Countries by live births
India had the highest live births of 236 countries in 2013, at 26 million. Vatican City had the lowest, at 3. The median was 79,456 and the figure for the World was 145.01 million. Source: the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.
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Top 40 countries, 2013
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2013 | Change on 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India Estimated | 25,995,998 | -1.7% |
| 2 | China Estimated | 18,297,106 | -4.9% |
| 3 | Nigeria Estimated | 7,321,803 | +1.1% |
| 4 | Pakistan Estimated | 6,733,732 | -0.2% |
| 5 | Indonesia Estimated | 5,025,781 | -2.6% |
| 6 | United States Estimated | 3,930,896 | -0.3% |
| 7 | Ethiopia Estimated | 3,311,894 | 0% |
| 8 | Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated | 3,311,232 | +2.8% |
| 9 | Bangladesh Estimated | 3,216,675 | +0.2% |
| 10 | Brazil Estimated | 2,934,515 | -0.2% |
| 11 | Egypt Estimated | 2,725,683 | +4.1% |
| 12 | Philippines Estimated | 2,506,971 | -0.8% |
| 13 | Mexico Estimated | 2,314,458 | -0.2% |
| 14 | Russia Estimated | 1,922,462 | -0.3% |
| 15 | Tanzania Estimated | 1,875,230 | +3.9% |
| 16 | Vietnam Estimated | 1,620,204 | +1.2% |
| 17 | Iran Estimated | 1,490,131 | +3.5% |
| 18 | Kenya Estimated | 1,458,784 | -1.3% |
| 19 | Uganda Estimated | 1,432,962 | +0.8% |
| 20 | Sudan Estimated | 1,360,851 | +0.7% |
| 21 | Türkiye Estimated | 1,302,576 | +0.8% |
| 22 | Afghanistan Estimated | 1,274,030 | +2.4% |
| 23 | Iraq Estimated | 1,204,531 | +2.8% |
| 24 | South Africa Estimated | 1,197,126 | +0.6% |
| 25 | Angola Estimated | 1,126,819 | +2.6% |
| 26 | Mozambique Estimated | 1,040,984 | +1.8% |
| 27 | Yemen Estimated | 1,040,104 | +4% |
| 28 | Japan Estimated | 1,023,434 | -1.3% |
| 29 | Algeria Estimated | 980,492 | +1.5% |
| 30 | Côte d’Ivoire Estimated | 968,388 | +1.4% |
| 31 | Myanmar Estimated | 939,101 | +0.1% |
| 32 | Niger Estimated | 885,168 | +2.9% |
| 33 | Ghana Estimated | 882,362 | +1.5% |
| 34 | Madagascar Estimated | 835,927 | +1.6% |
| 35 | Cameroon Estimated | 814,923 | +1.3% |
| 36 | Thailand Estimated | 793,955 | -2.8% |
| 37 | Mali Estimated | 793,729 | +1.1% |
| 38 | United Kingdom Estimated | 785,366 | -3.9% |
| 39 | France Estimated | 781,055 | -1.1% |
| 40 | Argentina Estimated | 752,967 | +2.2% |
| 41 | Burkina Faso Estimated | 737,957 | +1.6% |
| 42 | Colombia Estimated | 721,365 | -1.3% |
| 43 | Morocco Estimated | 687,270 | -1.8% |
| 44 | Uzbekistan Estimated | 683,338 | +6.3% |
| 45 | Germany Estimated | 679,660 | -0.3% |
| 46 | Chad Estimated | 649,348 | +2% |
| 47 | Nepal Estimated | 619,613 | -0.7% |
| 48 | Somalia Estimated | 614,448 | +2.4% |
| 49 | Malawi Estimated | 609,651 | +0.6% |
| 50 | Zambia Estimated | 600,296 | +1% |
| 51 | Venezuela Estimated | 582,538 | -1.1% |
| 52 | Syria Estimated | 582,156 | -7.7% |
| 53 | Peru Estimated | 561,167 | -1.1% |
| 54 | Saudi Arabia Estimated | 552,465 | +0.1% |
| 55 | Zimbabwe Estimated | 518,165 | -0.8% |
| 56 | Ukraine Estimated | 515,323 | -2.3% |
