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The share for being born in China

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China has 8,899,881 births a year. That is 6.7458% of the 131,932,758 births in these 172 places, about 1 in 15. The population is 1,422,585,000, 17.6092% of the same list, about 1 in 6 by population. These shares are inside this list. They are not a claim about every birth on Earth.

Annual births
8,899,881
Share of births
6.7458%
About
about 1 in 15
Population
1,422,585,000
Share of population
17.6092%
Life expectancy
77.9

Births and population are different weights

Babies born now uses the yearly birth count. The 8 billion alive now uses the number of people living now. For China the birth share is 6.7458% and the population share is 17.6092%. Neither button fixes the next life in China.

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Where the life table starts

The life-expectancy field in this file is 77.9 years. The game life table starts near 80.7 for women and 74.9 for men. Under-five deaths are 6.1 per 1,000 births. GDP per person (PPP) is 22,687. Expected years of school are 15.5. These are the model starting points for China. They are not a promise that a person born there reaches that age.

This page does not choose a birthplace

Opening China here does not set the next birthplace. Where you were actually born (optional) only keeps a comparison in this browser. The draw is Be born on the homepage, and each draw is separate. China is not guaranteed to come up.

The current file only

The numbers on this page come from the current country file. Changing a year label would not turn this share into a past share for China. A past world in the game uses that year own weights. This page does not calculate a historical probability.

Questions about this place

How to read the share.

Will I be born here?

No. The homepage draw is separate each time, and this page does not set a birthplace.

Will the life reach life expectancy?

No. One life can end earlier or later than that baseline.

Is this a birth rate?

No. It is the birth count divided by 131,932,758, a share inside this list.

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