Countries by live births
India had the highest live births of 236 countries in 2020, at 23.49 million. Vatican City had the lowest, at 2. The median was 77,430 and the figure for the World was 134.72 million. Source: the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.
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Top 40 countries, 2020
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| Rank | Countries | 2020 | Change on 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India Estimated | 23,485,339 | -2.7% |
| 2 | China Estimated | 11,843,469 | -19% |
| 3 | Nigeria Estimated | 7,218,484 | -0.7% |
| 4 | Pakistan Estimated | 6,726,852 | +0.6% |
| 5 | Indonesia Estimated | 4,582,350 | -0.5% |
| 6 | Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated | 4,049,813 | +2.4% |
| 7 | Ethiopia Estimated | 3,961,198 | +2% |
| 8 | United States Estimated | 3,641,990 | -3.5% |
| 9 | Bangladesh Estimated | 3,374,090 | +1.6% |
| 10 | Brazil Estimated | 2,711,546 | -3.5% |
| 11 | Egypt Estimated | 2,405,407 | +0.4% |
| 12 | Tanzania Estimated | 2,221,661 | +1.8% |
| 13 | Mexico Estimated | 2,100,438 | -1% |
| 14 | Philippines Estimated | 1,907,237 | -4.9% |
| 15 | Uganda Estimated | 1,636,139 | +2.3% |
| 16 | Sudan Estimated | 1,613,314 | +1.5% |
| 17 | Vietnam Estimated | 1,494,146 | -0.9% |
| 18 | Russia Estimated | 1,458,020 | -2.5% |
| 19 | Kenya Estimated | 1,450,722 | +0.4% |
| 20 | Afghanistan Estimated | 1,429,983 | +1.7% |
| 21 | Angola Estimated | 1,308,853 | +2.2% |
| 22 | Yemen Estimated | 1,297,064 | +2.8% |
| 23 | Iran Estimated | 1,228,854 | -5.4% |
| 24 | Türkiye Estimated | 1,194,951 | -7.3% |
| 25 | Mozambique Estimated | 1,192,444 | +2% |
| 26 | South Africa Estimated | 1,182,285 | +0.7% |
| 27 | Iraq Estimated | 1,130,421 | +0.7% |
| 28 | Niger Estimated | 1,010,377 | +1.5% |
| 29 | Algeria Estimated | 987,851 | -2.4% |
| 30 | Côte d’Ivoire Estimated | 973,041 | +0.6% |
| 31 | Madagascar Estimated | 964,457 | +1.7% |
| 32 | Cameroon Estimated | 928,861 | +0.6% |
| 33 | Myanmar Estimated | 925,479 | -1.1% |
| 34 | Mali Estimated | 889,380 | +2.6% |
| 35 | Ghana Estimated | 874,684 | +0.3% |
| 36 | Uzbekistan Estimated | 860,945 | +5.6% |
| 37 | Japan Estimated | 840,688 | -2.8% |
| 38 | Germany Estimated | 775,194 | -0.5% |
| 39 | Chad Estimated | 753,575 | +1.9% |
| 40 | Somalia Estimated | 741,705 | +2.5% |
| 41 | Colombia Estimated | 714,207 | +0.7% |
| 42 | Burkina Faso Estimated | 703,172 | -2.3% |
| 43 | France Estimated | 695,934 | -2.2% |
| 44 | United Kingdom Estimated | 687,269 | -3.8% |
| 45 | Zambia Estimated | 655,797 | +1.2% |
| 46 | Morocco Estimated | 653,031 | -1.2% |
| 47 | Malawi Estimated | 635,555 | +1.5% |
| 48 | Thailand Estimated | 629,882 | -2.7% |
| 49 | Nepal Estimated | 584,195 | -0.4% |
| 50 | Peru Estimated | 545,443 | -0.3% |
| 51 | Argentina Estimated | 533,228 | -14.7% |
| 52 | Saudi Arabia Estimated | 515,334 | -6.4% |
| 53 | Senegal Estimated | 502,517 | +1.1% |
| 54 | Zimbabwe Estimated | 481,152 | +1.2% |
