Africa

Being born in Liberia

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

0.1%

of simulated births (birth-weighted, 118 countries) · 0.1% of people across the covered countries

62.3

Male life expectancy at birth / Female life expectancy at birth — 61.0 / 63.6 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.

Population	5.61M
Estimated annual births	≈ 963.3 / year
Male life expectancy at birth	61.0 years
Female life expectancy at birth	63.6 years
Under-five mortality	86.4	+61.7
GDP per person	$1,874	−$22,379
Gini index	35.3	+1.1
Mean schooling, adults aged 25+	6.2 years	−2.2

Be born in Liberia

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 Liberia

Being born in Liberia

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Be born in Liberia

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