Demographics
Where Will the World’s Next 1,000 Babies Be Born?
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Where Will the World’s Next 1,000 Babies Be Born?
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Every four minutes, approximately 1,000 babies are born across the globe. But in which countries are these babies the most statistically likely to come from?
Using data from the CIA World Factbook, this graphic by Pratap Vardhan (Stats of India) paints a picture of the world’s demographics, showing which countries are most likely to welcome the next 1,000 babies based on population and birth rates as of 2022 estimates.
The Next 1,000 Babies, By Country
Considering India has a population of nearly 1.4 billion, it’s fairly unsurprising that it ranks first on the list. Of every 1,000 babies born, the South Asian country accounts for roughly 172 of them.
Place | Region | Births Per 1,000 Global Babies |
---|---|---|
🇮🇳 India | Asia | 171.62 |
🇨🇳 China | Asia | 102.84 |
🇳🇬 Nigeria | Africa | 56.50 |
🇵🇰 Pakistan | Asia | 47.23 |
🇨🇩 Congo, Democratic Republic of the | Africa | 31.90 |
🇮🇩 Indonesia | Asia | 31.20 |
🇺🇸 United States | Americas | 30.42 |
🇪🇹 Ethiopia | Africa | 25.44 |
🇧🇷 Brazil | Americas | 22.27 |
🇧🇩 Bangladesh | Asia | 21.52 |
🇵🇭 Philippines | Asia | 18.75 |
🇪🇬 Egypt | Africa | 16.98 |
🇹🇿 Tanzania | Africa | 15.61 |
🇺🇬 Uganda | Africa | 13.89 |
🇲🇽 Mexico | Americas | 12.85 |
🇻🇳 Vietnam | Asia | 11.96 |
🇸🇩 Sudan | Africa | 11.79 |
🇰🇪 Kenya | Africa | 10.82 |
🇦🇴 Angola | Africa | 10.68 |
🇦🇫 Afghanistan | Asia | 9.98 |
🇷🇺 Russia | Europe | 9.85 |
🇮🇷 Iran | Asia | 9.73 |
🇲🇿 Mozambique | Africa | 8.72 |
🇹🇷 Turkey | Asia | 8.71 |
🇳🇪 Niger | Africa | 8.46 |
🇿🇦 South Africa | Africa | 7.84 |
🇨🇲 Cameroon | Africa | 7.65 |
🇮🇶 Iraq | Asia | 7.34 |
🇬🇭 Ghana | Africa | 6.94 |
🇲🇲 Myanmar | Asia | 6.90 |
🇯🇵 Japan | Asia | 6.34 |
🇲🇱 Mali | Africa | 6.25 |
🇩🇿 Algeria | Africa | 6.01 |
🇨🇮 Cote d'Ivoire | Africa | 5.97 |
🇲🇬 Madagascar | Africa | 5.93 |
🇫🇷 France | Europe | 5.85 |
🇩🇪 Germany | Europe | 5.62 |
🇾🇪 Yemen | Asia | 5.61 |
🇨🇴 Colombia | Americas | 5.48 |
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | Africa | 5.41 |
🇬🇧 United Kingdom | Europe | 5.37 |
🇹🇩 Chad | Africa | 5.34 |
🇦🇷 Argentina | Americas | 5.29 |
🇹🇭 Thailand | Asia | 5.19 |
🇿🇲 Zambia | Africa | 5.03 |
🇲🇦 Morocco | Africa | 4.70 |
🇲🇼 Malawi | Africa | 4.27 |
🇧🇯 Benin | Africa | 4.16 |
🇸🇳 Senegal | Africa | 4.15 |
🇵🇪 Peru | Americas | 4.08 |
🇳🇵 Nepal | Asia | 3.95 |
🇻🇪 Venezuela | Americas | 3.78 |
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | Asia | 3.69 |
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | Africa | 3.67 |
🇲🇾 Malaysia | Asia | 3.62 |
🇸🇾 Syria | Asia | 3.60 |
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan | Asia | 3.55 |
🇬🇳 Guinea | Africa | 3.47 |
🇸🇴 Somalia | Africa | 3.45 |
🇧🇮 Burundi | Africa | 3.28 |
🇸🇸 South Sudan | Africa | 3.19 |
🇮🇹 Italy | Europe | 3.12 |
🇬🇹 Guatemala | Americas | 2.90 |
🇺🇦 Ukraine | Europe | 2.88 |
🇨🇦 Canada | Americas | 2.85 |
🇰🇵 Korea, North | Asia | 2.71 |
🇰🇷 Korea, South | Asia | 2.63 |
