Every four minutes, approximately 1,000 babies are born across the globe. 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. But in which countries are the next 1,000 babies most statistically likely to come from?
| Rank | Country/Region | Births per 1,000 global babies |
| 1. | India | 171.62 |
| 2. | China | 102.84 |
| 3. | Nigeria | 56.50 |
| 4. | Pakistan | 47.23 |
| 5. | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 31.90 |
| 6. | Indonesia | 31.20 |
| 7. | United States | 30.42 |
| 8. | Ethiopia | 25.44 |
| 9. | Brazil | 22.27 |
| 10. | Bangladesh | 21.52 |
| 11. | Philippines | 18.75 |
| 12. | Egypt | 16.98 |
| 13. | Tanzania | 15.61 |
| 14. | Uganda | 13.89 |
| 15. | Mexico | 12.85 |
| 16. | Vietnam | 11.96 |
| 17. | Sudan | 11.79 |
| 18. | Kenya | 10.82 |
| 19. | Angola | 10.68 |
| 20. | Afghanistan | 9.98 |
| 21. | Russia | 9.85 |
| 22. | Iran | 9.73 |
| 23. | Mozambique | 8.72 |
| 24. | Turkey | 8.71 |
| 25. | Niger | 8.46 |
| 26. | South Africa | 7.84 |
| 27. | Cameroon | 7.65 |
| 28. | Iraq | 7.34 |
| 29. | Ghana | 6.94 |
| 30. | Myanmar | 6.90 |
| 31. | Japan | 6.34 |
| 32. | Mali | 6.25 |
| 33. | Algeria | 6.01 |
| 34. | Cote d’Ivoire | 5.97 |
| 35. | Madagascar | 5.93 |
| 36. | France | 5.85 |
| 37. | Germany | 5.62 |
| 38. | Yemen | 5.61 |
| 39. | Colombia | 5.48 |
| 40. | Burkina Faso | 5.41 |
| 41. | United Kingdom | 5.37 |
| 42. | Chad | 5.34 |
| 43. | Argentina | 5.29 |
| 44. | Thailand | 5.19 |
| 45. | Zambia | 5.03 |
| 46. | Morocco | 4.70 |
| 47. | Malawi | 4.27 |
| 48. | Benin | 4.16 |
| 49. | Senegal | 4.15 |
| 50. | Peru | 4.08 |
| 51. | Nepal | 3.95 |
| 52. | Venezuela | 3.78 |
| 53. | Saudi Arabia | 3.69 |
| 54. | Zimbabwe | 3.67 |
| 55. | Malaysia | 3.62 |
| 56. | Syria | 3.60 |
| 57. | Uzbekistan | 3.55 |
| 58. | Guinea | 3.47 |
| 59. | Somalia | 3.45 |
| 60. | Burundi | 3.28 |
| 61. | South Sudan | 3.19 |
| 62. | Italy | 3.12 |
| 63. | Guatemala | 2.90 |
| 64. | Ukraine | 2.88 |
| 65. | Canada | 2.85 |
| 66. | North Korea | 2.71 |
| 67. | South Korea | 2.63 |
| 68. | Rwanda | 2.56 |
| 69. | Spain | 2.47 |
| 70. | Poland | 2.38 |
| 71. | Cambodia | 2.37 |
| 72. | Australia | 2.36 |
| 73. | Sri Lanka | 2.35 |
| 74. | Kazakhstan | 2.19 |
| 75. | Ecuador | 2.09 |
| 76. | Sierra Leone | 2.06 |
| 77. | Papua New Guinea | 2.04 |
| 78. | Togo | 1.99 |
| 79. | Jordan | 1.82 |
| 80. | Haiti | 1.76 |
| 81. | Chile | 1.73 |
| 82. | Bolivia | 1.65 |
| 83. | Liberia | 1.44 |
| 84. | Dominican Republic | 1.42 |
| 85. | Netherlands | 1.40 |
| 86. | Tajikistan | 1.39 |
| 87. | Central African Republic | 1.31 |
| 88. | Republic of the Congo | 1.30 |
| 89. | Taiwan | 1.28 |
| 90. | Tunisia | 1.28 |
| 91. | Honduras | 1.24 |
| 92. | Eritrea | 1.23 |
| 93. | Romania | 1.19 |
| 94. | Laos | 1.19 |
| 95. | Israel | 1.14 |
| 96. | Libya | 1.13 |
| 97. | Azerbaijan | 1.03 |
| 98. | Belgium | 0.95 |
| 99. | Paraguay | 0.88 |
| 100. | Kyrgyzstan | 0.87 |
| 101. | El Salvador | 0.86 |
| 102. | Mauritania | 0.86 |
| 103. | Sweden | 0.83 |
| 104. | Cuba | 0.82 |
| 105. | United Arab Emirates | 0.79 |
| 106. | Nicaragua | 0.76 |
| 107. | Turkmenistan | 0.72 |
| 108. | Czechia | 0.68 |
| 109. | Switzerland | 0.65 |
| 110. | Belarus | 0.63 |
| 111. | Austria | 0.62 |
| 112. | Hungary | 0.62 |
| 113. | Oman | 0.61 |
| 114. | Portugal | 0.60 |
| 115. | Greece | 0.59 |
| 116. | Panama | 0.57 |
| 117. | Costa Rica | 0.55 |
| 118. | Guinea-Bissau | 0.54 |
| 119. | West Bank | 0.54 |
| 120. | Gambia | 0.51 |
