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Every country in Born As, ordered by how many of the world's babies are born there today.

#		%	Life expectancy at birth	Children who die before five
1	India	18.04	69.7	48
2	People's Republic of China	7.06	76.9	11
3	Nigeria	6.12	54.7	109
4	Pakistan	4.94	67.3	81
5	Democratic Republic of the Congo	3.45	60.7	98
6	Indonesia	3.45	71.7	27
7	Ethiopia	3.06	66.6	59
8	United States of America	2.82	78.9	7
9	Bangladesh	2.35	72.6	38
10	Brazil	1.96	75.9	16
11	United Republic of Tanzania	1.82	65.5	49
12	Egypt	1.73	72.0	24
13	Uganda	1.47	63.4	55
14	Mexico	1.41	75.0	13
15	Philippines	1.33	71.2	28
16	Kenya	1.23	66.7	49
17	Sudan	1.06	65.3	70
18	Vietnam	1.06	75.4	22
19	Iraq	1.04	70.6	32
20	Angola	1.02	61.1	157
21	Russian Federation	0.98	72.6	10
22	Mozambique	0.93	60.9	79
23	Niger	0.90	62.4	96
24	South Africa	0.87	64.1	41
25	Afghanistan	0.87	64.8	91
26	Islamic Republic of Iran	0.82	76.7	16
27	Türkiye	0.75	77.7	14
28	Cote d'Ivoire	0.72	57.8	93
29	Madagascar	0.71	67.0	50
30	Myanmar	0.70	67.1	50
31	Ghana	0.68	64.1	62
32	Cameroon	0.67	59.3	88
33	Yemen	0.66	66.1	42
34	Algeria	0.63	76.9	26
35	Mali	0.63	59.3	115
36	Burkina Faso	0.60	61.6	89
37	Japan	0.57	84.6	3
38	Malawi	0.55	64.3	64
39	Zambia	0.54	63.9	64
40	Germany	0.54	81.3	4
41	France	0.53	82.7	4
42	United Kingdom	0.53	81.3	4
43	Somalia	0.51	57.4	137
44	Morocco	0.50	76.7	28
45	Chad	0.50	54.2	139
46	Saudi Arabia	0.46	75.1	15
47	Uzbekistan	0.46	71.7	39
48	Venezuela	0.45	72.1	15
49	Peru	0.45	76.7	17
50	Senegal	0.45	67.9	47
51	Malaysia	0.43	76.2	7
52	Nepal	0.43	70.8	36
53	Colombia	0.40	77.3	16
54	Zimbabwe	0.40	61.5	71
55	Thailand	0.39	77.2	12
56	Syrian Arab Republic	0.37	72.7	13
57	Guinea	0.36	61.6	94
58	Argentina	0.36	76.7	13
59	Burundi	0.36	61.6	82
60	South Sudan	0.35	57.9	93
61	Guatemala	0.33	74.3	29
62	Benin	0.33	61.8	100
63	Kazakhstan	0.31	73.6	14
64	Italy	0.30	83.5	4
65	Rwanda	0.28	69.0	42
66	Canada	0.27	82.4	5
67	North Korea	0.27	72.3	25
68	Cambodia	0.27	69.8	29
69	Ecuador	0.25	77.0	22
70	Spain	0.25	83.6	4
71	Australia	0.23	83.4	4
72	Sri Lanka	0.22	77.0	10
73	Poland	0.21	78.7	5
74	Togo	0.21	61.0	78
75	Bolivia	0.19	71.5	38
76	Sierra Leone	0.19	54.7	120
77	Haiti	0.19	64.0	69
78	Tajikistan	0.19	71.1	45
79	Jordan	0.18	74.5	18
80	South Korea	0.18	83.0	3
81	Papua New Guinea	0.18	64.5	57
82	Dominican Republic	0.16	74.1	31
83	Ukraine	0.16	72.1	9
84	Honduras	0.15	75.3	20
85	Republic of the Congo	0.15	64.6	45
86	Tunisia	0.14	76.7	14
87	Netherlands	0.14	82.3	4
88	Romania	0.14	76.0	11
89	Chile	0.13	80.2	8
90	Liberia	0.13	64.1	70
91	Israel	0.13	83.0	4
92	Central African Republic	0.13	53.3	130
93	State of Palestine	0.13	74.0	21
94	Eritrea	0.13	66.3	47
95	Mauritania	0.12	64.9	85
96	Lao People's Democratic Republic	0.12	67.9	67
97	Azerbaijan	0.11	73.0	32
98	Taiwan, Province of China	0.11	80.5	5
99	Paraguay	0.11	74.3	21
100	Kyrgyzstan	0.10	71.5	21
101	Belgium	0.10	81.6	4
102	Sweden	0.099	82.8	3
103	Turkmenistan	0.097	68.2	51
104	Cuba	0.091	78.8	6
