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The chances of being born in each country

About 132 million people were born in 2023. Your chance of being born in a given country is that country's share of those births. India, China, Nigeria, Pakistan, Indonesia together gave 39% of all lives. Sourced: UN WPP 2024

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The 230 countries, from most to least likely

CountryChanceShare of birthsBirths a year
India1 in 618%23.2 million
China1 in 156.7%8.9 million
Nigeria1 in 185.7%7.5 million
Pakistan1 in 195.2%6.9 million
Indonesia1 in 293.4%4.5 million
DR Congo1 in 303.3%4.4 million
Ethiopia1 in 323.1%4.1 million
United States1 in 362.8%3.7 million
Bangladesh1 in 382.6%3.5 million
Brazil1 in 512.0%2.6 million
Egypt1 in 551.8%2.4 million
Tanzania1 in 561.8%2.3 million
Mexico1 in 651.5%2.0 million
Philippines1 in 721.4%1.8 million
Uganda1 in 771.3%1.7 million
Sudan1 in 791.3%1.7 million
Kenya1 in 881.1%1.5 million
Afghanistan1 in 901.1%1.5 million
Vietnam1 in 951.1%1.4 million
Yemen1 in 951.0%1.4 million
Angola1 in 961.0%1.4 million
Russia1 in 1020.98%1.3 million
Mozambique1 in 1050.95%1.3 million
South Africa1 in 1110.90%1.2 million
Iran1 in 1130.89%1.2 million
Iraq1 in 1140.88%1.2 million
Niger1 in 1210.83%1.1 million
Turkey1 in 1230.81%1.1 million
Madagascar1 in 1320.76%1.0 million
Ivory Coast1 in 1330.75%997,000
Cameroon1 in 1380.72%957,400
Mali1 in 1390.72%951,400
Uzbekistan1 in 1400.71%943,500
Algeria1 in 1460.69%906,000
Myanmar1 in 1460.68%903,800
Ghana1 in 1490.67%888,900
Chad1 in 1610.62%819,100
Somalia1 in 1670.60%788,800
Japan1 in 1760.57%749,900
Burkina Faso1 in 1810.55%728,600
Germany1 in 1840.54%719,200
Colombia1 in 1870.53%705,000
United Kingdom1 in 1920.52%688,400
Zambia1 in 1930.52%685,600
Malawi1 in 1990.50%662,300
France1 in 2070.48%638,900
Morocco1 in 2100.48%629,800
Thailand1 in 2230.45%591,200
Nepal1 in 2300.43%574,300
Saudi Arabia1 in 2420.41%546,000
Peru1 in 2450.41%539,600
Senegal1 in 2480.40%531,900
Syria1 in 2530.39%521,600
Argentina1 in 2620.38%503,800
Zimbabwe1 in 2660.38%496,900
Guinea1 in 2710.37%487,600
Benin1 in 2760.36%478,100
Burundi1 in 2870.35%460,900
Malaysia1 in 3030.33%436,000
Venezuela1 in 3090.32%427,000
Kazakhstan1 in 3230.31%409,400
Rwanda1 in 3340.30%395,600
Italy1 in 3430.29%384,600
Guatemala1 in 3500.29%377,200
Cambodia1 in 3650.27%361,600
Canada1 in 3700.27%356,700
North Korea1 in 3860.26%342,000
Spain1 in 3920.25%336,800
South Sudan1 in 4020.25%328,300
Sri Lanka1 in 4080.25%324,100
Poland1 in 4160.24%317,900
Australia1 in 4340.23%304,300
Togo1 in 4560.22%289,800
Tajikistan1 in 4870.21%271,400
