1 in 8 Billion

Asia

Being born in Iraq

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

0.9%

of simulated births (birth-weighted, 118 countries) · 0.6% of people across the covered countries

72.3

Male life expectancy at birth / Female life expectancy at birth — 70.5 / 74.2 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.

Population46.04M
Estimated annual births≈ 54.2K / year
Male life expectancy at birth70.5 years
Female life expectancy at birth74.2 years
Under-five mortality21.8−2.9
GDP per person$14,485−$9,767
Gini index29.8−4.4
Mean schooling, adults aged 25+6.8 years−1.6

Be born in Iraq

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 Iraq

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