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How many babies are born in Brazil?

2.49 million babies born in Brazil in 2026. That is 1.88% of all births worldwide, and the 10th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Brazil: history and projections

100K1M 1 CE1000150018002100
Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Brazil’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~260K ~6.3M 40.7 Modelled estimate
1000 ~460K ~11M 40.6 Modelled estimate
1500 ~570K ~19M 30.4 Modelled estimate
1800 ~109K ~2.5M 43.4 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~792K ~18.1M 43.9 Historical reconstruction
1950 2.48M 53.4M 46.4 UN estimate
2000 3.46M 174M 19.9 UN estimate
2023 2.6M 211M 12.3 UN estimate
2026 2.49M 214M 11.7 UN projection
2050 1.99M 217M 9.2 UN projection
2075 1.59M 195M 8.2 UN projection
2100 1.27M 163M 7.8 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Brazil among estimates through 2023 were in 1983, at about 4M. That is roughly 16 times the estimated ~256K births a year in 1 CE.

At 1.59 children per woman, fertility in Brazil is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Brazil each year?

An estimated 2.49 million babies are born in Brazil in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 6,820 a day and 1.88% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Brazil?

Brazil has an estimated 11.7 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 1.59 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.