🇷🇼 Rwanda | Africa | 2.56 |
🇪🇸 Spain | Europe | 2.47 |
🇵🇱 Poland | Europe | 2.38 |
🇰🇭 Cambodia | Asia | 2.37 |
🇦🇺 Australia | Oceania | 2.36 |
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | Asia | 2.35 |
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | Asia | 2.19 |
🇪🇨 Ecuador | Americas | 2.09 |
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | Africa | 2.06 |
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea | Oceania | 2.04 |
🇹🇬 Togo | Africa | 1.99 |
🇯🇴 Jordan | Asia | 1.82 |
🇭🇹 Haiti | Americas | 1.76 |
🇨🇱 Chile | Americas | 1.73 |
🇧🇴 Bolivia | Americas | 1.65 |
🇱🇷 Liberia | Africa | 1.44 |
🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | Americas | 1.42 |
🇳🇱 Netherlands | Europe | 1.40 |
🇹🇯 Tajikistan | Asia | 1.39 |
🇨🇫 Central African Republic | Africa | 1.31 |
🇨🇬 Congo, Republic of the | Africa | 1.30 |
🇹🇼 Taiwan | Asia | 1.28 |
🇹🇳 Tunisia | Africa | 1.28 |
🇭🇳 Honduras | Americas | 1.24 |
🇪🇷 Eritrea | Africa | 1.23 |
🇷🇴 Romania | Europe | 1.19 |
🇱🇦 Laos | Asia | 1.19 |
🇮🇱 Israel | Asia | 1.14 |
🇱🇾 Libya | Africa | 1.13 |
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | Asia | 1.03 |
🇧🇪 Belgium | Europe | 0.95 |
🇵🇾 Paraguay | Americas | 0.88 |
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan | Asia | 0.87 |
🇸🇻 El Salvador | Americas | 0.86 |
🇲🇷 Mauritania | Africa | 0.86 |
🇸🇪 Sweden | Europe | 0.83 |
🇨🇺 Cuba | Americas | 0.82 |
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | Asia | 0.79 |
🇳🇮 Nicaragua | Americas | 0.76 |
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan | Asia | 0.72 |
🇨🇿 Czechia | Europe | 0.68 |
🇨🇭 Switzerland | Europe | 0.65 |
🇧🇾 Belarus | Europe | 0.63 |
🇦🇹 Austria | Europe | 0.62 |
🇭🇺 Hungary | Europe | 0.62 |
🇴🇲 Oman | Asia | 0.61 |
🇵🇹 Portugal | Europe | 0.60 |
🇬🇷 Greece | Europe | 0.59 |
🇵🇦 Panama | Americas | 0.57 |
🇨🇷 Costa Rica | Americas | 0.55 |
🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau | Africa | 0.54 |
🇵🇸 West Bank | Asia | 0.54 |
🇬🇲 Gambia | Africa | 0.51 |
🇱🇧 Lebanon | Asia | 0.51 |
🇳🇦 Namibia | Africa | 0.50 |
🇳🇴 Norway | Europe | 0.49 |
🇩🇰 Denmark | Europe | 0.49 |
🇮🇪 Ireland | Europe | 0.48 |
🇳🇿 New Zealand | Oceania | 0.47 |
🇬🇦 Gabon | Africa | 0.45 |
🇷🇸 Serbia | Europe | 0.44 |
🇭🇰 Hong Kong | Asia | 0.43 |
🇫🇮 Finland | Europe | 0.43 |
🇧🇬 Bulgaria | Europe | 0.41 |
🇵🇸 Gaza Strip | Asia | 0.41 |
🇰🇼 Kuwait | Asia | 0.40 |
🇬🇪 Georgia | Asia | 0.40 |
🇸🇬 Singapore | Asia | 0.39 |
🇲🇳 Mongolia | Asia | 0.38 |
🇱🇸 Lesotho | Africa | 0.37 |
🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea | Africa | 0.37 |
🇸🇰 Slovakia | Europe | 0.36 |
🇧🇼 Botswana | Africa | 0.36 |
🇯🇲 Jamaica | Americas | 0.33 |
🇹🇱 Timor-Leste | Asia | 0.33 |
🇺🇾 Uruguay | Americas | 0.32 |
🇦🇱 Albania | Europe | 0.29 |
🇭🇷 Croatia | Europe | 0.27 |
🇲🇩 Moldova | Europe | 0.25 |
🇦🇲 Armenia | Asia | 0.24 |
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina | Europe | 0.24 |
🇽🇰 Kosovo | Europe | 0.21 |
🇸🇿 Eswatini | Africa | 0.19 |
🇱🇹 Lithuania | Europe | 0.18 |
🇵🇷 Puerto Rico | Americas | 0.18 |
🇶🇦 Qatar | Asia | 0.17 |
🇲🇰 North Macedonia | Europe | 0.16 |
🇩🇯 Djibouti | Africa | 0.16 |
