Born As · country file
If you were born in Democratic Republic of the Congo today
About 1 in 29 babies born in the world right now is born in Democratic Republic of the Congo (3.5%). This is what that life starts with — and you can live one, to the very end.
Life expectancy at birth60.7years · world 69.3
Children who die before five98per 1,000 births · world 48
Income per person$1,010a year, at local prices · world $13,616
Expected years of school9.8years · world 12.0
Life satisfaction4.3out of 10 · world 4.8
Live in cities49%world 52%
Mothers who die giving birth473per 100,000 births · world 239
Girls married before 1829%world 22%
- Out of every 1,000 babies born here, about 98 will not live to see their fifth birthday — 2.0 times the world average.
- A life here lasts 60.7 years on average — 8.6 years shorter than the world's 69.3.
- Income per person is about $1,010 a year at local prices, 0.07 times the world's.
Armed conflict affects parts of the country right now, and the game includes it.
Be born — maybe hereWhere you are born is drawn by real birth odds: today, 3.5% of the time it is Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Lives lived here by visitors
No one has left a life from here in the memorial yet.
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Sources: UN World Population Prospects, UN IGME, World Bank, UNDP, World Happiness Report, WHO, UNICEF. Some small territories use regional estimates.