1 in 8 Billion

Asia

Being born in India

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

18.0%

of simulated births (birth-weighted, 118 countries) · 18.4% of people across the covered countries

72.3

Male life expectancy at birth / Female life expectancy at birth — 70.7 / 73.9 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.

Population1.45B
Estimated annual births≈ 33.6M / year
Male life expectancy at birth70.7 years
Female life expectancy at birth73.9 years
Under-five mortality26.6+1.9
GDP per person$10,719−$13,534
Gini index23−11.2
Mean schooling, adults aged 25+6.9 years−1.5

Be born in India

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.

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