Countries by live births
India had the highest live births of 236 countries in 2022, at 23.29 million. Vatican City had the lowest, at 2. The median was 74,060 and the figure for the World was 132.48 million. Source: the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.
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| Rank | Countries | 2022 | Change on 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India Estimated | 23,286,125 | -0.2% |
| 2 | China Estimated | 9,455,320 | -9.6% |
| 3 | Nigeria Estimated | 7,406,815 | +1% |
| 4 | Pakistan Estimated | 6,855,375 | +0.9% |
| 5 | Indonesia Estimated | 4,518,308 | -0.6% |
| 6 | Democratic Republic of the Congo Estimated | 4,262,077 | +2.5% |
| 7 | Ethiopia Estimated | 4,064,120 | +1.2% |
| 8 | United States Estimated | 3,750,379 | +1.9% |
| 9 | Bangladesh Estimated | 3,486,416 | +1.9% |
| 10 | Brazil Estimated | 2,640,391 | -1.2% |
| 11 | Egypt Estimated | 2,375,206 | +1.2% |
| 12 | Tanzania Estimated | 2,306,107 | +1.9% |
| 13 | Mexico Estimated | 2,063,075 | -1.2% |
| 14 | Philippines Estimated | 1,829,885 | +0.4% |
| 15 | Uganda Estimated | 1,693,817 | +1.5% |
| 16 | Sudan Estimated | 1,656,075 | +1.6% |
| 17 | Kenya Estimated | 1,483,377 | +0.9% |
| 18 | Afghanistan Estimated | 1,462,654 | +0.6% |
| 19 | Vietnam Estimated | 1,422,615 | -2.4% |
| 20 | Angola Estimated | 1,357,751 | +1.7% |
| 21 | Yemen Estimated | 1,353,356 | +2.2% |
| 22 | Russia Estimated | 1,334,912 | -6.1% |
| 23 | Mozambique Estimated | 1,240,622 | +1.9% |
| 24 | Iran Estimated | 1,191,945 | -1.5% |
| 25 | South Africa Estimated | 1,190,146 | -0% |
| 26 | Iraq Estimated | 1,145,989 | +0.6% |
| 27 | Türkiye Estimated | 1,079,023 | -5.6% |
| 28 | Niger Estimated | 1,061,832 | +3.3% |
| 29 | Madagascar Estimated | 989,140 | +1.2% |
| 30 | Côte d’Ivoire Estimated | 987,825 | +0.7% |
| 31 | Cameroon Estimated | 946,933 | +1.2% |
| 32 | Algeria Estimated | 931,867 | -2.7% |
| 33 | Mali Estimated | 930,870 | +2.1% |
| 34 | Uzbekistan Estimated | 926,734 | +2.3% |
| 35 | Myanmar Estimated | 909,108 | -1% |
| 36 | Ghana Estimated | 881,635 | +0.3% |
| 37 | Chad Estimated | 800,043 | +3.7% |
| 38 | Japan Estimated | 786,576 | -3% |
| 39 | Somalia Estimated | 779,534 | +2.4% |
| 40 | Germany Estimated | 730,553 | -8.2% |
| 41 | Burkina Faso Estimated | 721,256 | +1.2% |
| 42 | Colombia Estimated | 710,397 | -0.5% |
| 43 | United Kingdom Estimated | 688,630 | -0.6% |
| 44 | France Estimated | 687,577 | -2.1% |
| 45 | Zambia Estimated | 675,973 | +1.6% |
| 46 | Malawi Estimated | 652,812 | +1.6% |
| 47 | Morocco Estimated | 635,906 | -1.4% |
| 48 | Thailand Estimated | 601,151 | -1.9% |
| 49 | Nepal Estimated | 583,699 | +0.7% |
| 50 | Peru Estimated | 541,718 | -0.4% |
| 51 | Senegal Estimated | 520,006 | +1.6% |
| 52 | Zimbabwe Estimated | 496,240 | +1.6% |
| 53 | Argentina Estimated | 496,115 | -6.3% |
| 54 | Saudi Arabia Estimated | 489,608 | -1.7% |
| 55 | Guinea Estimated | 483,229 | +0.8% |
