | 336,096 |
70 | Cambodia | 320,934 |
71 | South Sudan | 313,347 |
72 | Sri Lanka | 305,877 |
73 | Ecuador | 298,989 |
74 | Australia | 298,496 |
75 | South Korea | 260,562 |
76 | Togo | 275,435 |
77 | Haiti | 269,377 |
78 | Sierra Leone | 264,106 |
79 | Bolivia | 263,820 |
80 | Tajikistan | 260,838 |
81 | Papua New Guinea | 253,720 |
82 | Jordan | 244,557 |
83 | Central African Republic | 234,821 |
84 | Chile | 229,116 |
85 | Honduras | 216,645 |
86 | Dominican Republic | 205,050 |
87 | Tunisia | 197,396 |
88 | Romania | 195,366 |
89 | Taiwan | 185,885 |
90 | Netherlands | 180,273 |
91 | Republic of the Congo | 179,193 |
92 | Israel | 174,335 |
93 | Laos | 163,261 |
94 | Liberia | 162,685 |
95 | Kyrgyzstan | 157,661 |
96 | Mauritania | 153,242 |
97 | Palestine | 145,128 |
98 | Nicaragua | 140,589 |
99 | Paraguay | 138,365 |
100 | Turkmenistan | 136,968 |
101 | Azerbaijan | 127,085 |
102 | Libya | 120,072 |
103 | Belgium | 116,448 |
104 | Sweden | 113,322 |
105 | Czech Republic | 103,948 |
106 | Eritrea | 103,861 |
107 | El Salvador | 101,405 |
108 | Cuba | 100,445 |
109 | United Arab Emirates | 96,536 |
110 | Hungary | 91,895 |
111 | Belarus | 88,853 |
112 | Gambia | 87,840 |
113 | Switzerland | 87,086 |
114 | Austria | 84,647 |
115 | Lebanon | 84,450 |
116 | Oman | 83,496 |
117 | Portugal | 80,480 |
118 | Greece | 79,072 |
119 | Panama | 76,933 |
120 | Mongolia | 71,668 |
121 | Namibia | 69,486 |
122 | Serbia | 67,609 |
123 | Guinea-Bissau | 64,086 |
124 | New Zealand | 63,557 |
125 | Gabon | 63,525 |
126 | Denmark | 63,148 |
127 | Costa Rica | 61,176 |
128 | Botswana | 60,999 |
129 | Lesotho | 59,581 |
130 | Ireland | 58,563 |
131 | Bulgaria | 58,112 |
132 | Slovakia | 54,351 |
133 | Norway | 53,868 |
134 | Georgia | 50,430 |
135 | Equatorial Guinea | 49,749 |
136 | Finland | 46,891 |
137 | Kuwait | 44,412 |
138 | Hong Kong | 42,908 |
139 | Singapore | 42,215 |
140 | Moldova | 38,146 |
141 | Uruguay | 35,892 |
142 | Croatia | 34,733 |
143 | Armenia | 33,700 |
144 | Jamaica | 33,150 |
145 | Timor-Leste | 32,976 |
146 | Albania | 29,289 |
147 | Eswatini | 28,831 |
148 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 27,646 |
149 | Lithuania | 26,862 |
150 | Puerto Rico | 26,548 |
151 | Qatar | 26,529 |
152 | Djibouti | 24,541 |
153 | Comoros | 24,180 |
154 | Solomon Islands | 21,098 |
155 | North Macedonia | 20,114 |
156 | Slovenia | 19,147 |
157 | Kosovo | 18,604 |
158 | Fiji | 17,943 |
159 | Trinidad and Tobago | 17,814 |
160 | Bahrain | 17,501 |
161 | Latvia | 17,024 |
162 | Guyana | 16,375 |
163 | Réunion | 14,071 |
164 | Estonia | 13,639 |
165 | Mauritius | 13,437 |
166 | Cyprus | 12,820 |
167 | Suriname | 11,133 |
168 | Mayotte | 10,641 |
169 | Cape Verde | 9,976 |
170 | Bhutan | 9,703 |
171 | Western Sahara | 9,461 |
172 | Vanuatu | 9,398 |
173 | French Guiana | 7,503 |
174 | Maldives | 7,337 |
175 | Belize | 7,186 |
176 | Montenegro | 6,965 |
177 | Macau | 6,921 |
178 | Luxembourg | 6,589 |
179 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 6,318 |
180 | Brunei | 6,147 |
181 | Samoa | 5,975 |
182 | Bahamas | 4,666 |
183 | Malta | 4,664 |
184 | Iceland | 4,572 |
185 | Guadeloupe | 4,467 |
186 | New Caledonia | 4,158 |
187 | French Polynesia | 3,881 |
188 | Martinique | 3,524 |
189 | Kiribati | 3,510 |
190 | Barbados | 3,046 |
191 | Guam | 2,795 |
192 | Tonga | 2,454 |
193 | Federated States of Micronesia | 2,357 |
194 | Curaçao | 2,167 |
195 | Saint Lucia | 2,064 |
196 | Grenada | 1,990 |
197 | Seychelles | 1,642 |
198 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,348 |
199 | United States Virgin Islands | 1,147 |
200 | Jersey | 1,134 |
201 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1,129 |
202 | Dominica | 965 |
203 | Marshall Islands | 829 |
204 | Faroe Islands | 814 |
205 | Greenland | 810 |
206 | American Samoa | 788 |
207 | Aruba | 764 |
208 | Isle of Man | 717 |
209 | Cayman Islands | 679 |
210 | Guernsey | 613 |
211 | Northern Mariana Islands | 608 |
212 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 578 |
213 | Andorra | 567 |
214 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 559 |
215 | Bermuda | 497 |
216 | Saint Martin | 488 |
217 | Liechtenstein | 358 |
218 | Gibraltar | 350 |
219 | Nauru | 346 |
220 | Sint Maarten | 336 |
221 | Monaco | 322 |
222 | Caribbean Netherlands | 286 |
223 | Cook Islands | 277 |
224 | Palau | 273 |
225 | Tuvalu | 263 |
226 | British Virgin Islands | 237 |
227 | San Marino | 202 |
228 | Anguilla | 150 |
229 | Wallis and Futuna | 138 |
230 | Saint Barthélemy | 88 |
231 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 45 |
232 | Falkland Islands | 42 |
233 | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 41 |
234 | Montserrat | 40 |
235 | Tokelau | 35 |
236 | Niue | 27 |
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