| 57 | Italy Estimated | 511,406 | -4.1% |
| 58 | Malaysia Estimated | 505,751 | +0.3% |
| 59 | Senegal Estimated | 503,840 | +0.8% |
| 60 | Burundi Estimated | 458,280 | +1.7% |
| 61 | South Korea Estimated | 433,882 | -5.7% |
| 62 | Guinea Estimated | 429,537 | +1.6% |
| 63 | South Sudan Estimated | 427,613 | +1.6% |
| 64 | Spain Estimated | 426,037 | -5.6% |
| 65 | Benin Estimated | 423,880 | +2.7% |
| 66 | Guatemala Estimated | 411,093 | 0% |
| 67 | Kazakhstan Estimated | 397,592 | +1.5% |
| 68 | Canada Estimated | 382,695 | -0.1% |
| 69 | Poland Estimated | 378,663 | -3.5% |
| 70 | Cambodia Estimated | 372,579 | +1.4% |
| 71 | Sri Lanka Estimated | 363,696 | +0.2% |
| 72 | Rwanda Estimated | 359,521 | +1% |
| 73 | North Korea Estimated | 338,321 | +0.8% |
| 74 | Ecuador Estimated | 310,704 | -4.7% |
| 75 | Australia Estimated | 306,983 | -0.4% |
| 76 | Haiti Estimated | 266,448 | -0.8% |
| 77 | Tajikistan Estimated | 264,122 | +3% |
| 78 | Bolivia Estimated | 261,055 | -0% |
| 79 | Togo Estimated | 258,008 | +0.5% |
| 80 | Sierra Leone Estimated | 245,736 | -0.7% |
| 81 | Papua New Guinea Estimated | 243,715 | +1.2% |
| 82 | Chile Estimated | 240,927 | -0.2% |
| 83 | Honduras Estimated | 220,481 | -0% |
| 84 | Tunisia Estimated | 220,100 | +2.1% |
| 85 | Dominican Republic Estimated | 215,900 | -0.4% |
| 86 | Taiwan Estimated | 207,916 | -5.9% |
| 87 | Central African Republic Estimated | 207,318 | -0.4% |
| 88 | Jordan Estimated | 199,206 | -2.4% |
| 89 | Romania Estimated | 192,935 | -4.9% |
| 90 | Azerbaijan Estimated | 191,774 | +0.3% |
| 91 | Republic of the Congo Estimated | 178,855 | -0.2% |
| 92 | Netherlands Estimated | 173,286 | -2.3% |
| 93 | Laos Estimated | 169,404 | -0.7% |
| 94 | Israel Estimated | 164,976 | +0.5% |
| 95 | Turkmenistan Estimated | 162,445 | +4.1% |
| 96 | Liberia Estimated | 161,977 | -1% |
| 97 | Kyrgyzstan Estimated | 153,027 | -2% |
| 98 | Mauritania Estimated | 143,806 | +2.6% |
| 99 | Libya Estimated | 142,107 | +1.8% |
| 100 | Palestine Estimated | 141,971 | +0.9% |
| 101 | Nicaragua Estimated | 138,841 | -0.4% |
| 102 | Paraguay Estimated | 134,448 | +1.1% |
| 103 | Cuba Estimated | 126,047 | -0.8% |
| 104 | Belgium Estimated | 124,540 | -1.5% |
| 105 | Belarus Estimated | 118,179 | +1.9% |
| 106 | El Salvador Estimated | 117,772 | -0.7% |
| 107 | Sweden Estimated | 112,690 | +0.5% |
| 108 | Czechia Estimated | 106,266 | -1.6% |
| 109 | Lebanon Estimated | 103,475 | +4.2% |
| 110 | Eritrea Estimated | 97,464 | -1% |
| 111 | Greece Estimated | 94,435 | -6.3% |
| 112 | United Arab Emirates Estimated | 92,561 | +5.7% |
| 113 | Hungary Estimated | 89,379 | -0.7% |
| 114 | Portugal Estimated | 83,046 | -7.4% |
| 115 | Switzerland Estimated | 81,688 | +0.8% |
| 116 | Hong Kong Estimated | 81,387 | +5.1% |
| 117 | Oman Estimated | 80,308 | +9.4% |
| 118 | Gambia Estimated | 80,149 | +1.1% |
| 119 | Austria Estimated | 78,762 | +0.4% |
| 120 | Panama Estimated | 78,114 | +0.2% |
| 121 | Mongolia Estimated | 76,956 | +7.6% |
| 122 | Namibia Estimated | 70,227 | +2.1% |
| 123 | Costa Rica Estimated | 69,655 | -3.4% |