| 56 | Syria Estimated | 476,966 | +4.2% |
| 57 | Benin Estimated | 472,635 | +1.3% |
| 58 | Burundi Estimated | 456,995 | +0.5% |
| 59 | Malaysia Estimated | 430,022 | +1.3% |
| 60 | Venezuela Estimated | 423,888 | -1.4% |
| 61 | Kazakhstan Estimated | 417,107 | -9.2% |
| 62 | Italy Estimated | 399,735 | -1.8% |
| 63 | Rwanda Estimated | 393,949 | +0.4% |
| 64 | Guatemala Estimated | 375,923 | -0.2% |
| 65 | Cambodia Estimated | 366,027 | -1.6% |
| 66 | Canada Estimated | 354,665 | -4.1% |
| 67 | North Korea Estimated | 346,185 | -0.5% |
| 68 | Spain Estimated | 339,675 | -0.2% |
| 69 | Sri Lanka Estimated | 326,112 | -0.7% |
| 70 | South Sudan Estimated | 320,345 | -0.7% |
| 71 | Poland Estimated | 310,232 | -7.3% |
| 72 | Australia Estimated | 303,397 | -0.3% |
| 73 | Togo Estimated | 286,645 | +0.8% |
| 74 | Tajikistan Estimated | 275,357 | -0.4% |
| 75 | Ecuador Estimated | 274,903 | -2.1% |
| 76 | Bolivia Estimated | 260,457 | +0.1% |
| 77 | Haiti Estimated | 259,375 | -0.5% |
| 78 | Sierra Leone Estimated | 257,167 | +0.4% |
| 79 | Papua New Guinea Estimated | 256,716 | +0.2% |
| 80 | South Korea Estimated | 256,588 | -1% |
| 81 | Jordan Estimated | 235,500 | -0.1% |
| 82 | Ukraine Estimated | 233,127 | -24.6% |
| 83 | Honduras Estimated | 232,735 | +0.4% |
| 84 | Central African Republic Estimated | 231,576 | +0.2% |
| 85 | Dominican Republic Estimated | 205,012 | -0.8% |
| 86 | Chile Estimated | 189,124 | +7.2% |
| 87 | Republic of the Congo Estimated | 186,731 | +1% |
| 88 | Romania Estimated | 183,845 | -1.8% |
| 89 | Israel Estimated | 174,982 | -1.5% |
| 90 | Netherlands Estimated | 172,487 | -5.3% |
| 91 | Tunisia Estimated | 171,170 | +1.5% |
| 92 | Mauritania Estimated | 169,886 | +1.5% |
| 93 | Liberia Estimated | 167,590 | +1.1% |
| 94 | Laos Estimated | 163,976 | -0.7% |
| 95 | Turkmenistan Estimated | 163,656 | -1.2% |
| 96 | Kyrgyzstan Estimated | 150,267 | -1.9% |
| 97 | Palestine Estimated | 146,294 | -0% |
| 98 | Paraguay Estimated | 137,617 | -0.5% |
| 99 | Taiwan Estimated | 135,481 | -13% |
| 100 | Nicaragua Estimated | 132,560 | -0.5% |
| 101 | Azerbaijan Estimated | 129,419 | -4.5% |
| 102 | Libya Estimated | 126,684 | -2.3% |
| 103 | Belgium Estimated | 113,797 | -3.3% |
| 104 | Sweden Estimated | 104,855 | -7.4% |
| 105 | El Salvador Estimated | 99,985 | -1% |
| 106 | Eritrea Estimated | 97,765 | +1.3% |
| 107 | Czechia Estimated | 96,941 | -13.3% |
| 108 | Cuba Estimated | 95,802 | -2.3% |
| 109 | United Arab Emirates Estimated | 95,204 | +4.8% |
| 110 | Lebanon Estimated | 94,050 | -0.8% |
| 111 | Hungary Estimated | 89,766 | -4.2% |
| 112 | Portugal Estimated | 84,319 | +8.3% |
| 113 | Austria Estimated | 82,088 | -3.8% |
| 114 | Switzerland Estimated | 81,859 | -8.4% |
| 115 | Gambia Estimated | 81,126 | +1% |
| 116 | Oman Estimated | 77,354 | -6.3% |
| 117 | Namibia Estimated | 76,123 | +0.2% |
| 118 | Greece Estimated | 74,165 | -13.9% |
| 119 | Belarus Estimated | 73,954 | -7.3% |
