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The chance of being born in each country

About 132 million babies are born on Earth each year. If your birthplace were drawn by lot, your chance of being born in a country would equal its share of those births. In 1in8B that is exactly how it is drawn.

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Why India comes up most

India and China have almost the same population, but India has 2.4 times as many births: 2.0 children per woman on average, against 1.0 in China.

The gap between continents is even larger. Africa is home to 19 in 100 people on Earth, but 35 in 100 babies are born there. Europe has 9 in 100 people and 5 in 100 babies.

All 186 countries

#	Country	Births a year	Chance	Life expectancy	Die before 5, per 100
1	India	23,187,405	1 in 6	72.3 years	2.7
2	China	9,538,761	1 in 14	78.1 years	0.6
3	Nigeria	7,560,454	1 in 18	54.6 years	12
4	Pakistan	6,887,790	1 in 19	67.9 years	5.6
5	Indonesia	4,468,337	1 in 30	71.3 years	1.8
6	DR Congo	4,467,760	1 in 30	62.1 years	9
7	Ethiopia	4,155,789	1 in 32	67.7 years	4.5
8	USA	3,604,040	1 in 37	79 years	0.7
9	Bangladesh	3,469,165	1 in 38	75 years	3.1
10	Brazil	2,572,179	1 in 51	76.1 years	1.4
11	Egypt	2,437,398	1 in 54	71.9 years	2.2
12	Tanzania	2,385,962	1 in 55	67.2 years	3.7
13	Mexico	2,023,635	1 in 65	75.2 years	1.3
14	Philippines	1,841,219	1 in 72	70 years	2.7
15	Uganda	1,722,320	1 in 77	68.5 years	4.9
16	Sudan	1,664,614	1 in 79	66.6 years	6.2
17	Kenya	1,521,884	1 in 87	63.9 years	3.9
18	Afghanistan	1,492,961	1 in 89	66.3 years	5.3
19	Angola	1,407,762	1 in 94	64.8 years	4.9
20	Yemen	1,394,397	1 in 95	69.5 years	3.8
21	Vietnam	1,355,558	1 in 98	74.8 years	1.7
22	Mozambique	1,282,345	1 in 103	63.6 years	5.9
23	Russia	1,206,825	1 in 110	73.6 years	0.5
24	South Africa	1,182,853	1 in 112	66.3 years	3.5
25	Iraq	1,177,755	1 in 112	72.4 years	2.2
26	Iran	1,151,098	1 in 115	77.9 years	1.1
27	Niger	1,119,683	1 in 118	61.5 years	11
28	Madagascar	1,013,737	1 in 131	63.9 years	6.2
29	Côte d’Ivoire	1,007,972	1 in 131	62.3 years	6.5
30	Cameroon	971,102	1 in 136	64 years	6.5
31	Mali	967,688	1 in 137	60.8 years	7.3
32	Türkiye	940,705	1 in 141	77.4 years	1
33	Uzbekistan	929,300	1 in 142	72.6 years	1.3
34	Myanmar	897,289	1 in 147	67.2 years	3.7
35	Ghana	892,359	1 in 148	65.8 years	3.6
36	Algeria	881,841	1 in 150	76.5 years	2.2
37	Chad	878,221	1 in 151	55.3 years	9.7
38	Somalia	804,962	1 in 164	59.1 years	10
39	Burkina Faso	737,925	1 in 179	61.3 years	7.5
40	Japan	706,660	1 in 187	84.1 years	0.2
41	Colombia	700,797	1 in 189	77.9 years	1.2
42	Zambia	697,511	1 in 190	66.5 years	4.8
43	UK	685,328	1 in 193	81.4 years	0.5
44	Germany	676,484	1 in 196	80.9 years	0.4
45	Malawi	674,411	1 in 196	67.6 years	4.9
46	France	664,951	1 in 199	83.1 years	0.4
47	Morocco	624,607	1 in 212	75.6 years	1.6
48	Saudi Arabia	582,278	1 in 227	79.3 years	0.6
49	Thailand	581,658	1 in 227	76.7 years	0.9
50	Syria	571,470	1 in 232	72.6 years	1.8
51	Nepal	562,243	1 in 235	70.6 years	2.5
52	Senegal	539,962	1 in 245	69 years	3.7
53	Peru	538,965	1 in 246	77.9 years	1.3
54	Argentina	506,588	1 in 261	77.5 years	1