| 121. | Lebanon | 0.51 |
| 122. | Namibia | 0.50 |
| 123. | Norway | 0.49 |
| 124. | Denmark | 0.49 |
| 125. | Ireland | 0.48 |
| 126. | New Zealand | 0.47 |
| 127. | Gabon | 0.45 |
| 128. | Serbia | 0.44 |
| 129. | Hong Kong | 0.43 |
| 130. | Finland | 0.43 |
| 131. | Bulgaria | 0.41 |
| 132. | Gaza Strip | 0.41 |
| 133. | Kuwait | 0.40 |
| 134. | Georgia | 0.40 |
| 135. | Singapore | 0.39 |
| 136. | Mongolia | 0.38 |
| 137. | Lesotho | 0.37 |
| 138. | Equatorial Guinea | 0.37 |
| 139. | Slovakia | 0.36 |
| 140. | Botswana | 0.36 |
| 141. | Jamaica | 0.33 |
| 142. | Timor-Leste | 0.33 |
| 143. | Uruguay | 0.32 |
| 144. | Albania | 0.29 |
| 145. | Croatia | 0.27 |
| 146. | Moldova | 0.25 |
| 147. | Armenia | 0.24 |
| 148. | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.24 |
| 149. | Kosovo | 0.21 |
| 150. | Eswatini | 0.19 |
| 151. | Lithuania | 0.18 |
| 152. | Puerto Rico | 0.18 |
| 153. | Qatar | 0.17 |
| 154. | North Macedonia | 0.16 |
| 155. | Djibouti | 0.16 |
| 156. | Comoros | 0.14 |
| 157. | Bahrain | 0.14 |
| 158. | Slovenia | 0.13 |
| 159. | Latvia | 0.12 |
| 160. | Solomon Islands | 0.12 |
| 161. | Fiji | 0.11 |
| 162. | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.11 |
| 163. | Bhutan | 0.10 |
| 164. | Cyprus | 0.10 |
| 165. | Guyana | 0.10 |
| 166. | Mauritius | 0.09 |
| 167. | Cabo Verde | 0.08 |
| 168. | Estonia | 0.08 |
| 169. | Suriname | 0.07 |
| 170. | Belize | 0.06 |
| 171. | Brunei | 0.06 |
| 172. | Luxembourg | 0.06 |
| 173. | Montenegro | 0.05 |
| 174. | Vanuatu | 0.05 |
| 175. | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.04 |
| 176. | Maldives | 0.04 |
| 177. | Macau | 0.04 |
| 178. | The Bahamas | 0.04 |
| 179. | Iceland | 0.03 |
| 180. | Malta | 0.03 |
| 181. | New Caledonia | 0.03 |
| 182. | French Polynesia | 0.03 |
| 183. | Samoa | 0.03 |
| 184. | Barbados | 0.02 |
| 185. | Guam | 0.02 |
| 186. | Kiribati | 0.02 |
| 187. | Tonga | 0.02 |
| 188. | Curacao | 0.01 |
| 189. | Saint Lucia | 0.01 |
| 190. | Federated States of Micronesia | 0.01 |
| 191. | Marshall Islands | 0.01 |
| 192. | Grenada | 0.01 |
| 193. | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.01 |
| 194. | Aruba | 0.01 |
| 195. | Jersey | 0.01 |
| 196. | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.01 |
| 197. | Virgin Islands | 0.01 |
| 198. | Seychelles | 0.01 |
| 199. | Dominica | 0.01 |
| 200. | Isle of Man | 0.01 |
| 201. | Bermuda | 0.01 |
| 202. | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.01 |
| 203. | Greenland | 0.01 |
| 204. | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.01 |
| 205. | Faroe Islands | 0.01 |
| 206. | American Samoa | 0.01 |
| 207. | Cayman Islands | 0.01 |
| 208. | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.00 |
| 209. | Guernsey | 0.00 |
| 210. | Andorra | 0.00 |
| 211. | Sint Maarten | 0.00 |
| 212. | Saint Martin | 0.00 |
| 213. | British Virgin Islands | 0.00 |
| 214. | Gibraltar | 0.00 |
| 215. | Liechtenstein | 0.00 |
| 216. | San Marino | 0.00 |
| 217. | Tuvalu | 0.00 |
| 218. | Palau | 0.00 |
| 219. | Anguilla | 0.00 |
| 220. | Monaco | 0.00 |
| 221. | Nauru | 0.00 |
| 222. | Wallis and Futuna | 0.00 |
| 223. | Cook Islands | 0.00 |
| 224. | Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 0.00 |
| 225. | Saint Barthelemy | 0.00 |
| 226. | Montserrat | 0.00 |
| 227. | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 0.00 |
| 228. | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.00 |