| 55 | Guinea Estimated | 474,920 | +1.3% |
| 56 | Benin Estimated | 461,781 | +0.7% |
| 57 | Malaysia Estimated | 453,893 | -4.6% |
| 58 | Burundi Estimated | 452,381 | +0.9% |
| 59 | Venezuela Estimated | 442,091 | -6.3% |
| 60 | Kazakhstan Estimated | 439,716 | +6.8% |
| 61 | Syria Estimated | 434,463 | +8.3% |
| 62 | Italy Estimated | 408,035 | -2.8% |
| 63 | Rwanda Estimated | 392,254 | +0.1% |
| 64 | Guatemala Estimated | 382,615 | -3.1% |
| 65 | Cambodia Estimated | 374,795 | -1.1% |
| 66 | Canada Estimated | 362,246 | -2.7% |
| 67 | Poland Estimated | 359,575 | -5.9% |
| 68 | North Korea Estimated | 349,983 | +0.3% |
| 69 | Spain Estimated | 343,355 | -4% |
| 70 | Ukraine Estimated | 337,567 | -4% |
| 71 | Sri Lanka Estimated | 331,170 | -1% |
| 72 | South Sudan Estimated | 314,978 | +2.7% |
| 73 | Australia Estimated | 295,156 | -3.3% |
| 74 | Ecuador Estimated | 287,589 | -2% |
| 75 | Togo Estimated | 281,368 | +1% |
| 76 | Tajikistan Estimated | 276,503 | -0.5% |
| 77 | South Korea Estimated | 270,034 | -8.5% |
| 78 | Haiti Estimated | 262,412 | -0.6% |
| 79 | Bolivia Estimated | 259,912 | +0.1% |
| 80 | Papua New Guinea Estimated | 256,111 | +0.7% |
| 81 | Sierra Leone Estimated | 254,755 | +0.4% |
| 82 | Jordan Estimated | 236,062 | -0.5% |
| 83 | Honduras Estimated | 230,759 | +0.4% |
| 84 | Central African Republic Estimated | 223,558 | +2.5% |
| 85 | Dominican Republic Estimated | 208,680 | -1.4% |
| 86 | Chile Estimated | 195,578 | -6.9% |
| 87 | Romania Estimated | 193,180 | -1.8% |
| 88 | Tunisia Estimated | 189,037 | -5.4% |
| 89 | Republic of the Congo Estimated | 182,600 | +1% |
| 90 | Netherlands Estimated | 171,111 | -0.1% |
| 91 | Israel Estimated | 171,034 | -2.1% |
| 92 | Turkmenistan Estimated | 167,630 | -0.8% |
| 93 | Laos Estimated | 166,166 | -0.8% |
| 94 | Mauritania Estimated | 164,387 | +1.6% |
| 95 | Liberia Estimated | 164,386 | +0.5% |
| 96 | Taiwan Estimated | 161,442 | -7.1% |
| 97 | Kyrgyzstan Estimated | 160,005 | -7.3% |
| 98 | Palestine Estimated | 146,398 | -0.6% |
| 99 | Azerbaijan Estimated | 142,992 | -6.8% |
| 100 | Paraguay Estimated | 138,917 | -0.5% |
| 101 | Nicaragua Estimated | 134,259 | -0.5% |
| 102 | Libya Estimated | 132,007 | -1.3% |
| 103 | Belgium Estimated | 115,567 | -1.6% |
| 104 | Sweden Estimated | 112,697 | -0.9% |
| 105 | Czechia Estimated | 110,250 | -1.6% |
| 106 | Cuba Estimated | 103,465 | -4.5% |
| 107 | El Salvador Estimated | 101,646 | -1.4% |
| 108 | United Arab Emirates Estimated | 98,881 | +4.5% |
| 109 | Lebanon Estimated | 96,441 | -5.6% |
| 110 | Eritrea Estimated | 95,027 | +0.7% |
| 111 | Hungary Estimated | 93,065 | +2% |
| 112 | Oman Estimated | 85,276 | -1.5% |
| 113 | Switzerland Estimated | 85,214 | -0.2% |
| 114 | Greece Estimated | 84,746 | +1.4% |
| 115 | Austria Estimated | 83,467 | -1.5% |
| 116 | Portugal Estimated | 83,378 | -2.2% |
| 117 | Belarus Estimated | 83,089 | -5.2% |
| 118 | Gambia Estimated | 79,308 | +1.1% |
| 119 | Namibia Estimated | 75,551 | +0.4% |
