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Being born in Burkina Faso

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

0.6%

of simulated births (birth-weighted, 118 countries) · 0.3% of people across the covered countries

61.3

Male life expectancy at birth / Female life expectancy at birth — 59.1 / 63.4 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.

Population23.55M
Estimated annual births≈ 17.4K / year
Male life expectancy at birth59.1 years
Female life expectancy at birth63.4 years
Under-five mortality74.9+50.2
GDP per person$2,901−$21,351
Gini index37.4+3.2
Mean schooling, adults aged 25+2.3 years−6.1

Be born in Burkina Faso

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 Burkina Faso

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