Life Simulator

Brazil: what if you were born here?

Every year 2,601,670 babies are born here — 2.9% of the births across the game’s 30 countries.

76 yearsLife expectancy
51%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 lifespan76.5 years30 countries 71.4 years
Lived to 8051.4%30 countries 40.5%
Ever married92.8%30 countries 93.2%
Children, on average1.5930 countries 2.54
Went to university62.8%30 countries 31.4%
Rose far above their start9.2%30 countries 7.4%
Moved abroad1.8%30 countries 2.3%

How these lives ended — the most common

  1. Other cardiovascular diseases13.9%
  2. Other noncommunicable diseases12.9%
  3. Ischaemic heart disease12.4%
  4. Stroke9.3%
  5. Other cancers8.7%

The most common work

  1. Teaching8.8%
  2. Office clerical8.1%
  3. Retail5.5%
  4. Cleaning4.9%
  5. Cooking4.1%

Official statistics

YearSource
Life expectancy at birth, women79.1 years2024World Bank WDI
Life expectancy at birth, men73 years2024World Bank WDI
Infant deaths per 1,000 births12.32024World Bank WDI
Deaths before 5 per 1,000 births14.22024World Bank WDI
Births per woman1.612024World Bank WDI
Income per person (GDP, PPP)$23,4332025World Bank WDI
Inequality (Gini index)50.32024World Bank WDI
Expected years of schooling15.8 years2023UNDP Human Development Report 2025 via Our World in Data
Living in cities88.2%2025World Bank WDI
Using the internet84.5%2024World Bank WDI
Life satisfaction (0–10)6.632025World Happiness Report
Military serviceCompulsory2025CIA World Factbook, Military service age and obligation

Other countries

One life at a time, by real numbers

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