Countries by live births

India had the highest live births of 236 countries in 2012, at 26.43 million. Vatican City had the lowest, at 3. The median was 77,674 and the figure for the World was 146.05 million. Source: the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

Highest26,432,416India

Lowest3Vatican City

Median77,674236 countries

World146,054,881History

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count, 2012. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: UN WPP, World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

Top 40 countries, 2012

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	2012 count	Change on 2011
1	India Estimated	26,432,416	-0.9%
2	China Estimated	19,246,445	+8%
3	Nigeria Estimated	7,244,727	+1.1%
4	Pakistan Estimated	6,745,039	+0.2%
5	Indonesia Estimated	5,157,679	+0.3%
6	United States Estimated	3,942,569	0%
7	Ethiopia Estimated	3,311,138	-0.3%
8	Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated	3,219,513	+3.3%
9	Bangladesh Estimated	3,211,309	-1%
10	Brazil Estimated	2,940,339	-0.6%
11	Egypt Estimated	2,619,435	+4.7%
12	Philippines Estimated	2,526,446	-1.1%
13	Mexico Estimated	2,319,451	+0.2%
14	Russia Estimated	1,928,586	+5.7%
15	Tanzania Estimated	1,805,063	+2.9%
16	Vietnam Estimated	1,601,508	+2.9%
17	Kenya Estimated	1,477,880	-1.3%
18	Iran Estimated	1,439,653	+3.9%
19	Uganda Estimated	1,422,236	+1%
20	Sudan Estimated	1,351,018	+0.2%
21	Türkiye Estimated	1,292,422	+3.5%
22	Afghanistan Estimated	1,243,843	+3.4%
23	South Africa Estimated	1,189,588	+1.7%
24	Iraq Estimated	1,172,290	+2.7%
25	Angola Estimated	1,097,985	+2.7%
26	Japan Estimated	1,037,199	-1.3%
27	Mozambique Estimated	1,022,644	+1.9%
28	Yemen Estimated	999,885	+4.4%
29	Algeria Estimated	965,845	+5.7%
30	Côte d’Ivoire Estimated	954,821	+1.7%
31	Myanmar Estimated	937,884	-0.6%
32	Ghana Estimated	869,374	+1.9%
33	Niger Estimated	860,043	+2.6%
34	Madagascar Estimated	822,622	+0.8%
35	United Kingdom Estimated	817,336	+0.3%
36	Thailand Estimated	816,412	-0.9%
37	Cameroon Estimated	804,318	+1.4%
38	France Estimated	789,607	-0.5%
39	Mali Estimated	784,755	+2.5%
40	Argentina Estimated	736,973	-2.8%
41	Colombia Estimated	730,825	-1.1%
42	Burkina Faso Estimated	726,047	+1.9%
43	Morocco Estimated	699,725	-1.1%
44	Germany Estimated	681,427	+1.9%
45	Uzbekistan Estimated	642,549	+1.7%
46	Chad Estimated	636,465	+2.9%
47	Syria Estimated	630,948	-1.9%
48	Nepal Estimated	623,697	+0.2%
49	Malawi Estimated	605,829	-0%
50	Somalia Estimated	600,115	0%
51	Zambia Estimated	594,512	+1.3%
52	Venezuela Estimated	589,311	-0%
53	Peru Estimated	567,669	-1.9%
54	Saudi Arabia Estimated	551,709	+4%
55	Italy Estimated	533,355	-2.6%
56	Ukraine Estimated	527,665	+3.1%
57	Zimbabwe Estimated	522,389	+0.7%
58	Malaysia Estimated	504,320	+0.6%
59	Senegal Estimated	499,620	+3.1%
60	South Korea Estimated	460,037	+1%
61	Spain Estimated	451,253	-3.3%
62	Burundi Estimated	450,756	+0.9%
63	Guinea Estimated	422,661	+1.3%
64	South Sudan Estimated	421,012	+2.8%
65	Benin Estimated	412,846	+3.1%
66	Guatemala Estimated	410,910	+1%
67	Poland Estimated	392,217	-1.4%
68	Kazakhstan Estimated	391,860	+2.1%
69	Canada Estimated	383,018	+1.1%
70	Cambodia Estimated	367,322	+1.3%
71	Sri Lanka Estimated	363,017	+1.1%
