List of countries by number of births

Map of total projected births in the year 2020–2025, projected in 2019

The following list sorts countries by the total projected number of births. The list is sourced from the United Nations World Population Prospects. Figures are from the 2019 revision of the United Nations World Population Prospects report, for the period 2020, July 1st, up to and including 2025, June 31st,^[1] using the medium population projection variant. All figures are rounded.

List of countries by number of births[edit]

Rank	Country	Number of births (in thousands) 2020–2025
1	India	119 707
2	China	77 100
3	Nigeria	39 582
4	Pakistan	30 152
5	Indonesia	23 569
6	United States	20 180
7	Democratic Republic of the Congo	18 811
8	Ethiopia	18 513
9	Bangladesh	14 111
10	Brazil	13 817
11	Egypt	12 648
12	Tanzania	11 306
13	Philippines	11 083
14	Mexico	10 786
15	Uganda	8 611
16	Russia	8 243
17	Kenya	7 780
18	Vietnam	7 512
19	Sudan	7 158
20	Iran	7 061
21	Angola	6 940
22	Turkey	6 369
23	Afghanistan	6 119
24	Mozambique	6 034
25	Niger	5 896
26	Iraq	5 866
27	South Africa	5 798
28	Ivory Coast	4 831
29	Cameroon	4 717
30	Algeria	4 667
31	Myanmar	4 659
32	Madagascar	4 651
33	Ghana	4 535
34	Yemen	4 398
35	Japan	4 391
36	Mali	4 309
37	Burkina Faso	4 029
38	Germany	3 920
39	United Kingdom	3 863
40	Argentina	3 735
41	France	3 583
42	Colombia	3 543
43	Chad	3 531
44	Somalia	3 503
45	Zambia	3 454
46	Malawi	3 369
47	Thailand	3 339
48	Morocco	3 272
49	Uzbekistan	3 209
50	Senegal	2 886
51	Peru	2 858
52	Saudi Arabia	2 828
53	Nepal	2 798
54	Malaysia	2 647
55	Venezuela	2 518
56	Guinea	2 432
57	Burundi	2 329
58	Benin	2 241
59	Syria	2 158
60	Guatemala	2 152
61	Zimbabwe	2 144
62	Italy	2 117
63	Rwanda	2 008
64	South Sudan	1 975
65	Canada	1 941
66	Ukraine	1 855
67	Spain	1 841
68	Cambodia	1 761
69	North Korea	1 760
70	South Korea	1 736
71	Poland	1 725
72	Kazakhstan	1 719
73	Ecuador	1 680
74	Australia	1 582
75	Sri Lanka	1 571
76	Togo	1 387
77	Tajikistan	1 356
78	Haiti	1 332
79	Sierra Leone	1 304
80	Bolivia	1 244
81	Papua New Guinea	1 214
82	Chile	1 117
83	Jordan	1 062
84	Honduras	1 046
85	Taiwan	1 002
86	Dominican Republic	998
87	Tunisia	929
88	Republic of the Congo	917
89	Romania	883
90	Netherlands	877
91	Central African Republic	877
92	Israel	852
93	Liberia	850
94	Laos	807
95	Mauritania	792
96	Palestine	735
97	Kyrgyzstan	732
98	Azerbaijan	719
99	Paraguay	713
100	Turkmenistan	648
101	Nicaragua	639
102	Belgium	618
103	Sweden	601
104	Libya	591
105	El Salvador	563
106	Lebanon	545
107	Cuba	531
108	Eritrea	521
109	Czech Republic	521
110	Belarus	513
111	United Arab Emirates	502
112	Gambia	471
113	Austria	450
114	Hungary	445
115	Switzerland	443
116	Oman	422
117	Hong Kong	412
118	Panama	400
119	Serbia	390
120	Portugal	388
121	Greece	357
122	Namibia	351
123	Mongolia	349
124	Guinea-Bissau	341
125	Gabon	333
126	Costa Rica	330
127	Denmark	326
128	Norway	309
129	New Zealand	300
130	Bulgaria	295
131	Ireland	285
132	Botswana	274
133	Lesotho	272
134	Slovakia	268
135	Kuwait	249
136	Singapore	249
137	Georgia	241
138	Finland	238
139	Equatorial Guinea	238
140	Uruguay	232
141	Jamaica	226
142	Timor-Leste	193
143	Moldova	187
144	Armenia	183
145	Croatia	168
146	Albania	157
147	Eswatini	144
148	Comoros	137
149	Qatar	133
150	Lithuania	131
151	Bosnia and Herzegovina	121
152	Bahrain	111
153	Solomon Islands	110
154	North Macedonia	104
155	Djibouti	99
156	Puerto Rico	95
157	Slovenia	93
158	Latvia	90
159	Fiji	90
160	Trinidad and Tobago	81
161	Guyana	75
162	Estonia	65
163	Réunion	64
164	Mauritius	63
165	Bhutan	62
166	Western Sahara	59
167	Cyprus	58
168	Suriname	52
169	Cape Verde	50
170	Vanuatu	45
171	Belize	41
172	Mayotte	38
173	French Guiana	38
174	Montenegro	35
175	São Tomé and Príncipe	35
176	Macau	34
177	Luxembourg	33
178	Maldives	32
179	Brunei	30
180	Bahamas	27
181	Samoa	24
182	Guadeloupe	23
183	Malta	22
184	Iceland	20
185	New Caledonia	20
186	French Polynesia	19
187	Martinique	18
188	Kiribati	16
189	Barbados	15
190	Guam	14
191	Federated States of Micronesia	13
192	Tonga	13
193	Saint Lucia	10
194	Curaçao	9
195	Channel Islands	9
196	Grenada	9
197	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	8
198	Seychelles	7
199	Antigua and Barbuda	7
200	Aruba	6
201	United States Virgin Islands	6