Life Simulator

France: what if you were born here?

Every year 638,891 babies are born here — 0.7% of the births across the game’s 30 countries.

83 yearsLife expectancy
66%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 lifespan82.2 years30 countries 71.4 years
Lived to 8066.2%30 countries 40.5%
Ever married82.8%30 countries 93.2%
Children, on average1.6230 countries 2.54
Went to university59.7%30 countries 31.4%
Rose far above their start18%30 countries 7.4%
Moved abroad3.9%30 countries 2.3%

How these lives ended — the most common

  1. Other cancers17.9%
  2. Other noncommunicable diseases16.8%
  3. Other cardiovascular diseases14.3%
  4. Ischaemic heart disease7.5%
  5. Stroke6.9%

The most common work

  1. Office clerical9.7%
  2. Management7.8%
  3. Teaching5.2%
  4. Software4.2%
  5. Technical trades4%

Official statistics

YearSource
Life expectancy at birth, women85.9 years2024World Bank WDI
Life expectancy at birth, men80.2 years2024World Bank WDI
Infant deaths per 1,000 births3.42024World Bank WDI
Deaths before 5 per 1,000 births4.32024World Bank WDI
Births per woman1.612024World Bank WDI
Income per person (GDP, PPP)$63,9752025World Bank WDI
Inequality (Gini index)31.82023World Bank WDI
Expected years of schooling16.1 years2023UNDP Human Development Report 2025 via Our World in Data
Living in cities78.8%2025World Bank WDI
Using the internet88.7%2024World Bank WDI
Life satisfaction (0–10)6.592025World Happiness Report
Military serviceNot compulsory2025European Parliamentary Research Service, Conscription as an element in European Union preparedness

Other countries

One life at a time, by real numbers

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