Countries by live births

India had the highest live births of 236 countries in 2015, at 25.15 million. Vatican City had the lowest, at 3. The median was 79,636 and the figure for the World was 144.33 million. Source: the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

Highest25,147,251India

Lowest3Vatican City

Median79,636236 countries

World144,333,945History

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count, 2015. 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, 2015

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	2015 count	Change on 2014
1	India Estimated	25,147,251	+0.4%
2	China Estimated	17,518,179	-6.7%
3	Nigeria Estimated	7,426,774	+0.1%
4	Pakistan Estimated	6,670,207	-0.6%
5	Indonesia Estimated	4,861,441	-1.6%
6	United States Estimated	3,982,193	-0.1%
7	Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated	3,503,691	+2.7%
8	Ethiopia Estimated	3,461,995	+2.5%
9	Bangladesh Estimated	3,228,108	+0.7%
10	Brazil Estimated	2,961,442	+0.1%
11	Egypt Estimated	2,807,083	+1.4%
12	Philippines Estimated	2,415,119	-0.6%
13	Mexico Estimated	2,206,765	-2.8%
14	Tanzania Estimated	1,957,132	+1.3%
15	Russia Estimated	1,934,705	-0.3%
16	Vietnam Estimated	1,717,064	+0.3%
17	Iran Estimated	1,559,766	+1.6%
18	Uganda Estimated	1,464,001	+1.3%
19	Kenya Estimated	1,455,413	+0.2%
20	Sudan Estimated	1,428,209	+3.7%
21	Türkiye Estimated	1,389,210	+1.5%
22	Afghanistan Estimated	1,331,758	+2.4%
23	South Africa Estimated	1,191,603	-1.6%
24	Iraq Estimated	1,185,490	-2.7%
25	Angola Estimated	1,178,313	+2.1%
26	Yemen Estimated	1,119,805	+3.7%
27	Mozambique Estimated	1,073,209	+2%
28	Algeria Estimated	1,032,935	+1.1%
29	Japan Estimated	994,851	-0.4%
30	Côte d’Ivoire Estimated	978,751	+0.2%
31	Myanmar Estimated	950,670	+1.1%
32	Niger Estimated	928,715	+2.4%
33	Ghana Estimated	892,841	+0.9%
34	Madagascar Estimated	858,677	+1.4%
35	Cameroon Estimated	858,607	+3.7%
36	Mali Estimated	826,908	+2%
37	United Kingdom Estimated	779,219	-0%
38	Argentina Estimated	768,023	-0.9%
39	France Estimated	760,246	-2.6%
40	Burkina Faso Estimated	751,910	+0.9%
41	Thailand Estimated	747,300	-2.8%
42	Uzbekistan Estimated	737,436	+2.3%
43	Germany Estimated	732,501	+3.1%
44	Colombia Estimated	693,457	-2.4%
45	Chad Estimated	681,261	+2%
46	Morocco Estimated	674,422	-0.4%
47	Somalia Estimated	651,292	+2.9%
48	Nepal Estimated	616,049	-0.6%
49	Zambia Estimated	612,410	+1.1%
50	Malawi Estimated	603,052	-0.6%
51	Saudi Arabia Estimated	581,656	+1.2%
52	Venezuela Estimated	568,795	-1.3%
53	Peru Estimated	546,658	-1.2%
54	Malaysia Estimated	510,212	-0.6%
55	Senegal Estimated	503,549	+0.3%
56	Zimbabwe Estimated	488,386	-2.9%
57	Italy Estimated	479,589	-3.3%
58	Burundi Estimated	466,834	+0.8%
59	Ukraine Estimated	448,778	-8.2%
60	Guinea Estimated	444,411	+1.8%
61	Benin Estimated	443,019	+2.1%
62	South Korea Estimated	424,787	-0.7%
63	Guatemala Estimated	418,818	+0.9%
64	Spain Estimated	417,031	-1.8%
65	Syria Estimated	413,713	-14.2%
66	Kazakhstan Estimated	407,128	-0.7%
67	South Sudan Estimated	393,286	-8.3%
68	Canada Estimated	384,571	-0.4%
69	Poland Estimated	379,618	-0.8%
70	Cambodia Estimated	378,364	+0.7%
71	Rwanda Estimated	373,619	+2%
