population

Charted: The Number of Babies Born Every Hour, by Country

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4 months ago

December 9, 2024

Pallavi Rao

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Anna Diederichs

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Visualizing All the Babies Born Every Hour, by Country

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In 2023, more than 132 million babies were born around the world. This works out to roughly 15,000 babies born every hour.

We visualize what this looks like for each country, showing how the most populous countries in the world are contributing to overall population growth.

Data is sourced from the latest UN Population Prospects. Figures are rounded.

Ranked: Countries with the Most Births (2023)

At the top of the list, India saw over 2,600 births every hour in 2023. This is more than twice the number of second-ranked China (roughly 1,000).

Rank	Country	Births in 2023	Born per hour
1	🇮🇳 India	23,219,489	2,651
2	🇨🇳 China	8,899,881	1,016
3	🇳🇬 Nigeria	7,509,758	857
4	🇵🇰 Pakistan	6,882,058	786
5	🇮🇩 Indonesia	4,482,359	512
6	🇨🇩 DRC	4,369,683	499
7	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	4,105,685	469
8	🇺🇸 U.S.	3,657,476	418
9	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	3,489,953	398
10	🇧🇷 Brazil	2,601,670	297
11	🇪🇬 Egypt	2,405,717	275
12	🇹🇿 Tanzania	2,346,391	268
13	🇲🇽 Mexico	2,037,689	233
14	🇵🇭 Philippines	1,840,477	210
15	🇺🇬 Uganda	1,712,750	196
16	🇸🇩 Sudan	1,682,049	192
17	🇰🇪 Kenya	1,499,998	171
18	🇦🇫 Afghanistan	1,469,029	168
19	🇻🇳 Vietnam	1,387,961	158
20	🇾🇪 Yemen	1,386,914	158
21	🇦🇴 Angola	1,381,370	158
22	🇷🇺 Russia	1,297,207	148
23	🇲🇿 Mozambique	1,260,855	144
24	🇿🇦 South Africa	1,186,793	135
25	🇮🇷 Iran	1,173,463	134
26	🇮🇶 Iraq	1,159,682	132
27	🇳🇪 Niger	1,095,892	125
28	🇹🇷 Turkey	1,072,014	122
29	🇲🇬 Madagascar	1,001,244	114
30	🇨🇮 Ivory Coast	997,001	114
31	🇨🇲 Cameroon	957,392	109
32	🇲🇱 Mali	951,445	109
33	🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	943,547	108
34	🇩🇿 Algeria	905,981	103
35	🇲🇲 Myanmar	903,822	103
36	🇬🇭 Ghana	888,947	101
37	🇹🇩 Chad	819,054	93
38	🇸🇴 Somalia	788,763	90
39	🇯🇵 Japan	749,884	86
40	🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	728,612	83
41	🇩🇪 Germany	719,249	82
42	🇨🇴 Colombia	705,009	80
43	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	688,388	79
44	🇿🇲 Zambia	685,565	78
45	🇲🇼 Malawi	662,289	76
46	🇫🇷 France	638,891	73
47	🇲🇦 Morocco	629,832	72
48	🇹🇭 Thailand	591,200	67
49	🇳🇵 Nepal	574,297	66
50	🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	546,038	62
51	🇵🇪 Peru	539,623	62
52	🇸🇳 Senegal	531,890	61
53	🇸🇾 Syria	521,601	60
54	🇦🇷 Argentina	503,823	58
55	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	496,917	57
56	🇬🇳 Guinea	487,595	56
57	🇧🇯 Benin	478,062	55
58	🇧🇮 Burundi	460,882	53
59	🇲🇾 Malaysia	435,989	50
60	🇻🇪 Venezuela	426,984	49
61	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	409,417	47
62	🇷🇼 Rwanda	395,578	45
63	🇮🇹 Italy	384,627	44
64	🇬🇹 Guatemala	377,167	43
65	🇰🇭 Cambodia	361,586	41
66	🇨🇦 Canada	356,745	41
67	🇰🇵 North Korea	342,038	39
68	🇪🇸 Spain	336,821	38
69	🇸🇸 South Sudan	328,308	37
70	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	324,102	37
71	🇵🇱 Poland	317,916	36
72	🇦🇺 Australia	304,340	35
73	🇹🇬 Togo	289,759	33
74	🇹🇯 Tajikistan	271,420	31
75	🇪🇨 Ecuador	270,300	31
76	🇧🇴 Bolivia	260,151	30
77	🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	258,903	30
78	🇭🇹 Haiti	258,348	29
79	🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	255,331	29
80	🇨🇫 Central African Republic	238,858	27
81	🇰🇷 South Korea	236,394	27
82	🇯🇴 Jordan	235,776	27
83	🇭🇳 Honduras	233,793	27
84	🇺🇦 Ukraine	212,231	24
85	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	203,183	23
86	🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo	189,365	22
87	🇷🇴 Romania	183,623	21
88	🇨🇱 Chile	176,196	20
89	🇲🇷 Mauritania	172,885	20
90	🇮🇱 Israel	172,312	20
91	🇱🇷 Liberia	170,065	19
92	🇳🇱 Netherlands	167,842	19
93	🇹🇳 Tunisia	167,729	19
94	🇱🇦 Laos	163,043	19
95	🇹🇲 Turkmenistan	160,100	18
96	🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan	150,759	17
97	🇵🇸 Palestine	146,384	17
98	🇵🇾 Paraguay	136,778	16
99	🇹🇼 Taiwan	132,404	15
100	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	132,214	15
