# List of countries by number of births

The following list sorts sovereign states and dependent territories and by the total number of births. Figures are from the 2024 revision of the United Nations World Population Prospects report, for the calendar year 2023.

## List of countries by number of births

Countries and dependent territories by the estimated number of births in 2023 according to the World Population Prospects 2024 of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
| Country | Number of births (2023) |
| India | 23,219,489 |
| China | 8,899,881 |
| Nigeria | 7,509,758 |
| Pakistan | 6,882,058 |
| Indonesia | 4,482,359 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 4,369,683 |
| Ethiopia | 4,105,685 |
| United States | 3,657,476 |
| Bangladesh | 3,489,953 |
| Brazil | 2,601,670 |
| Egypt | 2,405,717 |
| Tanzania | 2,346,391 |
| Mexico | 2,037,689 |
| Philippines | 1,840,477 |
| Uganda | 1,712,750 |
| Sudan | 1,682,049 |
| Kenya | 1,499,998 |
| Afghanistan | 1,469,029 |
| Vietnam | 1,387,961 |
| Yemen | 1,386,914 |
| Angola | 1,381,370 |
| Russia | 1,297,207 |
| Mozambique | 1,260,855 |
| South Africa | 1,186,793 |
| Iran | 1,173,463 |
| Iraq | 1,159,682 |
| Niger | 1,095,892 |
| Turkey | 1,072,014 |
| Madagascar | 1,001,244 |
| Ivory Coast | 997,001 |
| Cameroon | 957,392 |
| Mali | 951,445 |
| Uzbekistan | 943,547 |
| Algeria | 905,981 |
| Myanmar | 903,822 |
| Ghana | 888,947 |
| Chad | 819,054 |
| Somalia | 788,763 |
| Japan | 749,884 |
| Burkina Faso | 728,612 |
| Germany | 719,249 |
| Colombia | 705,009 |
| United Kingdom | 688,388 |
| Zambia | 685,565 |
| Malawi | 662,289 |
| France | 638,891 |
| Morocco | 629,832 |
| Thailand | 591,200 |
| Nepal | 574,297 |
| Saudi Arabia | 546,038 |
| Peru | 539,623 |
| Senegal | 531,890 |
| Syria | 521,601 |
| Argentina | 503,823 |
| Zimbabwe | 496,917 |
| Guinea | 487,595 |
| Benin | 478,062 |
| Burundi | 460,882 |
| Malaysia | 435,989 |
| Venezuela | 426,984 |
| Kazakhstan | 409,417 |
| Rwanda | 395,578 |
| Italy | 384,627 |
| Guatemala | 377,167 |
| Cambodia | 361,586 |
| Canada | 356,745 |
| North Korea | 342,038 |
| Spain | 336,821 |
| South Sudan | 328,308 |
| Sri Lanka | 324,102 |
| Poland | 317,916 |
| Australia | 304,340 |
| Togo | 289,759 |
| Tajikistan | 271,420 |
| Ecuador | 270,300 |
| Bolivia | 260,151 |
| Sierra Leone | 258,903 |
| Haiti | 258,348 |
| Papua New Guinea | 255,331 |
| Central African Republic | 238,858 |
| South Korea | 236,394 |
| Jordan | 235,776 |
| Honduras | 233,793 |
| Ukraine | 212,231 |
| Dominican Republic | 203,183 |
| Republic of the Congo | 189,365 |
| Romania | 183,623 |
| Chile | 176,196 |
| Mauritania | 172,885 |
| Israel | 172,312 |
| Liberia | 170,065 |
| Netherlands | 167,842 |
| Tunisia | 167,729 |
| Laos | 163,043 |
| Turkmenistan | 160,100 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 150,759 |
| Palestine | 146,384 |
| Paraguay | 136,778 |
| Taiwan | 132,404 |
| Nicaragua | 132,214 |
| Azerbaijan | 125,136 |
| Libya | 124,371 |
| United Arab Emirates | 104,015 |
| Belgium | 101,686 |
| El Salvador | 99,428 |
| Eritrea | 99,058 |
| Sweden | 97,915 |
| Cuba | 95,938 |
| Lebanon | 93,205 |
| Czech Republic | 91,845 |
| Portugal | 86,646 |
| Hungary | 85,373 |
