Life Simulator

DR Congo: what if you were born here?

Every year 4,369,683 babies are born here — 4.8% of the births across the game’s 30 countries.

62.1 yearsLife expectancy
30%Lived to 80
Be born hereBe born anywhere, by real birth odds

1,000 lives born here, lived by the game

Each life starts from this country’s births and makes the choices most people make. Shares of adults are of the lives that reached 30. Next to each figure: the same for babies born anywhere in the game’s 30 countries.

Average lifespan61.5 years30 countries 71.4 years
Lived to 8029.9%30 countries 40.5%
Ever married98.1%30 countries 93.2%
Children, on average6.0930 countries 2.54
Went to university6.9%30 countries 31.4%
Rose far above their start5.6%30 countries 7.4%
Moved abroad1.9%30 countries 2.3%

How these lives ended — the most common

  1. Other infectious diseases11.7%
  2. Tuberculosis10.3%
  3. Other cardiovascular diseases8.6%
  4. Other noncommunicable diseases8.5%
  5. Stroke8.5%

The most common work

  1. Farming54.2%
  2. Retail6%
  3. Management4.5%
  4. Teaching4.3%
  5. Trading3.5%

Official statistics

YearSource
Life expectancy at birth, women64.2 years2024World Bank WDI
Life expectancy at birth, men60 years2024World Bank WDI
Infant deaths per 1,000 births56.42024World Bank WDI
Deaths before 5 per 1,000 births89.72024World Bank WDI
Births per woman5.982024World Bank WDI
Income per person (GDP, PPP)$1,9202025World Bank WDI
Inequality (Gini index)44.72020World Bank WDI
Expected years of schooling10.9 years2023UNDP Human Development Report 2025 via Our World in Data
Living in cities45.1%2025World Bank WDI
Using the internet19.7%2024World Bank WDI
Life satisfaction (0–10)3.762025World Happiness Report
Military serviceNot compulsory2024CIA World Factbook 2024 reproduced by Theodora.com

Other countries

One life at a time, by real numbers

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