178 countries where a life can begin
About 134,128,260 babies are born in a year, 4.3 every second. Where each one arrives shapes almost everything that follows. Pick a country to see the world a baby is born into there.
| # | Country | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 17.4% | 1 in 6 | 72.3 | 26.6 | $10,039 |
| 2 | China | 7.1% | 1 in 14 | 78.1 | 5.7 | $25,067 |
| 3 | Nigeria | 5.8% | 1 in 17 | 54.6 | 115.6 | $8,145 |
| 4 | Pakistan | 5.2% | 1 in 19 | 67.9 | 56 | $5,617 |
| 5 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 3.4% | 1 in 29 | 62.1 | 89.7 | $1,641 |
| 6 | Indonesia | 3.4% | 1 in 30 | 71.3 | 17.7 | $15,091 |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 3.2% | 1 in 31 | 67.7 | 44.5 | $3,095 |
| 8 | United States | 2.7% | 1 in 37 | 79 | 6.5 | $76,931 |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 2.6% | 1 in 38 | 75 | 30.5 | $8,677 |
| 10 | Brazil | 1.9% | 1 in 52 | 76.1 | 14.2 | $20,025 |
| 11 | Egypt, Arab Rep. | 1.8% | 1 in 54 | 71.8 | 22.4 | $17,265 |
| 12 | Tanzania | 1.8% | 1 in 55 | 67.2 | 37 | $3,821 |
| 13 | Mexico | 1.5% | 1 in 66 | 75.2 | 13.1 | $21,912 |
| 14 | Philippines | 1.4% | 1 in 72 | 70 | 26.5 | $10,748 |
| 15 | Uganda | 1.3% | 1 in 76 | 68.4 | 48.7 | $2,980 |
| 16 | Sudan | 1.3% | 1 in 79 | 66.6 | 61.6 | $1,873 |
| 17 | Kenya | 1.2% | 1 in 86 | 63.9 | 38.8 | $5,995 |
| 18 | Afghanistan | 1.1% | 1 in 87 | 66.3 | 53 | $1,964 |
| 19 | Angola | 1.1% | 1 in 92 | 64.8 | 49 | $8,760 |
| 20 | Yemen, Rep. | 1.1% | 1 in 93 | 69.5 | 38.1 | $15,883 |
| 21 | Viet Nam | 1% | 1 in 98 | 74.7 | 17.3 | $15,457 |
| 22 | Mozambique | 1% | 1 in 102 | 63.6 | 59.4 | $1,451 |
| 23 | Russian Federation | 0.9% | 1 in 111 | 73.6 | 5.2 | $42,358 |
| 24 | Iraq | 0.9% | 1 in 112 | 72.3 | 21.8 | $12,192 |
| 25 | South Africa | 0.9% | 1 in 112 | 66.3 | 35.1 | $13,592 |
| 26 | Iran, Islamic Rep. | 0.9% | 1 in 115 | 77.9 | 11.3 | $16,834 |
| 27 | Niger | 0.9% | 1 in 116 | 61.5 | 110.7 | $1,861 |
| 28 | Madagascar | 0.8% | 1 in 129 | 63.9 | 62.4 | $1,668 |
| 29 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.8% | 1 in 130 | 62.2 | 64.5 | $7,015 |
| 30 | Cameroon | 0.7% | 1 in 135 | 64 | 64.8 | $4,946 |
| 31 | Mali | 0.7% | 1 in 135 | 60.7 | 73 | $2,993 |
| 32 | Uzbekistan | 0.7% | 1 in 142 | 72.6 | 13.4 | $11,623 |