| 120 | Mongolia Estimated | 73,521 | -3.4% |
| 121 | Panama Estimated | 71,775 | -3.5% |
| 122 | Gabon Estimated | 68,609 | +0.4% |
| 123 | Guinea-Bissau Estimated | 63,229 | +0.9% |
| 124 | Serbia Estimated | 62,501 | -4% |
| 125 | Denmark Estimated | 60,993 | -0.1% |
| 126 | Botswana Estimated | 60,407 | +0.6% |
| 127 | Bulgaria Estimated | 58,839 | -4.3% |
| 128 | New Zealand Estimated | 57,391 | -2.4% |
| 129 | Lesotho Estimated | 57,297 | -1.9% |
| 130 | Costa Rica Estimated | 57,220 | -9.6% |
| 131 | Slovakia Estimated | 56,663 | -0.7% |
| 132 | Ireland Estimated | 56,491 | -4.5% |
| 133 | Hong Kong Estimated | 55,485 | -16.8% |
| 134 | Equatorial Guinea Estimated | 53,813 | +1.4% |
| 135 | Norway Estimated | 53,029 | -2.3% |
| 136 | Kuwait Estimated | 52,346 | -1.4% |
| 137 | Georgia Estimated | 49,546 | -4% |
| 138 | Singapore Estimated | 47,113 | -0.8% |
| 139 | Finland Estimated | 46,440 | +1.8% |
| 140 | Moldova Estimated | 37,065 | -5.8% |
| 141 | Uruguay Estimated | 35,383 | -4.4% |
| 142 | Armenia Estimated | 34,929 | -2.5% |
| 143 | Jamaica Estimated | 34,014 | -1% |
| 144 | Croatia Estimated | 33,454 | -1.6% |
| 145 | Timor-Leste Estimated | 30,966 | -0.2% |
| 146 | Eswatini Estimated | 30,283 | -0.9% |
| 147 | Albania Estimated | 30,258 | -2.5% |
| 148 | Qatar Estimated | 28,163 | +0.9% |
| 149 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated | 27,558 | -3.8% |
| 150 | Lithuania Estimated | 25,191 | -8.4% |
| 151 | Comoros Estimated | 24,053 | +0.4% |
| 152 | Djibouti Estimated | 23,847 | -0% |
| 153 | Solomon Islands Estimated | 20,820 | +0.6% |
| 154 | North Macedonia Estimated | 20,045 | -4.4% |
| 155 | Bahrain Estimated | 19,002 | -4% |
| 156 | Puerto Rico Estimated | 18,771 | -3.6% |
| 157 | Slovenia Estimated | 18,658 | -3% |
| 158 | Latvia Estimated | 17,629 | -6.7% |
| 159 | Trinidad and Tobago Estimated | 17,249 | -3.9% |
| 160 | Fiji Estimated | 17,227 | -2.1% |
| 161 | Guyana Estimated | 17,163 | -3.2% |
| 162 | Cyprus Estimated | 14,510 | +2.4% |
| 163 | Mauritius Estimated | 13,324 | +2.4% |
| 164 | Estonia Estimated | 13,235 | -6% |
| 165 | Réunion Estimated | 11,836 | -0.4% |
| 166 | Suriname Estimated | 10,833 | +0.1% |
| 167 | Bhutan Estimated | 9,973 | +5% |
| 168 | Western Sahara Estimated | 9,276 | -0.3% |
| 169 | Mayotte Estimated | 9,101 | -5.7% |
| 170 | Vanuatu Estimated | 8,948 | -0.2% |
| 171 | French Guiana Estimated | 8,046 | +0.8% |
| 172 | Belize Estimated | 7,173 | -3.8% |
| 173 | Montenegro Estimated | 7,114 | -1.5% |
| 174 | Cape Verde Estimated | 6,764 | -7.9% |
| 175 | Brunei Estimated | 6,391 | -0.9% |
| 176 | Luxembourg Estimated | 6,389 | +4.1% |
| 177 | São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated | 6,228 | -0.1% |
| 178 | Maldives Estimated | 6,081 | -1% |
| 179 | Samoa Estimated | 5,819 | -0.8% |
| 180 | Macao Estimated | 5,708 | -7.4% |
| 181 | Guadeloupe Estimated | 4,915 | -1.3% |
| 182 | Iceland Estimated | 4,486 | +1.9% |
| 183 | Bahamas Estimated | 4,400 | -0.4% |
| 184 | Malta Estimated | 4,393 | +3.6% |
