UN World Population Prospects 2024 · about 131 million babies born in 2023
If you were born in one of 141 countries
About four babies are born on Earth every second. Here is where they are born, and the life each country can expect to give them, in the real statistics of 141 countries. Choose a country to see more.
| Country | Share of births | Odds | Life expectancy | Under-5 deaths | Income per person (PPP $) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 17.68% | 1 in 6 | 72.0 | 2.8% | 8,871 |
| China | 6.78% | 1 in 15 | 77.9 | 0.6% | 22,687 |
| Nigeria | 5.72% | 1 in 17 | 54.5 | 11.7% | 7,843 |
| Pakistan | 5.24% | 1 in 19 | 67.6 | 5.8% | 5,419 |
| Indonesia | 3.41% | 1 in 29 | 71.1 | 1.8% | 13,890 |
| DR Congo | 3.33% | 1 in 30 | 61.9 | 9.1% | 1,559 |
| Ethiopia | 3.13% | 1 in 32 | 67.3 | 5.2% | 2,758 |
| United States | 2.78% | 1 in 36 | 79.3 | 0.7% | 74,352 |
| Bangladesh | 2.66% | 1 in 38 | 74.7 | 3.1% | 8,242 |
| Brazil | 1.98% | 1 in 50 | 75.8 | 1.4% | 19,080 |
| Egypt | 1.83% | 1 in 55 | 71.6 | 2.3% | 16,691 |
| Tanzania | 1.79% | 1 in 56 | 67.0 | 3.9% | 3,621 |
| Mexico | 1.55% | 1 in 64 | 75.1 | 1.3% | 21,865 |
| Philippines | 1.40% | 1 in 71 | 69.8 | 2.7% | 9,899 |
| Uganda | 1.30% | 1 in 77 | 68.3 | 4.9% | 2,791 |
| Sudan | 1.28% | 1 in 78 | 66.3 | 6.3% | 2,181 |
| Kenya | 1.14% | 1 in 88 | 63.6 | 4.0% | 5,692 |
| Afghanistan | 1.12% | 1 in 89 | 66.0 | 5.5% | 1,984 |
| Vietnam | 1.06% | 1 in 95 | 74.6 | 1.8% | 13,535 |
| Yemen | 1.06% | 1 in 95 | 69.3 | 4.0% | 2,000 |
| Angola | 1.05% | 1 in 95 | 64.6 | 5.0% | 8,598 |
| Russia | 0.99% | 1 in 101 | 73.2 | 0.5% | 39,881 |
| Mozambique | 0.96% | 1 in 104 | 63.6 | 6.2% | 1,513 |
| South Africa | 0.90% | 1 in 111 | 66.1 | 3.5% | 13,695 |
| Iran | 0.89% | 1 in 112 | 77.7 | 1.2% | 17,045 |
| Iraq | 0.88% | 1 in 113 | 72.3 | 2.2% | 13,202 |
| Niger | 0.83% | 1 in 120 | 61.2 | 11.3% | 1,713 |
| Turkey | 0.82% | 1 in 123 | 77.2 | 1.4% | 35,069 |
| Madagascar | 0.76% | 1 in 131 | 63.6 | 6.4% | 1,630 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 0.76% | 1 in 132 | 61.9 | 6.7% | 6,521 |
| Cameroon | 0.73% | 1 in 137 | 64.0 | 6.7% | 4,875 |
| Mali | 0.72% | 1 in 138 | 60.4 | 7.6% | 2,861 |
| Uzbekistan | 0.72% | 1 in 139 | 72.4 | 1.4% | 10,514 |
| Algeria | 0.69% | 1 in 145 | 76.3 | 2.2% | 15,159 |
| Myanmar | 0.69% | 1 in 145 | 66.9 | 3.8% | 5,364 |
| Ghana | 0.68% | 1 in 148 | 65.5 | 3.7% | 6,809 |
| Chad | 0.62% | 1 in 160 | 55.1 | 10.1% | 2,434 |
| Somalia | 0.60% | 1 in 167 | 58.8 | 10.4% | 1,402 |
| Japan | 0.57% | 1 in 175 | 84.7 | 0.2% | 47,387 |
| Burkina Faso | 0.55% | 1 in 180 | 61.1 | 7.7% | 2,486 |
| Germany | 0.55% | 1 in 183 | 81.4 | 0.4% | 63,140 |
| Colombia | 0.54% | 1 in 186 | 77.7 | 1.2% | 18,407 |
| United Kingdom | 0.52% | 1 in 191 | 81.3 | 0.5% | 53,423 |
