Life Simulator

Indonesia: what if you were born here?

Every year 4,482,359 babies are born here — 4.9% of the births across the game’s 30 countries.

71.2 yearsLife expectancy
35%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 lifespan71.2 years30 countries 71.4 years
Lived to 8035%30 countries 40.5%
Ever married90.2%30 countries 93.2%
Children, on average2.1430 countries 2.54
Went to university35.3%30 countries 31.4%
Rose far above their start6.4%30 countries 7.4%
Moved abroad2%30 countries 2.3%

How these lives ended — the most common

  1. Stroke24.2%
  2. Ischaemic heart disease17.1%
  3. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease11.8%
  4. Other noncommunicable diseases6.7%
  5. Alzheimer disease & other dementias5.6%

The most common work

  1. Farming16%
  2. Retail8.8%
  3. Teaching8.8%
  4. Labouring6.7%
  5. Farm hands5.4%

Official statistics

YearSource
Life expectancy at birth, women73.4 years2024World Bank WDI
Life expectancy at birth, men69.2 years2024World Bank WDI
Infant deaths per 1,000 births15.22024World Bank WDI
Deaths before 5 per 1,000 births17.72024World Bank WDI
Births per woman2.122024World Bank WDI
Income per person (GDP, PPP)$17,6602025World Bank WDI
Inequality (Gini index)34.42025World Bank WDI
Expected years of schooling13.3 years2023UNDP Human Development Report 2025 via Our World in Data
Living in cities59.4%2025World Bank WDI
Using the internet72.8%2024World Bank WDI
Life satisfaction (0–10)5.622025World 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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