Babies on Map births by country, 0 CE – 2026

Asia · Southern Asia

How many babies are born in Pakistan?

6.94 million babies born in Pakistan in 2026 — 5.24% of all births worldwide, and the 4th 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 Pakistan through history

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Estimated annual births in Pakistan, 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 Pakistan'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 ~120K ~2.9M 40.7 Modelled estimate
1000 ~270K ~6.5M 40.7 Modelled estimate
1500 ~350K ~8.5M 41.4 Modelled estimate
1800 ~597K ~13.1M 45.5 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~832K ~18.3M 45.5 Historical reconstruction
1950 1.65M 35.8M 45.9 UN estimate
2000 5.66M 155M 36.5 UN estimate
2024 6.89M 251M 27.4 UN projection
2026 6.94M 259M 26.8 UN projection

What the numbers show

Annual births in Pakistan are at their highest in the whole run of estimates in 2026, at about 6.94M. That is roughly 59 times the estimated ~118K births a year in 1 CE.

At 3.44 children per woman, fertility in Pakistan 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.