If you were born right now
The 8 most likely countries, based on annual births.
0 babies have been born worldwide since you opened this page
If you were born again,
where would you land?
132 million babies arrive every year. Roll the dice and be one of them. Luck picks your country and family, and your choices steer the life. A whole life takes about a minute.
In Life of the Day, everyone is born as the same person today. Compare your result with your friends.
How many people were alive when you were born?
Enter your birth date to see how many babies were born that same day and how much the world has changed since.
๐ Your passport
Every time you are born in a new country, you earn a stamp. Collect them all.
1
Roll the dice
One of 70 countries is drawn, weighted by real annual births. So are your family, your city and your siblings.
2
Life unfolds
School, work, love, moving away, illness. Events follow the data of the country you were born in. At the big moments, you decide.
3
Share and challenge
Share the story image or send the link. Your friend is born as the same person, and you see who lives better.
How do the data and the model work?
The birth country is drawn with weights from the annual birth counts in the UN World Population Prospects 2024. The 70 countries on the list cover most of the world's births. The chance of dying in infancy and childhood comes from each country's under-5 mortality rate, and adult mortality from a Gompertz curve calibrated to the country's life expectancy. Schooling, university, retirement and opportunities depend on the country's income per person and your family's income bracket.
This is a game. It is not a record of a real person or a prediction. The event texts are fiction, and the statistical background uses approximate, rounded values. Sources: UN WPP 2024, World Bank World Development Indicators.
Content note: the game includes illness, poverty, conflict and death. Suitable for ages 13 and up.