| 185 | New Caledonia Estimated | 4,235 | -1.6% |
| 186 | Martinique Estimated | 3,825 | +0.5% |
| 187 | Kiribati Estimated | 3,449 | 0% |
| 188 | French Polynesia Estimated | 3,290 | -1.2% |
| 189 | Barbados Estimated | 3,193 | -0.8% |
| 190 | Guam Estimated | 3,018 | -3.1% |
| 191 | Micronesia Estimated | 2,517 | -0.3% |
| 192 | Tonga Estimated | 2,498 | -0.9% |
| 193 | Saint Lucia Estimated | 2,088 | -0.9% |
| 194 | Seychelles Estimated | 1,779 | -1% |
| 195 | Grenada Estimated | 1,434 | -0.8% |
| 196 | Curaçao Estimated | 1,388 | -13.3% |
| 197 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated | 1,329 | -3.8% |
| 198 | Antigua and Barbuda Estimated | 1,119 | +6.5% |
| 199 | Aruba Estimated | 1,073 | -3.2% |
| 200 | U.S. Virgin Islands Estimated | 1,013 | -6.7% |
| 201 | Marshall Islands Estimated | 1,001 | -4.2% |
| 202 | Cayman Islands Estimated | 873 | +4.3% |
| 203 | Jersey Estimated | 856 | -2.5% |
| 204 | Greenland Estimated | 825 | -0.7% |
| 205 | American Samoa Estimated | 779 | -4.9% |
| 206 | Dominica Estimated | 771 | -1.3% |
| 207 | Northern Mariana Islands Estimated | 736 | -4.5% |
| 208 | Isle of Man Estimated | 730 | -1.5% |
| 209 | Faroe Islands Estimated | 676 | +1% |
| 210 | Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated | 589 | -2.5% |
| 211 | Bermuda Estimated | 559 | +4.1% |
| 211 | Saint Martin Estimated | 559 | -14% |
| 213 | Andorra Estimated | 529 | -1.1% |
| 214 | Turks and Caicos Islands Estimated | 518 | -0.6% |
| 215 | Guernsey Estimated | 501 | +1.4% |
| 216 | Gibraltar Estimated | 434 | +2.1% |
| 217 | Sint Maarten Estimated | 400 | -1.2% |
| 218 | Monaco Estimated | 371 | -2.4% |
| 219 | Liechtenstein Estimated | 349 | -0.6% |
| 220 | Nauru Estimated | 334 | -2.6% |
| 221 | British Virgin Islands Estimated | 304 | +3.4% |
| 222 | Caribbean Netherlands Estimated | 280 | +13.8% |
| 223 | Tuvalu Estimated | 256 | -2.7% |
| 224 | Cook Islands Estimated | 229 | -6.1% |
| 225 | San Marino Estimated | 212 | 0% |
| 226 | Palau Estimated | 207 | -2.4% |
| 227 | Anguilla Estimated | 153 | -3.2% |
| 228 | Wallis and Futuna Estimated | 111 | -24% |
| 229 | Montserrat Estimated | 58 | +5.5% |
| 230 | Saint Barthélemy Estimated | 54 | -6.9% |
| 231 | Falkland Islands Estimated | 44 | 0% |
| 232 | Saint Helena Estimated | 43 | -4.4% |
| 233 | Tokelau Estimated | 41 | +10.8% |
| 234 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon Estimated | 36 | -7.7% |
| 235 | Niue Estimated | 25 | 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, 2020. 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=2020. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
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Which country has the highest live births?
India, with 23.49 million in 2020, 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 2020.
Where does this ranking come from?
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Live births: other rankings
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