Where you could be born
Of the 132 million people born in 2023, the places that gave the most lives were India (18%), China (6.7%), Nigeria (5.7%), Pakistan (5.2%), Indonesia (3.4%), DR Congo (3.3%), Ethiopia (3.1%), United States (2.8%), Bangladesh (2.6%), Brazil (2.0%). Sourced: UN WPP 2024
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Click a heading to sort. Life expectancy is for boys and girls together. Income is per person per year, in 2021 dollars; where it comes from a model and not a survey, a country's own page says so.
| India | 18% | 1 in 6 | 72.0 | 27.6 | $2,428 |
| China | 6.7% | 1 in 15 | 78.0 | 7.2 | $6,631 |
| Nigeria | 5.7% | 1 in 18 | 54.4 | 104.2 | $1,535 |
| Pakistan | 5.2% | 1 in 19 | 67.7 | 59.2 | $1,968 |
| Indonesia | 3.4% | 1 in 29 | 71.1 | 20.5 | $2,979 |
| DR Congo | 3.3% | 1 in 30 | 61.8 | 73.4 | $816 |
| Ethiopia | 3.1% | 1 in 32 | 67.3 | 44.6 | $1,619 |
| United States | 2.8% | 1 in 36 | 79.3 | 6.2 | $33,928 |
| Bangladesh | 2.6% | 1 in 38 | 74.7 | 27.6 | $2,864 |
| Brazil | 2.0% | 1 in 51 | 75.8 | 13.8 | $9,294 |
| Egypt | 1.8% | 1 in 55 | 71.6 | 17.7 | $3,530 |
| Tanzania | 1.8% | 1 in 56 | 66.9 | 39.0 | $1,629 |
| Mexico | 1.5% | 1 in 65 | 74.9 | 12.4 | $6,960 |
| Philippines | 1.4% | 1 in 72 | 69.8 | 27.7 | $2,648 |
| Uganda | 1.3% | 1 in 77 | 68.1 | 38.9 | $1,346 |
| Sudan | 1.3% | 1 in 79 | 66.4 | 50.3 | $1,395 |
| Kenya | 1.1% | 1 in 88 | 63.6 | 41.0 | $1,680 |
| Afghanistan | 1.1% | 1 in 90 | 66.0 | 56.2 | $1,984 |
| Vietnam | 1.1% | 1 in 95 | 74.5 | 20.2 | $6,313 |
| Yemen | 1.0% | 1 in 95 | 69.2 | 39.8 | $1,811 |
| Angola | 1.0% | 1 in 96 | 64.5 | 64.3 | $1,922 |
| Russia | 0.98% | 1 in 102 | 73.0 | 4.4 | $15,006 |
| Mozambique | 0.95% | 1 in 105 | 63.3 | 64.3 | $890 |
| South Africa | 0.90% | 1 in 111 | 66.0 | 37.4 | $4,456 |
| Iran | 0.89% | 1 in 113 | 77.7 | 11.6 | $4,666 |
| Iraq | 0.88% | 1 in 114 | 72.2 | 22.8 | $4,730 |
| Niger | 0.83% | 1 in 121 | 61.2 | 116.0 | $1,322 |
| Turkey | 0.81% | 1 in 123 | 77.1 | 13.1 | $14,392 |
| Madagascar | 0.76% | 1 in 132 | 63.6 | 65.6 | $1,098 |
| Ivory Coast | 0.75% | 1 in 133 | 62.0 | 67.3 | $2,393 |
| Cameroon | 0.72% | 1 in 138 | 63.6 | 67.6 | $2,544 |
| Mali | 0.72% | 1 in 139 | 60.4 | 91.7 | $1,785 |
| Uzbekistan | 0.71% | 1 in 140 | 72.4 | 13.6 | $5,466 |
| Algeria | 0.69% | 1 in 146 | 76.3 | 21.2 | $3,950 |
