Africa
Being born in Mauritania
If your next life started in Mauritania: 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
68.7
Male life expectancy at birth / Female life expectancy at birth — 66.7 / 70.7 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 | 5.17M | |
| Estimated annual births | ≈ 909.4 / year | |
| Male life expectancy at birth | 66.7 years | |
| Female life expectancy at birth | 70.7 years | |
| Under-five mortality | 36.9 | +12.2 |
| GDP per person | $7,379 | −$16,873 |
| Gini index | 32 | −2.2 |
| Mean schooling, adults aged 25+ | 4.9 years | −3.5 |
Be born in Mauritania
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 Mauritania
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