Countries by live births

India had the highest live births of 236 countries in 2019, at 24.12 million. Vatican City had the lowest, at 2. The median was 77,272 and the figure for the World was 138.6 million. Source: the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

Highest24,124,983India

Lowest2Vatican City

Median77,272236 countries

World138,596,791History

Top 40 countries, 2019

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	2019 count	Change on 2018
1	India Estimated	24,124,983	-2%
2	China Estimated	14,615,866	-4.8%
3	Nigeria Estimated	7,266,105	-0.7%
4	Pakistan Estimated	6,689,991	+0.5%
5	Indonesia Estimated	4,607,562	-0.5%
6	Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated	3,954,796	+2.4%
7	Ethiopia Estimated	3,882,927	+3.2%
8	United States Estimated	3,772,693	-1.1%
9	Bangladesh Estimated	3,319,802	+1.2%
10	Brazil Estimated	2,810,666	-2.7%
11	Egypt Estimated	2,394,940	-3.9%
12	Tanzania Estimated	2,182,541	+1.8%
13	Mexico Estimated	2,122,565	0%
14	Philippines Estimated	2,006,034	-5.6%
15	Uganda Estimated	1,600,115	+2.2%
16	Sudan Estimated	1,590,030	+2.5%
17	Vietnam Estimated	1,507,477	+1.5%
18	Russia Estimated	1,496,027	-7.2%
19	Kenya Estimated	1,445,243	-0.9%
20	Afghanistan Estimated	1,405,919	+1.7%
21	Iran Estimated	1,298,600	-9.5%
22	Türkiye Estimated	1,288,466	-5.4%
23	Angola Estimated	1,280,086	+2.1%
24	Yemen Estimated	1,262,154	+2.7%
25	South Africa Estimated	1,173,511	+0.9%
26	Mozambique Estimated	1,169,000	+2.1%
27	Iraq Estimated	1,122,563	+0.8%
28	Algeria Estimated	1,012,181	-1%
29	Niger Estimated	995,141	+1.5%
30	Côte d’Ivoire Estimated	967,182	+0.4%
31	Madagascar Estimated	948,017	+2.5%
32	Myanmar Estimated	935,659	-0.9%
33	Cameroon Estimated	922,896	+0.8%
34	Ghana Estimated	871,853	+0.2%
35	Mali Estimated	866,734	-0.4%
36	Japan Estimated	864,781	-5.1%
37	Uzbekistan Estimated	814,964	+4.9%
38	Germany Estimated	778,799	-1.1%
39	Chad Estimated	739,415	+3.1%
40	Somalia Estimated	723,617	+2.5%
41	Burkina Faso Estimated	719,512	-2.2%
42	United Kingdom Estimated	714,388	-2.6%
43	France Estimated	711,582	-0.8%
44	Colombia Estimated	709,573	+2%
45	Morocco Estimated	661,124	-0.7%
46	Zambia Estimated	648,090	+1.7%
47	Thailand Estimated	647,680	-3.5%
48	Malawi Estimated	625,978	+1.7%
49	Argentina Estimated	625,199	-8.7%
50	Nepal Estimated	586,696	-1.1%
51	Saudi Arabia Estimated	550,793	-8.1%
52	Peru Estimated	546,866	+1.3%
53	Senegal Estimated	497,216	-1.1%
54	Malaysia Estimated	475,958	-2.3%
55	Zimbabwe Estimated	475,267	+0.9%
56	Venezuela Estimated	471,676	-8.7%
57	Guinea Estimated	468,606	+1.5%
58	Benin Estimated	458,619	+0.2%
59	Burundi Estimated	448,292	+1.6%
60	Italy Estimated	419,609	-3.5%
61	Kazakhstan Estimated	411,552	+0.2%
62	Syria Estimated	401,308	+8.3%
63	Guatemala Estimated	394,906	-3.6%
64	Rwanda Estimated	391,867	+0.5%
65	Poland Estimated	382,207	-2.6%
66	Cambodia Estimated	378,867	-0.4%
67	Canada Estimated	372,337	-0.5%
68	Spain Estimated	357,540	-3.4%
69	Ukraine Estimated	351,719	-4.2%
70	North Korea Estimated	349,022	+0.2%
71	Sri Lanka Estimated	334,362	-0.8%
72	South Sudan Estimated	306,667	+4.2%
73	Australia Estimated	305,307	-2.8%
74	South Korea Estimated	295,280	-8.5%
