Observed arrival · 2026-11-01
80億分の1: A Life Simulator Weighted by Birth Statistics
A free browser life simulator that assigns a birthplace using birth statistics, then advances a life year by year through choices and events.
- For
- Classrooms, families, and groups exploring global inequality
- Worth noticing
- The homepage says the draw uses annual births across 186 countries and gives Japan a 1-in-187 chance.
Field notes
The homepage says birthplace is weighted by annual births across 186 countries, then household circumstances and later events are drawn from country-level statistics. It describes choices about schooling, work, and where to live, with pauses at ages 6, 18, 35, 55, and 72; a group mode lets participants born in the same instant compare lives. The site says play is free, runs in a browser, and stores histories on-device except for online-room play.
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