Population Totals and Numbers of Births, 2001SFTRETthousands| Region | Population (mid-2001) | Live births | Stillbirths | Total births |
| Low- and middle-income countries | 5,221,572 | 118,505 | 3,228 | 121,733 |
| High-income countries | 928,660 | 11,371 | 45 | 11,416 |
| World | 6,150,233 | 129,876 | 3,274 | 133,150 |
Sources: Population is calculated from United Nations Population Division 2003, table 1. Live births are calculated from population totals and crude birth rates in World Bank 2003. Stillbirths are calculated from live births, using rates from WHO 2005a.