Africa
Being born in Uganda
If your next life started in Uganda: the draw odds, life expectancy, schooling and income the game would give you — and the button to try it.
1.3%
of simulated births (birth-weighted, 118 countries) · 0.6% of people across the covered countries
68.4
Male life expectancy at birth / Female life expectancy at birth — 65.5 / 71.4 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 | 50.02M | |
| Estimated annual births | ≈ 86.1K / year | |
| Male life expectancy at birth | 65.5 years | |
| Female life expectancy at birth | 71.4 years | |
| Under-five mortality | 48.7 | +24.0 |
| GDP per person | $3,278 | −$20,974 |
| Gini index | 38.2 | +4.0 |
| Mean schooling, adults aged 25+ | 6.3 years | −2.0 |
Be born in Uganda
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 Uganda
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