List of countries by number of births

Number of births by country (2023)

1. India (17.6%)
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. Figures are from the official reports of countries and their numbers of births recorded in 2024.

Number of births in each country

Countries and dependent territories by the estimated number of births in 2024.

Country	Number of Births (2024)
India	23,413,498
China	9,540,000
Nigeria	7,509,758
Pakistan	6,882,058
Indonesia	4,482,359
Democratic Republic of the Congo	4,369,683
Ethiopia	4,105,685
United States	3,622,673
Bangladesh	3,020,000
Brazil	2,520,000
Tanzania	2,346,391
Egypt	1,968,000
Uganda	1,712,750
Sudan	1,682,049
Mexico	1,672,227
Afghanistan	1,469,029
Vietnam	1,387,961
Yemen	1,386,914
Angola	1,381,370
Mozambique	1,260,855
Russia	1,220,000
Philippines	1,204,070
South Africa	1,186,793
Kenya	1,110,563
Niger	1,095,892
Iran	1,057,948
Iraq	1,013,218
Madagascar	1,001,244
Ivory Coast	997,001
Cameroon	957,392
Mali	951,445
Turkey	937,369
Uzbekistan	926,400
Algeria	905,981
Myanmar	903,822
Ghana	888,947
Chad	819,054
Somalia	788,763
Burkina Faso	728,612
Japan	720,988
Zambia	685,565
Germany	677,117
Malawi	662,289
United Kingdom	656,847
France	638,891
Morocco	629,832
Nepal	574,297
Saudi Arabia	546,038
Peru	539,623
Senegal	531,890
Syria	521,601
Zimbabwe	496,917
Guinea	487,595
Benin	478,062
Thailand	462,240
Argentina	460,902
Burundi	460,882
Colombia	445,011
Malaysia	435,989
Venezuela	426,984
Rwanda	395,578
Italy	370,000
Kazakhstan	365,900
Canada	356,745
North Korea	342,038
South Sudan	328,308
Spain	322,034
Guatemala	299,256
Togo	289,759
Australia	286,998
Cambodia	284,143
Tajikistan	271,420
Bolivia	260,151
Sierra Leone	258,903
Haiti	258,348
Papua New Guinea	255,331
Poland	251,800
Central African Republic	238,858
South Korea	238,300
Jordan	235,776
Honduras	233,793
Sri Lanka	228,091
Ecuador	215,714
Dominican Republic	203,183
Republic of the Congo	189,365
Romania	183,623
Ukraine	176,679
Chile	176,196
Mauritania	172,885
Israel	172,312
Liberia	170,065
Netherlands	167,842
Laos	163,043
Turkmenistan	160,100
Kyrgyzstan	150,759
Palestine	146,384
Paraguay	136,778
Taiwan	134,856
Tunisia	133,322
Nicaragua	132,214
Azerbaijan	125,136
Libya	124,371
United Arab Emirates	104,015
Belgium	101,686
El Salvador	99,428
Eritrea	99,058
Sweden	97,915
Lebanon	93,205
Hungary	85,373
Oman	85,065
Portugal	84,650
Czech Republic	84,311
Switzerland	78,256
Gambia	82,092
Austria	77,238
Namibia	76,715
Panama	71,469
Cuba	71,374
Gabon	68,745
Belarus	65,050
Guinea-Bissau	64,679
Greece	62,624
Botswana	61,294
Mongolia	60,213
Serbia	59,840
New Zealand	59,236
Bulgaria	58,938
Denmark	57,810
Lesotho	55,728
Equatorial Guinea	54,694
Ireland	53,268
Slovakia	52,271
Costa Rica	51,969
Norway	51,545
Kuwait	49,342
Georgia	43,765
Finland	43,556
Hong Kong	36,700
Armenia	34,668
Singapore	33,703
Jamaica	33,007
Moldova	32,986
Croatia	32,069
Timor-Leste	30,561
Uruguay	29,899
Eswatini	29,622
Qatar	29,516
Albania	28,803
Wales	26,620
Bosnia and Herzegovina	24,569
Comoros	24,366
Djibouti	23,946
Solomon Islands	21,548
Lithuania	21,434
Kosovo	20,514
Bahrain	19,558
Puerto Rico	18,851
North Macedonia	16,878
Slovenia	16,875
Guyana	16,764
Fiji	16,631
Trinidad and Tobago	16,094
Cyprus	14,524
Latvia	14,250
Réunion	12,003
Mauritius	11,804
Mayotte	11,186
Suriname	10,879
Bhutan	9,958
Estonia	9,646
Vanuatu	8,988
Western Sahara	8,987
French Guiana	7,707
Belize	7,410
Montenegro	6,981
Luxembourg	6,946
São Tomé and Príncipe	6,507
Cape Verde	6,440
Brunei	6,237
Maldives	5,795
Samoa	5,503
Bahamas	4,335
Iceland	4,311
Guadeloupe	4,233
Malta	4,213
New Caledonia	4,134
Martinique	3,728
Macau	3,607
Kiribati	3,421
Barbados	3,155
French Polynesia	3,066
Guam	2,941
Federated States of Micronesia	2,512
Tonga	2,418
Saint Lucia	2,019
Seychelles	1,744
Curaçao	1,394
Grenada	1,371
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1,232
Antigua and Barbuda	1,106
Aruba	1,020
United States Virgin Islands	959
Cayman Islands	865
Jersey	853
Marshall Islands	821
Greenland	789
Dominica	738
American Samoa	731
Isle of Man	702
Faroe Islands	690
Northern Mariana Islands	583
Andorra	555
Saint Kitts and Nevis	549
Bermuda	521
Guernsey	521
Turks and Caicos Islands	496
Saint Martin	470
Gibraltar	464
Sint Maarten	390
Liechtenstein	371
Monaco	368
British Virgin Islands	325
Nauru	303
Caribbean Netherlands	280
Tuvalu	226
San Marino	200
Palau	193
Cook Islands	178
Anguilla	130
Wallis and Futuna	98
Saint Barthélemy	53
Tokelau	47
Falkland Islands	39
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	39
Montserrat	39
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	30
Niue	25
Vatican City	0

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

• United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs - Population Division - World Population Prospects, the 2022 Revision