Africa
Being born in Ethiopia
If your next life started in Ethiopia: the draw odds, life expectancy, schooling and income the game would give you — and the button to try it.
3.2%
of simulated births (birth-weighted, 118 countries) · 1.7% of people across the covered countries
67.7
Male life expectancy at birth / Female life expectancy at birth — 64.4 / 71.0 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 | 132.06M | |
| Estimated annual births | ≈ 548.8K / year | |
| Male life expectancy at birth | 64.4 years | |
| Female life expectancy at birth | 71.0 years | |
| Under-five mortality | 44.5 | +19.8 |
| GDP per person | $3,292 | −$20,960 |
| Gini index | 31.1 | −3.1 |
| Mean schooling, adults aged 25+ | 2.4 years | −6.0 |
Be born in Ethiopia
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 Ethiopia
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