| 33 | Turkiye | 0.7% | 1 in 142 | 77.5 | 9.6 | $37,301 |
| 34 | Ghana | 0.7% | 1 in 148 | 65.7 | 35.9 | $7,358 |
| 35 | Chad | 0.7% | 1 in 148 | 55.3 | 97.3 | $2,481 |
| 36 | Myanmar | 0.7% | 1 in 149 | 67.2 | 36.9 | $5,137 |
| 37 | Algeria | 0.7% | 1 in 150 | 76.5 | 21.6 | $15,883 |
| 38 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 0.6% | 1 in 161 | 59 | 101.1 | $1,404 |
| 39 | Burkina Faso | 0.6% | 1 in 178 | 61.3 | 74.9 | $2,625 |
| 40 | Zambia | 0.5% | 1 in 187 | 66.5 | 48.4 | $3,742 |
| 41 | Colombia | 0.5% | 1 in 189 | 77.9 | 11.5 | $18,779 |
| 42 | Japan | 0.5% | 1 in 191 | 84.1 | 2.4 | $48,283 |
| 43 | Malawi | 0.5% | 1 in 194 | 67.5 | 48.8 | $1,623 |
| 44 | United Kingdom | 0.5% | 1 in 195 | 81.4 | 4.7 | $53,993 |
| 45 | Germany | 0.5% | 1 in 198 | 80.9 | 3.7 | $62,824 |
| 46 | France | 0.5% | 1 in 201 | 83.1 | 4.3 | $55,125 |
| 47 | Morocco | 0.5% | 1 in 213 | 75.6 | 15.7 | $9,495 |
| 48 | Saudi Arabia | 0.5% | 1 in 220 | 79.3 | 6 | $63,051 |
| 49 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.4% | 1 in 226 | 72.6 | 18.4 | $4,579 |
| 50 | Thailand | 0.4% | 1 in 231 | 76.7 | 9 | $22,432 |
| 51 | Nepal | 0.4% | 1 in 239 | 70.6 | 25.1 | $5,277 |
| 52 | Senegal | 0.4% | 1 in 243 | 69 | 36.5 | $4,669 |
| 53 | Peru | 0.4% | 1 in 246 | 78 | 12.9 | $16,079 |
| 54 | Argentina | 0.4% | 1 in 264 | 77.5 | 9.5 | $27,847 |
| 55 | Zimbabwe | 0.4% | 1 in 265 | 62.9 | 64.7 | $5,529 |
| 56 | Guinea | 0.4% | 1 in 267 | 60.9 | 92.1 | $4,217 |
| 57 | Benin | 0.4% | 1 in 271 | 61 | 74.7 | $4,116 |
| 58 | Burundi | 0.4% | 1 in 281 | 63.8 | 47.1 | $1,067 |
| 59 | Malaysia | 0.3% | 1 in 302 | 77 | 8.3 | $35,461 |
| 60 | Venezuela, RB | 0.3% | 1 in 309 | 72.8 | 24.2 | $20,025 |
| 61 | Rwanda | 0.3% | 1 in 328 | 67.9 | 37.7 | $3,559 |
| 62 | Kazakhstan | 0.3% | 1 in 330 | 74.4 | 9.4 | $37,851 |
| 63 | Guatemala | 0.3% | 1 in 348 | 72.7 | 20.5 | $12,987 |
| 64 | Italy | 0.3% | 1 in 361 | 84 | 2.7 | $53,606 |
| 65 | Canada | 0.3% | 1 in 362 | 82.2 | 5.4 | $57,990 |
| 66 | Cambodia | 0.3% | 1 in 370 | 70.8 | 18.4 | $7,300 |
| 67 | South Sudan | 0.3% | 1 in 377 | 57.8 | 96.7 | $3,742 |
| 68 | Korea, Dem. People's Rep. | 0.3% | 1 in 393 | 73.7 | 16.7 | $15,457 |
| 69 | Spain | 0.2% | 1 in 418 | 84 | 3.2 | $49,318 |
| 70 | Australia | 0.2% | 1 in 454 | 83.1 | 3.6 | $60,194 |
