# Countries by live births, 2023

All 236 values come from United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `births`
- 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
- 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/rankings/births/countries

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