55	Zimbabwe	497,218	1 in 266	62.9 years	6.5
56	Guinea	491,703	1 in 269	60.9 years	9.2
57	Benin	483,330	1 in 274	61 years	7.5
58	Burundi	466,541	1 in 284	63.9 years	4.7
59	Malaysia	439,564	1 in 301	77 years	0.8
60	Venezuela	432,645	1 in 306	72.8 years	2.4
61	Kazakhstan	401,988	1 in 329	74.4 years	0.9
62	Rwanda	400,068	1 in 331	67.9 years	3.8
63	Guatemala	379,521	1 in 349	72.7 years	2.1
64	Italy	371,402	1 in 356	84 years	0.3
65	Canada	367,235	1 in 360	82.2 years	0.5
66	Cambodia	358,226	1 in 369	70.8 years	1.8
67	South Sudan	349,010	1 in 379	57.8 years	9.7
68	North Korea	340,722	1 in 388	73.8 years	1.7
69	Spain	317,517	1 in 417	84 years	0.3
70	Australia	290,979	1 in 455	83.1 years	0.4
71	Togo	269,523	1 in 491	63 years	5.6
72	Ecuador	268,768	1 in 492	77.6 years	1.3
73	Tajikistan	268,300	1 in 493	71.9 years	2.8
74	Bolivia	261,002	1 in 507	68.8 years	1.6
75	Sierra Leone	260,194	1 in 509	62 years	9.1
76	Haiti	258,337	1 in 512	65.2 years	5.3
77	Papua New Guinea	256,914	1 in 515	66.5 years	3.9
78	Poland	252,259	1 in 525	78.5 years	0.4
79	CAR	246,241	1 in 537	57.6 years	9
80	South Korea	243,230	1 in 544	83.7 years	0.3
81	Jordan	236,279	1 in 560	78.1 years	1.3
82	Honduras	234,366	1 in 565	73.1 years	1.5
83	Sri Lanka	221,352	1 in 598	77.6 years	0.6
84	Ukraine	206,944	1 in 639	74.6 years	0.8
85	Dominican Republic	201,354	1 in 657	73.9 years	3.1
86	Congo	192,674	1 in 687	66 years	3.9
87	Israel	186,041	1 in 711	83.3 years	0.3
88	Mauritania	175,915	1 in 752	68.7 years	3.7
89	Chile	172,408	1 in 767	81.4 years	0.7
90	Liberia	171,623	1 in 771	62.3 years	8.6
91	Netherlands	165,540	1 in 799	82 years	0.4
92	Tunisia	164,145	1 in 806	76.7 years	1.2
93	Laos	162,646	1 in 814	69.3 years	2.9
94	Turkmenistan	156,680	1 in 844	70 years	3.9
95	Romania	142,889	1 in 926	76.6 years	0.7
96	Kyrgyzstan	140,104	1 in 944	72.5 years	1.7
97	Palestine	139,977	1 in 945	69.8 years	3.8
98	Paraguay	136,698	1 in 968	74.1 years	1.6
99	Nicaragua	132,382	1 in 1,000	75.1 years	1.1
100	Libya	121,750	1 in 1,087	71.2 years	1
101	Belgium	109,099	1 in 1,213	82.4 years	0.4
102	UAE	107,875	1 in 1,227	83.3 years	0.5
103	Azerbaijan	102,028	1 in 1,297	74.5 years	1.8
104	Eritrea	101,539	1 in 1,303	68.9 years	3.4
105	El Salvador	98,857	1 in 1,338	72.2 years	1
106	Sweden	98,298	1 in 1,346	84.1 years	0.2
107	Cuba	94,646	1 in 1,398	78.3 years	0.9
108	Lebanon	92,652	1 in 1,428	77.9 years	1.8
109	Oman	88,614	1 in 1,493	80.4 years	1
110	Portugal	84,488	1 in 1,566	82.5 years	0.3
111	Czechia	83,969	1 in 1,576	80.1 years	0.3
112	Gambia	82,405	1 in 1,606	66.1 years	4.2
113	Namibia	78,453	1 in 1,687	67.5 years	4
114	Hungary	78,409	1 in 1,688	76.8 years	0.4
115	Switzerland	78,349	1 in 1,689	84.5 years	0.4
116	Austria	77,095	1 in 1,716	82.1 years	0.3
117	Panama	71,649	1 in 1,847	79.8 years	1.5
118	Gabon	68,874	1 in 1,921	68.7 years	3.3
119	Greece	68,674	1 in 1,927	81.9 years	0.4
120	Guinea-Bissau	65,072	1 in 2,033	64.2 years	6.7
121	Belarus	64,212	1 in 2,061	74.5 years	0.2
122	Botswana	61,417	1 in 2,154	69.4 years	3.3
123	Serbia	60,596	1 in 2,184	76.1 years	0.5
124	Mongolia	59,569	1 in 2,221	72.5 years	1.3
125	New Zealand	58,349	1 in 2,268	82.1 years	0.5
126	Denmark	56,781	1 in 2,330	82.3 years	0.4