| 71 | Togo | 0.2% | 1 in 487 | 62.9 | 56.1 | $3,486 |
| 72 | Tajikistan | 0.2% | 1 in 491 | 71.9 | 28.1 | $5,062 |
| 73 | Ecuador | 0.2% | 1 in 495 | 77.6 | 12.9 | $14,319 |
| 74 | Sierra Leone | 0.2% | 1 in 505 | 62 | 90.5 | $3,176 |
| 75 | Bolivia | 0.2% | 1 in 507 | 68.8 | 15.7 | $11,001 |
| 76 | Papua New Guinea | 0.2% | 1 in 513 | 66.5 | 39.4 | $4,456 |
| 77 | Haiti | 0.2% | 1 in 513 | 65.2 | 52.8 | $2,678 |
| 78 | Central African Republic | 0.2% | 1 in 527 | 57.5 | 89.7 | $1,123 |
| 79 | Poland | 0.2% | 1 in 534 | 78.5 | 4.2 | $46,925 |
| 80 | Korea, Rep. | 0.2% | 1 in 552 | 83.7 | 2.8 | $55,697 |
| 81 | Honduras | 0.2% | 1 in 563 | 73.1 | 15 | $6,726 |
| 82 | Jordan | 0.2% | 1 in 569 | 78.1 | 12.9 | $10,794 |
| 83 | Sri Lanka | 0.2% | 1 in 610 | 77.6 | 5.9 | $14,583 |
| 84 | Ukraine | 0.2% | 1 in 630 | 74.6 | 7.9 | $16,155 |
| 85 | Dominican Republic | 0.2% | 1 in 661 | 73.9 | 30.6 | $24,543 |
| 86 | Congo, Rep. | 0.1% | 1 in 680 | 66 | 39.1 | $6,194 |
| 87 | Israel | 0.1% | 1 in 712 | 83.3 | 3.3 | $48,197 |
| 88 | Mauritania | 0.1% | 1 in 742 | 68.7 | 36.9 | $6,559 |
| 89 | Liberia | 0.1% | 1 in 765 | 62.3 | 86.4 | $1,693 |
| 90 | Chile | 0.1% | 1 in 774 | 81.3 | 6.8 | $30,863 |
| 91 | Netherlands | 0.1% | 1 in 806 | 82 | 3.9 | $71,378 |
| 92 | Tunisia | 0.1% | 1 in 812 | 76.7 | 12.1 | $13,018 |
| 93 | Lao PDR | 0.1% | 1 in 814 | 69.3 | 29.4 | $8,873 |
| 94 | Turkmenistan | 0.1% | 1 in 842 | 70 | 39 | $19,314 |
| 95 | West Bank and Gaza | 0.1% | 1 in 936 | 69.7 | 37.9 | $4,272 |
| 96 | Romania | 0.1% | 1 in 940 | 76.6 | 7.3 | $40,846 |
| 97 | Kyrgyz Republic | 0.1% | 1 in 942 | 72.5 | 16.8 | $7,878 |
| 98 | Paraguay | 0.1% | 1 in 969 | 74.1 | 16.3 | $17,246 |
| 99 | Nicaragua | 0.1% | 1 in 1,000 | 75 | 11.2 | $7,933 |
| 100 | Libya | 0.1% | 1 in 1,090 | 71.2 | 9.8 | $14,118 |
| 101 | United Arab Emirates | 0.1% | 1 in 1,186 | 83.2 | 4.8 | $69,702 |
| 102 | Belgium | 0.1% | 1 in 1,221 | 82.4 | 3.7 | $63,488 |
| 103 | Eritrea | 0.1% | 1 in 1,295 | 68.9 | 34.3 | $3,742 |
| 104 | Azerbaijan | 0.1% | 1 in 1,309 | 74.5 | 17.9 | $22,314 |
| 105 | El Salvador | 0.1% | 1 in 1,351 | 72.1 | 10 | $12,050 |
| 106 | Sweden | 0.1% | 1 in 1,361 | 84.1 | 2.4 | $63,362 |
| 107 | Cuba | 0.1% | 1 in 1,423 | 78.3 | 8.6 | $20,025 |
| 108 | Lebanon | 0.1% | 1 in 1,437 | 77.9 | 17.6 | $10,469 |
