Life Simulator

India: what if you were born here?

Every year 23,219,488 babies are born here — 25.5% of the births across the game’s 30 countries.

72.2 yearsLife expectancy
42%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 lifespan72.6 years30 countries 71.4 years
Lived to 8042%30 countries 40.5%
Ever married95.3%30 countries 93.2%
Children, on average1.9130 countries 2.54
Went to university27.7%30 countries 31.4%
Rose far above their start4.7%30 countries 7.4%
Moved abroad1.5%30 countries 2.3%

How these lives ended — the most common

  1. Ischaemic heart disease20.9%
  2. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease14.1%
  3. Stroke9.3%
  4. Other cardiovascular diseases7.7%
  5. Other cancers7.4%

The most common work

  1. Farming30.6%
  2. Labouring7.6%
  3. Farm hands5.4%
  4. Driving5.1%
  5. Making trades5%

Official statistics

YearSource
Life expectancy at birth, women73.9 years2024World Bank WDI
Life expectancy at birth, men70.7 years2024World Bank WDI
Infant deaths per 1,000 births23.32024World Bank WDI
Deaths before 5 per 1,000 births26.62024World Bank WDI
Births per woman1.962024World Bank WDI
Income per person (GDP, PPP)$11,7482025World Bank WDI
Inequality (Gini index)25.52022World Bank WDI
Expected years of schooling13 years2023UNDP Human Development Report 2025 via Our World in Data
Living in cities35.7%2025World Bank WDI
Using the internet70%2025World Bank WDI
Life satisfaction (0–10)4.542025World 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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