Africa

Being born in Egypt

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

1.9%

of simulated births (birth-weighted, 118 countries) · 1.5% of people across the covered countries

71.8

Male life expectancy at birth / Female life expectancy at birth — 69.7 / 74.0 years

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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	116.54M
Estimated annual births	≈ 284.1K / year
Male life expectancy at birth	69.7 years
Female life expectancy at birth	74.0 years
Under-five mortality	22.4	−2.3
GDP per person	$19,122	−$5,131
Gini index	28.5	−5.7
Mean schooling, adults aged 25+	10.1 years	+1.8

Be born in Egypt

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 Egypt

Being born in Egypt

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Be born in Egypt

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