Africa

Being born in Senegal

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

0.4%

of simulated births (birth-weighted, 118 countries) · 0.2% of people across the covered countries

69.0

Male life expectancy at birth / Female life expectancy at birth — 67.0 / 71.0 years

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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	18.5M
Estimated annual births	≈ 10K / year
Male life expectancy at birth	67.0 years
Female life expectancy at birth	71.0 years
Under-five mortality	36.5	+11.8
GDP per person	$5,097	−$19,155
Gini index	36.2	+2.0
Mean schooling, adults aged 25+	2.9 years	−5.4

Be born in Senegal

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 Senegal

Being born in Senegal

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Be born in Senegal

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