Asia

Being born in Afghanistan

If your next life started in Afghanistan: the draw odds, life expectancy, schooling and income the game would give you — and the button to try it.

1.2%

of simulated births (birth-weighted, 118 countries) · 0.5% of people across the covered countries

66.3

Male life expectancy at birth / Female life expectancy at birth — 64.7 / 67.8 years

Reference indicators

Compared with the covered-world average · Shares sum to 100% within these 118 countries, not the whole world. GDP is economic output per person, not income. Schooling is the mean for adults aged 25+, not a newborn’s future education.

Population	42.65M
Estimated annual births	≈ 63.7K / year
Male life expectancy at birth	64.7 years
Female life expectancy at birth	67.8 years
Under-five mortality	53	+28.3
GDP per person	$2,236	−$22,016
Gini index	30	−4.2
Mean schooling, adults aged 25+	2.5 years	−5.8

Be born in Afghanistan

Starts a new life pinned to this country. The family, the era and everything after the first breath are still up to the draw — and to you.

Be born in Afghanistan

Being born in Afghanistan

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Be born in Afghanistan

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