The odds of being born in each country

Every baby born today is born somewhere. Here is where, ranked by each place’s share of the world’s births.

#	Country	Share of births	Life expectancy
1	India	17.6% · 1 in 6	72.0
2	China	6.74% · 1 in 15	78.0
3	Nigeria	5.69% · 1 in 18	54.5
4	Pakistan	5.21% · 1 in 19	67.6
5	Indonesia	3.39% · 1 in 29	71.1
6	DR Congo	3.31% · 1 in 30	61.9
7	Ethiopia	3.11% · 1 in 32	67.3
8	United States	2.77% · 1 in 36	79.3
9	Bangladesh	2.64% · 1 in 38	74.7
10	Brazil	1.97% · 1 in 51	75.8
11	Egypt	1.82% · 1 in 55	71.6
12	Tanzania	1.78% · 1 in 56	67.0
13	Mexico	1.54% · 1 in 65	75.1
14	Philippines	1.39% · 1 in 72	69.8
15	Uganda	1.3% · 1 in 77	68.3
16	Sudan	1.27% · 1 in 79	66.3
17	Kenya	1.14% · 1 in 88	63.6
18	Afghanistan	1.11% · 1 in 90	66.0
19	Vietnam	1.05% · 1 in 95	74.6
20	Yemen	1.05% · 1 in 95	69.3
21	Angola	1.05% · 1 in 96	64.6
22	Russia	0.982% · 1 in 102	73.2
23	Mozambique	0.955% · 1 in 105	63.6
24	South Africa	0.899% · 1 in 111	66.1
25	Iran	0.889% · 1 in 113	77.7
26	Iraq	0.878% · 1 in 114	72.3
27	Niger	0.83% · 1 in 120	61.2
28	Türkiye	0.812% · 1 in 123	77.2
29	Madagascar	0.758% · 1 in 132	63.6
30	Côte d’Ivoire	0.755% · 1 in 132	61.9
31	Cameroon	0.725% · 1 in 138	63.7
32	Mali	0.721% · 1 in 139	60.4
33	Uzbekistan	0.715% · 1 in 140	72.4
34	Algeria	0.686% · 1 in 146	76.3
35	Myanmar	0.684% · 1 in 146	66.9
36	Ghana	0.673% · 1 in 149	65.5
37	Chad	0.62% · 1 in 161	55.1
38	Somalia	0.597% · 1 in 167	58.8
39	Japan	0.568% · 1 in 176	84.7
40	Burkina Faso	0.552% · 1 in 181	61.1
41	Germany	0.545% · 1 in 184	81.4
42	Colombia	0.534% · 1 in 187	77.7
43	United Kingdom	0.521% · 1 in 192	81.3
44	Zambia	0.519% · 1 in 193	66.3
45	Malawi	0.502% · 1 in 199	67.4
46	France	0.484% · 1 in 207	83.3
47	Morocco	0.477% · 1 in 210	75.3
48	Thailand	0.448% · 1 in 223	76.4
49	Nepal	0.435% · 1 in 230	70.4
50	Saudi Arabia	0.414% · 1 in 242	78.7
51	Peru	0.409% · 1 in 245	77.7
52	Senegal	0.403% · 1 in 248	68.7
53	Syria	0.395% · 1 in 253	72.1
54	Argentina	0.382% · 1 in 262	77.4
55	Zimbabwe	0.376% · 1 in 266	62.8
56	Guinea	0.369% · 1 in 271	60.7
57	Benin	0.362% · 1 in 276	60.8
58	Burundi	0.349% · 1 in 287	63.7
59	Malaysia	0.33% · 1 in 303	76.7
60	Venezuela	0.323% · 1 in 309	72.5
61	Kazakhstan	0.31% · 1 in 323	74.4
62	Rwanda	0.3% · 1 in 334	67.8
63	Italy	0.291% · 1 in 343	83.7
64	Guatemala	0.286% · 1 in 350	72.6
65	Cambodia	0.274% · 1 in 365	70.7
66	Canada	0.27% · 1 in 370	82.6
67	North Korea	0.259% · 1 in 386	73.6
68	Spain	0.255% · 1 in 392	83.7
69	South Sudan	0.249% · 1 in 402	57.6
70	Sri Lanka	0.245% · 1 in 407	77.5
