Life Simulator

Egypt: what if you were born here?

Every year 2,405,717 babies are born here — 2.6% of the births across the game’s 30 countries.

71.8 yearsLife expectancy
40%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 lifespan72 years30 countries 71.4 years
Lived to 8039.6%30 countries 40.5%
Ever married95.5%30 countries 93.2%
Children, on average2.7230 countries 2.54
Went to university30.9%30 countries 31.4%
Rose far above their start5.6%30 countries 7.4%
Moved abroad3.2%30 countries 2.3%

How these lives ended — the most common

  1. Ischaemic heart disease29.1%
  2. Stroke13.1%
  3. Other cardiovascular diseases7.3%
  4. Other cancers6.9%
  5. Other noncommunicable diseases6.5%

The most common work

  1. Teaching11.7%
  2. Farming7.7%
  3. Building trades6.6%
  4. Driving5.9%
  5. Office clerical5.8%

Official statistics

YearSource
Life expectancy at birth, women74 years2024World Bank WDI
Life expectancy at birth, men69.7 years2024World Bank WDI
Infant deaths per 1,000 births20.82024World Bank WDI
Deaths before 5 per 1,000 births22.42024World Bank WDI
Births per woman2.732024World Bank WDI
Income per person (GDP, PPP)$20,2042025World Bank WDI
Inequality (Gini index)28.52021World Bank WDI
Expected years of schooling13.1 years2023UNDP Human Development Report 2025 via Our World in Data
Living in cities42.9%2025World Bank WDI
Using the internet74.6%2024World Bank WDI
Life satisfaction (0–10)3.862025World Happiness Report
Military serviceCompulsory2026Egypt Ministry of Defense, January 2026 recruitment intake notice

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One life at a time, by real numbers

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