Countries by live births

India had the highest live births of 236 countries in 2017, at 24.47 million. Vatican City had the lowest, at 2. The median was 78,278 and the figure for the World was 143.6 million. Source: the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

Highest24,466,744India

Lowest2Vatican City

Median78,278236 countries

World143,601,801History

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count, 2017. 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, 2017

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	2017 count	Change on 2016
1	India Estimated	24,466,744	-2.9%
2	China Estimated	18,260,492	-0.4%
3	Nigeria Estimated	7,347,957	-0.5%
4	Pakistan Estimated	6,639,809	+0.7%
5	Indonesia Estimated	4,689,219	-2.3%
6	United States Estimated	3,872,480	-2%
7	Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated	3,742,518	+4%
8	Ethiopia Estimated	3,643,314	+2.4%
9	Bangladesh Estimated	3,242,306	-0.3%
10	Brazil Estimated	2,891,049	+0.6%
11	Egypt Estimated	2,706,428	-0.2%
12	Philippines Estimated	2,224,168	-4.2%
13	Mexico Estimated	2,124,252	-1.8%
14	Tanzania Estimated	2,093,157	+3.3%
15	Russia Estimated	1,695,524	-10.1%
16	Vietnam Estimated	1,595,530	-2%
17	Iran Estimated	1,534,302	-2.6%
18	Uganda Estimated	1,524,479	+2.6%
19	Sudan Estimated	1,495,973	+2.4%
20	Kenya Estimated	1,456,356	+0.2%
21	Türkiye Estimated	1,392,487	-0.6%
22	Afghanistan Estimated	1,362,270	+1.4%
23	Angola Estimated	1,227,383	+2.1%
24	Yemen Estimated	1,193,475	+3.2%
25	South Africa Estimated	1,154,876	-0.5%
26	Mozambique Estimated	1,119,768	+2.2%
27	Iraq Estimated	1,113,403	-2.9%
28	Algeria Estimated	1,042,868	+0.4%
29	Côte d’Ivoire Estimated	977,902	-0.3%
30	Niger Estimated	965,813	+1.8%
31	Myanmar Estimated	951,790	-0.4%
32	Japan Estimated	937,434	-3.2%
33	Cameroon Estimated	905,199	+2.2%
34	Madagascar Estimated	899,885	+2.6%
35	Ghana Estimated	868,011	-2%
36	Mali Estimated	860,760	+2.1%
37	Germany Estimated	784,399	-0.5%
38	United Kingdom Estimated	757,154	-2.4%
39	Burkina Faso Estimated	750,548	-0.3%
40	Uzbekistan Estimated	738,081	+0.3%
41	France Estimated	724,569	-2.7%
42	Argentina Estimated	715,490	-2.9%
43	Chad Estimated	701,724	+2%
44	Thailand Estimated	694,861	-3%
45	Somalia Estimated	688,481	+3.1%
46	Colombia Estimated	682,368	+0.8%
47	Morocco Estimated	670,575	-0.4%
48	Zambia Estimated	626,801	+1.2%
49	Saudi Arabia Estimated	610,217	+1.6%
50	Malawi Estimated	607,619	+1.1%
51	Nepal Estimated	604,268	-1.5%
52	Venezuela Estimated	548,064	-2.5%
53	Peru Estimated	540,470	-0.3%
54	Senegal Estimated	507,600	-0.2%
55	Malaysia Estimated	495,979	-1.2%
56	Zimbabwe Estimated	471,228	-1.3%
57	Guinea Estimated	456,923	+1.2%
58	Benin Estimated	455,587	+1%
59	Italy Estimated	452,694	-3.1%
60	Burundi Estimated	444,372	-1.4%
61	Guatemala Estimated	417,021	-1.2%
62	Poland Estimated	409,081	+4.3%
63	Kazakhstan Estimated	399,800	-2.5%
64	Ukraine Estimated	398,895	-9%
65	Spain Estimated	389,984	-4.1%
66	Rwanda Estimated	386,390	+1.4%
67	Cambodia Estimated	380,213	+0.1%
68	Canada Estimated	377,884	-1.5%
69	Syria Estimated	376,524	-0%
70	South Korea Estimated	356,023	-10.5%
