Africa
Being born in Cameroon
If your next life started in Cameroon: the draw odds, life expectancy, schooling and income the game would give you — and the button to try it.
0.8%
of simulated births (birth-weighted, 118 countries) · 0.4% of people across the covered countries
64.0
Male life expectancy at birth / Female life expectancy at birth — 61.8 / 66.2 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 | 29.12M | |
| Estimated annual births | ≈ 28.3K / year | |
| Male life expectancy at birth | 61.8 years | |
| Female life expectancy at birth | 66.2 years | |
| Under-five mortality | 64.8 | +40.1 |
| GDP per person | $5,597 | −$18,655 |
| Gini index | 42.2 | +8.0 |
| Mean schooling, adults aged 25+ | 6.6 years | −1.8 |
Be born in Cameroon
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 Cameroon
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