Africa
Being born in Somalia
If your next life started in Somalia: the draw odds, life expectancy, schooling and income the game would give you — and the button to try it.
0.6%
of simulated births (birth-weighted, 118 countries) · 0.2% of people across the covered countries
59.0
Male life expectancy at birth / Female life expectancy at birth — 56.5 / 61.6 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.
| Population | 19.01M | |
| Estimated annual births | ≈ 15.3K / year | |
| Male life expectancy at birth | 56.5 years | |
| Female life expectancy at birth | 61.6 years | |
| Under-five mortality | 101.1 | +76.4 |
| GDP per person | $1,604 | −$22,648 |
| Gini index | 37 | +2.8 |
| Mean schooling, adults aged 25+ | 1.9 years | −6.5 |
Be born in Somalia
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 Somalia
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