[sacheendra]

The USA is one of the few places which confers citizenship based on place of birth. Most countries confer citizenship based on the citizenship of the child's parents.

[jdietrich]

Jus sanguinis is more common than jus soli, but the US is far from unique in conferring citizenship by birth.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_soli

[vsef]

Almost every country in the Americas works this way, Colombia is the only big exception. It is certainly not "one of the few".