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Americas

Being born in Ecuador

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

0.2%

of simulated births (birth-weighted, 118 countries) · 0.2% of people across the covered countries

77.6

Male life expectancy at birth / Female life expectancy at birth — 74.9 / 80.3 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.

Population18.14M
Estimated annual births≈ 4.9K / year
Male life expectancy at birth74.9 years
Female life expectancy at birth80.3 years
Under-five mortality12.9−11.8
GDP per person$15,848−$8,404
Gini index45.9+11.7
Mean schooling, adults aged 25+9.0 years+0.6

Be born in Ecuador

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 Ecuador

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