Ecuador1 in 4890.20%270,300
Bolivia1 in 5080.20%260,200
Sierra Leone1 in 5100.20%258,900
Haiti1 in 5110.20%258,300
Papua New Guinea1 in 5170.19%255,300
Central African Republic1 in 5530.18%238,900
South Korea1 in 5590.18%236,400
Jordan1 in 5600.18%235,800
Honduras1 in 5650.18%233,800
Ukraine1 in 6230.16%212,200
Dominican Republic1 in 6500.15%203,200
Republic of the Congo1 in 6980.14%189,400
Romania1 in 7200.14%183,600
Chile1 in 7500.13%176,200
Mauritania1 in 7640.13%172,900
Israel1 in 7670.13%172,300
Liberia1 in 7770.13%170,100
Netherlands1 in 7870.13%167,800
Tunisia1 in 7880.13%167,700
Laos1 in 8100.12%163,000
Turkmenistan1 in 8250.12%160,100
Kyrgyzstan1 in 8760.11%150,800
Palestine1 in 9020.11%146,400
Paraguay1 in 9660.10%136,800
Taiwan1 in 9980.10%132,400
Nicaragua1 in 9990.10%132,200
Azerbaijan1 in 1,056<0.1%125,100
Libya1 in 1,062<0.1%124,400
United Arab Emirates1 in 1,270<0.1%104,000
Belgium1 in 1,299<0.1%101,700
El Salvador1 in 1,329<0.1%99,400
Eritrea1 in 1,333<0.1%99,100
Sweden1 in 1,349<0.1%97,900
Cuba1 in 1,378<0.1%95,900
Lebanon1 in 1,417<0.1%93,200
Czech Republic1 in 1,439<0.1%91,800
Portugal1 in 1,526<0.1%86,600
Hungary1 in 1,547<0.1%85,400
Oman1 in 1,552<0.1%85,100
Switzerland1 in 1,578<0.1%83,700
Gambia1 in 1,609<0.1%82,100
Austria1 in 1,713<0.1%77,100
Namibia1 in 1,722<0.1%76,700
Greece1 in 1,793<0.1%73,700
Panama1 in 1,848<0.1%71,500
Gabon1 in 1,923<0.1%68,700
Belarus1 in 2,032<0.1%65,000
Mongolia1 in 2,032<0.1%65,000
Guinea-Bissau1 in 2,042<0.1%64,700
Bulgaria1 in 2,110<0.1%62,600
Botswana1 in 2,155<0.1%61,300
Serbia1 in 2,209<0.1%59,800
New Zealand1 in 2,232<0.1%59,200
Denmark1 in 2,286<0.1%57,800
Lesotho1 in 2,372<0.1%55,700
Equatorial Guinea1 in 2,415<0.1%54,700
Ireland1 in 2,479<0.1%53,300
Slovakia1 in 2,526<0.1%52,300
Costa Rica1 in 2,541<0.1%52,000
Norway1 in 2,565<0.1%51,500
Kuwait1 in 2,680<0.1%49,300
Singapore1 in 2,781<0.1%47,500
Georgia1 in 3,016<0.1%43,800
Finland1 in 3,030<0.1%43,600
Hong Kong1 in 3,199<0.1%41,300
Armenia1 in 3,807<0.1%34,700
Uruguay1 in 3,955<0.1%33,400
Jamaica1 in 4,003<0.1%33,000
Moldova1 in 4,003<0.1%33,000
Croatia1 in 4,207<0.1%31,400
Timor-Leste1 in 4,317<0.1%30,600
Eswatini1 in 4,463<0.1%29,600
Qatar1 in 4,478<0.1%29,500
Albania1 in 4,587<0.1%28,800
Bosnia and Herzegovina1 in 5,370<0.1%24,600
Comoros1 in 5,414<0.1%24,400
Djibouti1 in 5,528<0.1%23,900
Solomon Islands1 in 6,145<0.1%21,500
Lithuania1 in 6,173<0.1%21,400
Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)1 in 6,444<0.1%20,500
Bahrain1 in 6,740<0.1%19,600
Puerto Rico1 in 6,990<0.1%18,900
Slovenia1 in 7,380<0.1%17,900
North Macedonia1 in 7,817<0.1%16,900
