Africa
Being born in Zimbabwe
If your next life started in Zimbabwe: 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) · 0.2% of people across the covered countries
62.9
Male life expectancy at birth / Female life expectancy at birth — 60.5 / 65.3 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 | 16.63M | |
| Estimated annual births | ≈ 8.3K / year | |
| Male life expectancy at birth | 60.5 years | |
| Female life expectancy at birth | 65.3 years | |
| Under-five mortality | 64.7 | +40.0 |
| GDP per person | $5,933 | −$18,320 |
| Gini index | 50.3 | +16.1 |
| Mean schooling, adults aged 25+ | 8.9 years | +0.6 |
Be born in Zimbabwe
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 Zimbabwe
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