Life Simulator

Kenya: what if you were born here?

Every year 1,499,998 babies are born here — 1.6% of the births across the game’s 30 countries.

63.8 yearsLife expectancy
17%Lived to 80

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 lifespan63.7 years30 countries 71.4 years
Lived to 8017.3%30 countries 40.5%
Ever married95.7%30 countries 93.2%
Children, on average3.2930 countries 2.54
Went to university6.9%30 countries 31.4%
Rose far above their start5.3%30 countries 7.4%
Moved abroad1.8%30 countries 2.3%

How these lives ended — the most common

  1. Other infectious diseases18.1%
  2. Stroke11.3%
  3. Other noncommunicable diseases9.1%
  4. Ischaemic heart disease7.6%
  5. Other cancers7.1%

The most common work

  1. Farming23.6%
  2. Management10.8%
  3. Farm hands9%
  4. Labouring8.7%
  5. Cooking6.4%

Official statistics

YearSource
Life expectancy at birth, women66.1 years2024World Bank WDI
Life expectancy at birth, men61.6 years2024World Bank WDI
Infant deaths per 1,000 births34.22024World Bank WDI
Deaths before 5 per 1,000 births38.82024World Bank WDI
Births per woman3.172024World Bank WDI
Income per person (GDP, PPP)$7,0162025World Bank WDI
Inequality (Gini index)38.52022World Bank WDI
Expected years of schooling11.5 years2023UNDP Human Development Report 2025 via Our World in Data
Living in cities32.2%2025World Bank WDI
Using the internet35%2024World Bank WDI
Life satisfaction (0–10)4.672025World Happiness Report
Military serviceNot compulsory2024CIA World Factbook 2024 reproduced by Theodora.com

Other countries

One life at a time, by real numbers