105	Libya	0.086	72.9	13
106	El Salvador	0.086	73.3	17
107	Nicaragua	0.086	74.5	22
108	Belarus	0.080	74.8	5
109	Czech Republic	0.079	79.4	3
110	Switzerland	0.072	83.8	4
111	Serbia	0.069	76.0	7
112	United Arab Emirates	0.068	78.0	7
113	Austria	0.068	81.5	4
114	Hungary	0.067	76.9	6
115	Republic of The Gambia	0.066	62.0	69
116	Greece	0.063	82.2	5
117	Lebanon	0.062	78.9	8
118	Panama	0.061	78.5	17
119	Oman	0.059	77.9	12
120	Namibia	0.057	63.7	45
121	Portugal	0.057	82.0	4
122	Norway	0.053	82.4	3
123	Denmark	0.052	80.9	4
124	Costa Rica	0.051	80.3	10
125	Guinea-Bissau	0.050	58.3	93
126	New Zealand	0.049	82.3	6
127	Mongolia	0.049	69.9	22
128	Finland	0.048	81.9	2
129	Kuwait	0.048	75.5	9
130	Bulgaria	0.047	75.0	10
131	Ireland	0.047	82.3	4
132	Lesotho	0.045	54.3	90
133	Gabon	0.044	66.5	51
134	Slovakia	0.042	77.5	7
135	Botswana	0.040	69.6	44
136	Timor-Leste	0.036	69.5	53
137	Uruguay	0.036	77.9	10
138	Equatorial Guinea	0.035	58.7	94
139	Georgia	0.035	73.8	12
140	Jamaica	0.033	74.5	16
141	Eswatini	0.029	60.2	61
142	Puerto Rico	0.028	80.1	17
143	Moldova, Republic of	0.027	71.9	16
144	Croatia	0.027	78.5	4
145	Albania	0.026	78.6	14
146	Hong Kong	0.026	84.9	11
147	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.025	77.4	5
148	Armenia	0.025	75.1	14
149	Lithuania	0.024	75.9	5
150	Singapore	0.024	83.6	3
151	Qatar	0.022	80.2	8
152	Comoros	0.020	64.3	74
153	Bahrain	0.018	77.3	6
154	The Republic of North Macedonia	0.017	75.8	6
155	Djibouti	0.016	67.1	65
156	Slovenia	0.015	81.3	3
157	Latvia	0.013	75.3	8
158	Solomon Islands	0.013	73.0	28
159	Fiji	0.013	67.4	22
160	Trinidad and Tobago	0.012	73.5	20
161	Guyana	0.011	69.9	39
162	Bhutan	0.011	71.8	33
163	Mauritius	0.010	75.0	14
164	Estonia	0.010	78.7	3
165	Reunion	0.010	80.5	71
166	Cyprus	0.010	81.0	3
167	Western Sahara	0.009	70.3	14
168	Cape Verde	0.009	73.0	25
169	Suriname	0.008	71.7	21
170	Belize	0.007	74.6	17
171	Macao	0.006	84.2	11
172	Mayotte	0.006	79.5	71
173	Vanuatu	0.006	70.5	28
174	Luxembourg	0.006	82.3	2
175	French Guiana	0.006	80.0	17
176	Sao Tome and Principe	0.005	70.4	47
177	Maldives	0.005	78.9	9
178	Montenegro	0.005	76.9	5
179	Brunei Darussalam	0.005	75.9	10
180	Bahamas	0.004	73.9	12
181	Samoa	0.004	73.3	18
182	Iceland	0.003	83.0	2
183	New Caledonia	0.003	77.5	28
184	Malta	0.003	82.5	6
185	French Polynesia	0.003	77.7	28
186	Martinique	0.003	82.5	17
187	Barbados	0.003	79.2	13
188	Kiribati	0.002	68.4	56
189	Guam	0.002	80.1	28
190	Micronesia, Federated States of	0.002	67.9	35
191	Tonga	0.002	70.9	17
192	Curaçao	0.002	78.9	17
193	Saint Lucia	0.002	76.2	14
194	Grenada	0.001	72.4	12
195	Antigua and Barbuda	0.001	77.0	8
196	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.001	72.5	18
197	Seychelles	0.001	73.4	14
198	Aruba	0.001	76.3	17
199	Virgin Islands, U.S.	0.001	80.6	17

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Sources: UN World Population Prospects, UN IGME, World Bank, UNDP, World Happiness Report, WHO, UNICEF. Some small territories use regional estimates.