1 in 8 Billion

Asia

Being born in South Korea

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

0.2%

of simulated births (birth-weighted, 118 countries) · 0.7% of people across the covered countries

83.7

Male life expectancy at birth / Female life expectancy at birth — 80.8 / 86.6 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.

Population51.75M
Estimated annual births≈ 12.6K / year
Male life expectancy at birth80.8 years
Female life expectancy at birth86.6 years
Under-five mortality2.8−21.9
GDP per person$61,051+$36,799
Gini index32.9−1.3
Mean schooling, adults aged 25+12.7 years+4.4

Be born in South 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 South Korea

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