Africa
Being born in Kenya
If your next life started in Kenya: the draw odds, life expectancy, schooling and income the game would give you — and the button to try it.
1.2%
of simulated births (birth-weighted, 118 countries) · 0.7% of people across the covered countries
63.9
Male life expectancy at birth / Female life expectancy at birth — 61.6 / 66.1 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.
| Population | 56.43M | |
| Estimated annual births | ≈ 85.9K / year | |
| Male life expectancy at birth | 61.6 years | |
| Female life expectancy at birth | 66.1 years | |
| Under-five mortality | 38.8 | +14.1 |
| GDP per person | $6,650 | −$17,603 |
| Gini index | 38.5 | +4.3 |
| Mean schooling, adults aged 25+ | 8.6 years | +0.3 |
Be born in Kenya
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 Kenya
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