Population about 11.7 million
If you were born in Belgium
Of the babies being born on Earth right now, about 1 in 1,297 is born in Belgium. Here are a few real statistics on the lives they meet.
A baby born here
Of the babies being born on Earth right now, about 1 in 1,297 is born here. About 101,686 babies are born here each year, one every 5 minutes.
UN World Population Prospects 2024How long a baby born here can expect to live, on average. One person's life may be much shorter or longer.
UN World Population Prospects 2024Babies who die before their fifth birthday, out of every 1,000 born.
UN IGMEHow long a child born here can expect to be in school.
UNDP Human Development Report88% live in cities and 12% in the countryside. Of the people who work, 1% farm.
World Bank, ILOThe number of children a woman has in her lifetime, on average, which shapes how many brothers and sisters a baby may have.
UN World Population Prospects 2024What people believe
Source: Pew Research Center
Big cities
These numbers are averages for the babies born here. Born on the same day in the same place, two lives still go their own ways, with the family's means, being a girl or a boy, the neighbourhood and countless chances. No one ever chose where they were born.
1 in 8 Billion is a life simulation: you become one of the babies being born right now and live one whole life inside the real statistics, from the first day to the last. You can't choose where you're born. The button draws it by the world's real births, and about 1 in 1,297 times it is here.
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