Countries by live births
India had the highest live births of 236 countries in 2018, at 24.62 million. Vatican City had the lowest, at 2. The median was 77,378 and the figure for the World was 140.33 million. Source: the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.
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Top 40 countries, 2018
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2018 | Change on 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India Estimated | 24,620,205 | +0.6% |
| 2 | China Estimated | 15,357,072 | -15.9% |
| 3 | Nigeria Estimated | 7,314,240 | -0.5% |
| 4 | Pakistan Estimated | 6,658,753 | +0.3% |
| 5 | Indonesia Estimated | 4,628,645 | -1.3% |
| 6 | Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated | 3,861,913 | +3.2% |
| 7 | United States Estimated | 3,816,077 | -1.5% |
| 8 | Ethiopia Estimated | 3,762,273 | +3.3% |
| 9 | Bangladesh Estimated | 3,281,709 | +1.2% |
| 10 | Brazil Estimated | 2,889,976 | -0% |
| 11 | Egypt Estimated | 2,493,224 | -7.9% |
| 12 | Tanzania Estimated | 2,144,432 | +2.4% |
| 13 | Philippines Estimated | 2,125,551 | -4.4% |
| 14 | Mexico Estimated | 2,122,316 | -0.1% |
| 15 | Russia Estimated | 1,612,827 | -4.9% |
| 16 | Uganda Estimated | 1,565,908 | +2.7% |
| 17 | Sudan Estimated | 1,551,365 | +3.7% |
| 18 | Vietnam Estimated | 1,485,701 | -6.9% |
| 19 | Kenya Estimated | 1,457,849 | +0.1% |
| 20 | Iran Estimated | 1,435,027 | -6.5% |
| 21 | Afghanistan Estimated | 1,382,424 | +1.5% |
| 22 | Türkiye Estimated | 1,362,283 | -2.2% |
| 23 | Angola Estimated | 1,253,674 | +2.1% |
| 24 | Yemen Estimated | 1,228,646 | +2.9% |
| 25 | South Africa Estimated | 1,163,460 | +0.7% |
| 26 | Mozambique Estimated | 1,144,727 | +2.2% |
| 27 | Iraq Estimated | 1,113,895 | 0% |
| 28 | Algeria Estimated | 1,022,803 | -1.9% |
| 29 | Niger Estimated | 980,292 | +1.5% |
| 30 | Côte d’Ivoire Estimated | 963,483 | -1.5% |
| 31 | Myanmar Estimated | 943,745 | -0.8% |
| 32 | Madagascar Estimated | 925,221 | +2.8% |
| 33 | Cameroon Estimated | 915,335 | +1.1% |
| 34 | Japan Estimated | 910,945 | -2.8% |
| 35 | Mali Estimated | 870,518 | +1.1% |
| 36 | Ghana Estimated | 869,738 | +0.2% |
| 37 | Germany Estimated | 787,696 | +0.4% |
| 38 | Uzbekistan Estimated | 777,185 | +5.3% |
| 39 | Burkina Faso Estimated | 735,902 | -2% |
| 40 | United Kingdom Estimated | 733,085 | -3.2% |
| 41 | Chad Estimated | 717,372 | +2.2% |
| 42 | France Estimated | 717,219 | -1% |
| 43 | Somalia Estimated | 705,717 | +2.5% |
| 44 | Colombia Estimated | 695,926 | +2% |
| 45 | Argentina Estimated | 684,660 | -4.3% |
| 46 | Thailand Estimated | 670,932 | -3.4% |
| 47 | Morocco Estimated | 665,650 | -0.7% |
| 48 | Zambia Estimated | 637,415 | +1.7% |
| 49 | Malawi Estimated | 615,627 | +1.3% |
| 50 | Saudi Arabia Estimated | 599,367 | -1.8% |
| 51 | Nepal Estimated | 593,089 | -1.9% |
| 52 | Peru Estimated | 540,020 | -0.1% |
| 53 | Venezuela Estimated | 516,556 | -5.7% |
| 54 | Senegal Estimated | 502,828 | -0.9% |
| 55 | Malaysia Estimated | 487,355 | -1.7% |
| 56 | Zimbabwe Estimated | 470,991 | -0.1% |
