Africa
Being born in Zambia
If your next life started in Zambia: the draw odds, life expectancy, schooling and income the game would give you — and the button to try it.
0.5%
of simulated births (birth-weighted, 118 countries) · 0.3% of people across the covered countries
66.5
Male life expectancy at birth / Female life expectancy at birth — 64.1 / 68.9 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.
| Population | 21.31M | |
| Estimated annual births | ≈ 14.9K / year | |
| Male life expectancy at birth | 64.1 years | |
| Female life expectancy at birth | 68.9 years | |
| Under-five mortality | 48.4 | +23.7 |
| GDP per person | $4,221 | −$20,031 |
| Gini index | 51.5 | +17.3 |
| Mean schooling, adults aged 25+ | 7.4 years | −1.0 |
Be born in Zambia
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 Zambia
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