Asia
Being born in China
If your next life started in China: the draw odds, life expectancy, schooling and income the game would give you — and the button to try it.
7.4%
of simulated births (birth-weighted, 118 countries) · 17.8% of people across the covered countries
78.1
Male life expectancy at birth / Female life expectancy at birth — 75.2 / 81.0 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 | 1.41B | |
| Estimated annual births | ≈ 13.4M / year | |
| Male life expectancy at birth | 75.2 years | |
| Female life expectancy at birth | 81.0 years | |
| Under-five mortality | 5.7 | −19.0 |
| GDP per person | $27,140 | +$2,887 |
| Gini index | 36 | +1.8 |
| Mean schooling, adults aged 25+ | 8.0 years | −0.3 |
Be born in China
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 China
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