Life Simulator

United Kingdom: what if you were born here?

Every year 688,388 babies are born here — 0.8% of the births across the game’s 30 countries.

81.4 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 lifespan81.9 years30 countries 71.4 years
Lived to 8065.6%30 countries 40.5%
Ever married82.5%30 countries 93.2%
Children, on average1.6130 countries 2.54
Went to university67.4%30 countries 31.4%
Rose far above their start18.2%30 countries 7.4%
Moved abroad4.9%30 countries 2.3%

How these lives ended — the most common

  1. Other cardiovascular diseases15.4%
  2. Ischaemic heart disease13.3%
  3. Other noncommunicable diseases12.9%
  4. Other cancers11.7%
  5. Alzheimer disease & other dementias8%

The most common work

  1. Management12.7%
  2. Office clerical7.4%
  3. Teaching6%
  4. Care work5.2%
  5. Cooking4.4%

Official statistics

YearSource
Life expectancy at birth, women83.3 years2024World Bank WDI
Life expectancy at birth, men79.5 years2024World Bank WDI
Infant deaths per 1,000 births4.12024World Bank WDI
Deaths before 5 per 1,000 births4.72024World Bank WDI
Births per woman1.552024World Bank WDI
Income per person (GDP, PPP)$64,6062025World Bank WDI
Inequality (Gini index)32.42021World Bank WDI
Expected years of schooling17.8 years2023UNDP Human Development Report 2025 via Our World in Data
Living in cities83.3%2025World Bank WDI
Using the internet95.5%2024World Bank WDI
Life satisfaction (0–10)6.692025World 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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