1 in 8 Billion

Asia

Being born in Malaysia

If your next life started in Malaysia: 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) · 0.5% of people across the covered countries

77.0

Male life expectancy at birth / Female life expectancy at birth — 74.4 / 79.5 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.

Population35.56M
Estimated annual births≈ 15.6K / year
Male life expectancy at birth74.4 years
Female life expectancy at birth79.5 years
Under-five mortality8.3−16.4
GDP per person$38,836+$14,583
Gini index40.7+6.5
Mean schooling, adults aged 25+11.1 years+2.7

Be born in Malaysia

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 Malaysia

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