Africa
Being born in DR Congo
If your next life started in DR Congo: the draw odds, life expectancy, schooling and income the game would give you — and the button to try it.
3.5%
of simulated births (birth-weighted, 118 countries) · 1.4% of people across the covered countries
62.1
Male life expectancy at birth / Female life expectancy at birth — 60.0 / 64.2 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 | 109.28M | |
| Estimated annual births | ≈ 488.2K / year | |
| Male life expectancy at birth | 60.0 years | |
| Female life expectancy at birth | 64.2 years | |
| Under-five mortality | 89.7 | +65.0 |
| GDP per person | $1,823 | −$22,429 |
| Gini index | 44.7 | +10.5 |
| Mean schooling, adults aged 25+ | 7.4 years | −1.0 |
Be born in DR Congo
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 DR Congo
Nigeria
Ethiopia
Egypt
Tanzania
Uganda
Sudan
Kenya
Angola
Mozambique
South Africa
Niger
Madagascar