re: Where would you be born if you could choose on each continent

Also South Africa is not 1st World. It has a huge crime rate and is classified as a developing country. There is extreme poverty there, and most people with any wealth live in gated communities. Sure, in the big cities that are isolated from the rest of the country, it would seem 1st world.

Mozambique, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, Tanzania, Botswana, and even Kenya are probably closer to 1st world than South Africa is. Libya at one time fairly recently had one of the highest life expectancy rates in Africa.

But it's all relative. Every African country struggles with poverty and is 2nd or 3rd world.