Countries by live births, 2023

India had the highest live births of 236 countries in 2023, at 23.22 million. Vatican City had the lowest, at 2. The median was 72,565 and the figure for the World was 132.11 million. Source: the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

Highest23,219,489India

Lowest2Vatican City

Median72,565236 countries

World132,110,264History

Top 40 countries, 2023

count. Source: UN WPP, World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2023 count	Change on 2022
1	India Estimated	23,219,489	-0.3%
2	China Estimated	8,899,881	-5.9%
3	Nigeria Estimated	7,509,758	+1.4%
4	Pakistan Estimated	6,882,058	+0.4%
5	Indonesia Estimated	4,482,359	-0.8%
6	Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated	4,369,683	+2.5%
7	Ethiopia Estimated	4,105,685	+1%
8	United States Estimated	3,657,476	-2.5%
9	Bangladesh Estimated	3,489,953	+0.1%
10	Brazil Estimated	2,601,670	-1.5%
11	Egypt Estimated	2,405,717	+1.3%
12	Tanzania Estimated	2,346,391	+1.7%
13	Mexico Estimated	2,037,689	-1.2%
14	Philippines Estimated	1,840,477	+0.6%
15	Uganda Estimated	1,712,750	+1.1%
16	Sudan Estimated	1,682,049	+1.6%
17	Kenya Estimated	1,499,998	+1.1%
18	Afghanistan Estimated	1,469,029	+0.4%
19	Vietnam Estimated	1,387,961	-2.4%
20	Yemen Estimated	1,386,914	+2.5%
21	Angola Estimated	1,381,370	+1.7%
22	Russia Estimated	1,297,207	-2.8%
23	Mozambique Estimated	1,260,855	+1.6%
24	South Africa Estimated	1,186,793	-0.3%
25	Iran Estimated	1,173,463	-1.6%
26	Iraq Estimated	1,159,682	+1.2%
27	Niger Estimated	1,095,892	+3.2%
28	Türkiye Estimated	1,072,014	-0.6%
29	Madagascar Estimated	1,001,244	+1.2%
30	Côte d’Ivoire Estimated	997,001	+0.9%
31	Cameroon Estimated	957,392	+1.1%
32	Mali Estimated	951,445	+2.2%
33	Uzbekistan Estimated	943,547	+1.8%
34	Algeria Estimated	905,981	-2.8%
35	Myanmar Estimated	903,822	-0.6%
36	Ghana Estimated	888,947	+0.8%
37	Chad Estimated	819,054	+2.4%
38	Somalia Estimated	788,763	+1.2%
39	Japan Estimated	749,884	-4.7%
40	Burkina Faso Estimated	728,612	+1%
41	Germany Estimated	719,249	-1.5%
42	Colombia Estimated	705,009	-0.8%
43	United Kingdom Estimated	688,388	-0%
44	Zambia Estimated	685,565	+1.4%
45	Malawi Estimated	662,289	+1.5%
46	France Estimated	638,891	-7.1%
47	Morocco Estimated	629,832	-1%
48	Thailand Estimated	591,200	-1.7%
49	Nepal Estimated	574,297	-1.6%
50	Saudi Arabia Estimated	546,038	+11.5%
51	Peru Estimated	539,623	-0.4%
52	Senegal Estimated	531,890	+2.3%
53	Syria Estimated	521,601	+9.4%
54	Argentina Estimated	503,823	+1.6%
55	Zimbabwe Estimated	496,917	+0.1%
56	Guinea Estimated	487,595	+0.9%
57	Benin Estimated	478,062	+1.1%
58	Burundi Estimated	460,882	+0.9%
59	Malaysia Estimated	435,989	+1.4%
60	Venezuela Estimated	426,984	+0.7%
61	Kazakhstan Estimated	409,417	-1.8%
62	Rwanda Estimated	395,578	+0.4%
63	Italy Estimated	384,627	-3.8%
64	Guatemala Estimated	377,167	+0.3%
65	Cambodia Estimated	361,586	-1.2%
66	Canada Estimated	356,745	+0.6%
67	North Korea Estimated	342,038	-1.2%
68	Spain Estimated	336,821	-0.8%
69	South Sudan Estimated	328,308	+2.5%
70	Sri Lanka Estimated	324,102	-0.6%
71	Poland Estimated	317,916	+2.5%
72	Australia Estimated	304,340	+0.3%
73	Togo Estimated	289,759	+1.1%
74	Tajikistan Estimated	271,420	-1.4%
75	Ecuador Estimated	270,300	-1.7%
76	Bolivia Estimated	260,151	-0.1%
77	Sierra Leone Estimated	258,903	+0.7%
78	Haiti Estimated	258,348	-0.4%