| Myanmar | 0.68% | 1 in 146 | 66.9 | 39.3 | $2,179 |
| Ghana | 0.67% | 1 in 149 | 65.4 | 41.0 | $2,223 |
| Chad | 0.62% | 1 in 161 | 55.1 | 99.7 | $1,660 |
| Somalia | 0.60% | 1 in 167 | 58.8 | 103.2 | $1,402 |
| Japan | 0.57% | 1 in 176 | 84.6 | 2.3 | $18,820 |
| Burkina Faso | 0.55% | 1 in 181 | 61.0 | 77.1 | $1,632 |
| Germany | 0.54% | 1 in 184 | 81.3 | 3.5 | $27,405 |
| Colombia | 0.53% | 1 in 187 | 77.7 | 11.9 | $6,928 |
| United Kingdom | 0.52% | 1 in 192 | 81.3 | 4.2 | $24,194 |
| Zambia | 0.52% | 1 in 193 | 66.2 | 52.0 | $1,069 |
| Malawi | 0.50% | 1 in 199 | 67.3 | 39.3 | $925 |
| France | 0.48% | 1 in 207 | 83.2 | 4.1 | $24,383 |
| Morocco | 0.48% | 1 in 210 | 75.3 | 16.9 | $4,797 |
| Thailand | 0.45% | 1 in 223 | 76.4 | 8.1 | $7,438 |
| Nepal | 0.43% | 1 in 230 | 70.3 | 26.2 | $3,526 |
| Saudi Arabia | 0.41% | 1 in 242 | 79.1 | 6.2 | $64,482 |
| Peru | 0.41% | 1 in 245 | 77.7 | 14.8 | $4,936 |
| Senegal | 0.40% | 1 in 248 | 68.8 | 35.6 | $2,452 |
| Syria | 0.39% | 1 in 253 | 72.0 | 23.1 | $1,883 |
| Argentina | 0.38% | 1 in 262 | 77.3 | 10.3 | $27,230 |
| Zimbabwe | 0.38% | 1 in 266 | 62.5 | 45.7 | $1,970 |
| Guinea | 0.37% | 1 in 271 | 60.7 | 93.1 | $2,697 |
| Benin | 0.36% | 1 in 276 | 60.7 | 78.6 | $2,065 |
| Burundi | 0.35% | 1 in 287 | 63.6 | 48.8 | $960 |
| Malaysia | 0.33% | 1 in 303 | 76.8 | 7.8 | $15,964 |
| Venezuela | 0.32% | 1 in 309 | 72.5 | 18.8 | $4,755 |
| Kazakhstan | 0.31% | 1 in 323 | 74.2 | 9.5 | $5,803 |
| Rwanda | 0.30% | 1 in 334 | 67.6 | 36.8 | $1,787 |
| Italy | 0.29% | 1 in 343 | 83.6 | 2.6 | $20,991 |
| Guatemala | 0.29% | 1 in 350 | 72.5 | 21.4 | $4,567 |
| Cambodia | 0.27% | 1 in 365 | 70.5 | 22.9 | $6,695 |
| Canada | 0.27% | 1 in 370 | 82.5 | 4.9 | $27,410 |
| North Korea | 0.26% | 1 in 386 | 73.5 | 18.0 | – |
| Spain | 0.25% | 1 in 392 | 83.6 | 2.9 | $20,020 |
| South Sudan | 0.25% | 1 in 402 | 57.5 | 99.1 | $854 |
| Sri Lanka | 0.25% | 1 in 408 | 77.3 | 6.3 | $3,446 |
| Poland | 0.24% | 1 in 416 | 78.6 | 3.7 | $16,080 |
| Australia | 0.23% | 1 in 434 | 83.9 | 3.8 | $28,127 |
| Togo | 0.22% | 1 in 456 | 62.7 | 58.5 | $2,001 |
| Tajikistan | 0.21% | 1 in 487 | 71.7 | 29.9 | $3,567 |
| Ecuador | 0.20% | 1 in 489 | 77.3 | 11.8 | $6,436 |
| Bolivia | 0.20% | 1 in 508 | 68.5 | 41.4 | $8,370 |
| Sierra Leone | 0.20% | 1 in 510 | 61.8 | 97.2 | $1,765 |
| Haiti | 0.20% | 1 in 511 | 64.9 | 55.6 | $1,564 |