72	Sri Lanka Estimated	348,168	-2.2%
73	North Korea Estimated	343,289	+0.6%
74	Australia Estimated	305,482	+1.7%
75	Ecuador Estimated	298,607	-1.5%
76	Tajikistan Estimated	276,548	+1.8%
77	Haiti Estimated	267,758	+0.2%
78	Togo Estimated	265,674	+1.6%
79	Bolivia Estimated	260,533	-0.1%
80	Papua New Guinea Estimated	248,091	+0.7%
81	Sierra Leone Estimated	243,911	-0.4%
82	Chile Estimated	237,273	-1.4%
83	Jordan Estimated	225,764	+5.6%
84	Honduras Estimated	222,474	+0.7%
85	Tunisia Estimated	221,370	-0.1%
86	Dominican Republic Estimated	214,311	-0.3%
87	Taiwan Estimated	212,264	+0.4%
88	Romania Estimated	204,558	+1.8%
89	Central African Republic Estimated	200,626	-2.8%
90	Azerbaijan Estimated	182,766	-3.3%
91	Republic of the Congo Estimated	178,070	-0.1%
92	Netherlands Estimated	172,414	-2.3%
93	Israel Estimated	171,255	+1.3%
94	Turkmenistan Estimated	170,720	+2.3%
95	Laos Estimated	169,785	+1.1%
96	Liberia Estimated	160,019	-0.5%
97	Kyrgyzstan Estimated	154,056	-0.6%
98	Mauritania Estimated	149,827	+2.1%
99	Palestine Estimated	148,625	+2.7%
100	Libya Estimated	143,183	-1.5%
101	Paraguay Estimated	139,576	+1.6%
102	Nicaragua Estimated	138,051	-0.3%
103	Lebanon Estimated	126,567	+6%
104	Cuba Estimated	123,326	+0.5%
105	Belgium Estimated	121,172	-2.2%
106	Belarus Estimated	119,028	+0.2%
107	El Salvador Estimated	114,888	-2%
108	Sweden Estimated	114,014	+0.2%
109	Czechia Estimated	110,923	+1.7%
110	United Arab Emirates Estimated	95,591	+1.2%
111	Eritrea Estimated	94,888	-2.5%
112	Greece Estimated	92,051	-0.4%
113	Hungary Estimated	91,977	-0.4%
114	Oman Estimated	87,851	+3.7%
115	Switzerland Estimated	85,476	+1.7%
116	Portugal Estimated	84,792	+3.2%
117	Austria Estimated	83,579	+3.2%
118	Hong Kong Estimated	79,755	+2.6%
119	Gambia Estimated	79,517	-0.5%
120	Mongolia Estimated	78,749	+0.6%
121	Panama Estimated	78,563	+0.2%
122	Namibia Estimated	72,815	+1.6%
123	Costa Rica Estimated	70,846	+0.1%
124	Serbia Estimated	68,037	-1.7%
125	Bulgaria Estimated	65,896	-2.3%
126	Ireland Estimated	65,608	-2.7%
127	Gabon Estimated	63,444	+2.2%
128	Guinea-Bissau Estimated	62,882	+0.1%
129	Lesotho Estimated	61,408	+0.1%
130	Georgia Estimated	60,745	-0.5%
131	New Zealand Estimated	59,854	+5.5%
132	Kuwait Estimated	59,018	-3.7%
133	Norway Estimated	58,610	+0.1%
134	Botswana Estimated	58,331	+0.2%
135	Denmark Estimated	57,806	+2.2%
136	Slovakia Estimated	55,555	-3.1%
137	Finland Estimated	55,202	-3%
138	Equatorial Guinea Estimated	50,205	+1.7%
139	Moldova Estimated	50,054	-2.1%
140	Uruguay Estimated	48,169	+0.8%
141	Singapore Estimated	47,632	-1.9%
142	Armenia Estimated	41,785	-5.1%
143	Jamaica Estimated	37,324	-1.9%
144	Croatia Estimated	36,996	-5.6%
145	Albania Estimated	36,033	-5.1%
146	Timor-Leste Estimated	32,611	-1.7%
147	Eswatini Estimated	32,350	-1.9%
148	Lithuania Estimated	31,732	+4%
149	Puerto Rico Estimated	31,678	-8.4%
150	Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated	29,960	+0.1%
151	Qatar Estimated	25,720	+4.2%
152	North Macedonia Estimated	24,296	-2.1%
153	Djibouti Estimated	24,045	-0.5%
154	Comoros Estimated	23,821	+0.5%
155	Latvia Estimated	22,211	+1.3%
156	Bahrain Estimated	21,038	+2.6%
157	Slovenia Estimated	20,695	-2.4%
