About 132 million babies are born every year. If you were born again, the number of births would decide where you land: one baby in six is born in India and one in twenty in Nigeria. The table below shows the birth odds, life expectancy and income per person for 70 countries. Tap a country to see what being born there means for a life.
| Country | Births per year | Birth odds | Life expectancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇮🇳 India | 23,000,000 | 1/6 | 72 years |
| 🇨🇳 China | 9,000,000 | 1/15 | 78 years |
| 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 7,700,000 | 1/17 | 54 years |
| 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 6,900,000 | 1/19 | 67 years |
| 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 4,500,000 | 1/29 | 71 years |
| 🇨🇩 Congo (DRC) | 4,500,000 | 1/29 | 61 years |
| 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 4,000,000 | 1/33 | 66 years |
| 🇺🇸 United States | 3,600,000 | 1/37 | 78 years |
| 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | 3,400,000 | 1/39 | 74 years |
| 🇧🇷 Brazil | 2,500,000 | 1/53 | 76 years |
| 🇹🇿 Tanzania | 2,300,000 | 1/57 | 67 years |
| 🇪🇬 Egypt | 2,200,000 | 1/60 | 71 years |
| 🇵🇭 Philippines | 1,900,000 | 1/69 | 70 years |
| 🇲🇽 Mexico | 1,900,000 | 1/69 | 75 years |
| 🇺🇬 Uganda | 1,700,000 | 1/78 | 63 years |
| 🇦🇫 Afghanistan | 1,500,000 | 1/88 | 65 years |
| 🇰🇪 Kenya | 1,500,000 | 1/88 | 63 years |
| 🇸🇩 Sudan | 1,500,000 | 1/88 | 66 years |
| 🇦🇴 Angola | 1,400,000 | 1/94 | 62 years |
| 🇻🇳 Vietnam | 1,400,000 | 1/94 | 74 years |
| 🇷🇺 Russia | 1,250,000 | 1/106 | 73 years |
| 🇮🇶 Iraq | 1,200,000 | 1/110 | 72 years |
| 🇲🇿 Mozambique | 1,200,000 | 1/110 | 60 years |
| 🇳🇪 Niger | 1,200,000 | 1/110 | 62 years |
| 🇿🇦 South Africa | 1,100,000 | 1/120 | 62 years |
| 🇮🇷 Iran | 1,000,000 | 1/132 | 77 years |
| 🇹🇷 Türkiye | 950,000 | 1/139 | 78 years |
| 🇲🇬 Madagascar | 950,000 | 1/139 | 65 years |
| 🇲🇱 Mali | 900,000 | 1/147 | 61 years |
| 🇲🇲 Myanmar (Burma) | 900,000 | 1/147 | 67 years |
| 🇬🇭 Ghana | 900,000 | 1/147 | 64 years |
| 🇨🇲 Cameroon | 900,000 | 1/147 | 61 years |
| 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire | 900,000 | 1/147 | 59 years |
| 🇾🇪 Yemen | 900,000 | 1/147 | 64 years |
| 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan | 900,000 | 1/147 | 72 years |
| 🇩🇿 Algeria | 850,000 | 1/155 | 77 years |
| 🇹🇩 Chad | 750,000 | 1/176 | 53 years |
| 🇸🇴 Somalia | 750,000 | 1/176 | 56 years |
| 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | 750,000 | 1/176 | 60 years |
| 🇯🇵 Japan | 730,000 | 1/181 | 84 years |
| 🇨🇴 Colombia | 700,000 | 1/189 | 77 years |
| 🇩🇪 Germany | 690,000 | 1/191 | 81 years |
| 🇫🇷 France | 680,000 | 1/194 | 83 years |
| 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 660,000 | 1/200 | 81 years |
| 🇲🇦 Morocco | 650,000 | 1/203 | 75 years |
| 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | 580,000 | 1/228 | 78 years |
| 🇳🇵 Nepal | 550,000 | 1/240 | 71 years |
| 🇵🇪 Peru | 550,000 | 1/240 | 77 years |
| 🇹🇭 Thailand | 520,000 | 1/254 | 79 years |
| 🇦🇷 Argentina | 500,000 | 1/264 | 77 years |
| 🇸🇾 Syria | 500,000 | 1/264 | 72 years |
| 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 450,000 | 1/293 | 76 years |
| 🇻🇪 Venezuela | 450,000 | 1/293 | 72 years |
| 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 400,000 | 1/330 | 75 years |
| 🇮🇹 Italy | 380,000 | 1/347 | 83 years |
| 🇨🇦 Canada | 350,000 | 1/377 | 82 years |
| 🇪🇸 Spain | 320,000 | 1/413 | 83 years |
| 🇦🇺 Australia | 290,000 | 1/455 | 83 years |
| 🇵🇱 Poland | 270,000 | 1/489 | 78 years |
| 🇭🇹 Haiti | 270,000 | 1/489 | 64 years |
| 🇰🇷 South Korea | 230,000 | 1/574 | 84 years |
| 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 200,000 | 1/660 | 70 years |
| 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 165,000 | 1/800 | 82 years |
| 🇹🇼 Taiwan | 135,000 | 1/978 | 81 years |
| 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | 110,000 | 1/1,200 | 74 years |
| 🇸🇪 Sweden | 100,000 | 1/1,320 | 83 years |
| 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 80,000 | 1/1,650 | 84 years |
| 🇬🇷 Greece | 70,000 | 1/1,886 | 81 years |
| 🇳🇴 Norway | 52,000 | 1/2,538 | 83 years |
| 🇭🇰 Hong Kong | 33,000 | 1/4,000 | 85 years |
Values are rounded approximations. Sources: UN World Population Prospects 2024, World Bank WDI, Pew Research Center 2020.