Asia

Being born in North Korea

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

0.3%

of simulated births (birth-weighted, 118 countries) · 0.3% of people across the covered countries

69.9

Male life expectancy at birth / Female life expectancy at birth — 66.4 / 73.4 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	26.2M
Estimated annual births	≈ 9.7K / year
Male life expectancy at birth	66.4 years
Female life expectancy at birth	73.4 years
Under-five mortality	21.6	−3.1
GDP per person	$1,700	−$22,553
Gini index	30	−4.2
Mean schooling, adults aged 25+	11.1 years	+2.7

Be born in North Korea

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 North Korea

Being born in North Korea

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Be born in North Korea

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