Born As · country file
If you were born in Belgium today
About 1 in 977 babies born in the world right now is born in Belgium (0.10%). This is what that life starts with — and you can live one, to the very end.
Life expectancy at birth81.6years · world 69.3
Children who die before five4per 1,000 births · world 48
Income per person$53,323a year, at local prices · world $13,616
Expected years of school19.8years · world 12.0
Life satisfaction6.8out of 10 · world 4.8
Live in cities98%world 52%
Mothers who die giving birth5per 100,000 births · world 239
Girls married before 180%world 22%
- Out of every 1,000 babies born here, about 4 will not live to see their fifth birthday — a fraction of the world average of 48.
- A life here lasts 81.6 years on average — 12.3 years longer than the world's 69.3.
- Income per person is about $53,323 a year at local prices, 3.9 times the world's.
Be born — maybe hereWhere you are born is drawn by real birth odds: today, 0.10% of the time it is Belgium.
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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.