71	Poland	0.241% · 1 in 415	78.6
72	Australia	0.23% · 1 in 434	83.9
73	Togo	0.219% · 1 in 456	62.7
74	Tajikistan	0.206% · 1 in 487	71.8
75	Ecuador	0.205% · 1 in 489	77.4
76	Bolivia	0.197% · 1 in 508	68.6
77	Sierra Leone	0.196% · 1 in 510	61.8
78	Haiti	0.196% · 1 in 511	64.9
79	Papua New Guinea	0.193% · 1 in 517	66.1
80	Central African Republic	0.181% · 1 in 553	57.4
81	South Korea	0.179% · 1 in 559	84.3
82	Jordan	0.179% · 1 in 560	77.8
83	Honduras	0.177% · 1 in 565	72.9
84	Ukraine	0.161% · 1 in 622	73.4
85	Dominican Republic	0.154% · 1 in 650	73.7
86	Congo	0.143% · 1 in 697	65.8
87	Romania	0.139% · 1 in 719	75.9
88	Chile	0.133% · 1 in 749	81.2
89	Mauritania	0.131% · 1 in 764	68.5
90	Israel	0.13% · 1 in 766	82.4
91	Liberia	0.129% · 1 in 776	62.2
92	Netherlands	0.127% · 1 in 787	82.2
93	Tunisia	0.127% · 1 in 787	76.5
94	Laos	0.123% · 1 in 810	69.0
95	Turkmenistan	0.121% · 1 in 825	70.1
96	Kyrgyzstan	0.114% · 1 in 876	71.7
97	Palestine	0.111% · 1 in 902	65.2
98	Paraguay	0.104% · 1 in 965	73.8
99	Taiwan, China	0.1% · 1 in 997	80.6
100	Nicaragua	0.1% · 1 in 999	74.9
101	Azerbaijan	0.0948% · 1 in 1,055	74.4
102	Libya	0.0942% · 1 in 1,062	69.3
103	United Arab Emirates	0.0788% · 1 in 1,270	82.9
104	Belgium	0.077% · 1 in 1,299	82.1
105	El Salvador	0.0753% · 1 in 1,328	72.1
106	Eritrea	0.075% · 1 in 1,333	68.6
107	Sweden	0.0742% · 1 in 1,349	83.3
108	Cuba	0.0727% · 1 in 1,376	78.1
109	Lebanon	0.0706% · 1 in 1,417	77.8
110	Czechia	0.0696% · 1 in 1,438	79.8
111	Portugal	0.0656% · 1 in 1,524	82.4
112	Hungary	0.0647% · 1 in 1,547	77.0
113	Oman	0.0644% · 1 in 1,552	80.0
114	Switzerland	0.0634% · 1 in 1,578	84.0
115	Gambia	0.0622% · 1 in 1,609	65.9
116	Austria	0.0584% · 1 in 1,714	82.0
117	Namibia	0.0581% · 1 in 1,721	67.4
118	Greece	0.0558% · 1 in 1,793	81.9
119	Panama	0.0541% · 1 in 1,848	79.6
120	Gabon	0.0521% · 1 in 1,921	68.3
121	Belarus	0.0493% · 1 in 2,030	74.4
122	Mongolia	0.0492% · 1 in 2,031	71.7
123	Guinea-Bissau	0.049% · 1 in 2,042	64.1
124	Bulgaria	0.0474% · 1 in 2,108	75.6
125	Botswana	0.0464% · 1 in 2,154	69.2
126	Serbia	0.0453% · 1 in 2,207	76.8
127	New Zealand	0.0449% · 1 in 2,229	82.1
128	Denmark	0.0438% · 1 in 2,284	81.9
129	Lesotho	0.0422% · 1 in 2,370	57.4
130	Equatorial Guinea	0.0414% · 1 in 2,414	63.7
131	Ireland	0.0403% · 1 in 2,479	82.4
132	Slovakia	0.0396% · 1 in 2,526	78.3
133	Costa Rica	0.0394% · 1 in 2,541	80.8
134	Norway	0.039% · 1 in 2,562	83.3
135	Kuwait	0.0374% · 1 in 2,676	80.4
136	Singapore	0.036% · 1 in 2,782	83.7
137	Georgia	0.0331% · 1 in 3,017	74.5
