Babies on Map births by country, 0 CE – 2026

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How many babies are born in French Guiana?

7.56 thousand babies born in French Guiana in 2026 — 0.01% of all births worldwide, and the 171st largest of any country. UN projection

Plus or minus about 6%. These years have not happened yet or have not been counted yet. They are the medium variant of the UN's projection, not a record of births that took place.

Births in French Guiana through history

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Estimated annual births in French Guiana, 0 CE to 2026, on a logarithmic scale. The shaded band on the left marks the years where births are modelled rather than recorded. The marker sits on 2026.
Every figure refers to the area inside French Guiana'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 ~17 ~420 40.9 Modelled estimate
1000 ~41 ~990 40.9 Modelled estimate
1500 ~63 ~1.5K 40.9 Modelled estimate
1800 ~228 ~5.25K 43.5 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~654 ~15K 43.5 Historical reconstruction
1950 812 23.4K 34.7 UN estimate
2000 4.89K 161K 30.4 UN estimate
2024 7.64K 309K 24.8 UN projection
2026 7.56K 319K 23.7 UN projection

What the numbers show

Annual births in French Guiana are at their highest in the whole run of estimates in 2021, at about 8.17K. That is roughly 444 times the estimated ~17 births a year in 1 CE.

At 3.25 children per woman, fertility in French Guiana is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant. Earlier years come from the UN's estimates (1950 onward), 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.