75	Ecuador Estimated	293,458	-1.8%
76	Togo Estimated	278,645	+1%
77	Tajikistan Estimated	277,968	+1.4%
78	Haiti Estimated	264,011	-0.6%
79	Bolivia Estimated	259,767	-0%
80	Papua New Guinea Estimated	254,314	+0.4%
81	Sierra Leone Estimated	253,675	+0.7%
82	Jordan Estimated	237,304	0%
83	Honduras Estimated	229,805	+0.6%
84	Central African Republic Estimated	218,100	+2%
85	Dominican Republic Estimated	211,667	-1.1%
86	Chile Estimated	210,016	-5%
87	Tunisia Estimated	199,737	-2.1%
88	Romania Estimated	196,640	-4.9%
89	Republic of the Congo Estimated	180,763	+0.6%
90	Israel Estimated	174,772	-1.3%
91	Taiwan Estimated	173,797	-4.8%
92	Kyrgyzstan Estimated	172,605	+3.2%
93	Netherlands Estimated	171,329	+0.6%
94	Turkmenistan Estimated	169,003	-0.4%
95	Laos Estimated	167,556	-0.4%
96	Liberia Estimated	163,574	+0.4%
97	Mauritania Estimated	161,780	+1.8%
98	Azerbaijan Estimated	153,355	-4%
99	Palestine Estimated	147,286	-0.5%
100	Paraguay Estimated	139,557	-0.6%
101	Nicaragua Estimated	134,914	-0.6%
102	Libya Estimated	133,744	-1.6%
103	Belgium Estimated	117,399	+0.1%
104	Sweden Estimated	113,665	-0.9%
105	Czechia Estimated	112,029	-1.6%
106	Cuba Estimated	108,309	-5.2%
107	El Salvador Estimated	103,104	-0.6%
108	Lebanon Estimated	102,113	-5.7%
109	United Arab Emirates Estimated	94,664	-1.2%
110	Eritrea Estimated	94,352	+1.2%
111	Hungary Estimated	91,271	-0.5%
112	Belarus Estimated	87,652	-7.2%
113	Oman Estimated	86,580	-2.3%
114	Switzerland Estimated	85,393	-1.7%
115	Portugal Estimated	85,246	-0.9%
116	Austria Estimated	84,741	-0.8%
117	Greece Estimated	83,587	-3.3%
118	Gambia Estimated	78,424	+1.1%
119	Mongolia Estimated	76,120	+1.6%
120	Namibia Estimated	75,237	+0.4%
121	Panama Estimated	74,406	-3.6%
122	Gabon Estimated	68,362	+1.2%
123	Hong Kong Estimated	66,699	-4.5%
124	Serbia Estimated	65,097	-0.4%
125	Costa Rica Estimated	63,301	-6.3%
126	Guinea-Bissau Estimated	62,667	+0.7%
127	Bulgaria Estimated	61,503	-1.2%
128	Denmark Estimated	61,068	-0.2%
129	Botswana Estimated	60,054	+0.9%
130	Ireland Estimated	59,149	-3%
131	New Zealand Estimated	58,824	+2.5%
132	Lesotho Estimated	58,417	-2.2%
133	Slovakia Estimated	57,083	-0.9%
134	Norway Estimated	54,260	-1.2%
135	Kuwait Estimated	53,115	-4.2%
136	Equatorial Guinea Estimated	53,083	+1.4%
137	Georgia Estimated	51,592	-5.2%
138	Singapore Estimated	47,479	-0.5%
139	Finland Estimated	45,598	-4%
140	Moldova Estimated	39,334	-6.1%
141	Uruguay Estimated	37,009	-6.7%
142	Armenia Estimated	35,809	-2%
143	Jamaica Estimated	34,357	-1%
144	Croatia Estimated	33,999	-3.2%
145	Timor-Leste Estimated	31,034	-0.6%
146	Albania Estimated	31,033	-1.6%
147	Eswatini Estimated	30,546	-1.1%
148	Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated	28,642	-3.9%
149	Qatar Estimated	27,920	+1.9%
150	Lithuania Estimated	27,513	-2.8%
151	Comoros Estimated	23,949	+0.4%
152	Djibouti Estimated	23,857	-0.3%
153	North Macedonia Estimated	20,958	-7%
154	Solomon Islands Estimated	20,689	+0.1%
155	Bahrain Estimated	19,786	-3.1%
156	Puerto Rico Estimated	19,478	-3.6%
157	Slovenia Estimated	19,241	-1.5%
158	Latvia Estimated	18,887	-3%
159	Trinidad and Tobago Estimated	17,949	+1.2%
160	Guyana Estimated	17,725	+5.4%
