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Longer pieces on what the place of birth changes. They are written by the 1in8B team, and every number in them is calculated from the same data the game runs on.
The birth lottery in numbers
How much does the country of birth change a life? Life expectancy, child deaths, schooling, literacy and income in 186 countries and four income groups.
How long will a baby born today live?
Survival to 1, 5, 65 and 80 for a baby born today: worldwide, by income group and in the largest countries, for boys and girls. What life expectancy means.
Where babies are born today
About 132 million babies are born each year. In which countries and continents, how that compares with population, and what 2.1 children per woman means.
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