101	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	125,136	14
102	🇱🇾 Libya	124,371	14
103	🇦🇪 UAE	104,015	12
104	🇧🇪 Belgium	101,686	12
105	🇸🇻 El Salvador	99,428	11
106	🇪🇷 Eritrea	99,058	11
107	🇸🇪 Sweden	97,915	11
108	🇨🇺 Cuba	95,938	11
109	🇱🇧 Lebanon	93,205	11
110	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	91,845	10
111	🇵🇹 Portugal	86,646	10
112	🇭🇺 Hungary	85,373	10
113	🇴🇲 Oman	85,065	10
114	🇨🇭 Switzerland	83,702	10
115	🇬🇲 Gambia	82,092	9
116	🇦🇹 Austria	77,054	9
117	🇳🇦 Namibia	76,715	9
118	🇬🇷 Greece	73,661	8
119	🇵🇦 Panama	71,469	8
120	🇬🇦 Gabon	68,745	8
121	🇧🇾 Belarus	65,050	7
122	🇲🇳 Mongolia	65,019	7
123	🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau	64,679	7
124	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	62,645	7
125	🇧🇼 Botswana	61,294	7
126	🇷🇸 Serbia	59,840	7
127	🇳🇿 New Zealand	59,236	7
128	🇩🇰 Denmark	57,810	7
129	🇱🇸 Lesotho	55,728	6
130	🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea	54,694	6
131	🇮🇪 Ireland	53,268	6
132	🇸🇰 Slovakia	52,271	6
133	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	51,969	6
134	🇳🇴 Norway	51,545	6
135	🇰🇼 Kuwait	49,342	6
136	🇸🇬 Singapore	47,472	5
137	🇬🇪 Georgia	43,765	5
138	🇫🇮 Finland	43,556	5
139	🇭🇰 Hong Kong	41,294	5
140	🇦🇲 Armenia	34,668	4
141	🇺🇾 Uruguay	33,443	4
142	🇯🇲 Jamaica	33,007	4
143	🇲🇩 Moldova	32,986	4
144	🇭🇷 Croatia	31,446	4
145	🇹🇱 Timor-Leste	30,561	3
146	🇸🇿 Eswatini	29,622	3
147	🇶🇦 Qatar	29,516	3
148	🇦🇱 Albania	28,803	3
149	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina	24,569	3
150	🇰🇲 Comoros	24,366	3
151	🇩🇯 Djibouti	23,946	3
152	🇸🇧 Solomon Islands	21,548	2
153	🇱🇹 Lithuania	21,434	2
154	🇽🇰 Kosovo	20,514	2
155	🇧🇭 Bahrain	19,558	2
156	🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	18,851	2
157	🇸🇮 Slovenia	17,902	2
158	🇲🇰 North Macedonia	16,878	2
159	🇬🇾 Guyana	16,764	2
160	🇫🇯 Fiji	16,631	2
161	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	16,094	2
162	🇨🇾 Cyprus	14,524	2
163	🇱🇻 Latvia	14,250	2
164	🇷🇪 Réunion	12,003	1
165	🇲🇺 Mauritius	11,804	1
166	🇾🇹 Mayotte	11,186	1
167	🇪🇪 Estonia	11,036	1
168	🇸🇷 Suriname	10,879	1
169	🇧🇹 Bhutan	9,958	1
170	🇻🇺 Vanuatu	8,988	1
171	🇪🇭 Western Sahara	8,987	1
172	🇬🇫 French Guiana	7,707	1
173	🇧🇿 Belize	7,410	1
174	🇲🇪 Montenegro	6,981	1
175	🇱🇺 Luxembourg	6,946	1
176	🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe	6,507	1
177	🇨🇻 Cape Verde	6,440	1
178	🇧🇳 Brunei	6,237	1
179	🇲🇻 Maldives	5,795	1
180	🇼🇸 Samoa	5,503	1
181	🇲🇴 Macau	4,515	1
182	🇮🇸 Iceland	4,347	0
183	🇧🇸 Bahamas	4,335	0
184	🇬🇵 Guadeloupe	4,233	0
185	🇲🇹 Malta	4,213	0
186	🇳🇨 New Caledonia	4,134	0
187	🇲🇶 Martinique	3,728	0
188	🇰🇮 Kiribati	3,421	0
189	🇧🇧 Barbados	3,155	0
190	🇵🇫 French Polynesia	3,066	0
191	🇬🇺 Guam	2,941	0
192	🇫🇲 Federated States of Micronesia	2,512	0
193	🇹🇴 Tonga	2,418	0
194	🇱🇨 Saint Lucia	2,019	0
195	🇸🇨 Seychelles	1,744	0
196	🇨🇼 Curaçao	1,394	0
197	🇬🇩 Grenada	1,371	0
198	🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1,232	0
199	🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda	1,106	0
200	🇦🇼 Aruba	1,020	0
201	🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands	959	0
202	🇰🇾 Cayman Islands	865	0
203	🇯🇪 Jersey	853	0
204	🇲🇭 Marshall Islands	821	0
205	🇬🇱 Greenland	789	0
206	🇩🇲 Dominica	738	0
207	🇦🇸 American Samoa	731	0
208	🇮🇲 Isle of Man	702	0
209	🇫🇴 Faroe Islands	690	0
210	🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands	583	0
211	🇦🇩 Andorra	555	0
212	🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis	549	0
213	🇧🇲 Bermuda	521	0
214	🇬🇬 Guernsey	521	0
215	🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands	496	0
216	🇲🇫 Saint Martin	470	0
217	🇬🇮 Gibraltar	464	0
218	🇸🇽 Sint Maarten	390	0
219	🇱🇮 Liechtenstein	371	0
220	🇲🇨 Monaco	368	0
221	🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands	325	0
222	🇳🇷 Nauru	303	0
223	🇧🇶 Caribbean Netherlands	280	0
224	🇹🇻 Tuvalu	226	0
225	🇸🇲 San Marino	200	0
226	🇵🇼 Palau	193	0
227	🇨🇰 Cook Islands	178	0
228	🇦🇮 Anguilla	130	0
229	🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna	98	0
230	🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy	53	0
231	🇹🇰 Tokelau	47	0
232	🇫🇰 Falkland Islands	39	0
233	🇸🇭 Saint Helena	39	0
234	🇲🇸 Montserrat	39	0
235	🇵🇲 Saint Pierre & Miquelon	30	0
236	🇳🇺 Niue	25	0
237	🇻🇦 Vatican City	2	0
N/A	🌎 World	132,110,261	15,081

