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How many babies are born in India?

23 million babies born in India in 2026. That is 17.35% of all births worldwide, and the 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 India: history and projections

10M 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 India’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 ~3M ~75M 40.5 Modelled estimate
1000 ~4.5M ~110M 40.3 Modelled estimate
1500 ~5.3M ~130M 40.3 Modelled estimate
1800 ~8.32M ~201M 41.5 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~13M ~281M 46.3 Historical reconstruction
1950 15.3M 346M 44.2 UN estimate
2000 29.1M 1.06B 27.5 UN estimate
2023 23.2M 1.44B 16.2 UN estimate
2026 23M 1.48B 15.6 UN projection
2050 19M 1.68B 11.3 UN projection
2075 15.8M 1.67B 9.5 UN projection
2100 13.2M 1.51B 8.7 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in India among estimates through 2023 were in 2001, at about 29.3M. That is roughly 9.7 times the estimated ~3.04M births a year in 1 CE.

At 1.93 children per woman, fertility in India 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 India each year?

An estimated 23 million babies are born in India in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 62,900 a day and 17.35% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in India?

India has an estimated 15.6 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 1.93 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.