ONE LIFE, SOMEONE ELSE'S

Borrowed Lives

Live the whole life of someone on the other side of the world, today or long ago. The path you choose will change that life.

Fictional lives built on real statistics · Recommended for ages 15+

Lives that have been lived

Lives that actually came out of this game. Tap one to see its result card.

🌏180 countriesFrom 1900 to today
📊Real statisticsLifespan · income · education · marriage
🧭Your choicesCareer · challenges · direction

Every life unfolds from the official statistics below

Income per person (PPP), life expectancy, infant and child mortality, fertility, urbanization, income inequality, primary/secondary/university enrollment, child marriage, maternal mortality, homicide rate, happiness, average wage, minimum wage, employment, labor share of income, unemployment, smoking, obesity, alcohol consumption, women's age at first marriage, divorce rate, internet and mobile phone access, and historical events such as each country's wars, famines, and coups

Approximations based on data from the World Bank · Our World in Data · UN (World Population Prospects, IGME) · UNICEF · WHO · ILO. Heavy events like death, disease, poverty, child marriage, and conflict also happen according to real statistics.