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Live births in Pakistan

Live births in Pakistan was 6.88 million in 2023, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. That is up 0.4% from 2022. That is the 4th highest of 236 countries in 2023.

2023, count6,882,058 Estimated
Change on 2022+0.4%
Rank4th of 236Countries ranked
Series high6,882,0582023
Series low1,645,7191950
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Live births in Pakistan, 1950 to 2023

02M4M6M8M19501961197219831994200520231950: 1,645,719 count1951: 1,687,829 count1952: 1,731,274 count1953: 1,776,130 count1954: 1,822,161 count1955: 1,869,776 count1956: 1,919,070 count1957: 1,970,158 count1958: 2,023,148 count1959: 2,077,443 count1960: 2,134,315 count1961: 2,187,952 count1962: 2,236,778 count1963: 2,286,584 count1964: 2,336,682 count1965: 2,387,038 count1966: 2,437,170 count1967: 2,489,105 count1968: 2,540,252 count1969: 2,590,065 count1970: 2,652,339 count1971: 2,717,910 count1972: 2,787,037 count1973: 2,862,831 count1974: 2,938,627 count1975: 3,021,101 count1976: 3,108,923 count1977: 3,210,211 count1978: 3,319,293 count1979: 3,436,982 count1980: 3,591,364 count1981: 3,810,003 count1982: 3,977,680 count1983: 4,119,949 count1984: 4,236,234 count1985: 4,347,675 count1986: 4,485,631 count1987: 4,624,991 count1988: 4,759,309 count1989: 4,877,319 count1990: 4,981,901 count1991: 5,098,016 count1992: 5,187,457 count1993: 5,230,583 count1994: 5,288,643 count1995: 5,326,881 count1996: 5,384,385 count1997: 5,420,530 count1998: 5,474,475 count1999: 5,601,415 count2000: 5,659,445 count2001: 5,687,528 count2002: 5,693,696 count2003: 5,731,005 count2004: 5,688,373 count2005: 5,770,093 count2006: 5,958,562 count2007: 6,136,679 count2008: 6,363,985 count2009: 6,532,790 count2010: 6,679,478 count2011: 6,732,852 count2012: 6,745,039 count2013: 6,733,732 count2014: 6,707,146 count2015: 6,670,207 count2016: 6,594,506 count2017: 6,639,809 count2018: 6,658,753 count2019: 6,689,991 count2020: 6,726,852 count2021: 6,797,293 count2022: 6,855,375 count2023: 6,882,058 count02M4M6M8M19501975200020231950: 1,645,719 count1951: 1,687,829 count1952: 1,731,274 count1953: 1,776,130 count1954: 1,822,161 count1955: 1,869,776 count1956: 1,919,070 count1957: 1,970,158 count1958: 2,023,148 count1959: 2,077,443 count1960: 2,134,315 count1961: 2,187,952 count1962: 2,236,778 count1963: 2,286,584 count1964: 2,336,682 count1965: 2,387,038 count1966: 2,437,170 count1967: 2,489,105 count1968: 2,540,252 count1969: 2,590,065 count1970: 2,652,339 count1971: 2,717,910 count1972: 2,787,037 count1973: 2,862,831 count1974: 2,938,627 count1975: 3,021,101 count1976: 3,108,923 count1977: 3,210,211 count1978: 3,319,293 count1979: 3,436,982 count1980: 3,591,364 count1981: 3,810,003 count1982: 