| 57 | Guinea Estimated | 461,550 | +1% |
| 58 | Benin Estimated | 457,631 | +0.4% |
| 59 | Burundi Estimated | 441,348 | -0.7% |
| 60 | Italy Estimated | 434,892 | -3.9% |
| 61 | Kazakhstan Estimated | 410,881 | +2.8% |
| 62 | Guatemala Estimated | 409,597 | -1.8% |
| 63 | Poland Estimated | 392,611 | -4% |
| 64 | Rwanda Estimated | 390,011 | +0.9% |
| 65 | Cambodia Estimated | 380,367 | 0% |
| 66 | Canada Estimated | 374,264 | -1% |
| 67 | Syria Estimated | 370,649 | -1.6% |
| 68 | Spain Estimated | 370,110 | -5.1% |
| 69 | Ukraine Estimated | 367,319 | -7.9% |
| 70 | North Korea Estimated | 348,168 | +0.1% |
| 71 | Sri Lanka Estimated | 337,145 | -0.7% |
| 72 | South Korea Estimated | 322,572 | -9.4% |
| 73 | Australia Estimated | 313,988 | +1.9% |
| 74 | Ecuador Estimated | 298,755 | +0.8% |
| 75 | South Sudan Estimated | 294,258 | -12.6% |
| 76 | Togo Estimated | 275,952 | +1% |
| 77 | Tajikistan Estimated | 274,185 | +1.8% |
| 78 | Haiti Estimated | 265,528 | -0.4% |
| 79 | Bolivia Estimated | 259,789 | -0.1% |
| 80 | Papua New Guinea Estimated | 253,242 | +0.8% |
| 81 | Sierra Leone Estimated | 251,868 | +1% |
| 82 | Jordan Estimated | 237,255 | -0.1% |
| 83 | Honduras Estimated | 228,432 | +1.4% |
| 84 | Chile Estimated | 221,012 | +1.2% |
| 85 | Dominican Republic Estimated | 214,001 | +0.3% |
| 86 | Central African Republic Estimated | 213,870 | +2% |
| 87 | Romania Estimated | 206,794 | -3.2% |
| 88 | Tunisia Estimated | 204,065 | -3.6% |
| 89 | Taiwan Estimated | 182,571 | -5.9% |
| 90 | Republic of the Congo Estimated | 179,756 | +0.5% |
| 91 | Israel Estimated | 177,004 | +0.3% |
| 92 | Netherlands Estimated | 170,390 | -0.7% |
| 93 | Turkmenistan Estimated | 169,731 | -0.7% |
| 94 | Laos Estimated | 168,212 | -0.6% |
| 95 | Kyrgyzstan Estimated | 167,235 | +11.5% |
| 96 | Liberia Estimated | 162,953 | +0.7% |
| 97 | Azerbaijan Estimated | 159,805 | -3.8% |
| 98 | Mauritania Estimated | 158,852 | +1.8% |
| 99 | Palestine Estimated | 148,084 | -0.7% |
| 100 | Paraguay Estimated | 140,351 | -0.1% |
| 101 | Libya Estimated | 135,914 | -1.7% |
| 102 | Nicaragua Estimated | 135,740 | -0.7% |
| 103 | Belgium Estimated | 117,308 | -1.2% |
| 104 | Sweden Estimated | 114,683 | +0.3% |
| 105 | Cuba Estimated | 114,199 | +0.4% |
| 106 | Czechia Estimated | 113,821 | -0.4% |
| 107 | Lebanon Estimated | 108,255 | -5.8% |
| 108 | El Salvador Estimated | 103,765 | -2.5% |
| 109 | United Arab Emirates Estimated | 95,790 | -2.7% |
| 110 | Belarus Estimated | 94,468 | -8.2% |
| 111 | Eritrea Estimated | 93,212 | +0.1% |
| 112 | Hungary Estimated | 91,697 | -1.6% |
| 113 | Oman Estimated | 88,598 | -3.1% |
| 114 | Switzerland Estimated | 86,891 | +0.4% |
| 115 | Greece Estimated | 86,431 | -2.4% |
| 116 | Portugal Estimated | 86,023 | +0.5% |
| 117 | Austria Estimated | 85,407 | -2.2% |
| 118 | Gambia Estimated | 77,566 | -1% |
| 119 | Panama Estimated | 77,189 | -1.3% |
| 120 | Mongolia Estimated | 74,921 | 0% |
| 121 | Namibia Estimated | 74,916 | +0.8% |
| 122 | Hong Kong Estimated | 69,814 | -5.7% |
| 123 | Gabon Estimated | 67,558 | +1.8% |