| 124 | Ireland Estimated | 69,318 | -4% |
| 125 | Serbia Estimated | 68,926 | -2.4% |
| 126 | Bulgaria Estimated | 66,702 | -3.8% |
| 127 | Guinea-Bissau Estimated | 62,889 | +1.3% |
| 128 | Lesotho Estimated | 61,671 | +1% |
| 129 | Gabon Estimated | 61,063 | +1.8% |
| 130 | Kuwait Estimated | 58,994 | -0.4% |
| 131 | New Zealand Estimated | 58,405 | -4.1% |
| 132 | Norway Estimated | 58,331 | -1.9% |
| 133 | Botswana Estimated | 58,191 | -0.5% |
| 134 | Finland Estimated | 57,898 | -2.2% |
| 135 | Georgia Estimated | 57,385 | +0.6% |
| 136 | Slovakia Estimated | 57,249 | -1% |
| 137 | Denmark Estimated | 55,718 | -3.3% |
| 138 | Equatorial Guinea Estimated | 48,510 | +2% |
| 139 | Uruguay Estimated | 47,959 | +1.2% |
| 140 | Moldova Estimated | 47,022 | -5.3% |
| 141 | Singapore Estimated | 45,704 | -6.6% |
| 142 | Armenia Estimated | 45,139 | -0.2% |
| 143 | Croatia Estimated | 39,661 | -4.6% |
| 144 | Jamaica Estimated | 38,913 | -2.6% |
| 145 | Albania Estimated | 38,198 | +2% |
| 146 | Puerto Rico Estimated | 36,333 | -6.5% |
| 147 | Timor-Leste Estimated | 33,558 | -0.8% |
| 148 | Eswatini Estimated | 33,500 | -0.5% |
| 149 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated | 31,542 | -3.1% |
| 150 | Lithuania Estimated | 30,016 | -2.1% |
| 151 | North Macedonia Estimated | 24,529 | -2.5% |
| 152 | Djibouti Estimated | 24,218 | -0% |
| 153 | Comoros Estimated | 23,570 | +1% |
| 154 | Qatar Estimated | 23,105 | +6.3% |
| 155 | Slovenia Estimated | 21,191 | -3.6% |
| 156 | Latvia Estimated | 20,860 | +3.8% |
| 157 | Fiji Estimated | 19,697 | -0.3% |
| 158 | Bahrain Estimated | 19,594 | +4.3% |
| 159 | Solomon Islands Estimated | 19,327 | +2.9% |
| 160 | Trinidad and Tobago Estimated | 19,086 | -1.1% |
| 161 | Guyana Estimated | 16,922 | +1.6% |
| 162 | Mauritius Estimated | 14,073 | -4.7% |
| 163 | Réunion Estimated | 13,625 | -1.8% |
| 164 | Estonia Estimated | 13,585 | -3.6% |
| 165 | Cyprus Estimated | 13,055 | -3.5% |
| 166 | Bhutan Estimated | 12,376 | -1.9% |
| 167 | Suriname Estimated | 11,450 | +0.1% |
| 168 | Cape Verde Estimated | 9,425 | -3.6% |
| 169 | Western Sahara Estimated | 9,099 | +1.5% |
| 170 | Vanuatu Estimated | 8,458 | +2.4% |
| 171 | Montenegro Estimated | 7,947 | +0.1% |
| 172 | Mayotte Estimated | 7,935 | +3.8% |
| 173 | Belize Estimated | 7,535 | +2.4% |
| 174 | Maldives Estimated | 7,523 | -1.6% |
| 175 | Brunei Estimated | 6,955 | +0.3% |
| 176 | São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated | 6,830 | -0.9% |
| 177 | Macao Estimated | 6,717 | -1% |
| 178 | French Guiana Estimated | 6,432 | -2.3% |
| 179 | Samoa Estimated | 6,054 | +0.4% |
| 180 | Luxembourg Estimated | 5,996 | +1.5% |
| 181 | Guadeloupe Estimated | 5,323 | -1.1% |
| 182 | Bahamas Estimated | 5,268 | -0.3% |
| 183 | New Caledonia Estimated | 4,551 | -0.2% |
| 184 | Martinique Estimated | 4,460 | -4% |
| 185 | Iceland Estimated | 4,326 | -4.6% |
| 186 | French Polynesia Estimated | 4,317 | -4.4% |
| 187 | Malta Estimated | 4,067 | -3.5% |
| 188 | Kiribati Estimated | 3,420 | -1.1% |
