Life Simulator

Iran: what if you were born here?

Every year 1,173,463 babies are born here — 1.3% of the births across the game’s 30 countries.

77.9 yearsLife expectancy
54%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 lifespan77.6 years30 countries 71.4 years
Lived to 8053.9%30 countries 40.5%
Ever married94%30 countries 93.2%
Children, on average1.7330 countries 2.54
Went to university49.6%30 countries 31.4%
Rose far above their start8.2%30 countries 7.4%
Moved abroad0.7%30 countries 2.3%

How these lives ended — the most common

  1. Ischaemic heart disease30.8%
  2. Stroke15.5%
  3. Kidney diseases7.5%
  4. Other cancers5.2%
  5. Diabetes5.1%

The most common work

  1. Teaching10.1%
  2. Farming7.7%
  3. Driving7.2%
  4. Labouring6.4%
  5. Office clerical5.4%

Official statistics

YearSource
Life expectancy at birth, women79.8 years2024World Bank WDI
Life expectancy at birth, men76 years2024World Bank WDI
Infant deaths per 1,000 births10.32024World Bank WDI
Deaths before 5 per 1,000 births11.32024World Bank WDI
Births per woman1.682024World Bank WDI
Income per person (GDP, PPP)$19,6992025World Bank WDI
Inequality (Gini index)35.92023World Bank WDI
Expected years of schooling14 years2023UNDP Human Development Report 2025 via Our World in Data
Living in cities77.4%2025World Bank WDI
Using the internet85.3%2024World Bank WDI
Life satisfaction (0–10)5.152025World Happiness Report
Military serviceCompulsory2026UK Home Office, Iran military-service country policy note

Other countries

One life at a time, by real numbers

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