3,977,680 count1983: 4,119,949 count1984: 4,236,234 count1985: 4,347,675 count1986: 4,485,631 count1987: 4,624,991 count1988: 4,759,309 count1989: 4,877,319 count1990: 4,981,901 count1991: 5,098,016 count1992: 5,187,457 count1993: 5,230,583 count1994: 5,288,643 count1995: 5,326,881 count1996: 5,384,385 count1997: 5,420,530 count1998: 5,474,475 count1999: 5,601,415 count2000: 5,659,445 count2001: 5,687,528 count2002: 5,693,696 count2003: 5,731,005 count2004: 5,688,373 count2005: 5,770,093 count2006: 5,958,562 count2007: 6,136,679 count2008: 6,363,985 count2009: 6,532,790 count2010: 6,679,478 count2011: 6,732,852 count2012: 6,745,039 count2013: 6,733,732 count2014: 6,707,146 count2015: 6,670,207 count2016: 6,594,506 count2017: 6,639,809 count2018: 6,658,753 count2019: 6,689,991 count2020: 6,726,852 count2021: 6,797,293 count2022: 6,855,375 count2023: 6,882,058 count
count. Source: UN WPP, World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2024-12-13.
All 74 values
Periodcount
20236,882,058 Estimated
20226,855,375 Estimated
20216,797,293 Estimated
20206,726,852 Estimated
20196,689,991 Estimated
20186,658,753 Estimated
20176,639,809 Estimated
20166,594,506 Estimated
20156,670,207 Estimated
20146,707,146 Estimated
20136,733,732 Estimated
20126,745,039 Estimated
20116,732,852 Estimated
20106,679,478 Estimated
20096,532,790 Estimated
20086,363,985 Estimated
20076,136,679 Estimated
20065,958,562 Estimated
20055,770,093 Estimated
20045,688,373 Estimated
20035,731,005 Estimated
20025,693,696 Estimated
20015,687,528 Estimated
20005,659,445 Estimated
19995,601,415 Estimated
19985,474,475 Estimated
19975,420,530 Estimated
19965,384,385 Estimated
19955,326,881 Estimated
19945,288,643 Estimated
19935,230,583 Estimated
19925,187,457 Estimated
19915,098,016 Estimated
19904,981,901 Estimated
19894,877,319 Estimated
19884,759,309 Estimated
19874,624,991 Estimated
19864,485,631 Estimated
19854,347,675 Estimated
19844,236,234 Estimated
19834,119,949 Estimated
19823,977,680 Estimated
19813,810,003 Estimated
19803,591,364 Estimated
19793,436,982 Estimated
19783,319,293 Estimated
19773,210,211 Estimated
19763,108,923 Estimated
19753,021,101 Estimated
19742,938,627 Estimated
19732,862,831 Estimated
19722,787,037 Estimated
19712,717,910 Estimated
19702,652,339 Estimated
19692,590,065 Estimated
19682,540,252 Estimated
19672,489,105 Estimated
19662,437,170 Estimated
19652,387,038 Estimated
19642,336,682 Estimated
19632,286,584 Estimated
19622,236,778 Estimated
19612,187,952 Estimated
19602,134,315 Estimated
19592,077,443 Estimated
19582,023,148 Estimated
19571,970,158 Estimated
19561,919,070 Estimated
19551,869,776 Estimated
19541,822,161 Estimated
19531,776,130 Estimated
19521,731,274 Estimated
19511,687,829 Estimated
19501,645,719 Estimated

