Europe
Being born in Belgium
If your next life started in Belgium: the draw odds, life expectancy, schooling and income the game would give you — and the button to try it.
0.1%
of simulated births (birth-weighted, 118 countries) · 0.2% of people across the covered countries
82.3
Male life expectancy at birth / Female life expectancy at birth — 80.3 / 84.4 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 | 11.86M | |
| Estimated annual births | ≈ 1.3K / year | |
| Male life expectancy at birth | 80.3 years | |
| Female life expectancy at birth | 84.4 years | |
| Under-five mortality | 3.7 | −21.0 |
| GDP per person | $74,225 | +$49,972 |
| Gini index | 26.8 | −7.4 |
| Mean schooling, adults aged 25+ | 12.7 years | +4.3 |
Be born in Belgium
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 Belgium