South Asia
A life that begins in India
One in every 6 babies in the world is born here: about 23,394,035 a year, 44 a minute.
- Population
- 1,463,865,525
- Births a year
- 23,394,035
- Life expectancy
- 72.3
- Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
- 26.6
Health and survival
Life expectancy, women (years)
73.9
World: 75.9
Life expectancy, men (years)
70.7
World: 71
Babies who die before 1 (per 1,000)
23.3
World: 27.8
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
26.6
World: 37.6
Mothers who die in childbirth (per 100,000 births)
80
World: 189
Adults living with HIV (%)
0.2
World: 0.7
Adults who smoke (%)
23
World: 20
Alcohol per adult (litres a year)
4.1
World: 4.6
Road deaths (per 100,000)
15.6
World: 17
Homicides (per 100,000)
2.8
World: 4.7
Family and school
Children per woman
1.96
World: 2.85
Women married before 18 (%)
22
World: 18
Children in primary school (%)
92
World: 89
Secondary school enrolment (%)
80
World: 81
Higher education enrolment (%)
34
World: 48
Children aged 7–14 who work (%)
1.7
World: 11.9
Money and work
Income per person (PPP)
$10,039
World: $21,797
Income inequality (Gini, 0–100)
23
World: 34
Living on under $3 a day (%)
2.6
World: 9.9
Unemployment (%)
4.2
World: 5.1
Jobs in farming (%)
42
World: 27
Women in the workforce (%)
32
World: 48
Health costs paid out of pocket (%)
44
World: 37
Home and connection
Living in cities (%)
36
World: 58
Access to electricity (%)
100
World: 92
Safe drinking water (%)
96
World: 91
Internet users (%)
70
World: 72
Peace and wellbeing
Life satisfaction (0–10)
4.54
World: 5.4
Deaths in armed conflict (per 100,000 a year)
0.03
World: 2.43
Refugees abroad (% of population)
0
World: 0.34
From 1960 to 2050
How life here has changed, and where UN projections expect it to go. The dashed part is a projection.
1960: 45.6 → 2026: 72.3 → 2050: 77.6
World
1960: 241 → 2026: 25 → 2050: 7
World
1960: 5.9 → 2026: 1.9 → 2050: 1.8
World
1960: 18 → 2026: 36 → 2050: 43
World
Nobody chooses where they are born
In the game, the country is drawn by the real share of births: India comes up about once in every 6 lives.
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Other countries in South Asia
All 178 countries →Sources: World Bank (WDI), UN World Population Prospects, Our World in Data, World Happiness Report, UCDP and PRIO. Updated 2026-10-18.