Asia

Being born in Japan

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

0.5%

of simulated births (birth-weighted, 118 countries) · 1.6% of people across the covered countries

84.1

Male life expectancy at birth / Female life expectancy at birth — 81.1 / 87.1 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	123.98M
Estimated annual births	≈ 87.6K / year
Male life expectancy at birth	81.1 years
Female life expectancy at birth	87.1 years
Under-five mortality	2.4	−22.3
GDP per person	$54,156	+$29,904
Gini index	32.3	−1.9
Mean schooling, adults aged 25+	12.7 years	+4.3

Be born in Japan

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 Japan

Being born in Japan

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Be born in Japan

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