Chance of being born in each country
Compare the chance of being born in each of the 172 countries in 1in8b life’s dataset. The figures use country birth shares for the simulation’s birth-share mode; they describe this dataset and are not a prediction about an individual.
Featured country profiles
- India · 1 in 6
- China · 1 in 15
- Nigeria · 1 in 18
- Pakistan · 1 in 19
- Indonesia · 1 in 29
- DR Congo · 1 in 30
- Ethiopia · 1 in 32
- United States · 1 in 36
- Bangladesh · 1 in 38
- Brazil · 1 in 51
- Egypt · 1 in 55
- Tanzania · 1 in 56
- Mexico · 1 in 65
- Philippines · 1 in 72
- Uganda · 1 in 77
- Sudan · 1 in 78
- Kenya · 1 in 88
- Afghanistan · 1 in 90
- Vietnam · 1 in 95
- Yemen · 1 in 95
- Angola · 1 in 96
- Russia · 1 in 102
- Mozambique · 1 in 105
- South Africa · 1 in 111
- Iran · 1 in 112
- Iraq · 1 in 114
- Niger · 1 in 120
- Turkey · 1 in 123
- Madagascar · 1 in 132
- Côte d'Ivoire · 1 in 132
- Thailand · 1 in 223
- Japan · 1 in 176
- Taiwan · 1 in 996
- Canada · 1 in 370
- United Kingdom · 1 in 192
- Australia · 1 in 434
- Poland · 1 in 415
- South Korea · 1 in 558
- North Korea · 1 in 386
- Spain · 1 in 392
- Chile · 1 in 749
- Colombia · 1 in 187
- Argentina · 1 in 262
- France · 1 in 207
- Germany · 1 in 183
- Austria · 1 in 1,712
- Switzerland · 1 in 1,576
- Hong Kong · 1 in 3,195
More country profiles
- Albania
- Algeria
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Fiji
- Finland
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Greece
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Palestine
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Republic of the Congo
- Romania
- Rwanda
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sri Lanka
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Venezuela
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
The displayed birth odds are rounded summaries of each country’s share. Country-level life expectancy and under-five mortality are included as context for the illustrative life model. Read how the simulation works or try the free life simulation.