High-income countries · population about 343 million
If you were born in the United States
Right now, about 2.77% of the babies born on Earth are born in the United States: 1 in 36, about 3.7 million a year, or about 7 a minute.
The chance that a baby born in the United States dies before turning five is 0.7%. Life expectancy is 81.9 years for women and 76.5 years for men.
Life in the United States, in numbers
Life expectancy79.3 yearswomen 81.9 · men 76.542nd highest of 172 countries
Chance of dying before age 50.7%6.5 in 1,00052nd lowest of 172 countries
Chance of dying before age 10.6%5.5 in 1,00052nd lowest of 172 countries
Mothers who die giving birth21 per 100,000 birthsmaternal mortality ratio66th lowest of 172 countries
Children per woman1.62total fertility rate59th lowest of 172 countries
Expected years of schooling15.9 years39th highest of 172 countries
College and university enrollment79%gross enrollment ratio28th highest of 172 countries
Income per person (PPP)$74,352GDP per capita, PPP8th highest of 172 countries
Income inequality0.42Gini index (closer to 0 = more equal)37th highest of 172 countries
People living in cities80%urbanization39th highest of 172 countries
People working in farming2%share of jobs in agriculture14th lowest of 172 countries
People using the internet94%26th highest of 172 countries
Women married before 180.5%of women aged 20–2411th lowest of 172 countries
Health costs paid out of pocket11%share of health spending22nd lowest of 172 countries
HIV0.4%adults living with HIV73rd highest of 172 countries
Homicide6.8 per 100,00050th highest of 172 countries
Road traffic deaths12.8 per 100,00070th lowest of 172 countries
People who smokemen 23% · women 14%
Life satisfaction6.73 / 10World Happiness Report20th highest of 156 countries
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Behind every one of these numbers is a person's life. In 1 in 8 Billion you become one of the babies being born right now and live one whole life inside statistics like these, from the first day to the last. You can't choose where you're born. No one ever could.
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