Life Simulator

Nigeria: what if you were born here?

Every year 7,509,758 babies are born here — 8.2% of the births across the game’s 30 countries.

54.6 yearsLife expectancy
13%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 lifespan54.7 years30 countries 71.4 years
Lived to 8013.2%30 countries 40.5%
Ever married95.3%30 countries 93.2%
Children, on average4.2930 countries 2.54
Went to university6.6%30 countries 31.4%
Rose far above their start5.2%30 countries 7.4%
Moved abroad1%30 countries 2.3%

How these lives ended — the most common

  1. Other infectious diseases22.7%
  2. Other noncommunicable diseases9.8%
  3. Stroke7.3%
  4. Ischaemic heart disease6.7%
  5. Other cancers5.7%

The most common work

  1. Farming32.8%
  2. Retail14.8%
  3. Trading9%
  4. Cooking7.9%
  5. Making trades5.4%

Official statistics

YearSource
Life expectancy at birth, women54.9 years2024World Bank WDI
Life expectancy at birth, men54.3 years2024World Bank WDI
Infant deaths per 1,000 births69.82024World Bank WDI
Deaths before 5 per 1,000 births115.62024World Bank WDI
Births per woman4.382024World Bank WDI
Income per person (GDP, PPP)$9,5322025World Bank WDI
Inequality (Gini index)33.92022World Bank WDI
Expected years of schooling10.5 years2023UNDP Human Development Report 2025 via Our World in Data
Living in cities63.8%2025World Bank WDI
Using the internet41.2%2024World Bank WDI
Life satisfaction (0–10)4.792025World Happiness Report
Military serviceNot compulsory2025CIA World Factbook, Military service age and obligation

Other countries

One life at a time, by real numbers

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