72	Rwanda Estimated	355,787	-0.4%
73	North Korea Estimated	335,720	+0.8%
74	Ecuador Estimated	326,145	-2.3%
75	Australia Estimated	308,329	+2.2%
76	Haiti Estimated	268,713	-0.9%
77	Bolivia Estimated	261,112	0%
78	Togo Estimated	256,652	0%
79	Tajikistan Estimated	256,550	+1.8%
80	Sierra Leone Estimated	247,465	+0.6%
81	Chile Estimated	241,335	-0.8%
82	Papua New Guinea Estimated	240,841	+1.1%
83	Taiwan Estimated	220,915	+11.5%
84	Honduras Estimated	220,540	+0.2%
85	Dominican Republic Estimated	216,738	-0.4%
86	Tunisia Estimated	215,574	+4.8%
87	Central African Republic Estimated	208,167	+0.6%
88	Jordan Estimated	204,058	-0.4%
89	Romania Estimated	202,782	-0.7%
90	Azerbaijan Estimated	191,217	+8.9%
91	Republic of the Congo Estimated	179,282	+1.3%
92	Netherlands Estimated	177,354	-2.1%
93	Laos Estimated	170,630	-0.8%
94	Israel Estimated	164,233	+2.2%
95	Liberia Estimated	163,665	+5%
96	Kyrgyzstan Estimated	156,164	+1.2%
97	Turkmenistan Estimated	156,113	+4.5%
98	Palestine Estimated	140,669	+0.3%
99	Mauritania Estimated	140,200	+2.8%
100	Libya Estimated	139,570	-11.7%
101	Nicaragua Estimated	139,361	-0%
102	Paraguay Estimated	133,029	+1.8%
103	Cuba Estimated	127,055	-4.5%
104	Belgium Estimated	126,462	-0.6%
105	El Salvador Estimated	118,547	-0.8%
106	Belarus Estimated	115,932	+5.7%
107	Sweden Estimated	112,158	+0.9%
108	Czechia Estimated	108,000	-0.4%
109	Greece Estimated	100,775	-5.5%
110	Lebanon Estimated	99,282	+2.4%
111	Eritrea Estimated	98,430	-0.6%
112	Hungary Estimated	90,042	+1.1%
113	Portugal Estimated	89,706	-7.1%
114	United Arab Emirates Estimated	87,548	+6.9%
115	Switzerland Estimated	81,027	+1.6%
116	Gambia Estimated	79,300	+3%
117	Austria Estimated	78,433	+0.9%
118	Panama Estimated	77,938	+0.6%
119	Hong Kong Estimated	77,410	+7.8%
120	Oman Estimated	73,376	+10.5%
121	Ireland Estimated	72,217	-3%
122	Costa Rica Estimated	72,108	-0.7%
123	Mongolia Estimated	71,536	+7.1%
124	Serbia Estimated	70,637	+1.6%
125	Bulgaria Estimated	69,316	-2.8%
126	Namibia Estimated	68,806	+2.9%
127	Guinea-Bissau Estimated	62,056	+1.5%
128	Lesotho Estimated	61,085	+0.4%
129	New Zealand Estimated	60,876	-0.7%
130	Gabon Estimated	60,005	+2%
131	Norway Estimated	59,462	0%
132	Kuwait Estimated	59,245	+4.7%
133	Finland Estimated	59,183	-0.9%
134	Botswana Estimated	58,497	+0.6%
135	Slovakia Estimated	57,845	-4.7%
136	Denmark Estimated	57,591	-2.3%
137	Georgia Estimated	57,037	-1.6%
138	Moldova Estimated	49,632	-2.2%
139	Singapore Estimated	48,924	+8.8%
140	Equatorial Guinea Estimated	47,565	+2.2%
141	Uruguay Estimated	47,390	+1.4%
142	Armenia Estimated	45,208	+1.4%
143	Croatia Estimated	41,575	+0.6%
144	Jamaica Estimated	39,948	-3.1%
145	Puerto Rico Estimated	38,873	-5.3%
146	Albania Estimated	37,445	+3.7%
147	Timor-Leste Estimated	33,813	-0.7%
148	Eswatini Estimated	33,662	-1%
149	Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated	32,553	-1.9%
150	Lithuania Estimated	30,653	-0.2%
151	North Macedonia Estimated	25,148	+3.1%
152	Djibouti Estimated	24,227	-0.5%
153	Comoros Estimated	23,340	+1.2%
154	Slovenia Estimated	21,989	-0.1%
155	Qatar Estimated	21,736	+5.9%
156	Latvia Estimated	20,097	+4.9%
157	Fiji Estimated	19,747	-0.6%
158	Trinidad and Tobago Estimated	19,301	-0.7%
