Live Birth Counter: Babies Born Today
How many babies have been born in the world today? This live birth counter shows births today, births this year and births since you opened this page — for the whole world or any of 72 countries.
How many babies are born every day?
Around 382,752 babies are born every day — about 15,948 every hour, 266 every minute and roughly 4.4 every second. Over a full year that adds up to roughly 139.7 million new people. For comparison, about 161,568 people die each day, which is why the world population still grows by around 221,184 people a day.
| Period | Births (world) |
|---|---|
| Per second | 4.43 |
| Per minute | 266 |
| Per hour | 15,948 |
| Per day | 382,752 |
| Per week | 2,679,264 |
| Per month (30 days) | 11,482,560 |
| Per year | 139,704,480 |
Where are the most babies born?
Births are heavily concentrated in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. India alone accounts for roughly one in six births on Earth. Nigeria, Pakistan, DR Congo and Ethiopia have much smaller populations than China, but far higher birth rates — so between them they now see more babies born each year than all of Europe and North America combined.
| # | Country | Births per day | Births per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇮🇳 India | 71,888 | 26.2 million |
| 2 | 🇨🇳 China | 26,146 | 9.5 million |
| 3 | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 22,539 | 8.2 million |
| 4 | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 17,736 | 6.5 million |
| 5 | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 12,572 | 4.6 million |
| 6 | 🇨🇩 DR Congo | 11,347 | 4.1 million |
| 7 | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 10,804 | 3.9 million |
| 8 | 🇺🇸 United States | 10,301 | 3.8 million |
| 9 | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | 8,369 | 3.1 million |
| 10 | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 8,242 | 3.0 million |
Click any country for its own live counter, or see the full list on our population by country page.
Why are birth rates falling?
The world's birth rate is about 16.9 births per 1,000 people a year — roughly half what it was in the 1960s. The average woman now has about 2.2 to 2.3 children in her lifetime, down from around 5 in 1960. The reasons are similar everywhere: more girls stay in school longer, more women work outside the home, fewer children die young (so families no longer "plan for losses"), contraception is easier to get, and raising children in cities is expensive.
In many richer countries fertility is now well below the "replacement level" of about 2.1 children per woman. South Korea, Japan, Italy and Spain are among the lowest in the world. You can read more in our guides to birth and death rates and the aging population.
Boys and girls
Nature produces slightly more boys than girls: about 105 boys for every 100 girls. The counter above splits today's births using that ratio. Boys have slightly higher mortality at every age, so by middle age the numbers are roughly equal, and among the very old there are many more women than men.
How the live birth counter works
No organisation reports births worldwide in real time, so this counter is a statistical estimate. We take the expected number of births in a year — based on the latest United Nations population estimates and each country's crude birth rate — and spread it evenly over every second of the year. "Today" starts at midnight in your own time zone, and "this year" starts on 1 January. The result is a close, continuously updating estimate of how many babies have been born.
Frequently asked questions
How many babies are born every day?
About 382,752 babies are born around the world every day — roughly 15,948 every hour and 4.4 every second.
How many babies are born each year?
Roughly 139.7 million babies are born worldwide each year, according to estimates based on United Nations data.
Which country has the most births?
India records the most births of any country — about 71,888 a day — followed by Nigeria, Pakistan and China.
Are more boys or girls born?
Slightly more boys. Worldwide, about 105 boys are born for every 100 girls. Because boys have slightly higher mortality, the numbers even out later in life.
Is the number of births going down?
Yes, slowly. Global births peaked in the early 2010s. Birth rates are falling in almost every country as families get smaller, although Africa's young population means births there are still rising.
How accurate is the live birth counter?
It is an estimate, not a live report from hospitals. The counter spreads the expected number of yearly births evenly across every second of the year, based on the latest birth-rate data.
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Last updated: 26 September 2026 · Estimates based on UN World Population Prospects and World Bank data.