| Papua New Guinea | 0.19% | 1 in 517 | 66.3 | 39.8 | $1,758 |
| Central African Republic | 0.18% | 1 in 553 | 57.3 | 94.5 | $1,008 |
| South Korea | 0.18% | 1 in 559 | 84.1 | 2.8 | $24,553 |
| Jordan | 0.18% | 1 in 560 | 77.9 | 13.7 | $5,459 |
| Honduras | 0.18% | 1 in 565 | 72.8 | 15.4 | $3,999 |
| Ukraine | 0.16% | 1 in 623 | 73.4 | 7.0 | $5,292 |
| Dominican Republic | 0.15% | 1 in 650 | 73.7 | 31.7 | $7,395 |
| Republic of the Congo | 0.14% | 1 in 698 | 65.8 | 39.9 | $1,539 |
| Romania | 0.14% | 1 in 720 | 75.9 | 5.9 | $11,919 |
| Chile | 0.13% | 1 in 750 | 81.1 | 5.0 | $12,252 |
| Mauritania | 0.13% | 1 in 764 | 68.5 | 38.0 | $2,679 |
| Israel | 0.13% | 1 in 767 | 82.3 | 3.9 | $16,340 |
| Liberia | 0.13% | 1 in 777 | 62.1 | 71.2 | $1,734 |
| Netherlands | 0.13% | 1 in 787 | 82.1 | 3.9 | $28,209 |
| Tunisia | 0.13% | 1 in 788 | 76.4 | 10.7 | $5,897 |
| Laos | 0.12% | 1 in 810 | 69.0 | 38.9 | $2,805 |
| Turkmenistan | 0.12% | 1 in 825 | 69.8 | 39.5 | $8,025 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 0.11% | 1 in 876 | 71.6 | 17.0 | $2,697 |
| Palestine | 0.11% | 1 in 902 | 65.5 | 26.1 | $5,482 |
| Paraguay | 0.10% | 1 in 966 | 73.9 | 16.8 | $7,425 |
| Taiwan | 0.10% | 1 in 998 | 80.5 | 4.2 | $20,297 |
| Nicaragua | 0.10% | 1 in 999 | 74.8 | 14.7 | $5,264 |
| Azerbaijan | <0.1% | 1 in 1,056 | 74.3 | 17.5 | $8,723 |
| Libya | <0.1% | 1 in 1,062 | 69.3 | 32.5 | $12,477 |
| United Arab Emirates | <0.1% | 1 in 1,270 | 83.1 | 6.0 | $28,640 |
| Belgium | <0.1% | 1 in 1,299 | 82.0 | 3.9 | $25,522 |
| El Salvador | <0.1% | 1 in 1,329 | 71.8 | 11.4 | $5,641 |
| Eritrea | <0.1% | 1 in 1,333 | 68.5 | 35.3 | – |
| Sweden | <0.1% | 1 in 1,349 | 83.2 | 2.4 | $22,934 |
| Cuba | <0.1% | 1 in 1,378 | 78.0 | 5.7 | – |
| Lebanon | <0.1% | 1 in 1,417 | 77.7 | 18.5 | $3,624 |
| Czech Republic | <0.1% | 1 in 1,439 | 79.7 | 2.7 | $15,823 |
| Portugal | <0.1% | 1 in 1,526 | 82.2 | 3.2 | $14,990 |
| Hungary | <0.1% | 1 in 1,547 | 76.9 | 3.9 | $10,799 |
| Oman | <0.1% | 1 in 1,552 | 80.2 | 10.4 | $37,794 |
| Switzerland | <0.1% | 1 in 1,578 | 83.9 | 3.6 | $31,729 |
| Gambia | <0.1% | 1 in 1,609 | 65.8 | 44.0 | $2,588 |
| Austria | <0.1% | 1 in 1,713 | 81.8 | 3.5 | $29,795 |
| Namibia | <0.1% | 1 in 1,722 | 67.2 | 36.9 | $3,865 |
| Greece | <0.1% | 1 in 1,793 | 81.7 | 3.8 | $12,498 |
| Panama | <0.1% | 1 in 1,848 | 79.6 | 16.1 | $9,973 |