| Oman | 85,065 |
| Switzerland | 83,702 |
| Gambia | 82,092 |
| Austria | 77,054 |
| Namibia | 76,715 |
| Greece | 73,661 |
| Panama | 71,469 |
| Gabon | 68,745 |
| Belarus | 65,050 |
| Mongolia | 65,019 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 64,679 |
| Bulgaria | 62,645 |
| Botswana | 61,294 |
| Serbia | 59,840 |
| New Zealand | 59,236 |
| Denmark | 57,810 |
| Lesotho | 55,728 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 54,694 |
| Ireland | 53,268 |
| Slovakia | 52,271 |
| Costa Rica | 51,969 |
| Norway | 51,545 |
| Kuwait | 49,342 |
| Singapore | 47,472 |
| Georgia | 43,765 |
| Finland | 43,556 |
| Hong Kong | 41,294 |
| Armenia | 34,668 |
| Uruguay | 33,443 |
| Jamaica | 33,007 |
| Moldova | 32,986 |
| Croatia | 31,446 |
| Timor-Leste | 30,561 |
| Eswatini | 29,622 |
| Qatar | 29,516 |
| Albania | 28,803 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 24,569 |
| Comoros | 24,366 |
| Djibouti | 23,946 |
| Solomon Islands | 21,548 |
| Lithuania | 21,434 |
| Kosovo | 20,514 |
| Bahrain | 19,558 |
| Puerto Rico | 18,851 |
| Slovenia | 17,902 |
| North Macedonia | 16,878 |
| Guyana | 16,764 |
| Fiji | 16,631 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 16,094 |
| Cyprus | 14,524 |
| Latvia | 14,250 |
| Réunion | 12,003 |
| Mauritius | 11,804 |
| Mayotte | 11,186 |
| Estonia | 11,036 |
| Suriname | 10,879 |
| Bhutan | 9,958 |
| Vanuatu | 8,988 |
| Western Sahara | 8,987 |
| French Guiana | 7,707 |
| Belize | 7,410 |
| Montenegro | 6,981 |
| Luxembourg | 6,946 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 6,507 |
| Cape Verde | 6,440 |
| Brunei | 6,237 |
| Maldives | 5,795 |
| Samoa | 5,503 |
| Macau | 4,515 |
| Iceland | 4,347 |
| Bahamas | 4,335 |
| Guadeloupe | 4,233 |
| Malta | 4,213 |
| New Caledonia | 4,134 |
| Martinique | 3,728 |
| Kiribati | 3,421 |
| Barbados | 3,155 |
| French Polynesia | 3,066 |
| Guam | 2,941 |
| Federated States of Micronesia | 2,512 |
| Tonga | 2,418 |
| Saint Lucia | 2,019 |
| Seychelles | 1,744 |
| Curaçao | 1,394 |
| Grenada | 1,371 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,232 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1,106 |
| Aruba | 1,020 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 959 |
| Cayman Islands | 865 |
| Jersey | 853 |
| Marshall Islands | 821 |
| Greenland | 789 |
| Dominica | 738 |
| American Samoa | 731 |
| Isle of Man | 702 |
| Faroe Islands | 690 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 583 |
| Andorra | 555 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 549 |
| Bermuda | 521 |
| Guernsey | 521 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 496 |
| Saint Martin | 470 |
| Gibraltar | 464 |
| Sint Maarten | 390 |
| Liechtenstein | 371 |
| Monaco | 368 |
| British Virgin Islands | 325 |
| Nauru | 303 |
| Caribbean Netherlands | 280 |
| Tuvalu | 226 |
| San Marino | 200 |
| Palau | 193 |
| Cook Islands | 178 |
| Anguilla | 130 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 98 |
| Saint Barthélemy | 53 |
| Tokelau | 47 |
| Falkland Islands | 39 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 39 |
| Montserrat | 39 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 30 |
| Niue | 25 |
| Vatican City | 2 |