71	North Korea Estimated	347,855	+0.6%
72	Sri Lanka Estimated	339,514	-1%
73	South Sudan Estimated	336,518	-11.4%
74	Australia Estimated	308,126	-0.5%
75	Ecuador Estimated	296,263	+1.9%
76	Togo Estimated	273,321	+1.1%
77	Tajikistan Estimated	269,396	-1.8%
78	Haiti Estimated	266,599	-0.5%
79	Bolivia Estimated	259,921	-0.1%
80	Papua New Guinea Estimated	251,143	+0.6%
81	Sierra Leone Estimated	249,479	+1.3%
82	Jordan Estimated	237,611	-0%
83	Honduras Estimated	225,361	+0.6%
84	Chile Estimated	218,305	-5.8%
85	Romania Estimated	213,626	+2.4%
86	Dominican Republic Estimated	213,428	-0.1%
87	Tunisia Estimated	211,670	-3.1%
88	Central African Republic Estimated	209,676	+2.5%
89	Taiwan Estimated	193,976	-5.9%
90	Republic of the Congo Estimated	178,792	+0.4%
91	Israel Estimated	176,495	+1.3%
92	Netherlands Estimated	171,568	-1.3%
93	Turkmenistan Estimated	170,953	-0.2%
94	Laos Estimated	169,257	-0.3%
95	Azerbaijan Estimated	166,136	-4.4%
96	Liberia Estimated	161,876	+0.3%
97	Mauritania Estimated	155,985	+2.1%
98	Kyrgyzstan Estimated	150,046	+0.1%
99	Palestine Estimated	149,076	-0.3%
100	Paraguay Estimated	140,500	-0%
101	Libya Estimated	138,217	-1.9%
102	Nicaragua Estimated	136,727	-0.6%
103	Belgium Estimated	118,711	-1.8%
104	Lebanon Estimated	114,874	-5.4%
105	Sweden Estimated	114,397	-1.2%
106	Czechia Estimated	114,314	+1.5%
107	Cuba Estimated	113,772	-1.9%
108	El Salvador Estimated	106,386	-3.2%
109	Belarus Estimated	102,953	-12.1%
110	United Arab Emirates Estimated	98,443	+1.4%
111	Hungary Estimated	93,191	-1.2%
112	Eritrea Estimated	93,097	-1%
113	Oman Estimated	91,449	+1.4%
114	Greece Estimated	88,544	-4.8%
115	Austria Estimated	87,349	+0.2%
116	Switzerland Estimated	86,532	-0.3%
117	Portugal Estimated	85,621	-1%
118	Gambia Estimated	78,349	-0.8%
119	Panama Estimated	78,206	-0.4%
120	Mongolia Estimated	74,893	-2.9%
121	Namibia Estimated	74,332	+0.5%
122	Hong Kong Estimated	74,005	-6%
123	Costa Rica Estimated	67,859	-1.7%
124	Serbia Estimated	66,466	-0.5%
125	Gabon Estimated	66,377	+2%
126	Bulgaria Estimated	63,939	-1.7%
127	Guinea-Bissau Estimated	62,011	-1.1%
128	Ireland Estimated	61,783	-3.2%
129	Denmark Estimated	61,052	+0.2%
130	Lesotho Estimated	60,920	-1.2%
131	Kuwait Estimated	59,228	+0.9%
132	Botswana Estimated	59,100	+0.7%
133	New Zealand Estimated	58,574	0%
134	Slovakia Estimated	57,903	+0.8%
135	Georgia Estimated	56,531	-5.8%
136	Norway Estimated	56,370	-3.7%
137	Equatorial Guinea Estimated	51,669	+1.4%
138	Finland Estimated	50,135	-4.7%
139	Singapore Estimated	46,704	+0.2%
140	Moldova Estimated	43,948	-8.8%
141	Uruguay Estimated	43,058	-7.2%
142	Armenia Estimated	37,703	-7.1%
143	Jamaica Estimated	35,458	-2.5%
144	Croatia Estimated	35,415	-3.4%
145	Albania Estimated	33,086	-3.8%
146	Timor-Leste Estimated	31,606	-1.6%
147	Eswatini Estimated	31,186	-1.8%
148	Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated	29,379	-0.3%
149	Lithuania Estimated	29,217	-6.1%
150	Qatar Estimated	27,151	+4.8%
151	Puerto Rico Estimated	25,131	-12.9%
152	Djibouti Estimated	23,948	+0.1%
153	Comoros Estimated	23,722	-0.3%
154	North Macedonia Estimated	22,977	-5.3%
155	Latvia Estimated	21,019	-5%