| Gabon | <0.1% | 1 in 1,923 | 68.4 | 37.4 | $5,034 |
| Belarus | <0.1% | 1 in 2,032 | 74.2 | 2.4 | $7,795 |
| Mongolia | <0.1% | 1 in 2,032 | 71.7 | 12.8 | $5,542 |
| Guinea-Bissau | <0.1% | 1 in 2,042 | 64.0 | 69.4 | $1,659 |
| Bulgaria | <0.1% | 1 in 2,110 | 75.6 | 5.7 | $14,385 |
| Botswana | <0.1% | 1 in 2,155 | 69.1 | 37.6 | $4,793 |
| Serbia | <0.1% | 1 in 2,209 | 76.7 | 5.0 | $8,797 |
| New Zealand | <0.1% | 1 in 2,232 | 82.1 | 5.4 | $49,593 |
| Denmark | <0.1% | 1 in 2,286 | 81.9 | 3.4 | $26,526 |
| Lesotho | <0.1% | 1 in 2,372 | 57.2 | 71.6 | $1,661 |
| Equatorial Guinea | <0.1% | 1 in 2,415 | 63.8 | 70.6 | $3,114 |
| Ireland | <0.1% | 1 in 2,479 | 82.4 | 3.3 | $21,592 |
| Slovakia | <0.1% | 1 in 2,526 | 78.2 | 5.5 | $9,288 |
| Costa Rica | <0.1% | 1 in 2,541 | 80.7 | 7.6 | $10,431 |
| Norway | <0.1% | 1 in 2,565 | 83.2 | 2.4 | $31,661 |
| Kuwait | <0.1% | 1 in 2,680 | 80.5 | 8.5 | $47,790 |
| Singapore | <0.1% | 1 in 2,781 | 83.6 | 2.2 | $130,297 |
| Georgia | <0.1% | 1 in 3,016 | 74.2 | 9.2 | $3,718 |
| Finland | <0.1% | 1 in 3,030 | 81.9 | 2.5 | $23,529 |
| Hong Kong | <0.1% | 1 in 3,199 | 85.4 | 1.8 | $64,388 |
| Armenia | <0.1% | 1 in 3,807 | 75.4 | 9.8 | $3,230 |
| Uruguay | <0.1% | 1 in 3,955 | 78.0 | 6.8 | $12,510 |
| Jamaica | <0.1% | 1 in 4,003 | 71.4 | 19.4 | $7,556 |
| Moldova | <0.1% | 1 in 4,003 | 70.9 | 13.9 | $4,938 |
| Croatia | <0.1% | 1 in 4,207 | 78.5 | 4.0 | $15,094 |
| Timor-Leste | <0.1% | 1 in 4,317 | 67.7 | 46.6 | $1,350 |
| Eswatini | <0.1% | 1 in 4,463 | 64.0 | 49.6 | $2,549 |
| Qatar | <0.1% | 1 in 4,478 | 82.5 | 5.0 | $32,536 |
| Albania | <0.1% | 1 in 4,587 | 79.5 | 9.5 | $6,751 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | <0.1% | 1 in 5,370 | 77.6 | 6.0 | $7,271 |
| Comoros | <0.1% | 1 in 5,414 | 66.8 | 46.6 | $2,796 |
| Djibouti | <0.1% | 1 in 5,528 | 65.9 | 50.3 | $2,747 |
| Solomon Islands | <0.1% | 1 in 6,145 | 70.6 | 17.8 | $1,385 |
| Lithuania | <0.1% | 1 in 6,173 | 75.8 | 3.2 | $16,983 |
| Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) | <0.1% | 1 in 6,444 | 77.9 | 9.0 | $4,928 |
| Bahrain | <0.1% | 1 in 6,740 | 81.3 | 6.3 | $57,820 |
| Puerto Rico | <0.1% | 1 in 6,990 | 81.5 | 6.0 | $42,838 |
| Slovenia | <0.1% | 1 in 7,380 | 81.5 | 2.2 | $19,969 |
| North Macedonia | <0.1% | 1 in 7,817 | 77.3 | 5.7 | $6,772 |