| 109 | Oman | 0.1% | 1 in 1,455 | 80.4 | 10.3 | $36,143 |
| 110 | Portugal | 0.1% | 1 in 1,571 | 82.5 | 3.2 | $42,577 |
| 111 | Gambia, The | 0.1% | 1 in 1,592 | 66.1 | 42.4 | $3,167 |
| 112 | Czechia | 0.1% | 1 in 1,600 | 80.1 | 2.6 | $49,292 |
| 113 | Namibia | 0.1% | 1 in 1,675 | 67.5 | 39.5 | $10,242 |
| 114 | Switzerland | 0.1% | 1 in 1,696 | 84.5 | 3.9 | $85,732 |
| 115 | Hungary | 0.1% | 1 in 1,719 | 76.8 | 3.7 | $41,161 |
| 116 | Austria | 0.1% | 1 in 1,734 | 82.1 | 3.3 | $63,970 |
| 117 | Panama | 0.1% | 1 in 1,849 | 79.8 | 15.3 | $37,516 |
| 118 | Gabon | 0.1% | 1 in 1,907 | 68.7 | 32.6 | $18,986 |
| 119 | Greece | 0.1% | 1 in 1,951 | 81.9 | 3.8 | $38,219 |
| 120 | Guinea-Bissau | 0% | 1 in 2,017 | 64.2 | 67.3 | $2,814 |
| 121 | Belarus | 0% | 1 in 2,100 | 74.5 | 2.3 | $29,666 |
| 122 | Botswana | 0% | 1 in 2,149 | 69.3 | 33.3 | $17,687 |
| 123 | Mongolia | 0% | 1 in 2,224 | 72.5 | 13.4 | $17,773 |
| 124 | Serbia | 0% | 1 in 2,226 | 76 | 5.4 | $27,603 |
| 125 | New Zealand | 0% | 1 in 2,284 | 82.1 | 4.7 | $48,233 |
| 126 | Equatorial Guinea | 0% | 1 in 2,307 | 64.1 | 68 | $13,786 |
| 127 | Denmark | 0% | 1 in 2,350 | 82.3 | 4 | $72,723 |
| 128 | Lesotho | 0% | 1 in 2,388 | 57.7 | 60 | $2,721 |
| 129 | Ireland | 0% | 1 in 2,446 | 83.1 | 3.9 | $131,338 |
| 130 | Norway | 0% | 1 in 2,464 | 83.2 | 2.5 | $95,173 |
| 131 | Bulgaria | 0% | 1 in 2,512 | 75.9 | 5.7 | $35,326 |
| 132 | Costa Rica | 0% | 1 in 2,605 | 81 | 10.4 | $28,443 |
| 133 | Kuwait | 0% | 1 in 2,751 | 84.6 | 8.1 | $48,254 |
| 134 | Slovak Republic | 0% | 1 in 2,915 | 78.5 | 6.3 | $40,690 |
| 135 | Singapore | 0% | 1 in 2,966 | 83.4 | 2.7 | $139,593 |
| 136 | Georgia | 0% | 1 in 3,019 | 74.5 | 8.6 | $25,136 |
| 137 | Finland | 0% | 1 in 3,045 | 82.4 | 2.4 | $55,735 |
| 138 | Armenia | 0% | 1 in 3,915 | 78.4 | 9.6 | $21,153 |
| 139 | Uruguay | 0% | 1 in 4,043 | 78.2 | 7.4 | $32,742 |
| 140 | Jamaica | 0% | 1 in 4,129 | 71.6 | 17.8 | $11,358 |
| 141 | Croatia | 0% | 1 in 4,169 | 79 | 5.6 | $44,172 |
| 142 | Timor-Leste | 0% | 1 in 4,344 | 68 | 47.6 | $4,110 |
| 143 | Eswatini | 0% | 1 in 4,515 | 64.2 | 45.1 | $10,707 |
| 144 | Qatar | 0% | 1 in 4,738 | 82.6 | 5.9 | $110,136 |
| 145 | Moldova | 0% | 1 in 5,366 | 71.2 | 16.5 | $17,087 |
| 146 | Comoros | 0% | 1 in 5,381 | 67.1 | 39 | $3,622 |