156	Bahrain Estimated	20,853	-0.2%
157	Solomon Islands Estimated	20,627	0%
158	Slovenia Estimated	20,288	-0.5%
159	Fiji Estimated	18,401	-2.6%
160	Trinidad and Tobago Estimated	18,053	-1.9%
161	Guyana Estimated	16,940	-0.7%
162	Cyprus Estimated	13,995	-1.7%
163	Estonia Estimated	13,804	-1.6%
164	Mauritius Estimated	13,565	+2.8%
165	Réunion Estimated	12,962	-2%
166	Suriname Estimated	10,953	-1.6%
167	Bhutan Estimated	10,379	-6.3%
168	Mayotte Estimated	9,643	+2.3%
169	Western Sahara Estimated	9,354	+0.3%
170	Vanuatu Estimated	8,935	+1%
171	Cape Verde Estimated	8,616	-3%
172	Belize Estimated	7,944	+1.9%
172	French Guiana Estimated	7,944	+9.2%
174	Montenegro Estimated	7,521	-3%
175	Brunei Estimated	6,636	-1.7%
176	Maldives Estimated	6,573	-4.4%
177	Macao Estimated	6,513	-9%
178	São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated	6,326	-2%
179	Luxembourg Estimated	6,058	+1.5%
180	Samoa Estimated	5,915	-0.7%
181	Guadeloupe Estimated	4,718	-2.1%
182	Bahamas Estimated	4,460	-4.1%
183	New Caledonia Estimated	4,346	-2.2%
184	Malta Estimated	4,205	-3.6%
185	Iceland Estimated	4,004	-0.2%
186	Martinique Estimated	3,916	-2.8%
187	French Polynesia Estimated	3,682	-5.8%
188	Kiribati Estimated	3,401	+0.7%
189	Guam Estimated	3,371	-4%
190	Barbados Estimated	3,258	-0.5%
191	Tonga Estimated	2,583	-3%
192	Micronesia Estimated	2,537	-0.4%
193	Saint Lucia Estimated	2,134	-0.5%
194	Seychelles Estimated	1,809	+1.9%
195	Curaçao Estimated	1,572	-13.7%
196	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated	1,493	-7.3%
197	Grenada Estimated	1,344	-10.6%
198	U.S. Virgin Islands Estimated	1,224	-4.8%
199	Aruba Estimated	1,180	-3.6%
200	Marshall Islands Estimated	1,135	-3.7%
201	Antigua and Barbuda Estimated	1,067	+1.7%
202	American Samoa Estimated	939	-6.1%
203	Jersey Estimated	930	-3.9%
204	Northern Mariana Islands Estimated	865	-7.3%
205	Greenland Estimated	851	+0.6%
206	Dominica Estimated	809	-10%
207	Isle of Man Estimated	769	-2.4%
208	Saint Martin Estimated	706	-2.5%
209	Cayman Islands Estimated	657	+1.1%
210	Faroe Islands Estimated	656	+3.5%
211	Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated	629	-1.9%
212	Andorra Estimated	578	-5.1%
213	Bermuda Estimated	560	-3.8%
214	Guernsey Estimated	515	-4.1%
215	Turks and Caicos Islands Estimated	507	+3.5%
216	Sint Maarten Estimated	426	-3.4%
217	Gibraltar Estimated	412	+1.7%
218	Monaco Estimated	377	-6%
219	Nauru Estimated	365	-2.4%
220	Liechtenstein Estimated	338	-7.7%
221	Cook Islands Estimated	270	-1.5%
222	Tuvalu Estimated	264	+1.5%
223	Caribbean Netherlands Estimated	241	-6.2%
224	British Virgin Islands Estimated	226	-30%
225	Palau Estimated	222	-2.2%
226	San Marino Estimated	211	-8.3%
227	Wallis and Futuna Estimated	153	-0.6%
228	Anguilla Estimated	147	-4.5%
229	Saint Barthélemy Estimated	63	-12.5%
230	Montserrat Estimated	50	+4.2%
231	Saint Helena Estimated	48	0%
232	Falkland Islands Estimated	44	+2.3%
232	Saint Pierre and Miquelon Estimated	44	0%
234	Tokelau Estimated	29	-3.3%
235	Niue Estimated	26	-3.7%
236	Vatican City Estimated	2	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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