Born As · country file
If you were born in South Africa today
About 1 in 115 babies born in the world right now is born in South Africa (0.87%). This is what that life starts with — and you can live one, to the very end.
Life expectancy at birth64.1years · world 69.3
Children who die before five41per 1,000 births · world 48
Income per person$15,369a year, at local prices · world $13,616
Expected years of school13.3years · world 12.0
Life satisfaction5.2out of 10 · world 4.8
Live in cities70%world 52%
Mothers who die giving birth119per 100,000 births · world 239
Girls married before 186%world 22%
- Out of every 1,000 babies born here, about 41 will not live to see their fifth birthday — a fraction of the world average of 48.
- A life here lasts 64.1 years on average — 5.2 years shorter than the world's 69.3.
- Income per person is about $15,369 a year at local prices, about the same as the world's.
Be born — maybe hereWhere you are born is drawn by real birth odds: today, 0.87% of the time it is South Africa.
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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.