79	Papua New Guinea Estimated	255,331	-0.5%
80	Central African Republic Estimated	238,858	+3.1%
81	South Korea Estimated	236,394	-7.9%
82	Jordan Estimated	235,776	+0.1%
83	Honduras Estimated	233,793	+0.5%
84	Ukraine Estimated	212,231	-9%
85	Dominican Republic Estimated	203,183	-0.9%
86	Republic of the Congo Estimated	189,365	+1.4%
87	Romania Estimated	183,623	-0.1%
88	Chile Estimated	176,196	-6.8%
89	Mauritania Estimated	172,885	+1.8%
90	Israel Estimated	172,312	-1.5%
91	Liberia Estimated	170,065	+1.5%
92	Netherlands Estimated	167,842	-2.7%
93	Tunisia Estimated	167,729	-2%
94	Laos Estimated	163,043	-0.6%
95	Turkmenistan Estimated	160,100	-2.2%
96	Kyrgyzstan Estimated	150,759	+0.3%
97	Palestine Estimated	146,384	+0.1%
98	Paraguay Estimated	136,778	-0.6%
99	Taiwan Estimated	132,404	-2.3%
100	Nicaragua Estimated	132,214	-0.3%
101	Azerbaijan Estimated	125,136	-3.3%
102	Libya Estimated	124,371	-1.8%
103	United Arab Emirates Estimated	104,015	+9.3%
104	Belgium Estimated	101,686	-10.6%
105	El Salvador Estimated	99,428	-0.6%
106	Eritrea Estimated	99,058	+1.3%
107	Sweden Estimated	97,915	-6.6%
108	Cuba Estimated	95,938	+0.1%
109	Lebanon Estimated	93,205	-0.9%
110	Czechia Estimated	91,845	-5.3%
111	Portugal Estimated	86,646	+2.8%
112	Hungary Estimated	85,373	-4.9%
113	Oman Estimated	85,065	+10%
114	Switzerland Estimated	83,702	+2.3%
115	Gambia Estimated	82,092	+1.2%
116	Austria Estimated	77,054	-6.1%
117	Namibia Estimated	76,715	+0.8%
118	Greece Estimated	73,661	-0.7%
119	Panama Estimated	71,469	0%
120	Gabon Estimated	68,745	-0.1%
121	Belarus Estimated	65,050	-12%
122	Mongolia Estimated	65,019	-3.3%
123	Guinea-Bissau Estimated	64,679	+0.9%
124	Bulgaria Estimated	62,645	-2.2%
125	Botswana Estimated	61,294	-0.5%
126	Serbia Estimated	59,840	-2.3%
127	New Zealand Estimated	59,236	+0.5%
128	Denmark Estimated	57,810	-0.5%
129	Lesotho Estimated	55,728	-0.1%
130	Equatorial Guinea Estimated	54,694	+0.7%
131	Ireland Estimated	53,268	+0.1%
132	Slovakia Estimated	52,271	-0.9%
133	Costa Rica Estimated	51,969	-0.9%
134	Norway Estimated	51,545	+0.9%
135	Kuwait Estimated	49,342	+2.2%
136	Singapore Estimated	47,472	+5.1%
137	Georgia Estimated	43,765	-0.7%
138	Finland Estimated	43,556	-2.6%
139	Hong Kong Estimated	41,294	-2.4%
140	Armenia Estimated	34,668	+0.5%
141	Uruguay Estimated	33,443	-1%
142	Jamaica Estimated	33,007	-1.9%
143	Moldova Estimated	32,986	+2.9%
144	Croatia Estimated	31,446	-4.8%
145	Timor-Leste Estimated	30,561	-0.5%
146	Eswatini Estimated	29,622	-1.3%
147	Qatar Estimated	29,516	+1%
148	Albania Estimated	28,803	-1.2%
149	Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated	24,569	-1.1%
150	Comoros Estimated	24,366	+0.5%
151	Djibouti Estimated	23,946	+0.1%
152	Solomon Islands Estimated	21,548	+1.1%
153	Lithuania Estimated	21,434	-0.6%
154	Bahrain Estimated	19,558	-4%
155	Puerto Rico Estimated	18,851	+1.2%
156	Slovenia Estimated	17,902	-1.4%
157	North Macedonia Estimated	16,878	-9.4%
158	Guyana Estimated	16,764	-1.7%
159	Fiji Estimated	16,631	-0.8%
160	Trinidad and Tobago Estimated	16,094	-2.1%
161	Cyprus Estimated	14,524	-1.3%
162	Latvia Estimated	14,250	-10.4%
163	Réunion Estimated	12,003	-1%
164	Mauritius Estimated	11,804	-2.7%
165	Mayotte Estimated	11,186	+2.7%
166	Estonia Estimated	11,036	-3.9%
167	Suriname Estimated	10,879	-0.1%
168	Bhutan Estimated	9,958	-0.4%
169	Vanuatu Estimated	8,988	+0.1%
170	Western Sahara Estimated	8,987	-0.6%
