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Ranked: The Number of Births by Country in 2025
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Key Takeaways
- In 2025, Nigeria is projected to have more births than all of Europe combined, reaching an estimated 7.6 million.
- India is expected to drive 17% of global births, with nearly 23.1 million babies born this year.
How does the number of births by country today highlight shifting global demographic patterns?
This year, India is expected to record 23.1 million births, more than double the number in China. In contrast, Europe’s total births will reach just 6.3 million, illustrating the continent’s deepening fertility crisis.
This graphic shows the projected number of babies born by country, based on data from the UN’s World Population Prospects 2024 via Our World in Data.
A Closer Look at the Number of Births by Country
Below, we show the countries driving global births in 2025:
| Rank | Country | Estimated Number of Births 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 23,073,268 |
| 2 | China | 8,709,352 |
| 3 | Nigeria | 7,640,590 |
| 4 | Pakistan | 6,909,545 |
| 5 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 4,559,718 |
| 6 | Indonesia | 4,440,838 |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 4,176,742 |
| 8 | United States | 3,663,798 |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 3,441,259 |
| 10 | Brazil | 2,528,724 |
| 11 | Egypt | 2,450,027 |
| 12 | Tanzania | 2,419,272 |
| 13 | Mexico | 2,003,673 |
| 14 | Philippines | 1,845,745 |
| 15 | Uganda | 1,734,565 |
| 16 | Sudan | 1,656,421 |
| 17 | Kenya | 1,540,813 |
| 18 | Afghanistan | 1,507,838 |
| 19 | Angola | 1,429,803 |
| 20 | Yemen | 1,401,358 |
| 21 | Vietnam | 1,328,422 |
| 22 | Mozambique | 1,304,409 |
| 23 | Russia | 1,241,824 |
| 24 | Iraq | 1,187,570 |
| 25 | South Africa | 1,175,749 |
| 26 | Niger | 1,138,168 |
| 27 | Iran | 1,125,230 |
| 28 | Turkey | 1,053,303 |
| 29 | Madagascar | 1,023,320 |
| 30 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1,017,551 |
| 31 | Mali | 987,043 |
| 32 | Cameroon | 980,661 |
| 33 | Uzbekistan | 911,213 |
| 34 | Chad | 907,325 |
| 35 | Ghana | 897,874 |
| 36 | Myanmar | 888,309 |
| 37 | Algeria | 855,432 |
| 38 | Somalia | 822,215 |
| 39 | Japan | 748,163 |
| 40 | Burkina Faso | 741,692 |
| 41 | Zambia | 708,934 |
| 42 | Germany | 707,972 |
| 43 | Colombia | 692,792 |
| 44 | Malawi | 685,330 |
| 45 | United Kingdom | 680,076 |
| 46 | France | 634,528 |
| 47 | Morocco | 619,057 |
| 48 | Syria | 601,433 |
| 49 | Thailand | 572,371 |
| 50 | Saudi Arabia | 564,878 |
| 51 | Nepal | 551,647 |
| 52 | Senegal | 547,717 |
| 53 | Peru | 535,695 |
| 54 | Argentina | 508,067 |
| 55 | Zimbabwe | 500,731 |
| 56 | Guinea | 494,546 |
| 57 | Benin | 489,564 |
| 58 | Burundi | 468,720 |
| 59 | Malaysia | 439,747 |
| 60 | Venezuela | 436,134 |
| 61 | Rwanda | 404,109 |
| 62 | Kazakhstan | 395,033 |
| 63 | Italy | 382,523 |
| 64 | Guatemala | 380,110 |
| 65 | Canada | 361,103 |
| 66 | South Sudan | 357,711 |
| 67 | Cambodia | 354,622 |
| 68 | North Korea | 334,881 |
| 69 | Spain | 330,044 |
| 70 | Sri Lanka | 318,489 |
| 71 | Australia | 304,326 |
| 72 | Poland | 297,389 |
| 73 | Togo | 296,051 |
| 74 | Ecuador | 267,665 |
| 75 | Tajikistan | 264,517 |
| 76 | Bolivia | 261,486 |
| 77 | Sierra Leone | 260,288 |
| 78 | Haiti | 257,433 |
| 79 | Papua New Guinea | 256,974 |
| 80 | Central African Republic | 250,088 |
| 81 | South Korea | 245,858 |
| 82 | Honduras | 234,594 |
| 83 | Jordan | 232,046 |
| 84 | Ukraine | 220,203 |
| 85 | Dominican Republic | 199,014 |
| 86 | Congo | 195,536 |
| 87 | Mauritania | 178,900 |
| 88 | Romania | 178,474 |
| 89 | Netherlands | 174,210 |
| 90 | Liberia | 173,467 |
| 91 | Israel | 171,390 |
| 92 | Chile | 170,383 |
| 93 | Laos | 161,375 |
| 94 | Tunisia | 160,508 |
| 95 | Turkmenistan | 152,636 |
| 96 | Kyrgyzstan | 149,483 |