🇰🇲 Comoros | Africa | 0.14 |
🇧🇭 Bahrain | Asia | 0.14 |
🇸🇮 Slovenia | Europe | 0.13 |
🇱🇻 Latvia | Europe | 0.12 |
🇸🇧 Solomon Islands | Oceania | 0.12 |
🇫🇯 Fiji | Oceania | 0.11 |
🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | Americas | 0.11 |
🇧🇹 Bhutan | Asia | 0.10 |
🇨🇾 Cyprus | Asia | 0.10 |
🇬🇾 Guyana | Americas | 0.10 |
🇲🇺 Mauritius | Africa | 0.09 |
🇨🇻 Cabo Verde | Africa | 0.08 |
🇪🇪 Estonia | Europe | 0.08 |
🇸🇷 Suriname | Americas | 0.07 |
🇧🇿 Belize | Americas | 0.06 |
🇧🇳 Brunei | Asia | 0.06 |
🇱🇺 Luxembourg | Europe | 0.06 |
🇲🇪 Montenegro | Europe | 0.05 |
🇻🇺 Vanuatu | Oceania | 0.05 |
🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe | Africa | 0.04 |
🇲🇻 Maldives | Asia | 0.04 |
🇲🇴 Macau | Asia | 0.04 |
🇧🇸 Bahamas, The | Americas | 0.04 |
🇮🇸 Iceland | Europe | 0.03 |
🇲🇹 Malta | Europe | 0.03 |
🇳🇨 New Caledonia | Oceania | 0.03 |
🇵🇫 French Polynesia | Oceania | 0.03 |
🇼🇸 Samoa | Oceania | 0.03 |
🇧🇧 Barbados | Americas | 0.02 |
🇬🇺 Guam | Oceania | 0.02 |
🇰🇮 Kiribati | Oceania | 0.02 |
🇹🇴 Tonga | Oceania | 0.02 |
🇨🇼 Curacao | Americas | 0.01 |
🇱🇨 Saint Lucia | Americas | 0.01 |
🇫🇲 Micronesia, Federated States of | Oceania | 0.01 |
🇲🇭 Marshall Islands | Oceania | 0.01 |
🇬🇩 Grenada | Americas | 0.01 |
🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda | Americas | 0.01 |
🇦🇼 Aruba | Americas | 0.01 |
🇯🇪 Jersey | Europe | 0.01 |
🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Americas | 0.01 |
🇻🇮 Virgin Islands | Americas | 0.01 |
🇸🇨 Seychelles | Africa | 0.01 |
🇩🇲 Dominica | Americas | 0.01 |
🇮🇲 Isle of Man | Europe | 0.01 |
🇧🇲 Bermuda | Americas | 0.01 |
🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands | Oceania | 0.01 |
🇬🇱 Greenland | Americas | 0.01 |
🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands | Americas | 0.01 |
🇫🇴 Faroe Islands | Europe | 0.01 |
🇦🇸 American Samoa | Oceania | 0.01 |
🇰🇾 Cayman Islands | Americas | 0.01 |
🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis | Americas | 0.00 |
🇬🇬 Guernsey | Europe | 0.00 |
🇦🇩 Andorra | Europe | 0.00 |
🇸🇽 Sint Maarten | Americas | 0.00 |
🇲🇫 Saint Martin | Americas | 0.00 |
🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands | Americas | 0.00 |
🇬🇮 Gibraltar | Europe | 0.00 |
🇱🇮 Liechtenstein | Europe | 0.00 |
🇸🇲 San Marino | Europe | 0.00 |
🇹🇻 Tuvalu | Oceania | 0.00 |
🇵🇼 Palau | Oceania | 0.00 |
🇦🇮 Anguilla | Americas | 0.00 |
🇲🇨 Monaco | Europe | 0.00 |
🇳🇷 Nauru | Oceania | 0.00 |
🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna | Oceania | 0.00 |
🇨🇰 Cook Islands | Oceania | 0.00 |
🇸🇭 Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | Africa | 0.00 |
🇧🇱 Saint Barthelemy | Americas | 0.00 |
🇲🇸 Montserrat | Americas | 0.00 |
🇫🇰 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | Americas | 0.00 |
🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Americas | 0.00 |
It’s worth noting that, while India ranks number one on the list, the country’s birth rate (which is its total number of births in a year per 1,000 individuals) is actually slightly below the global average, at 16.8 compared to 17.7 respectively.