| 147 | Djibouti | 0% | 1 in 5,412 | 66.2 | 48.9 | $7,223 |
| 148 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0% | 1 in 5,533 | 77.9 | 6.9 | $21,178 |
| 149 | Albania | 0% | 1 in 5,635 | 79.8 | 9.2 | $22,724 |
| 150 | Solomon Islands | 0% | 1 in 5,988 | 70.8 | 20 | $2,382 |
| 151 | Bahrain | 0% | 1 in 6,965 | 81.5 | 8.8 | $60,670 |
| 152 | Lithuania | 0% | 1 in 7,035 | 77.3 | 3.4 | $48,840 |
| 153 | Kosovo | 0% | 1 in 7,177 | 78.1 | 8.7 | $16,461 |
| 154 | Slovenia | 0% | 1 in 7,967 | 82.4 | 2.3 | $49,091 |
| 155 | Fiji | 0% | 1 in 8,046 | 67.5 | 29.1 | $13,961 |
| 156 | Guyana | 0% | 1 in 8,069 | 70.4 | 25.2 | $83,659 |
| 157 | North Macedonia | 0% | 1 in 8,370 | 76.7 | 2.8 | $25,095 |
| 158 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0% | 1 in 9,302 | 73.7 | 18.8 | $31,722 |
| 159 | Cyprus | 0% | 1 in 9,304 | 81.8 | 5 | $54,103 |
| 160 | Mauritius | 0% | 1 in 10,470 | 73.9 | 15.4 | $28,770 |
| 161 | Latvia | 0% | 1 in 10,520 | 76.6 | 2.5 | $38,801 |
| 162 | Suriname | 0% | 1 in 12,221 | 73.8 | 15.8 | $19,357 |
| 163 | Bhutan | 0% | 1 in 13,442 | 73.4 | 17.2 | $16,744 |
| 164 | Estonia | 0% | 1 in 13,825 | 79.4 | 2 | $41,604 |
| 165 | Vanuatu | 0% | 1 in 14,472 | 71.8 | 17.1 | $3,867 |
| 166 | Belize | 0% | 1 in 17,570 | 73.9 | 12.7 | $12,789 |
| 167 | Montenegro | 0% | 1 in 19,219 | 78 | 2.4 | $28,895 |
| 168 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0% | 1 in 19,871 | 70.2 | 13.6 | $5,459 |
| 169 | Luxembourg | 0% | 1 in 20,553 | 83.3 | 2.2 | $127,421 |
| 170 | Cabo Verde | 0% | 1 in 20,811 | 76.2 | 11.1 | $10,396 |
| 171 | Brunei Darussalam | 0% | 1 in 21,581 | 75.6 | 9.9 | $78,985 |
| 172 | Maldives | 0% | 1 in 23,917 | 81.5 | 5.4 | $24,401 |
| 173 | Samoa | 0% | 1 in 24,494 | 71.9 | 14.9 | $7,963 |
| 174 | Malta | 0% | 1 in 30,047 | 83 | 5.3 | $63,656 |
| 175 | Iceland | 0% | 1 in 30,518 | 82.9 | 2.8 | $68,065 |
| 176 | Bahamas, The | 0% | 1 in 30,763 | 74.7 | 12.4 | $36,244 |
| 177 | Barbados | 0% | 1 in 42,689 | 76.3 | 9.8 | $22,127 |
| 178 | St. Lucia | 0% | 1 in 66,433 | 73 | 17.2 | $24,503 |
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Sources: World Bank (WDI), UN World Population Prospects, Our World in Data, World Happiness Report, UCDP and PRIO. Updated 2026-10-18.
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