Countries by live births

India had the highest live births of 236 countries in 2014, at 25.05 million. Vatican City had the lowest, at 3. The median was 79,150 and the figure for the World was 145.27 million. Source: the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

Highest25,050,538India

Lowest3Vatican City

Median79,150236 countries

World145,268,255History

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count, 2014. 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, 2014

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	2014 count	Change on 2013
1	India Estimated	25,050,538	-3.6%
2	China Estimated	18,769,423	+2.6%
3	Nigeria Estimated	7,415,859	+1.3%
4	Pakistan Estimated	6,707,146	-0.4%
5	Indonesia Estimated	4,942,318	-1.7%
6	United States Estimated	3,984,348	+1.4%
7	Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated	3,410,957	+3%
8	Ethiopia Estimated	3,378,040	+2%
9	Bangladesh Estimated	3,206,405	-0.3%
10	Brazil Estimated	2,957,978	+0.8%
11	Egypt Estimated	2,769,134	+1.6%
12	Philippines Estimated	2,428,538	-3.1%
13	Mexico Estimated	2,270,937	-1.9%
14	Russia Estimated	1,939,723	+0.9%
15	Tanzania Estimated	1,931,208	+3%
16	Vietnam Estimated	1,711,735	+5.6%
17	Iran Estimated	1,534,518	+3%
18	Kenya Estimated	1,452,569	-0.4%
19	Uganda Estimated	1,445,397	+0.9%
20	Sudan Estimated	1,377,885	+1.3%
21	Türkiye Estimated	1,369,294	+5.1%
22	Afghanistan Estimated	1,300,107	+2%
23	Iraq Estimated	1,218,190	+1.1%
24	South Africa Estimated	1,211,091	+1.2%
25	Angola Estimated	1,154,406	+2.4%
26	Yemen Estimated	1,080,215	+3.9%
27	Mozambique Estimated	1,051,953	+1.1%
28	Algeria Estimated	1,021,803	+4.2%
29	Japan Estimated	998,487	-2.4%
30	Côte d’Ivoire Estimated	977,203	+0.9%
31	Myanmar Estimated	940,171	+0.1%
32	Niger Estimated	906,992	+2.5%
33	Ghana Estimated	884,637	+0.3%
34	Madagascar Estimated	846,452	+1.3%
35	Cameroon Estimated	828,313	+1.6%
36	Mali Estimated	810,613	+2.1%
37	France Estimated	780,384	-0.1%
38	United Kingdom Estimated	779,584	-0.7%
39	Argentina Estimated	775,263	+3%
40	Thailand Estimated	768,882	-3.2%
41	Burkina Faso Estimated	744,883	+0.9%
42	Uzbekistan Estimated	720,690	+5.5%
43	Germany Estimated	710,760	+4.6%
44	Colombia Estimated	710,473	-1.5%
45	Morocco Estimated	676,799	-1.5%
46	Chad Estimated	667,604	+2.8%
47	Somalia Estimated	633,049	+3%
48	Nepal Estimated	619,578	-0%
49	Malawi Estimated	606,730	-0.5%
50	Zambia Estimated	605,841	+0.9%
51	Venezuela Estimated	576,499	-1%
52	Saudi Arabia Estimated	574,801	+4%
53	Peru Estimated	553,109	-1.4%
54	Malaysia Estimated	513,359	+1.5%
55	Zimbabwe Estimated	503,038	-2.9%
56	Senegal Estimated	502,121	-0.3%
57	Italy Estimated	496,200	-3%
58	Ukraine Estimated	488,795	-5.1%
59	Syria Estimated	482,189	-17.2%
60	Burundi Estimated	463,323	+1.1%
61	Guinea Estimated	436,496	+1.6%
62	Benin Estimated	433,941	+2.4%
63	South Sudan Estimated	429,073	+0.3%
64	South Korea Estimated	427,701	-1.4%
65	Spain Estimated	424,669	-0.3%
66	Guatemala Estimated	415,053	+1%
67	Kazakhstan Estimated	410,084	+3.1%
68	Canada Estimated	386,115	+0.9%
69	Poland Estimated	382,547	+1%
70	Cambodia Estimated	375,729	+0.8%