158	Solomon Islands Estimated	20,394	+1.5%
159	Fiji Estimated	19,288	-1.3%
160	Trinidad and Tobago Estimated	18,624	-1.4%
161	Guyana Estimated	17,084	+0.2%
162	Estonia Estimated	13,819	+1.6%
163	Cyprus Estimated	13,710	+2.4%
164	Réunion Estimated	13,404	-1.3%
165	Mauritius Estimated	12,939	-4.3%
166	Bhutan Estimated	11,595	-3.7%
167	Suriname Estimated	11,329	-0.8%
168	Western Sahara Estimated	9,287	+0.5%
169	Mayotte Estimated	9,033	+7%
170	Cape Verde Estimated	8,946	-3.4%
171	Vanuatu Estimated	8,725	+1.3%
172	Montenegro Estimated	7,746	-2.3%
173	Belize Estimated	7,732	+0.8%
174	Maldives Estimated	7,135	-2.9%
175	Macao Estimated	7,021	-4.5%
176	French Guiana Estimated	6,906	+4.7%
177	Brunei Estimated	6,856	-1.1%
178	São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated	6,615	-1.9%
179	Samoa Estimated	6,016	-0.6%
180	Luxembourg Estimated	5,992	+0.6%
181	Guadeloupe Estimated	5,017	-3.6%
182	Bahamas Estimated	4,858	-5.9%
183	New Caledonia Estimated	4,456	-1.2%
184	Malta Estimated	4,231	+2.9%
185	French Polynesia Estimated	4,168	-4.6%
186	Martinique Estimated	4,148	-4%
187	Iceland Estimated	4,129	-5.2%
188	Kiribati Estimated	3,371	-0.3%
189	Barbados Estimated	3,292	-0.7%
190	Guam Estimated	3,288	-1.8%
191	Tonga Estimated	2,741	-2.6%
192	Micronesia Estimated	2,563	-0.6%
193	Saint Lucia Estimated	2,153	-0.2%
194	Curaçao Estimated	2,020	-4.2%
195	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated	1,699	-2%
196	Seychelles Estimated	1,697	+4%
197	Grenada Estimated	1,589	-4.2%
198	U.S. Virgin Islands Estimated	1,345	-2.4%
199	Aruba Estimated	1,253	-1.8%
200	Marshall Islands Estimated	1,228	-4%
201	Antigua and Barbuda Estimated	1,125	+2.9%
202	American Samoa Estimated	1,048	-3.5%
203	Northern Mariana Islands Estimated	1,019	-9%
204	Jersey Estimated	999	-3%
205	Dominica Estimated	923	-4.2%
206	Greenland Estimated	843	+3.3%
207	Isle of Man Estimated	817	-3.7%
208	Saint Martin Estimated	748	-3.2%
209	Andorra Estimated	659	-0.5%
210	Cayman Islands Estimated	656	-3%
211	Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated	647	-1.5%
212	Faroe Islands Estimated	598	-6.7%
213	Bermuda Estimated	575	+2.3%
214	Guernsey Estimated	554	-2.6%
215	Turks and Caicos Islands Estimated	464	+2.7%
216	Sint Maarten Estimated	459	-3.2%
217	Gibraltar Estimated	431	0%
218	Monaco Estimated	389	+0.8%
219	Nauru Estimated	375	+0.5%
220	British Virgin Islands Estimated	353	-1.1%
221	Liechtenstein Estimated	326	-9.9%
222	Cook Islands Estimated	280	-2.4%
223	Tuvalu Estimated	256	+1.6%
224	San Marino Estimated	250	-7.4%
225	Palau Estimated	224	-5.5%
226	Caribbean Netherlands Estimated	218	-12.4%
227	Wallis and Futuna Estimated	154	+6.9%
228	Anguilla Estimated	150	+4.9%
229	Saint Barthélemy Estimated	76	+15.2%
230	Saint Helena Estimated	49	0%
231	Montserrat Estimated	45	+2.3%
232	Saint Pierre and Miquelon Estimated	44	-4.3%
233	Falkland Islands Estimated	42	+2.4%
234	Tokelau Estimated	31	-3.1%
235	Niue Estimated	27	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.

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}

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Vatican City, with 3 in 2015.

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