171	French Guiana Estimated	7,707	+0.7%
172	Belize Estimated	7,410	+5.8%
173	Montenegro Estimated	6,981	-0.7%
174	Luxembourg Estimated	6,946	+3.4%
175	São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated	6,507	+1.7%
176	Cape Verde Estimated	6,440	-0.4%
177	Brunei Estimated	6,237	-1.1%
178	Maldives Estimated	5,795	-3%
179	Samoa Estimated	5,503	-2.1%
180	Macao Estimated	4,515	-0%
181	Iceland Estimated	4,347	+0.3%
182	Bahamas Estimated	4,335	-0.3%
183	Guadeloupe Estimated	4,233	-5.9%
184	Malta Estimated	4,213	-1.7%
185	New Caledonia Estimated	4,134	-0.7%
186	Martinique Estimated	3,728	-2.4%
187	Kiribati Estimated	3,421	-0.7%
188	Barbados Estimated	3,155	-0.7%
189	French Polynesia Estimated	3,066	-2%
190	Guam Estimated	2,941	-1.1%
191	Micronesia Estimated	2,512	-0.5%
192	Tonga Estimated	2,418	-1.4%
193	Saint Lucia Estimated	2,019	-1.1%
194	Seychelles Estimated	1,744	0%
195	Curaçao Estimated	1,394	+0.6%
196	Grenada Estimated	1,371	-1.7%
197	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated	1,232	-2.6%
198	Antigua and Barbuda Estimated	1,106	-0.7%
199	Aruba Estimated	1,020	-1.2%
200	U.S. Virgin Islands Estimated	959	-2%
201	Cayman Islands Estimated	865	-0.9%
202	Jersey Estimated	853	-0.4%
203	Marshall Islands Estimated	821	-6.8%
204	Greenland Estimated	789	-1.9%
205	Dominica Estimated	738	-0.9%
206	American Samoa Estimated	731	-2.5%
207	Isle of Man Estimated	702	-1.1%
208	Faroe Islands Estimated	690	+1.8%
209	Northern Mariana Islands Estimated	583	-8.3%
210	Andorra Estimated	555	+1.6%
211	Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated	549	-1.8%
212	Bermuda Estimated	521	-1.7%
212	Guernsey Estimated	521	0%
214	Turks and Caicos Islands Estimated	496	-1.4%
215	Saint Martin Estimated	470	-6%
216	Gibraltar Estimated	464	+2.7%
217	Sint Maarten Estimated	390	+0.5%
218	Liechtenstein Estimated	371	+0.8%
219	Monaco Estimated	368	+8.9%
220	British Virgin Islands Estimated	325	+0.6%
221	Nauru Estimated	303	-3.5%
222	Caribbean Netherlands Estimated	280	+6.1%
223	Tuvalu Estimated	226	-6.2%
224	San Marino Estimated	200	-2.4%
225	Palau Estimated	193	-2%
226	Cook Islands Estimated	178	-9.6%
227	Anguilla Estimated	130	+3.2%
228	Wallis and Futuna Estimated	98	-2%
229	Saint Barthélemy Estimated	53	+1.9%
230	Tokelau Estimated	47	+9.3%
231	Falkland Islands Estimated	39	-4.9%
231	Montserrat Estimated	39	-11.4%
231	Saint Helena Estimated	39	-2.5%
234	Saint Pierre and Miquelon Estimated	30	-3.2%
235	Niue Estimated	25	0%
236	Vatican City Estimated	2	0%

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Live births to mothers resident in the area during the year.

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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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World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births), Countries by live births, 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/rankings/births/countries. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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}

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Which country has the highest live births?

India, with 23.22 million in 2023, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

Which country has the lowest live births?

Vatican City, with 2 in 2023.

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