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Population about 3.9 million

If you were born in Croatia

Of the babies being born on Earth right now, about 1 in 4,196 is born in Croatia. Here are a few real statistics on the lives they meet.

A baby born here

Babies born1 in 4,196

Of the babies being born on Earth right now, about 1 in 4,196 is born here. About 31,446 babies are born here each year, one every 17 minutes.

UN World Population Prospects 2024
Life expectancyWomen 81.7 · men 75.4

How 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 2024
A fifth birthdayAbout 5 in 1,000

Babies who die before their fifth birthday, out of every 1,000 born.

UN IGME
SchoolAbout 15.0 years

How long a child born here can expect to be in school.

UNDP Human Development Report
Where people live and work57% in cities

57% live in cities and 43% in the countryside. Of the people who work, 6% farm.

World Bank, ILO
Children1.47 per woman

The 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 2024

What 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 4,196 times it is here.

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