Note: Figures are rounded to the closest whole number for births per hour

Put together, nearly one-in-four births every hour occurred in India or China.

Going through the rest of the list, Nigeria (857) and Pakistan (786) have similar birth totals, as do Indonesia (512), DRC (499), and Ethiopia (469).

The U.S. (418) and Bangladesh (398) round out the top nine. This is an interesting cut off point because these countries together account for half of all global births every hour.

Naturally, this list closely mirrors the top nine most populous countries. There are two exceptions: the DRC replacing Brazil, and Ethiopia replacing Russia.

Population Growth Amidst Falling Birth Rates

Despite these seemingly large numbers, every country on this list is seeing falling birth rates.

This isn’t necessarily a bad thing—slower population growth could mean better education prospects and more opportunities in the workforce.

Combined with a (relatively) low death rate, the working age population could expand. With fewer dependents to support, productivity could increase. This is known as the demographic dividend and it allows countries to increase per capita income and consumption.

But for some countries like China, birth rates have already been eclipsed by their death rate. In fact, China’s population officially started shrinking in 2022. While labor productivity is still high, an aging population could test the limits of further economic growth.

Learn More on the Voronoi App

We know what the first question is after reading this article. Check out: Global Deaths per Hour, by Country for an overview of the other side of the spectrum.