Africa
Being born in Benin
If your next life started in Benin: the draw odds, life expectancy, schooling and income the game would give you — and the button to try it.
0.4%
of simulated births (birth-weighted, 118 countries) · 0.2% of people across the covered countries
61.0
Male life expectancy at birth / Female life expectancy at birth — 59.5 / 62.4 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 | 14.46M | |
| Estimated annual births | ≈ 7K / year | |
| Male life expectancy at birth | 59.5 years | |
| Female life expectancy at birth | 62.4 years | |
| Under-five mortality | 74.7 | +50.0 |
| GDP per person | $4,441 | −$19,811 |
| Gini index | 34.4 | +0.2 |
| Mean schooling, adults aged 25+ | 3.2 years | −5.2 |
Be born in Benin
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 Benin
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