Pakistan compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 104,015 countAfghanistan: 1,469,029 countAntigua and Barbuda: 1,106 countAlbania: 28,803 countArmenia: 34,668 countAngola: 1,381,370 countArgentina: 503,823 countAustria: 77,054 countAustralia: 304,340 countAzerbaijan: 125,136 countBosnia and Herzegovina: 24,569 countBangladesh: 3,489,953 countBelgium: 101,686 countBurkina Faso: 728,612 countBulgaria: 62,645 countBurundi: 460,882 countBenin: 478,062 countBrunei: 6,237 countBolivia: 260,151 countBrazil: 2,601,670 countBahamas: 4,335 countBhutan: 9,958 countBotswana: 61,294 countBelarus: 65,050 countBelize: 7,410 countCanada: 356,745 countDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 4,369,683 countCentral African Republic: 238,858 countRepublic of the Congo: 189,365 countSwitzerland: 83,702 countCôte d’Ivoire: 997,001 countChile: 176,196 countCameroon: 957,392 countChina: 8,899,881 countColombia: 705,009 countCosta Rica: 51,969 countCuba: 95,938 countCape Verde: 6,440 countCyprus: 14,524 countCzechia: 91,845 countGermany: 719,249 countDjibouti: 23,946 countDenmark: 57,810 countDominican Republic: 203,183 countAlgeria: 905,981 countEcuador: 270,300 countEstonia: 11,036 countEgypt: 2,405,717 countWestern Sahara: 8,987 countEritrea: 99,058 countSpain: 336,821 countEthiopia: 4,105,685 countFinland: 43,556 countFiji: 16,631 countFalkland Islands: 39 countFaroe Islands: 690 countFrance: 638,891 countGabon: 68,745 countUnited Kingdom: 688,388 countGeorgia: 43,765 countGhana: 888,947 countGreenland: 789 countGambia: 82,092 countGuinea: 487,595 countEquatorial Guinea: 54,694 countGreece: 73,661 countGuatemala: 377,167 countGuinea-Bissau: 64,679 countGuyana: 16,764 countHong Kong: 41,294 countHonduras: 233,793 countCroatia: 31,446 countHaiti: 258,348 countHungary: 85,373 countIndonesia: 4,482,359 countIreland: 53,268 countIsrael: 172,312 countIsle of Man: 702 countIndia: 23,219,489 countIraq: 1,159,682 countIran: 1,173,463 countIceland: 4,347 countItaly: 384,627 countJamaica: 33,007 countJordan: 235,776 countJapan: 749,884 countKenya: 1,499,998 countKyrgyzstan: 150,759 countCambodia: 361,586 countKiribati: 3,421 countNorth Korea: 342,038 countSouth Korea: 236,394 countKuwait: 49,342 countCayman Islands: 865 countKazakhstan: 409,417 countLaos: 163,043 countLebanon: 93,205 countSri Lanka: 324,102 countLiberia: 170,065 countLesotho: 55,728 countLithuania: 21,434 countLuxembourg: 6,946 countLatvia: 14,250 countLibya: 124,371 countMorocco: 629,832 countMoldova: 32,986 countMontenegro: 6,981 countMadagascar: 1,001,244 countNorth Macedonia: 16,878 countMali: 951,445 countMyanmar: 903,822 countMongolia: 65,019 countMauritania: 172,885 countMauritius: 11,804 countMalawi: 662,289 countMexico: 2,037,689 countMalaysia: 435,989 countMozambique: 1,260,855 countNamibia: 76,715 countNew Caledonia: 4,134 countNiger: 1,095,892 countNigeria: 7,509,758 countNicaragua: 132,214 countNetherlands: 167,842 countNorway: 51,545 countNepal: 574,297 countNew Zealand: 59,236 countOman: 85,065 countPanama: 71,469 countPeru: 539,623 countFrench Polynesia: 3,066 countPapua New Guinea: 255,331 countPhilippines: 1,840,477 countPakistan: 6,882,058 countPoland: 317,916 countPuerto Rico: 18,851 countPalestine: 146,384 countPortugal: 86,646 countPalau: 193 countParaguay: 136,778 countQatar: 29,516 countRomania: 183,623 countSerbia: 59,840 countRussia: 1,297,207 countRwanda: 395,578 countSaudi Arabia: 546,038 countSolomon Islands: 21,548 countSudan: 1,682,049 countSweden: 97,915 countSingapore: 47,472 countSlovenia: 17,902 countSlovakia: 52,271 countSierra Leone: 258,903 countSenegal: 531,890 countSomalia: 788,763 countSuriname: 10,879 countSouth Sudan: 328,308 countEl Salvador: 99,428 countSyria: 521,601 countEswatini: 29,622 countChad: 819,054 countTogo: 289,759 countThailand: 591,200 countTajikistan: 271,420 countTimor-Leste: 30,561 countTurkmenistan: 160,100 countTunisia: 167,729 countTürkiye: 1,072,014 countTrinidad and Tobago: 16,094 countTaiwan: 132,404 countTanzania: 2,346,391 countUkraine: 212,231 countUganda: 1,712,750 countUnited States: 3,657,476 countUruguay: 33,443 countUzbekistan: 943,547 countVenezuela: 426,984 countVietnam: 1,387,961 countVanuatu: 8,988 countSamoa: 5,503 countYemen: 1,386,914 countSouth Africa: 1,186,793 countZambia: 685,565 countZimbabwe: 496,917 count
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Live births, 2023, count. Pakistan is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births) (Live births, Pakistan, 1950 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz

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World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births), Live births, Pakistan, 1950 to 2023. United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, 13 Dec. 2024, https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/births/pakistan. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. 2024. World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Live births, Pakistan, 1950 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/births/pakistan.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024) World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births), Live births, Pakistan, 1950 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/births/pakistan (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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@misc{united_live_births_pakistan_2023,
  author = {{United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division}},
  title = {{World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births): Live births, Pakistan, 1950 to 2023}},
  year = {2024},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/births/pakistan. Publisher attribution: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel\%20Files/1\_Indicator\%20(Standard)/CSV\_FILES/WPP2024\_Demographic\_Indicators\_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.},
}
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What is the live births in Pakistan?

Live births in Pakistan was 6.88 million in 2023, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. That is up 0.4% from 2022. That is the 4th highest of 236 countries in 2023.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest live births in Pakistan?

6.88 million in 2023, the highest value since 1950 in this series.

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