138	Finland	0.033% · 1 in 3,032	81.9
139	Hong Kong SAR, China	0.0313% · 1 in 3,198	85.5
140	Armenia	0.0263% · 1 in 3,809	75.7
141	Uruguay	0.0253% · 1 in 3,948	78.1
142	Jamaica	0.025% · 1 in 4,001	71.5
143	Moldova	0.025% · 1 in 4,003	71.2
144	Croatia	0.0238% · 1 in 4,199	78.6
145	Timor-Leste	0.0231% · 1 in 4,321	67.7
146	Eswatini	0.0224% · 1 in 4,458	64.1
147	Qatar	0.0224% · 1 in 4,474	82.4
148	Albania	0.0218% · 1 in 4,585	79.6
149	Bosnia & Herzegovina	0.0186% · 1 in 5,375	77.9
150	Comoros	0.0185% · 1 in 5,419	66.8
151	Djibouti	0.0181% · 1 in 5,514	66.0
152	Solomon Islands	0.0163% · 1 in 6,128	70.5
153	Lithuania	0.0162% · 1 in 6,161	76.0
154	Kosovo	0.0155% · 1 in 6,437	78.0
155	Bahrain	0.0148% · 1 in 6,752	81.3
156	Puerto Rico	0.0143% · 1 in 7,005	81.7
157	Slovenia	0.0136% · 1 in 7,376	81.6
158	North Macedonia	0.0128% · 1 in 7,824	77.4
159	Guyana	0.0127% · 1 in 7,877	70.2
160	Fiji	0.0126% · 1 in 7,940	67.3
161	Trinidad & Tobago	0.0122% · 1 in 8,205	73.5
162	Cyprus	0.011% · 1 in 9,092	81.6
163	Latvia	0.0108% · 1 in 9,267	76.2
164	Mauritius	0.00894% · 1 in 11,187	74.9
165	Estonia	0.00836% · 1 in 11,965	79.2
166	Suriname	0.00824% · 1 in 12,138	73.6
167	Bhutan	0.00754% · 1 in 13,260	73.0
168	Vanuatu	0.00681% · 1 in 14,692	71.5
169	Belize	0.00561% · 1 in 17,820	73.6
170	Montenegro	0.00529% · 1 in 18,915	77.1
171	Luxembourg	0.00526% · 1 in 19,011	82.2
172	São Tomé & Príncipe	0.00493% · 1 in 20,293	69.7
173	Cape Verde	0.00488% · 1 in 20,504	76.1
174	Brunei	0.00472% · 1 in 21,172	75.3
175	Maldives	0.00439% · 1 in 22,787	81.0
176	Samoa	0.00417% · 1 in 23,996	71.7
177	Macao SAR, China	0.00342% · 1 in 29,246	83.1
178	Iceland	0.00329% · 1 in 30,377	82.7
179	Bahamas	0.00328% · 1 in 30,461	74.6
180	Malta	0.00319% · 1 in 31,343	83.3
181	New Caledonia	0.00313% · 1 in 31,942	78.8
182	Kiribati	0.00259% · 1 in 38,599	66.5
183	Barbados	0.00239% · 1 in 41,853	76.2
184	French Polynesia	0.00232% · 1 in 43,068	84.1
185	Guam	0.00223% · 1 in 44,899	77.2
186	Micronesia	0.0019% · 1 in 52,567	67.2
187	Tonga	0.00183% · 1 in 54,610	72.9
188	St. Lucia	0.00153% · 1 in 65,403	72.7
189	Seychelles	0.00132% · 1 in 75,715	72.9
190	Curaçao	0.00106% · 1 in 94,726	76.8
191	Grenada	0.00104% · 1 in 96,315	75.2
192	St. Vincent & Grenadines	0.000933% · 1 in 107,182	71.2
193	Antigua & Barbuda	0.000838% · 1 in 119,392	77.6
194	Aruba	0.000772% · 1 in 129,459	76.4

Sources: UN World Population Prospects 2024 (births, life tables, fertility); World Bank and ILO (income, schooling, work, marriage, health). Latest year available for each figure.