| 97 | Palestine | 144,890 |
| 98 | Paraguay | 135,786 |
| 99 | Nicaragua | 131,804 |
| 100 | Taiwan | 125,322 |
| 101 | Libya | 120,174 |
| 102 | Azerbaijan | 120,097 |
| 103 | United Arab Emirates | 114,046 |
| 104 | Eritrea | 103,276 |
| 105 | Belgium | 101,192 |
| 106 | El Salvador | 97,874 |
| 107 | Sweden | 97,002 |
| 108 | Cuba | 93,499 |
| 109 | Lebanon | 92,538 |
| 110 | Oman | 90,129 |
| 111 | Czechia | 86,926 |
| 112 | Portugal | 85,660 |
| 113 | Hungary | 84,300 |
| 114 | Gambia | 82,555 |
| 115 | Switzerland | 81,819 |
| 116 | Namibia | 78,688 |
| 117 | Austria | 75,378 |
| 118 | Panama | 71,610 |
| 119 | Gabon | 69,096 |
| 120 | Greece | 68,148 |
| 121 | Guinea-Bissau | 65,468 |
| 122 | Belarus | 62,332 |
| 123 | Mongolia | 61,431 |
| 124 | Botswana | 61,186 |
| 125 | Bulgaria | 60,380 |
| 126 | Denmark | 59,225 |
| 127 | New Zealand | 58,491 |
| 128 | Serbia | 58,142 |
| 129 | Equatorial Guinea | 57,351 |
| 130 | Lesotho | 55,434 |
| 131 | Norway | 52,978 |
| 132 | Ireland | 52,616 |
| 133 | Costa Rica | 50,630 |
| 134 | Singapore | 49,843 |
| 135 | Slovakia | 49,631 |
| 136 | Kuwait | 48,755 |
| 137 | Finland | 43,926 |
| 138 | Georgia | 42,089 |
| 139 | Armenia | 34,934 |
| 140 | Uruguay | 32,993 |
| 141 | Jamaica | 31,837 |
| 142 | Moldova | 31,009 |
| 143 | Croatia | 30,995 |
| 144 | East Timor | 30,643 |
| 145 | Qatar | 29,934 |
| 146 | Eswatini | 29,208 |
| 147 | Albania | 27,433 |
| 148 | Comoros | 24,525 |
| 149 | Djibouti | 24,481 |
| 150 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 24,258 |
| 151 | Solomon Islands | 22,160 |
| 152 | Lithuania | 22,099 |
| 153 | Bahrain | 19,599 |
| 154 | Kosovo | 19,558 |
| 155 | Puerto Rico | 19,087 |
| 156 | Slovenia | 17,209 |
| 157 | Fiji | 16,446 |
| 158 | North Macedonia | 16,313 |
| 159 | Guyana | 16,301 |
| 160 | Trinidad and Tobago | 15,536 |
| 161 | Cyprus | 13,952 |
| 162 | Latvia | 13,706 |
| 163 | Mauritius | 11,408 |
| 164 | Suriname | 10,856 |
| 165 | Estonia | 10,605 |
| 166 | Bhutan | 9,836 |
| 167 | Vanuatu | 9,119 |
| 168 | Western Sahara | 9,032 |
| 169 | French Guiana | 7,594 |
| 170 | Belize | 7,518 |
| 171 | Montenegro | 6,969 |
| 172 | Luxembourg | 6,948 |
| 173 | Sao Tome and Principe | 6,688 |
| 174 | Cape Verde | 6,364 |
| 175 | Brunei | 6,062 |
| 176 | Maldives | 5,403 |
| 177 | Samoa | 5,400 |
| 178 | Iceland | 4,367 |
| 179 | Bahamas | 4,300 |
| 180 | Malta | 4,231 |
| 181 | New Caledonia | 4,068 |
| 182 | Kiribati | 3,385 |
| 183 | Barbados | 3,121 |
| 184 | Micronesia | 2,517 |
| 185 | Tonga | 2,365 |
| 186 | Saint Lucia | 1,985 |
| 187 | Seychelles | 1,772 |
| 188 | Grenada | 1,319 |
| 189 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,179 |
| 190 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1,091 |
| 191 | Greenland | 738 |
| 192 | Marshall Islands | 715 |
| 193 | Dominica | 713 |
| 194 | Andorra | 568 |
| 195 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 538 |
| 196 | Liechtenstein | 371 |
| 197 | Monaco | 369 |
| 198 | Nauru | 289 |
| 199 | Tuvalu | 201 |
| 200 | San Marino | 194 |
| 201 | Palau | 186 |
Even as fertility rates have fallen from around 5 children per woman in 1970, on average, to about 2 in 2025, India is expected to account for 17% of global births this year.
Yet across the world’s most populous country, fertility rates vary widely by region. Across roughly 31 states, fertility rates are below replacement level, prompting pronatalist policies.
China ranks second, with an estimated 8.7 million births in 2025. Today, it has one of the world’s lowest fertility rates, averaging 1 birth per woman—down from more than 6 in 1970.
As we can see, Nigeria follows next with 7.6 million births, a figure set to rise to 8.1 million by 2050. Over this same period, it is expected to overtake the U.S. and become the world’s third most populous country.
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