| 120 | Panama Estimated | 71,463 | +0.3% |
| 121 | Gabon Estimated | 68,791 | 0% |
| 122 | Mongolia Estimated | 67,247 | -4.2% |
| 123 | Guinea-Bissau Estimated | 64,131 | +0.6% |
| 124 | Bulgaria Estimated | 64,058 | +8.6% |
| 125 | Botswana Estimated | 61,615 | +0.9% |
| 126 | Serbia Estimated | 61,240 | -2% |
| 127 | New Zealand Estimated | 58,955 | +0.2% |
| 128 | Denmark Estimated | 58,095 | -8.5% |
| 129 | Lesotho Estimated | 55,764 | -1% |
| 130 | Equatorial Guinea Estimated | 54,328 | +0.6% |
| 131 | Ireland Estimated | 53,241 | -11.4% |
| 132 | Slovakia Estimated | 52,754 | -7.1% |
| 133 | Costa Rica Estimated | 52,440 | -1.7% |
| 134 | Norway Estimated | 51,078 | -8.8% |
| 135 | Kuwait Estimated | 48,257 | +9.7% |
| 136 | Singapore Estimated | 45,168 | -1% |
| 137 | Finland Estimated | 44,707 | -9.7% |
| 138 | Georgia Estimated | 44,065 | -9.7% |
| 139 | Hong Kong Estimated | 42,320 | -11.7% |
| 140 | Armenia Estimated | 34,510 | -3.2% |
| 141 | Uruguay Estimated | 33,767 | -1.3% |
| 142 | Jamaica Estimated | 33,658 | -0.8% |
| 143 | Croatia Estimated | 33,039 | -7.7% |
| 144 | Moldova Estimated | 32,056 | -8% |
| 145 | Timor-Leste Estimated | 30,704 | 0% |
| 146 | Eswatini Estimated | 29,999 | -0.4% |
| 147 | Qatar Estimated | 29,212 | +8.6% |
| 148 | Albania Estimated | 29,139 | -2.7% |
| 149 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Estimated | 24,831 | -4.5% |
| 150 | Comoros Estimated | 24,243 | +0.5% |
| 151 | Djibouti Estimated | 23,915 | +0.1% |
| 152 | Lithuania Estimated | 21,556 | -6.2% |
| 153 | Solomon Islands Estimated | 21,310 | +0.9% |
| 154 | Bahrain Estimated | 20,367 | +4% |
| 155 | North Macedonia Estimated | 18,639 | -3.8% |
| 156 | Puerto Rico Estimated | 18,619 | -1.2% |
| 157 | Slovenia Estimated | 18,164 | -6.4% |
| 158 | Guyana Estimated | 17,047 | -0.3% |
| 159 | Fiji Estimated | 16,772 | -1.4% |
| 160 | Trinidad and Tobago Estimated | 16,435 | -2.2% |
| 161 | Latvia Estimated | 15,907 | -9% |
| 162 | Cyprus Estimated | 14,710 | -0.6% |
| 163 | Mauritius Estimated | 12,128 | -6.4% |
| 164 | Réunion Estimated | 12,124 | -0.4% |
| 165 | Estonia Estimated | 11,481 | -12.5% |
| 166 | Mayotte Estimated | 10,894 | +3.7% |
| 167 | Suriname Estimated | 10,887 | +0.2% |
| 168 | Bhutan Estimated | 10,001 | 0% |
| 169 | Western Sahara Estimated | 9,043 | -1.3% |
| 170 | Vanuatu Estimated | 8,976 | 0% |
| 171 | French Guiana Estimated | 7,652 | -6.3% |
| 172 | Montenegro Estimated | 7,032 | -0% |
| 173 | Belize Estimated | 7,004 | +7.1% |
| 174 | Luxembourg Estimated | 6,716 | +2.1% |
| 175 | Cape Verde Estimated | 6,465 | -0.4% |
| 176 | São Tomé and Príncipe Estimated | 6,399 | +1.1% |
| 177 | Brunei Estimated | 6,305 | -0.7% |
| 178 | Maldives Estimated | 5,973 | -1% |
| 179 | Samoa Estimated | 5,619 | -2.3% |
| 180 | Macao Estimated | 4,516 | -13.2% |
| 181 | Guadeloupe Estimated | 4,498 | -5.4% |
| 182 | Bahamas Estimated | 4,350 | -0.4% |
| 183 | Iceland Estimated | 4,334 | -10.1% |
