Africa
Being born in Niger
If your next life started in Niger: the draw odds, life expectancy, schooling and income the game would give you — and the button to try it.
0.9%
of simulated births (birth-weighted, 118 countries) · 0.3% of people across the covered countries
61.4
Male life expectancy at birth / Female life expectancy at birth — 60.5 / 62.4 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 | 27.03M | |
| Estimated annual births | ≈ 30.3K / year | |
| Male life expectancy at birth | 60.5 years | |
| Female life expectancy at birth | 62.4 years | |
| Under-five mortality | 110.7 | +86.0 |
| GDP per person | $2,044 | −$22,208 |
| Gini index | 32.9 | −1.3 |
| Mean schooling, adults aged 25+ | 1.4 years | −6.9 |
Be born in Niger
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 Niger
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