China, which comes second on the list, is similar to India, with a high population but relatively low birth rate as well. On the other hand, Nigeria, which ranks third on the list, has a birth rate that’s nearly double the global average, at 34.2.
Why is Nigeria’s birth rate so high?
There are various intermingling factors at play, but one key reason is the fact that Nigeria’s economy still is developing, and ranks 131st globally in terms of GDP per capita. Further, access to education for women is still not as widespread as it could be, and research shows that this is strongly correlated with higher birth rates.
The World’s Population Growth Rate is Declining
While there are hundreds of thousands of babies born around the world each day, it’s worth mentioning that the world’s overall population growth rate has actually been declining since the 1960s.
This is happening for a number of reasons, including:
- Increased wealth around the world, which research has correlated with fewer births
- Various government policies discouraging large families
- The global shift from rural to urban living
By 2100, global population growth is expected to drop to 0.1%, which means we’ll essentially reach net-zero population growth.
This would increase our global median age even further, which poses a number of economic risks if countries don’t properly prepare for this demographic shift.
This article was published as a part of Visual Capitalist's Creator Program, which features data-driven visuals from some of our favorite Creators around the world.
Demographics
Top 20 Countries Where Older People Are the Happiest
Advanced economies are the happiest countries for older people, likely due to their stronger social security systems.
Top 20 Countries Where Older People Are the Happiest
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The newest global happiness index doesn’t have any massive surprises from the ongoing trends of the last decade: Europe generally does the best, Africa is still finding its footing, and Asia and South America have vast rank disparities between constituent nations.
However, as the World Happiness Report notes, happiness levels differ across age groups, and countries’ overall ranks tend to obfuscate how the old and young feel separately. To counter this, the report also creates a happiness index by age.
We’ve visualized the top 20 happiest countries according to those aged above 60. For comparison, we have also included a country’s overall index rank.
Data and Takeaways
The top two countries where the seniors are most satisfied—Denmark and Finland—also happen to be the top two countries on the overall happiness index.
As a general trend, advanced economies make up the bulk of this top 20 list, likely due to their stronger social security systems and financial security. Relatedly, they also tend to do well when it comes to the best countries to retire in.
Country | Happiness Rank (Age 60+) | Overall Happiness Rank (All ages) | Rank Difference |
---|---|---|---|
🇩🇰 Denmark | 1 | 2 | -1 |
🇫🇮 Finland | 2 | 1 | +1 |
🇳🇴 Norway | 3 | 7 | -4 |
🇸🇪 Sweden | 4 | 4 | 0 |
🇮🇸 Iceland | 5 | 3 | +2 |
🇳🇿 New Zealand | 6 | 11 | -5 |
🇳🇱 Netherlands | 7 | 6 | +1 |
🇨🇦 Canada | 8 | 15 | -7 |
🇦🇺 Australia | 9 | 10 | -1 |
🇺🇸 U.S. | 10 | 23 | -13 |
🇦🇪 UAE | 11 | 22 | -11 |
🇱🇺 Luxembourg | 12 | 8 | +4 |
🇰🇼 Kuwait | 13 | 13 | 0 |
🇨🇭 Switzerland | 14 | 9 | +5 |
🇦🇹 Austria | 15 | 14 | +1 |
🇮🇪 Ireland | 16 | 17 | -1 |
🇨🇷 Costa Rica | 17 | 12 | +5 |
🇮🇱 Israel | 18 | 5 | +13 |
🇧🇪 Belgium | 19 | 16 | +3 |
🇬🇧 UK | 20 | 20 | 0 |
Norway, at third, has the first real discrepancy, with its elderly population ranking four places higher compared to its overall 7th place rank.
New Zealand (6th) and Canada (8th) also have gaps with their overall ranks: indicating that the older generation is happier than other generations within the country.
But for the U.S., (10th) and the UAE (11th), this rank discrepancy is in the double-digits.
In fact, when ranking only by those aged below 30, the U.S. ranks outside of the top 50, indicating that its younger residents are significantly unhappier than their older counterparts.
This is an interesting phenomenon mirrored in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. According to the report, as recently as a decade ago, the younger generation in these countries were about as happy as those aged over 60.
“In the West, the received wisdom was that the young are the happiest and that happiness thereafter declines until middle age, followed by substantial recovery.” –- World Happiness Report.
For other countries like Costa Rica (17) and Israel (18), this pattern reverses. Their overall rank is higher than their rank for older populations, indicating that the young are happier.
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