| Zambia | 0.52% | 1 in 192 | 66.3 | 4.9% | 3,673 |
| Malawi | 0.50% | 1 in 198 | 67.4 | 5.0% | 1,649 |
| France | 0.49% | 1 in 206 | 83.3 | 0.4% | 54,297 |
| Morocco | 0.48% | 1 in 209 | 75.3 | 1.6% | 8,915 |
| Thailand | 0.45% | 1 in 222 | 76.4 | 0.9% | 21,245 |
| Nepal | 0.44% | 1 in 229 | 70.4 | 2.6% | 4,861 |
| Saudi Arabia | 0.42% | 1 in 241 | 78.7 | 0.6% | 64,482 |
| Peru | 0.41% | 1 in 243 | 77.7 | 1.3% | 15,342 |
| Senegal | 0.40% | 1 in 247 | 68.7 | 3.8% | 4,305 |
| Syria | 0.40% | 1 in 252 | 72.1 | 2.0% | 4,579 |
| Argentina | 0.38% | 1 in 261 | 77.4 | 1.0% | 27,230 |
| Zimbabwe | 0.38% | 1 in 264 | 62.8 | 6.4% | 5,218 |
| Guinea | 0.37% | 1 in 269 | 60.7 | 9.5% | 3,905 |
| Benin | 0.36% | 1 in 275 | 60.8 | 7.7% | 3,721 |
| Burundi | 0.35% | 1 in 285 | 63.7 | 4.9% | 1,033 |
| Malaysia | 0.33% | 1 in 301 | 76.7 | 0.8% | 32,858 |
| Venezuela | 0.33% | 1 in 308 | 72.5 | 2.4% | 7,500 |
| Kazakhstan | 0.31% | 1 in 321 | 74.4 | 1.0% | 34,703 |
| Rwanda | 0.30% | 1 in 332 | 67.8 | 3.9% | 3,168 |
| Italy | 0.29% | 1 in 342 | 83.7 | 0.3% | 52,843 |
| Guatemala | 0.29% | 1 in 348 | 72.6 | 2.1% | 12,380 |
| Cambodia | 0.28% | 1 in 363 | 70.7 | 1.9% | 6,695 |
| Canada | 0.27% | 1 in 368 | 82.6 | 0.5% | 58,088 |
| North Korea | 0.26% | 1 in 384 | 73.6 | 1.8% | 1,700 |
| Spain | 0.26% | 1 in 390 | 83.7 | 0.3% | 47,323 |
| South Sudan | 0.25% | 1 in 400 | 57.6 | 9.7% | 900 |
| Sri Lanka | 0.25% | 1 in 405 | 77.5 | 0.6% | 13,065 |
| Poland | 0.24% | 1 in 413 | 78.6 | 0.4% | 43,673 |
| Australia | 0.23% | 1 in 432 | 83.9 | 0.4% | 60,685 |
| Tajikistan | 0.21% | 1 in 484 | 71.8 | 2.9% | 4,472 |
| Ecuador | 0.21% | 1 in 486 | 77.4 | 1.3% | 14,321 |
| Togo | 0.20% | 1 in 489 | 62.7 | 5.8% | 3,216 |
| Bolivia | 0.20% | 1 in 505 | 68.6 | 1.6% | 11,616 |
| Sierra Leone | 0.20% | 1 in 507 | 61.8 | 9.4% | 3,035 |
| Haiti | 0.20% | 1 in 508 | 64.9 | 5.4% | 2,939 |
| Papua New Guinea | 0.19% | 1 in 514 | 66.1 | 4.1% | 4,206 |
| Central African Republic | 0.18% | 1 in 550 | 57.4 | 9.3% | 1,133 |
| South Korea | 0.18% | 1 in 556 | 84.3 | 0.3% | 54,029 |
| Jordan | 0.18% | 1 in 557 | 77.8 | 1.3% | 10,309 |
| Honduras | 0.18% | 1 in 562 | 72.9 | 1.6% | 6,468 |
| Ukraine | 0.16% | 1 in 619 | 73.4 | 0.8% | 15,917 |
| Dominican Republic | 0.15% | 1 in 646 | 73.7 | 3.1% | 23,282 |
| Republic of the Congo | 0.14% | 1 in 694 | 65.8 | 4.0% | 6,172 |
| Romania | 0.14% | 1 in 715 | 75.9 | 0.7% | 40,117 |
| Chile | 0.13% | 1 in 746 | 81.2 | 0.7% | 29,600 |
| Mauritania | 0.13% | 1 in 760 | 68.5 | 3.8% | 6,276 |
| Israel | 0.13% | 1 in 762 | 82.4 | 0.3% | 47,671 |
| Liberia | 0.13% | 1 in 772 | 62.2 | 8.7% | 1,617 |
| Netherlands | 0.13% | 1 in 783 | 82.2 | 0.4% | 70,199 |
| Tunisia | 0.13% | 1 in 783 | 76.5 | 1.3% | 12,651 |
| Laos | 0.12% | 1 in 806 | 69.0 | 3.0% | 8,372 |