161	Fiji Estimated	17,590	-2.2%
162	Cyprus Estimated	14,172	+1.1%
163	Estonia Estimated	14,079	-1.6%
164	Mauritius Estimated	13,015	-1.5%
165	Réunion Estimated	11,883	-1.6%
166	Suriname Estimated	10,824	-0.2%
167	Mayotte Estimated	9,651	-2.1%
168	Bhutan Estimated	9,500	-3.4%
169	Western Sahara Estimated	9,308	-0.3%
170	Vanuatu Estimated	8,969	0%
171	French Guiana Estimated	7,985	+0.9%
172	Belize Estimated	7,460	-7.2%
173	Cape Verde Estimated	7,345	-7.4%
174	Montenegro Estimated	7,220	-0.6%
175	Brunei Estimated	6,451	-1.3%
176	São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated	6,237	-0.4%
177	Macao Estimated	6,167	+2.8%
178	Maldives Estimated	6,144	-3%
179	Luxembourg Estimated	6,138	-0.2%
180	Samoa Estimated	5,865	-0.8%
181	Guadeloupe Estimated	4,978	+1%
182	Bahamas Estimated	4,418	-0.1%
183	Iceland Estimated	4,403	+5.6%
184	New Caledonia Estimated	4,306	-0.3%
185	Malta Estimated	4,241	-1%
186	Martinique Estimated	3,807	-0.5%
187	Kiribati Estimated	3,448	+0.5%
188	French Polynesia Estimated	3,331	-7.1%
189	Barbados Estimated	3,219	-0.6%
190	Guam Estimated	3,116	-3.3%
191	Micronesia Estimated	2,525	-0.4%
192	Tonga Estimated	2,520	-1.1%
193	Saint Lucia Estimated	2,106	-0.7%
194	Seychelles Estimated	1,797	-0.6%
195	Curaçao Estimated	1,601	-1.2%
196	Grenada Estimated	1,446	+0.8%
197	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated	1,381	-3.8%
198	Aruba Estimated	1,109	-2.6%
199	U.S. Virgin Islands Estimated	1,086	-6.2%
200	Antigua and Barbuda Estimated	1,051	+6.8%
201	Marshall Islands Estimated	1,045	-4.1%
202	Jersey Estimated	878	-2.7%
203	Cayman Islands Estimated	837	+19.9%
204	Greenland Estimated	831	-0.6%
205	American Samoa Estimated	819	-6.5%
206	Dominica Estimated	781	-1.5%
207	Northern Mariana Islands Estimated	771	-5.2%
208	Isle of Man Estimated	741	-1.7%
209	Faroe Islands Estimated	669	+1.5%
210	Saint Martin Estimated	650	-7%
211	Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated	604	-1.9%
212	Bermuda Estimated	537	0%
213	Andorra Estimated	535	-0.6%
214	Turks and Caicos Islands Estimated	521	+0.2%
215	Guernsey Estimated	494	-0.4%
216	Gibraltar Estimated	425	+1.7%
217	Sint Maarten Estimated	405	-2.4%
218	Monaco Estimated	380	-2.3%
219	Liechtenstein Estimated	351	-4.4%
220	Nauru Estimated	343	-2.6%
221	British Virgin Islands Estimated	294	+21.5%
222	Tuvalu Estimated	263	-1.9%
223	Caribbean Netherlands Estimated	246	-6.5%
224	Cook Islands Estimated	244	-5.4%
225	Palau Estimated	212	-0.9%
225	San Marino Estimated	212	-0.5%
227	Anguilla Estimated	158	+2.6%
228	Wallis and Futuna Estimated	146	+15.9%
229	Saint Barthélemy Estimated	58	+1.8%
230	Montserrat Estimated	55	+5.8%
231	Saint Helena Estimated	45	-2.2%
232	Falkland Islands Estimated	44	0%
233	Saint Pierre and Miquelon Estimated	39	-9.3%
234	Tokelau Estimated	37	+12.1%
235	Niue Estimated	25	-3.8%
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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Which country has the highest live births?

India, with 24.12 million in 2019, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

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Vatican City, with 2 in 2019.

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