Depends on which class you're born into. I can think of worse places.

I wouldn't want to be born into Russia. They could still be running citizens through the war meatgrinder in 18 years.

Papua New Guinea is probably my last choice, though. I worked for a company once that ranked destinations by risk levels on several metrics; they were pretty objective about it, as they provided risk mitigation services, and were paid on subscription, not service use - which meant that when customers had to use their services, it cost them money. Anyway, PNG was the worst. Lots of native health risks from flora, fauna, and disease; a severely under-equipped local healthcare system; high levels of corruption, and high levels of violence. And it's poor, making it hard to escape from (not prison-wise, just opportunity-wise). It's simply one of the most dangerous places on the planet, excluding active war zones.

I'd much rather be born into relatively (global average) wealthy dictatorship such as China, than PNG.