| 189 | Barbados Estimated | 3,340 | -0.8% |
| 190 | Guam Estimated | 3,309 | -8.3% |
| 191 | Tonga Estimated | 2,877 | -1.8% |
| 192 | Micronesia Estimated | 2,598 | -1.2% |
| 193 | Curaçao Estimated | 2,191 | -3.1% |
| 194 | Saint Lucia Estimated | 2,166 | +0.8% |
| 195 | Grenada Estimated | 1,748 | -1.8% |
| 196 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated | 1,732 | -1.7% |
| 197 | Seychelles Estimated | 1,626 | -7.9% |
| 198 | U.S. Virgin Islands Estimated | 1,414 | -3.1% |
| 199 | Marshall Islands Estimated | 1,338 | -6.1% |
| 200 | Aruba Estimated | 1,264 | +3.1% |
| 201 | Northern Mariana Islands Estimated | 1,202 | +3.7% |
| 202 | American Samoa Estimated | 1,120 | -3.4% |
| 203 | Antigua and Barbuda Estimated | 1,095 | -6.7% |
| 204 | Jersey Estimated | 1,045 | -1.9% |
| 205 | Dominica Estimated | 927 | -3.3% |
| 206 | Isle of Man Estimated | 877 | -3.4% |
| 207 | Greenland Estimated | 816 | +1.1% |
| 208 | Saint Martin Estimated | 785 | -2.7% |
| 209 | Cayman Islands Estimated | 716 | -4.1% |
| 210 | Andorra Estimated | 679 | -13.2% |
| 211 | Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated | 666 | -1.9% |
| 212 | Faroe Islands Estimated | 643 | -1.1% |
| 213 | Bermuda Estimated | 597 | -2.6% |
| 214 | Guernsey Estimated | 584 | -1.5% |
| 215 | Sint Maarten Estimated | 486 | -1.4% |
| 216 | Turks and Caicos Islands Estimated | 438 | +1.4% |
| 217 | Gibraltar Estimated | 431 | +5.6% |
| 218 | Nauru Estimated | 372 | +0.3% |
| 219 | Monaco Estimated | 359 | +0.6% |
| 220 | Liechtenstein Estimated | 337 | -3.7% |
| 221 | San Marino Estimated | 329 | +12.3% |
| 222 | Cook Islands Estimated | 297 | -3.3% |
| 223 | British Virgin Islands Estimated | 295 | +4.2% |
| 224 | Caribbean Netherlands Estimated | 256 | +15.3% |
| 225 | Tuvalu Estimated | 251 | +0.4% |
| 226 | Palau Estimated | 247 | -0.8% |
| 227 | Wallis and Futuna Estimated | 151 | -15.2% |
| 228 | Anguilla Estimated | 143 | -15.9% |
| 229 | Saint Barthélemy Estimated | 75 | -10.7% |
| 230 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon Estimated | 50 | -7.4% |
| 231 | Saint Helena Estimated | 49 | +2.1% |
| 232 | Montserrat Estimated | 44 | -4.3% |
| 233 | Falkland Islands Estimated | 40 | +2.6% |
| 234 | Tokelau Estimated | 32 | +14.3% |
| 235 | Niue Estimated | 28 | 0% |
| 236 | Vatican City Estimated | 3 | 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.Citation styles
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World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births), Countries by live births, 2013. 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?period=2013. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
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Which country has the highest live births?
India, with 26 million in 2013, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.
Which country has the lowest live births?
Vatican City, with 3 in 2013.
Where does this ranking come from?
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Live births: other rankings
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