| Guyana | <0.1% | 1 in 7,864 | 70.1 | 25.7 | $24,266 |
| Fiji | <0.1% | 1 in 7,958 | 67.3 | 28.8 | $3,145 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | <0.1% | 1 in 8,206 | 73.5 | 16.0 | $13,581 |
| Cyprus | <0.1% | 1 in 9,111 | 81.6 | 3.6 | $23,132 |
| Latvia | <0.1% | 1 in 9,304 | 75.9 | 3.6 | $14,607 |
| Réunion | <0.1% | 1 in 11,009 | 83.3 | 6.4 | – |
| Mauritius | <0.1% | 1 in 11,196 | 75.0 | 14.2 | $6,979 |
| Mayotte | <0.1% | 1 in 11,796 | 76.1 | 11.3 | – |
| Estonia | <0.1% | 1 in 12,010 | 78.9 | 2.0 | $15,986 |
| Suriname | <0.1% | 1 in 12,120 | 73.6 | 16.1 | $6,925 |
| Bhutan | <0.1% | 1 in 13,211 | 73.1 | 22.7 | $7,108 |
| Western Sahara | <0.1% | 1 in 14,679 | 71.6 | 28.2 | – |
| Vanuatu | <0.1% | 1 in 14,679 | 71.6 | 17.7 | $2,080 |
| French Guiana | <0.1% | 1 in 17,157 | 77.0 | 11.1 | – |
| Belize | <0.1% | 1 in 17,853 | 73.6 | 10.4 | $7,856 |
| Montenegro | <0.1% | 1 in 18,873 | 76.9 | 3.3 | $8,662 |
| Luxembourg | <0.1% | 1 in 19,146 | 82.2 | 6.8 | $38,725 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | <0.1% | 1 in 20,325 | 69.9 | 13.7 | $2,980 |
| Cabo Verde | <0.1% | 1 in 20,642 | 76.0 | 11.8 | $3,888 |
| Brunei | <0.1% | 1 in 21,308 | 75.4 | 9.7 | $76,617 |
| Maldives | <0.1% | 1 in 22,778 | 81.2 | 5.2 | $6,612 |
| Samoa | <0.1% | 1 in 24,020 | 71.8 | 15.6 | $4,854 |
| Macao | <0.1% | 1 in 29,358 | 82.9 | 3.0 | $104,815 |
| Bahamas | <0.1% | 1 in 30,723 | 74.5 | 12.7 | $35,221 |
| Iceland | <0.1% | 1 in 30,723 | 82.7 | 1.6 | $26,178 |
| Guadeloupe | <0.1% | 1 in 31,455 | 81.7 | 9.2 | – |
| Malta | <0.1% | 1 in 31,455 | 83.3 | 7.7 | $23,754 |
| New Caledonia | <0.1% | 1 in 32,222 | 78.7 | 11.8 | – |
| Martinique | <0.1% | 1 in 35,705 | 82.4 | 8.9 | – |
| Kiribati | <0.1% | 1 in 38,856 | 66.4 | 54.8 | $3,298 |
| Barbados | <0.1% | 1 in 41,284 | 76.0 | 10.5 | $7,057 |
| French Polynesia | <0.1% | 1 in 42,616 | 84.1 | 6.1 | – |
| Guam | <0.1% | 1 in 45,555 | 77.3 | 13.3 | – |
| Micronesia | <0.1% | 1 in 52,844 | 67.2 | 22.8 | $2,326 |
| Tonga | <0.1% | 1 in 55,046 | 72.8 | 10.7 | $4,666 |
| Saint Lucia | <0.1% | 1 in 66,055 | 72.7 | 17.2 | $14,083 |
| Seychelles | <0.1% | 1 in 77,712 | 73.1 | 14.3 | $7,648 |
| Curaçao | <0.1% | 1 in 94,364 | 76.6 | 10.2 | $27,618 |
| Grenada | <0.1% | 1 in 94,364 | 75.3 | 16.1 | $7,763 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | <0.1% | 1 in 110,092 | 71.4 | 14.7 | $17,858 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | <0.1% | 1 in 120,100 | 77.3 | 9.3 | $28,712 |
