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.

Population11.86M
Estimated annual births≈ 1.3K / year
Male life expectancy at birth80.3 years
Female life expectancy at birth84.4 years
Under-five mortality3.7−21.0
GDP per person$74,225+$49,972
Gini index26.8−7.4
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

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