71	Rwanda Estimated	366,405	+1.9%
72	Sri Lanka Estimated	356,005	-2.1%
73	North Korea Estimated	341,330	+0.9%
74	Ecuador Estimated	303,002	-2.5%
75	Australia Estimated	300,278	-2.2%
76	Tajikistan Estimated	271,579	+2.8%
77	Haiti Estimated	267,118	+0.3%
78	Togo Estimated	261,504	+1.4%
79	Bolivia Estimated	260,816	-0.1%
80	Papua New Guinea Estimated	246,323	+1.1%
81	Sierra Leone Estimated	244,938	-0.3%
82	Chile Estimated	240,683	-0.1%
83	Tunisia Estimated	221,627	+0.7%
84	Honduras Estimated	221,033	+0.3%
85	Dominican Republic Estimated	215,022	-0.4%
86	Jordan Estimated	213,850	+7.4%
87	Taiwan Estimated	211,462	+1.7%
88	Central African Republic Estimated	206,410	-0.4%
89	Romania Estimated	200,990	+4.2%
90	Azerbaijan Estimated	188,927	-1.5%
91	Republic of the Congo Estimated	178,231	-0.3%
92	Netherlands Estimated	176,448	+1.8%
93	Israel Estimated	168,979	+2.4%
94	Laos Estimated	167,909	-0.9%
95	Turkmenistan Estimated	166,864	+2.7%
96	Liberia Estimated	160,758	-0.8%
97	Kyrgyzstan Estimated	155,058	+1.3%
98	Mauritania Estimated	146,731	+2%
99	Libya Estimated	145,406	+2.3%
100	Palestine Estimated	144,762	+2%
101	Nicaragua Estimated	138,535	-0.2%
102	Paraguay Estimated	137,388	+2.2%
103	Belgium Estimated	123,865	-0.5%
104	Cuba Estimated	122,707	-2.6%
105	Lebanon Estimated	119,400	+15.4%
106	Belarus Estimated	118,739	+0.5%
107	El Salvador Estimated	117,183	-0.5%
108	Sweden Estimated	113,810	+1%
109	Czechia Estimated	109,036	+2.6%
110	Eritrea Estimated	97,363	-0.1%
111	United Arab Emirates Estimated	94,485	+2.1%
112	Greece Estimated	92,392	-2.2%
113	Hungary Estimated	92,338	+3.3%
114	Oman Estimated	84,715	+5.5%
115	Switzerland Estimated	84,045	+2.9%
116	Portugal Estimated	82,184	-1%
117	Austria Estimated	81,001	+2.8%
118	Gambia Estimated	79,887	-0.3%
119	Panama Estimated	78,413	+0.4%
120	Mongolia Estimated	78,252	+1.7%
121	Hong Kong Estimated	77,714	-4.5%
122	Namibia Estimated	71,703	+2.1%
123	Costa Rica Estimated	70,781	+1.6%
124	Serbia Estimated	69,191	+0.4%
125	Bulgaria Estimated	67,457	+1.1%
126	Ireland Estimated	67,413	-2.7%
127	Guinea-Bissau Estimated	62,847	-0.1%
128	Gabon Estimated	62,091	+1.7%
129	Lesotho Estimated	61,362	-0.5%
130	Kuwait Estimated	61,262	+3.8%
131	Georgia Estimated	61,027	+6.3%
132	Norway Estimated	58,538	+0.4%
133	Botswana Estimated	58,201	0%
134	Slovakia Estimated	57,348	+0.2%
135	Finland Estimated	56,935	-1.7%
136	New Zealand Estimated	56,707	-2.9%
137	Denmark Estimated	56,567	+1.5%
138	Moldova Estimated	51,128	+8.7%
139	Equatorial Guinea Estimated	49,389	+1.8%
140	Singapore Estimated	48,538	+6.2%
141	Uruguay Estimated	47,778	-0.4%
142	Armenia Estimated	44,017	-2.5%
143	Croatia Estimated	39,192	-1.2%
144	Jamaica Estimated	38,052	-2.2%
145	Albania Estimated	37,956	-0.6%
146	Puerto Rico Estimated	34,596	-4.8%
147	Timor-Leste Estimated	33,159	-1.2%
148	Eswatini Estimated	32,975	-1.6%
149	Lithuania Estimated	30,516	+1.7%
150	Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated	29,941	-5.1%
151	North Macedonia Estimated	24,809	+1.1%
152	Qatar Estimated	24,693	+6.9%
153	Djibouti Estimated	24,160	-0.2%
154	Comoros Estimated	23,708	+0.6%
155	Latvia Estimated	21,921	+5.1%