| Aruba | <0.1% | 1 in 132,110 | 76.2 | 14.3 | $42,783 |
| United States Virgin Islands | <0.1% | 1 in 132,110 | 75.8 | 5.8 | $46,479 |
| Cayman Islands | <0.1% | 1 in 146,789 | 80.4 | 1.6 | $79,581 |
| Jersey | <0.1% | 1 in 146,789 | 79.7 | 10.0 | – |
| Greenland | <0.1% | 1 in 165,137 | 70.2 | 11.7 | $71,038 |
| Marshall Islands | <0.1% | 1 in 165,137 | 67.0 | 27.8 | $4,934 |
| American Samoa | <0.1% | 1 in 188,728 | 72.9 | 10.6 | – |
| Dominica | <0.1% | 1 in 188,728 | 71.3 | 32.7 | $18,278 |
| Faroe Islands | <0.1% | 1 in 188,728 | 80.3 | 7.7 | $71,828 |
| Isle of Man | <0.1% | 1 in 188,728 | 80.9 | 13.5 | – |
| Andorra | <0.1% | 1 in 220,183 | 84.1 | 6.1 | $64,631 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | <0.1% | 1 in 220,183 | 78.9 | 6.2 | – |
| Bermuda | <0.1% | 1 in 264,220 | 82.2 | 2.4 | $102,269 |
| Guernsey | <0.1% | 1 in 264,220 | 83.2 | 6.7 | – |
| Gibraltar | <0.1% | 1 in 264,220 | 83.4 | 10.5 | – |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | <0.1% | 1 in 264,220 | 72.2 | 14.9 | $30,617 |
| Saint Martin (French part) | <0.1% | 1 in 264,220 | 80.2 | 9.6 | – |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | <0.1% | 1 in 264,220 | 78.0 | 5.8 | $31,839 |
| Liechtenstein | <0.1% | 1 in 330,275 | 83.5 | 6.5 | – |
| Monaco | <0.1% | 1 in 330,275 | 86.4 | 4.6 | – |
| Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | <0.1% | 1 in 330,275 | 76.5 | 14.9 | $46,571 |
| Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | <0.1% | 1 in 440,366 | 77.6 | 12.7 | – |
| Nauru | <0.1% | 1 in 440,366 | 62.1 | 25.8 | $3,472 |
| British Virgin Islands | <0.1% | 1 in 440,366 | 77.2 | 12.7 | – |
| Cook Islands | <0.1% | 1 in 660,550 | 75.4 | 6.7 | – |
| Palau | <0.1% | 1 in 660,550 | 69.4 | 22.0 | $16,487 |
| San Marino | <0.1% | 1 in 660,550 | 85.6 | 1.4 | $70,952 |
| Tuvalu | <0.1% | 1 in 660,550 | 67.2 | 19.7 | $4,905 |
| Anguilla | <0.1% | 1 in 1,321,099 | 79.3 | 5.7 | – |
| Saint Barthélemy | <0.1% | 1 in 1,321,099 | 84.1 | 6.1 | – |
| Wallis and Futuna Islands | <0.1% | 1 in 1,321,099 | 78.6 | 12.9 | – |
Sourced: UN WPP 2024 Births, life expectancy and under-5 deaths. Income: Sourced: World Bank PIP and Sourced: World Bank WDI.
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