# Live births in World

Live births in World was 132.11 million in 2023 (estimated). Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

- Indicator id: `births`
- Place id: `world`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Live births to mothers resident in the area during the year.
- Source: 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) (https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/un-population-division
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/births/world
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=births&place=world

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 132,110,264 (estimated) |
| 2022 | 132,475,391 (estimated) |
| 2021 | 133,448,839 (estimated) |
| 2020 | 134,719,611 (estimated) |
| 2019 | 138,596,791 (estimated) |
| 2018 | 140,332,732 (estimated) |
| 2017 | 143,601,801 (estimated) |
| 2016 | 144,854,100 (estimated) |
| 2015 | 144,333,945 (estimated) |
| 2014 | 145,268,255 (estimated) |
| 2013 | 145,014,783 (estimated) |
| 2012 | 146,054,881 (estimated) |
| 2011 | 143,878,789 (estimated) |
| 2010 | 143,354,237 (estimated) |
| 2009 | 142,968,320 (estimated) |
| 2008 | 141,758,720 (estimated) |
| 2007 | 139,935,794 (estimated) |
| 2006 | 138,469,296 (estimated) |
| 2005 | 137,166,462 (estimated) |
| 2004 | 136,596,328 (estimated) |
| 2003 | 135,700,801 (estimated) |
| 2002 | 135,396,478 (estimated) |
| 2001 | 135,379,993 (estimated) |
| 2000 | 135,758,482 (estimated) |
| 1999 | 134,058,675 (estimated) |
| 1998 | 133,857,525 (estimated) |
| 1997 | 133,985,669 (estimated) |
| 1996 | 134,321,023 (estimated) |
| 1995 | 134,850,043 (estimated) |
| 1994 | 135,142,908 (estimated) |
| 1993 | 135,632,145 (estimated) |
| 1992 | 136,591,255 (estimated) |
| 1991 | 138,306,865 (estimated) |
| 1990 | 143,461,425 (estimated) |
| 1989 | 142,249,031 (estimated) |
| 1988 | 140,985,956 (estimated) |
| 1987 | 141,346,561 (estimated) |
| 1986 | 139,301,162 (estimated) |
| 1985 | 136,373,957 (estimated) |
| 1984 | 134,365,258 (estimated) |
| 1983 | 131,967,708 (estimated) |
| 1982 | 133,206,504 (estimated) |
| 1981 | 129,715,837 (estimated) |
| 1980 | 127,446,984 (estimated) |
| 1979 | 125,000,293 (estimated) |
| 1978 | 122,140,645 (estimated) |
| 1977 | 120,786,521 (estimated) |
| 1976 | 121,322,351 (estimated) |
| 1975 | 121,030,095 (estimated) |
| 1974 | 122,709,409 (estimated) |
| 1973 | 123,563,931 (estimated) |
| 1972 | 123,554,018 (estimated) |
| 1971 | 123,739,681 (estimated) |
| 1970 | 124,135,907 (estimated) |
| 1969 | 122,227,965 (estimated) |
| 1968 | 121,825,890 (estimated) |
| 1967 | 116,920,266 (estimated) |
| 1966 | 117,232,950 (estimated) |
| 1965 | 117,837,004 (estimated) |
| 1964 | 117,292,200 (estimated) |
| 1963 | 119,802,888 (estimated) |
| 1962 | 112,038,714 (estimated) |
| 1961 | 100,950,944 (estimated) |
| 1960 | 102,378,083 (estimated) |
| 1959 | 101,999,844 (estimated) |
| 1958 | 104,644,163 (estimated) |
| 1957 | 106,017,733 (estimated) |
| 1956 | 101,759,013 (estimated) |
| 1955 | 101,747,972 (estimated) |
| 1954 | 100,187,854 (estimated) |
| 1953 | 97,291,452 (estimated) |
| 1952 | 97,371,459 (estimated) |
| 1951 | 92,507,128 (estimated) |
| 1950 | 91,823,936 (estimated) |