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Americas

Being born in Guatemala

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

0.3%

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

72.7

Male life expectancy at birth / Female life expectancy at birth — 70.4 / 75.0 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.

Population18.41M
Estimated annual births≈ 7K / year
Male life expectancy at birth70.4 years
Female life expectancy at birth75.0 years
Under-five mortality20.5−4.2
GDP per person$14,393−$9,859
Gini index45.2+11.0
Mean schooling, adults aged 25+5.8 years−2.5

Be born in Guatemala

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 Guatemala

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