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How many babies are born in Réunion?

11.3 thousand babies born in Réunion in 2026. That is 0.01% of all births worldwide, and the 164th 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 Réunion: history and projections

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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 Réunion’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
1500 ~16 ~370 42.4 Modelled estimate
1800 ~2.74K ~60.8K 45.0 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~7.77K ~173K 45.0 Historical reconstruction
1950 12.6K 249K 50.4 UN estimate
2000 14.8K 763K 19.4 UN estimate
2023 12K 875K 13.7 UN estimate
2026 11.3K 886K 12.8 UN projection
2050 10.6K 941K 11.3 UN projection
2075 9.25K 902K 10.3 UN projection
2100 7.58K 852K 8.9 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Réunion among estimates through 2023 were in 1966, at about 16.6K. That is roughly 1,053 times the estimated ~16 births a year in 1500.

At 2.12 children per woman, fertility in Réunion is above 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 Réunion each year?

An estimated 11.3 thousand babies are born in Réunion in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 31 a day and 0.01% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Réunion?

Réunion has an estimated 12.8 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 2.12 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.