156	Slovenia Estimated	21,205	+0.1%
157	Bahrain Estimated	20,513	+4.7%
158	Solomon Islands Estimated	20,083	+3.9%
159	Fiji Estimated	19,537	-0.8%
160	Trinidad and Tobago Estimated	18,886	-1%
161	Guyana Estimated	17,050	+0.8%
162	Estonia Estimated	13,599	+0.1%
163	Réunion Estimated	13,582	-0.3%
164	Mauritius Estimated	13,524	-3.9%
165	Cyprus Estimated	13,390	+2.6%
166	Bhutan Estimated	12,040	-2.7%
167	Suriname Estimated	11,426	-0.2%
168	Cape Verde Estimated	9,263	-1.7%
169	Western Sahara Estimated	9,245	+1.6%
170	Vanuatu Estimated	8,610	+1.8%
171	Mayotte Estimated	8,442	+6.4%
172	Montenegro Estimated	7,931	-0.2%
173	Belize Estimated	7,667	+1.8%
174	Macao Estimated	7,354	+9.5%
175	Maldives Estimated	7,346	-2.4%
176	Brunei Estimated	6,929	-0.4%
177	São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated	6,743	-1.3%
178	French Guiana Estimated	6,593	+2.5%
179	Samoa Estimated	6,051	-0%
180	Luxembourg Estimated	5,955	-0.7%
181	Guadeloupe Estimated	5,205	-2.2%
182	Bahamas Estimated	5,162	-2%
183	New Caledonia Estimated	4,508	-0.9%
184	French Polynesia Estimated	4,367	+1.2%
185	Iceland Estimated	4,356	+0.7%
186	Martinique Estimated	4,323	-3.1%
187	Malta Estimated	4,113	+1.1%
188	Kiribati Estimated	3,381	-1.1%
189	Guam Estimated	3,348	+1.2%
190	Barbados Estimated	3,314	-0.8%
191	Tonga Estimated	2,814	-2.2%
192	Micronesia Estimated	2,578	-0.8%
193	Saint Lucia Estimated	2,158	-0.4%
194	Curaçao Estimated	2,109	-3.7%
195	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated	1,733	+0.1%
196	Grenada Estimated	1,658	-5.1%
197	Seychelles Estimated	1,632	+0.4%
198	U.S. Virgin Islands Estimated	1,378	-2.5%
199	Marshall Islands Estimated	1,279	-4.4%
200	Aruba Estimated	1,276	+0.9%
201	Northern Mariana Islands Estimated	1,120	-6.8%
202	Antigua and Barbuda Estimated	1,093	-0.2%
203	American Samoa Estimated	1,086	-3%
204	Jersey Estimated	1,030	-1.4%
205	Dominica Estimated	963	+3.9%
206	Isle of Man Estimated	848	-3.3%
207	Greenland Estimated	816	0%
208	Saint Martin Estimated	773	-1.5%
209	Cayman Islands Estimated	676	-5.6%
210	Andorra Estimated	662	-2.5%
211	Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated	657	-1.4%
212	Faroe Islands Estimated	641	-0.3%
213	Guernsey Estimated	569	-2.6%
214	Bermuda Estimated	562	-5.9%
215	Sint Maarten Estimated	474	-2.5%
216	Turks and Caicos Islands Estimated	452	+3.2%
217	Gibraltar Estimated	431	0%
218	Monaco Estimated	386	+7.5%
219	Nauru Estimated	373	+0.3%
220	Liechtenstein Estimated	362	+7.4%
221	British Virgin Islands Estimated	357	+21%
222	Cook Islands Estimated	287	-3.4%
223	San Marino Estimated	270	-17.9%
224	Tuvalu Estimated	252	+0.4%
225	Caribbean Netherlands Estimated	249	-2.7%
226	Palau Estimated	237	-4%
227	Wallis and Futuna Estimated	144	-4.6%
228	Anguilla Estimated	143	0%
229	Saint Barthélemy Estimated	66	-12%
230	Saint Helena Estimated	49	0%
231	Saint Pierre and Miquelon Estimated	46	-8%
232	Montserrat Estimated	44	0%
233	Falkland Islands Estimated	41	+2.5%
234	Tokelau Estimated	32	0%
235	Niue Estimated	27	-3.6%
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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