Guyana1 in 7,864<0.1%16,800
Fiji1 in 7,958<0.1%16,600
Trinidad and Tobago1 in 8,206<0.1%16,100
Cyprus1 in 9,111<0.1%14,500
Latvia1 in 9,304<0.1%14,200
Réunion1 in 11,009<0.1%12,000
Mauritius1 in 11,196<0.1%11,800
Mayotte1 in 11,796<0.1%11,200
Estonia1 in 12,010<0.1%11,000
Suriname1 in 12,120<0.1%10,900
Bhutan1 in 13,211<0.1%10,000
Western Sahara1 in 14,679<0.1%9,000
Vanuatu1 in 14,679<0.1%9,000
French Guiana1 in 17,157<0.1%7,700
Belize1 in 17,853<0.1%7,400
Montenegro1 in 18,873<0.1%7,000
Luxembourg1 in 19,146<0.1%6,900
Sao Tome and Principe1 in 20,325<0.1%6,500
Cabo Verde1 in 20,642<0.1%6,400
Brunei1 in 21,308<0.1%6,200
Maldives1 in 22,778<0.1%5,800
Samoa1 in 24,020<0.1%5,500
Macao1 in 29,358<0.1%4,500
Bahamas1 in 30,723<0.1%4,300
Iceland1 in 30,723<0.1%4,300
Guadeloupe1 in 31,455<0.1%4,200
Malta1 in 31,455<0.1%4,200
New Caledonia1 in 32,222<0.1%4,100
Martinique1 in 35,705<0.1%3,700
Kiribati1 in 38,856<0.1%3,400
Barbados1 in 41,284<0.1%3,200
French Polynesia1 in 42,616<0.1%3,100
Guam1 in 45,555<0.1%2,900
Micronesia1 in 52,844<0.1%2,500
Tonga1 in 55,046<0.1%2,400
Saint Lucia1 in 66,055<0.1%2,000
Seychelles1 in 77,712<0.1%1,700
Curaçao1 in 94,364<0.1%1,400
Grenada1 in 94,364<0.1%1,400
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1 in 110,092<0.1%1,200
Antigua and Barbuda1 in 120,100<0.1%1,100
Aruba1 in 132,110<0.1%1,000
United States Virgin Islands1 in 132,110<0.1%1,000
Cayman Islands1 in 146,789<0.1%900
Jersey1 in 146,789<0.1%900
Greenland1 in 165,137<0.1%800
Marshall Islands1 in 165,137<0.1%800
American Samoa1 in 188,728<0.1%700
Dominica1 in 188,728<0.1%700
Faroe Islands1 in 188,728<0.1%700
Isle of Man1 in 188,728<0.1%700
Andorra1 in 220,183<0.1%600
Northern Mariana Islands1 in 220,183<0.1%600
Bermuda1 in 264,220<0.1%500
Guernsey1 in 264,220<0.1%500
Gibraltar1 in 264,220<0.1%500
Saint Kitts and Nevis1 in 264,220<0.1%500
Saint Martin (French part)1 in 264,220<0.1%500
Turks and Caicos Islands1 in 264,220<0.1%500
Liechtenstein1 in 330,275<0.1%400
Monaco1 in 330,275<0.1%400
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)1 in 330,275<0.1%400
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba1 in 440,366<0.1%300
Nauru1 in 440,366<0.1%300
British Virgin Islands1 in 440,366<0.1%300
Cook Islands1 in 660,550<0.1%200
Palau1 in 660,550<0.1%200
San Marino1 in 660,550<0.1%200
Tuvalu1 in 660,550<0.1%200
Anguilla1 in 1,321,099<0.1%100
Saint Barthélemy1 in 1,321,099<0.1%100
Wallis and Futuna Islands1 in 1,321,099<0.1%100

Sourced: UN WPP 2024 Births in 2023. "1 in N" is the world's births divided by the country's births, rounded.

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