Life Simulator

Germany: what if you were born here?

Every year 719,249 babies are born here — 0.8% of the births across the game’s 30 countries.

80.8 yearsLife expectancy
62%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 lifespan80.6 years30 countries 71.4 years
Lived to 8061.7%30 countries 40.5%
Ever married81%30 countries 93.2%
Children, on average1.2730 countries 2.54
Went to university63.5%30 countries 31.4%
Rose far above their start14.4%30 countries 7.4%
Moved abroad3.6%30 countries 2.3%

How these lives ended — the most common

  1. Other cardiovascular diseases21.7%
  2. Ischaemic heart disease14.5%
  3. Other noncommunicable diseases10.6%
  4. Other cancers10.5%
  5. Alzheimer disease & other dementias7.6%

The most common work

  1. Office clerical8.5%
  2. Teaching7%
  3. Health associates6.5%
  4. Software4.9%
  5. Management4.8%

Official statistics

YearSource
Life expectancy at birth, women83.2 years2024World Bank WDI
Life expectancy at birth, men78.5 years2024World Bank WDI
Infant deaths per 1,000 births3.12024World Bank WDI
Deaths before 5 per 1,000 births3.72024World Bank WDI
Births per woman1.362024World Bank WDI
Income per person (GDP, PPP)$75,4072025World Bank WDI
Inequality (Gini index)33.72022World Bank WDI
Expected years of schooling17.3 years2023UNDP Human Development Report 2025 via Our World in Data
Living in cities82.1%2025World Bank WDI
Using the internet93.5%2024World Bank WDI
Life satisfaction (0–10)6.882025World 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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