Europe

Being born in Ireland

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

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of simulated births (birth-weighted, 118 countries) · 0.1% of people across the covered countries

83.1

Male life expectancy at birth / Female life expectancy at birth — 81.4 / 84.7 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	5.4M
Estimated annual births	≈ 291.1 / year
Male life expectancy at birth	81.4 years
Female life expectancy at birth	84.7 years
Under-five mortality	3.9	−20.8
GDP per person	$140,779	+$116,527
Gini index	29	−5.2
Mean schooling, adults aged 25+	11.7 years	+3.4

Be born in Ireland

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 Ireland

Being born in Ireland

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Be born in Ireland

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