Africa
Being born in South Africa
If your next life started in South Africa: 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) · 0.8% of people across the covered countries
66.3
Male life expectancy at birth / Female life expectancy at birth — 62.8 / 69.8 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 | 64.01M | |
| Estimated annual births | ≈ 75.7K / year | |
| Male life expectancy at birth | 62.8 years | |
| Female life expectancy at birth | 69.8 years | |
| Under-five mortality | 35.1 | +10.4 |
| GDP per person | $15,479 | −$8,774 |
| Gini index | 54.1 | +19.9 |
| Mean schooling, adults aged 25+ | 11.6 years | +3.3 |
Be born in South Africa
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 South Africa
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