| 184 | Malta Estimated | 4,285 | -1.4% |
| 185 | New Caledonia Estimated | 4,163 | -1% |
| 186 | Martinique Estimated | 3,819 | -0.3% |
| 187 | Kiribati Estimated | 3,445 | -0.3% |
| 188 | Barbados Estimated | 3,176 | -0.3% |
| 189 | French Polynesia Estimated | 3,128 | -2.1% |
| 190 | Guam Estimated | 2,975 | -0.7% |
| 191 | Micronesia Estimated | 2,524 | -0.3% |
| 192 | Tonga Estimated | 2,453 | -1.1% |
| 193 | Saint Lucia Estimated | 2,041 | -1.2% |
| 194 | Seychelles Estimated | 1,744 | -1.1% |
| 195 | Grenada Estimated | 1,395 | -1.6% |
| 196 | Curaçao Estimated | 1,385 | +0.6% |
| 197 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Estimated | 1,265 | -2.7% |
| 198 | Antigua and Barbuda Estimated | 1,114 | -0.6% |
| 199 | Aruba Estimated | 1,032 | -1% |
| 200 | U.S. Virgin Islands Estimated | 979 | -2.2% |
| 201 | Marshall Islands Estimated | 881 | -8.1% |
| 202 | Cayman Islands Estimated | 873 | -1% |
| 203 | Jersey Estimated | 856 | -0.2% |
| 204 | Greenland Estimated | 804 | -1.5% |
| 205 | American Samoa Estimated | 750 | -2.6% |
| 206 | Dominica Estimated | 745 | -1.5% |
| 207 | Isle of Man Estimated | 710 | -1.1% |
| 208 | Faroe Islands Estimated | 678 | +1% |
| 209 | Northern Mariana Islands Estimated | 636 | -8.6% |
| 210 | Saint Kitts and Nevis Estimated | 559 | -2.6% |
| 211 | Andorra Estimated | 546 | +2.1% |
| 212 | Bermuda Estimated | 530 | -0.2% |
| 213 | Guernsey Estimated | 521 | +0.8% |
| 214 | Turks and Caicos Islands Estimated | 503 | -0.8% |
| 215 | Saint Martin Estimated | 500 | -4.9% |
| 216 | Gibraltar Estimated | 452 | +2.3% |
| 217 | Sint Maarten Estimated | 388 | -1.5% |
| 218 | Liechtenstein Estimated | 368 | +0.3% |
| 219 | Monaco Estimated | 338 | +0.9% |
| 220 | British Virgin Islands Estimated | 323 | +1.9% |
| 221 | Nauru Estimated | 314 | -3.4% |
| 222 | Caribbean Netherlands Estimated | 264 | -2.2% |
| 223 | Tuvalu Estimated | 241 | -2.8% |
| 224 | San Marino Estimated | 205 | -3.3% |
| 225 | Cook Islands Estimated | 197 | -7.9% |
| 225 | Palau Estimated | 197 | -2.5% |
| 227 | Anguilla Estimated | 126 | -17.1% |
| 228 | Wallis and Futuna Estimated | 100 | -2% |
| 229 | Saint Barthélemy Estimated | 52 | +2% |
| 230 | Montserrat Estimated | 44 | -21.4% |
| 231 | Tokelau Estimated | 43 | +2.4% |
| 232 | Falkland Islands Estimated | 41 | -4.7% |
| 233 | Saint Helena Estimated | 40 | -2.4% |
| 234 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon Estimated | 31 | -8.8% |
| 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, 2022. 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=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
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Which country has the highest live births?
India, with 23.29 million in 2022, 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 2022.
Where does this ranking come from?
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Live births: other rankings
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