Africa

Being born in Madagascar

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

0.8%

of simulated births (birth-weighted, 118 countries) · 0.4% of people across the covered countries

63.9

Male life expectancy at birth / Female life expectancy at birth — 62.1 / 65.6 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.

Population31.96M
Estimated annual births≈ 32.4K / year
Male life expectancy at birth62.1 years
Female life expectancy at birth65.6 years
Under-five mortality62.4+37.7
GDP per person$1,889−$22,364
Gini index36.8+2.6
Mean schooling, adults aged 25+4.6 years−3.8

Be born in Madagascar

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 Madagascar

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