| 124 | Costa Rica Estimated | 67,536 | -0.5% |
| 125 | Serbia Estimated | 65,331 | -1.7% |
| 126 | Bulgaria Estimated | 62,236 | -2.7% |
| 127 | Guinea-Bissau Estimated | 62,228 | +0.3% |
| 128 | Denmark Estimated | 61,189 | +0.2% |
| 129 | Ireland Estimated | 60,961 | -1.3% |
| 130 | Lesotho Estimated | 59,745 | -1.9% |
| 131 | Botswana Estimated | 59,541 | +0.7% |
| 132 | Slovakia Estimated | 57,597 | -0.5% |
| 133 | New Zealand Estimated | 57,387 | -2% |
| 134 | Kuwait Estimated | 55,446 | -6.4% |
| 135 | Norway Estimated | 54,921 | -2.6% |
| 136 | Georgia Estimated | 54,396 | -3.8% |
| 137 | Equatorial Guinea Estimated | 52,372 | +1.4% |
| 138 | Singapore Estimated | 47,730 | +2.2% |
| 139 | Finland Estimated | 47,488 | -5.3% |
| 140 | Moldova Estimated | 41,867 | -4.7% |
| 141 | Uruguay Estimated | 39,673 | -7.9% |
| 142 | Armenia Estimated | 36,526 | -3.1% |
| 143 | Croatia Estimated | 35,134 | -0.8% |
| 144 | Jamaica Estimated | 34,701 | -2.1% |
| 145 | Albania Estimated | 31,542 | -4.7% |
| 146 | Timor-Leste Estimated | 31,236 | -1.2% |
| 147 | Eswatini Estimated | 30,873 | -1% |
| 148 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated | 29,816 | +1.5% |
| 149 | Lithuania Estimated | 28,319 | -3.1% |
| 150 | Qatar Estimated | 27,393 | +0.9% |
| 151 | Djibouti Estimated | 23,917 | -0.1% |
| 152 | Comoros Estimated | 23,850 | +0.5% |
| 153 | North Macedonia Estimated | 22,543 | -1.9% |
| 154 | Solomon Islands Estimated | 20,668 | +0.2% |
| 155 | Bahrain Estimated | 20,429 | -2% |
| 156 | Puerto Rico Estimated | 20,210 | -19.6% |
| 157 | Slovenia Estimated | 19,535 | -3.7% |
| 158 | Latvia Estimated | 19,471 | -7.4% |
| 159 | Fiji Estimated | 17,977 | -2.3% |
| 160 | Trinidad and Tobago Estimated | 17,735 | -1.8% |
| 161 | Guyana Estimated | 16,809 | -0.8% |
| 162 | Estonia Estimated | 14,309 | +3.7% |
| 163 | Cyprus Estimated | 14,015 | +0.1% |
| 164 | Mauritius Estimated | 13,207 | -2.6% |
| 165 | Réunion Estimated | 12,076 | -6.8% |
| 166 | Suriname Estimated | 10,846 | -1% |
| 167 | Mayotte Estimated | 9,856 | +2.2% |
| 168 | Bhutan Estimated | 9,832 | -5.3% |
| 169 | Western Sahara Estimated | 9,340 | -0.1% |
| 170 | Vanuatu Estimated | 8,965 | +0.3% |
| 171 | Belize Estimated | 8,039 | +1.2% |
| 172 | Cape Verde Estimated | 7,933 | -7.9% |
| 173 | French Guiana Estimated | 7,914 | -0.4% |
| 174 | Montenegro Estimated | 7,263 | -3.4% |
| 175 | Brunei Estimated | 6,534 | -1.5% |
| 176 | Maldives Estimated | 6,337 | -3.6% |
| 177 | São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated | 6,264 | -1% |
| 178 | Luxembourg Estimated | 6,153 | +1.6% |
| 179 | Macao Estimated | 6,001 | -7.9% |
| 180 | Samoa Estimated | 5,914 | -0% |
| 181 | Guadeloupe Estimated | 4,928 | +4.5% |
| 182 | Bahamas Estimated | 4,423 | -0.8% |
| 183 | New Caledonia Estimated | 4,318 | -0.6% |
| 184 | Malta Estimated | 4,286 | +1.9% |
| 185 | Iceland Estimated | 4,169 | +4.1% |
| 186 | Martinique Estimated | 3,827 | -2.3% |
| 187 | French Polynesia Estimated | 3,585 | -2.6% |
| 188 | Kiribati Estimated | 3,432 | +0.9% |
| 189 | Barbados Estimated | 3,239 | -0.6% |