| Turkmenistan | 0.12% | 1 in 820 | 70.1 | 4.0% | 17,686 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 0.11% | 1 in 871 | 71.7 | 1.7% | 6,576 |
| Palestine | 0.11% | 1 in 897 | 65.2 | 4.2% | 5,562 |
| Paraguay | 0.10% | 1 in 960 | 73.8 | 1.7% | 15,832 |
| Taiwan | 0.10% | 1 in 992 | 80.6 | 0.5% | 70,000 |
| Nicaragua | 0.10% | 1 in 994 | 74.9 | 1.4% | 7,497 |
| Azerbaijan | 0.10% | 1 in 1,050 | 74.4 | 1.9% | 21,311 |
| Libya | 0.09% | 1 in 1,056 | 69.3 | 3.2% | 12,477 |
| United Arab Emirates | 0.08% | 1 in 1,263 | 82.9 | 0.5% | 70,240 |
| Belgium | 0.08% | 1 in 1,292 | 82.1 | 0.4% | 63,042 |
| El Salvador | 0.08% | 1 in 1,321 | 72.1 | 1.0% | 11,404 |
| Eritrea | 0.08% | 1 in 1,326 | 68.6 | 3.5% | 1,800 |
| Sweden | 0.07% | 1 in 1,342 | 83.3 | 0.2% | 62,123 |
| Cuba | 0.07% | 1 in 1,369 | 78.1 | 0.8% | 12,000 |
| Lebanon | 0.07% | 1 in 1,409 | 77.8 | 1.7% | 11,330 |
| Czechia | 0.07% | 1 in 1,430 | 79.8 | 0.3% | 47,558 |
| Portugal | 0.07% | 1 in 1,516 | 82.4 | 0.3% | 41,768 |
| Hungary | 0.06% | 1 in 1,539 | 77.0 | 0.4% | 40,333 |
| Oman | 0.06% | 1 in 1,544 | 80.0 | 1.0% | 37,794 |
| Switzerland | 0.06% | 1 in 1,569 | 83.9 | 0.4% | 85,383 |
| Gambia | 0.06% | 1 in 1,600 | 65.9 | 4.4% | 2,964 |
| Austria | 0.06% | 1 in 1,705 | 82.0 | 0.3% | 64,536 |
| Namibia | 0.06% | 1 in 1,712 | 67.4 | 4.1% | 10,126 |
| Greece | 0.06% | 1 in 1,783 | 81.9 | 0.4% | 36,701 |
| Panama | 0.05% | 1 in 1,838 | 79.6 | 1.5% | 35,873 |
| Gabon | 0.05% | 1 in 1,911 | 68.3 | 3.4% | 18,701 |
| Belarus | 0.05% | 1 in 2,019 | 74.4 | 0.2% | 27,782 |
| Mongolia | 0.05% | 1 in 2,020 | 71.7 | 1.4% | 16,223 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 0.05% | 1 in 2,031 | 64.1 | 7.0% | 2,661 |
| Bulgaria | 0.05% | 1 in 2,097 | 75.6 | 0.6% | 33,074 |
| Botswana | 0.05% | 1 in 2,143 | 69.2 | 3.5% | 18,932 |
| Serbia | 0.05% | 1 in 2,195 | 76.8 | 0.5% | 25,735 |
| New Zealand | 0.05% | 1 in 2,218 | 82.1 | 0.5% | 49,593 |
| Denmark | 0.04% | 1 in 2,272 | 81.9 | 0.4% | 68,994 |
| Lesotho | 0.04% | 1 in 2,357 | 57.4 | 6.1% | 2,592 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 0.04% | 1 in 2,402 | 63.7 | 7.0% | 15,302 |
| Ireland | 0.04% | 1 in 2,466 | 82.4 | 0.4% | 117,660 |
| Slovakia | 0.04% | 1 in 2,513 | 78.3 | 0.6% | 39,502 |
| Costa Rica | 0.04% | 1 in 2,528 | 80.8 | 1.0% | 26,379 |
| Norway | 0.04% | 1 in 2,548 | 83.3 | 0.2% | 94,365 |
| Kuwait | 0.04% | 1 in 2,662 | 80.4 | 0.8% | 47,790 |
| Singapore | 0.04% | 1 in 2,767 | 83.7 | 0.3% | 130,297 |
| Georgia | 0.03% | 1 in 3,001 | 74.5 | 0.9% | 22,591 |
| Finland | 0.03% | 1 in 3,016 | 81.9 | 0.2% | 56,052 |
| Uruguay | 0.03% | 1 in 3,928 | 78.1 | 0.7% | 31,101 |
| Jamaica | 0.03% | 1 in 3,980 | 71.5 | 1.8% | 11,399 |
| Qatar | 0.02% | 1 in 4,450 | 82.4 | 0.6% | 116,159 |
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