159	Bahrain Estimated	18,778	+0.8%
160	Solomon Islands Estimated	18,776	+3%
161	Guyana Estimated	16,656	+0.3%
162	Mauritius Estimated	14,764	-0.3%
163	Estonia Estimated	14,097	-4.4%
164	Réunion Estimated	13,879	+1.3%
165	Cyprus Estimated	13,529	+4%
166	Bhutan Estimated	12,616	-2.4%
167	Suriname Estimated	11,439	+0.7%
168	Cape Verde Estimated	9,782	-7.1%
169	Western Sahara Estimated	8,966	+2.2%
170	Vanuatu Estimated	8,256	+2.5%
171	Montenegro Estimated	7,936	+2.9%
172	Maldives Estimated	7,649	+0.3%
173	Mayotte Estimated	7,646	+0.5%
174	Belize Estimated	7,358	+2.1%
175	Brunei Estimated	6,933	+2.3%
176	São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated	6,889	+0.7%
177	Macao Estimated	6,787	+10.4%
178	French Guiana Estimated	6,581	+5.4%
179	Samoa Estimated	6,031	+0.6%
180	Luxembourg Estimated	5,905	+6.9%
181	Guadeloupe Estimated	5,381	-1.1%
182	Bahamas Estimated	5,285	-0.4%
183	Martinique Estimated	4,645	-3.7%
184	New Caledonia Estimated	4,560	+1.6%
185	Iceland Estimated	4,536	+0.2%
186	French Polynesia Estimated	4,514	-1.8%
187	Malta Estimated	4,213	-1.1%
188	Guam Estimated	3,609	+7.5%
189	Kiribati Estimated	3,458	-0.5%
190	Barbados Estimated	3,366	-2.2%
191	Tonga Estimated	2,931	-1.5%
192	Micronesia Estimated	2,629	-1.4%
193	Curaçao Estimated	2,262	+6.8%
194	Saint Lucia Estimated	2,148	+0.9%
195	Grenada Estimated	1,780	-0.8%
196	Seychelles Estimated	1,766	+3.3%
197	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated	1,762	+0.1%
198	U.S. Virgin Islands Estimated	1,459	-5.6%
199	Marshall Islands Estimated	1,425	-6.1%
200	Aruba Estimated	1,226	+4.2%
201	Antigua and Barbuda Estimated	1,174	-4.6%
202	American Samoa Estimated	1,159	-3.1%
202	Northern Mariana Islands Estimated	1,159	+1%
204	Jersey Estimated	1,065	-0.4%
205	Dominica Estimated	959	+1.3%
206	Isle of Man Estimated	908	-3%
207	Greenland Estimated	807	-2.7%
207	Saint Martin Estimated	807	+14.1%
209	Andorra Estimated	782	-3.9%
210	Cayman Islands Estimated	747	-4.7%
211	Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated	679	-1.5%
212	Faroe Islands Estimated	650	+9.6%
213	Bermuda Estimated	613	-4.7%
214	Guernsey Estimated	593	-1.2%
215	Sint Maarten Estimated	493	-0.4%
216	Turks and Caicos Islands Estimated	432	-1.4%
217	Gibraltar Estimated	408	+2%
218	Nauru Estimated	371	-0.3%
219	Monaco Estimated	357	+2.9%
220	Liechtenstein Estimated	350	-8.9%
221	Cook Islands Estimated	307	+0.7%
222	San Marino Estimated	293	-6.4%
223	British Virgin Islands Estimated	283	-0.7%
224	Tuvalu Estimated	250	+2.9%
225	Palau Estimated	249	0%
226	Caribbean Netherlands Estimated	222	+3.3%
227	Wallis and Futuna Estimated	178	-12.3%
228	Anguilla Estimated	170	-0.6%
229	Saint Barthélemy Estimated	84	+2.4%
230	Saint Pierre and Miquelon Estimated	54	-10%
231	Saint Helena Estimated	48	0%
232	Montserrat Estimated	46	0%
233	Falkland Islands Estimated	39	0%
234	Niue Estimated	28	-3.4%
234	Tokelau Estimated	28	0%
236	Vatican City Estimated	3	0%

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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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}

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Vatican City, with 3 in 2012.

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