| 190 | Guam Estimated | 3,224 | -4.4% |
| 191 | Tonga Estimated | 2,549 | -1.3% |
| 192 | Micronesia Estimated | 2,534 | -0.1% |
| 193 | Saint Lucia Estimated | 2,121 | -0.6% |
| 194 | Seychelles Estimated | 1,807 | -0.1% |
| 195 | Curaçao Estimated | 1,621 | +3.1% |
| 196 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated | 1,435 | -3.9% |
| 197 | Grenada Estimated | 1,434 | +6.7% |
| 198 | U.S. Virgin Islands Estimated | 1,158 | -5.4% |
| 199 | Aruba Estimated | 1,139 | -3.5% |
| 200 | Marshall Islands Estimated | 1,090 | -4% |
| 201 | Antigua and Barbuda Estimated | 984 | -7.8% |
| 202 | Jersey Estimated | 902 | -3% |
| 203 | American Samoa Estimated | 876 | -6.7% |
| 204 | Greenland Estimated | 836 | -1.8% |
| 205 | Northern Mariana Islands Estimated | 813 | -6% |
| 206 | Dominica Estimated | 793 | -2% |
| 207 | Isle of Man Estimated | 754 | -2% |
| 208 | Saint Martin Estimated | 699 | -1% |
| 209 | Cayman Islands Estimated | 698 | +6.2% |
| 210 | Faroe Islands Estimated | 659 | +0.5% |
| 211 | Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated | 616 | -2.1% |
| 212 | Andorra Estimated | 538 | -6.9% |
| 213 | Bermuda Estimated | 537 | -4.1% |
| 214 | Turks and Caicos Islands Estimated | 520 | +2.6% |
| 215 | Guernsey Estimated | 496 | -3.7% |
| 216 | Gibraltar Estimated | 418 | +1.5% |
| 217 | Sint Maarten Estimated | 415 | -2.6% |
| 218 | Monaco Estimated | 389 | +3.2% |
| 219 | Liechtenstein Estimated | 367 | +8.6% |
| 220 | Nauru Estimated | 352 | -3.6% |
| 221 | Tuvalu Estimated | 268 | +1.5% |
| 222 | Caribbean Netherlands Estimated | 263 | +9.1% |
| 223 | Cook Islands Estimated | 258 | -4.4% |
| 224 | British Virgin Islands Estimated | 242 | +7.1% |
| 225 | Palau Estimated | 214 | -3.6% |
| 226 | San Marino Estimated | 213 | +0.9% |
| 227 | Anguilla Estimated | 154 | +4.8% |
| 228 | Wallis and Futuna Estimated | 126 | -17.6% |
| 229 | Saint Barthélemy Estimated | 57 | -9.5% |
| 230 | Montserrat Estimated | 52 | +4% |
| 231 | Saint Helena Estimated | 46 | -4.2% |
| 232 | Falkland Islands Estimated | 44 | 0% |
| 233 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon Estimated | 43 | -2.3% |
| 234 | Tokelau Estimated | 33 | +13.8% |
| 235 | Niue Estimated | 26 | 0% |
| 236 | Vatican City Estimated | 2 | 0% |
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Live births to mothers resident in the area during the year.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.
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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, 2018. 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=2018. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
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Which country has the highest live births?
India, with 24.62 million in 2018, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.
Which country has the lowest live births?
Vatican City, with 2 in 2018.
Where does this ranking come from?
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Live births: other rankings
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