127	Equatorial Guinea	56,764	1 in 2,331	64.1 years	6.8
128	Lesotho	55,542	1 in 2,382	57.7 years	6
129	Norway	54,051	1 in 2,448	83.2 years	0.3
130	Ireland	53,958	1 in 2,452	83.1 years	0.4
131	Bulgaria	53,464	1 in 2,475	75.9 years	0.6
132	Costa Rica	51,253	1 in 2,582	81 years	1
133	Kuwait	49,071	1 in 2,696	80.7 years	0.8
134	Slovakia	46,088	1 in 2,871	78.5 years	0.6
135	Singapore	44,673	1 in 2,962	83.4 years	0.3
136	Finland	43,835	1 in 3,018	82.4 years	0.2
137	Georgia	43,040	1 in 3,074	74.5 years	0.9
138	Hong Kong	36,868	1 in 3,589	85.5 years	0.2
139	Armenia	33,672	1 in 3,930	75.6 years	1
140	Uruguay	33,195	1 in 3,986	78.2 years	0.7
141	Jamaica	32,509	1 in 4,070	71.6 years	1.8
142	Croatia	32,089	1 in 4,123	79 years	0.6
143	Timor-Leste	30,489	1 in 4,340	68 years	4.8
144	Eswatini	29,390	1 in 4,502	64.2 years	4.5
145	Qatar	27,218	1 in 4,861	82.7 years	0.6
146	Moldova	25,440	1 in 5,201	71.2 years	1.7
147	Comoros	24,467	1 in 5,408	67.1 years	3.9
148	Djibouti	24,463	1 in 5,409	66.2 years	4.9
149	Bosnia & Herzegovina	24,428	1 in 5,417	77.9 years	0.7
150	Albania	24,083	1 in 5,494	79.8 years	0.9
151	Solomon Islands	21,878	1 in 6,048	70.8 years	2
152	Bahrain	19,116	1 in 6,922	81.5 years	0.9
153	Lithuania	19,063	1 in 6,941	77.3 years	0.3
154	Kosovo	18,896	1 in 7,002	78.2 years	0.9
155	Puerto Rico	18,254	1 in 7,249	81.9 years	0.7
156	Slovenia	16,806	1 in 7,873	82.4 years	0.2
157	Fiji	16,592	1 in 7,975	67.5 years	2.9
158	Guyana	16,525	1 in 8,007	70.4 years	2.5
159	North Macedonia	16,054	1 in 8,242	76.7 years	0.3
160	Trinidad & Tobago	14,426	1 in 9,172	73.7 years	1.9
161	Cyprus	14,285	1 in 9,263	81.8 years	0.5
162	Latvia	12,876	1 in 10,276	76.6 years	0.3
163	Mauritius	12,832	1 in 10,311	73.9 years	1.5
164	Suriname	10,882	1 in 12,159	73.8 years	1.6
165	Bhutan	9,914	1 in 13,346	73.4 years	1.7
166	Estonia	9,744	1 in 13,579	79.4 years	0.2
167	Vanuatu	9,063	1 in 14,600	71.9 years	1.7
168	Belize	7,529	1 in 17,574	73.9 years	1.3
169	Montenegro	6,983	1 in 18,948	78 years	0.2
170	São Tomé & Príncipe	6,617	1 in 19,996	70.2 years	1.4
171	Luxembourg	6,432	1 in 20,572	83.3 years	0.2
172	Cape Verde	6,415	1 in 20,626	76.3 years	1.1
173	Brunei	6,167	1 in 21,455	75.6 years	1
174	Maldives	5,588	1 in 23,679	81.5 years	0.5
175	Samoa	5,444	1 in 24,305	71.9 years	1.5
176	Malta	4,380	1 in 30,209	83 years	0.5
177	Bahamas	4,341	1 in 30,481	74.7 years	1.2
178	Iceland	4,329	1 in 30,565	82.9 years	0.3
179	New Caledonia	4,106	1 in 32,225	79 years	1.1
180	Macao	3,641	1 in 36,341	83.4 years	0.3
181	Barbados	3,140	1 in 42,139	76.3 years	1
182	French Polynesia	3,012	1 in 43,930	84.3 years	0.6
183	Guam	2,910	1 in 45,469	77.7 years	1.2
184	St. Lucia	2,015	1 in 65,665	73 years	1.7
185	Channel Islands	1,379	1 in 95,951	81.2 years	0.4
186	Curaçao	1,123	1 in 117,824	76.9 years	1

The chance is the country’s share of births in a year. Life expectancy is at birth, the average of men and women.

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Data: the UN, the World Bank (release of October 8, 2026), WHO, UNICEF, UNESCO, the ILO and the World Happiness Report. Where the numbers come from and what in the game is real