Mapped: Global Births by Country in 2025

Visual Capitalist ^ | December 10, 2025 | Dorothy Neufeld

[MinorityRepublican]

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.

•India is expected to drive 17% of global births, with nearly 23.1 million babies born this year.

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[princess leah]

Did China end its 1 child per family policy?

[MinorityRepublican]

Yes. 10 years ago.

China is supposed to have 1.4 Billion. I think they're off by 1-2 hundred.

[dfwgator]

We are so screwed.

[Right_Wing_Madman]

Did China end its 1 child per family policy?

They did in 2016, and the birth rate dropped!

China was in a position to rule the world in the second half of this century, but they voluntary wiped out two generations of their own people, without a war.

[Farmerbob]

Communism will do that.

[MinorityRepublican]

China was in a position to rule the world in the second half of this century, but they voluntary wiped out two generations of their own people, without a war.

Kinda weird if you think about it.

[Regulator]

Note that Mexico, a country that had 36M in 1960, and now has > 130M (no one really knows), has over 50% of the births of the far larger, exponentially more important country just to the north.

And that country to the north had a birth rate now significantly including children who are ethnically and genetically Mexican, probably comprising > 20% of births.

How does a historically insignificant nation, technically backward, famous for chaos, corruption and thuggery end up in such a dominant position relative to its neighbor?

[Bobbyvotes]

Very simple. A child from birth to college degree in USA costs so much more than in Mexico. My 2 year old grand daughter’s daycare costs $2600/month in Seattle. In Mexico it is less than $200.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Something isn’t right about this chart. There are a number of articles that China is suffering from a population decline due to the former one child policy and the fact that most families had boys and there is a dearth of girls (now women).

[Dr. Sivana]

There are a number of articles that China is suffering from a population decline due to the former one child policy and the fact that most families had boys and there is a dearth of girls (now women).

The population decline is just getting underway, because the fertile couples from the 80's have not started dying off in great numbers yet.

[MinorityRepublican]

My 2 year old grand daughter’s daycare costs $2600/month in Seattle.

Should have moved to Minneapolis.

[alexander_busek]

Something isn’t right about this chart.

First of all: It isn't a "chart" - it's a map. Specifically: a choropleth map.

Secondly, the map contains no incorrect information - but the naive or uneducated might be misled by the fact that the map presents only raw numbers of births, rather than per-capita birth rates.

Further, the demographic pyramid of each country is omitted.

As a result, the map presents a very distorted view of the actual situation.

Regards,