1 in 8 Billion

Asia

Being born in Syria

If your next life started in Syria: 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) · 0.3% of people across the covered countries

72.6

Male life expectancy at birth / Female life expectancy at birth — 70.2 / 74.9 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.

Population24.67M
Estimated annual births≈ 14.1K / year
Male life expectancy at birth70.2 years
Female life expectancy at birth74.9 years
Under-five mortality18.4−6.3
GDP per person$4,905−$19,347
Gini index26.4−7.8
Mean schooling, adults aged 25+5.9 years−2.4

Be born in Syria

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 Syria

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