Life Simulator

Italy: what if you were born here?

Every year 384,627 babies are born here — 0.4% of the births across the game’s 30 countries.

83.9 yearsLife expectancy
73%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 lifespan84.4 years30 countries 71.4 years
Lived to 8073%30 countries 40.5%
Ever married83.3%30 countries 93.2%
Children, on average1.230 countries 2.54
Went to university64.5%30 countries 31.4%
Rose far above their start13.4%30 countries 7.4%
Moved abroad5.1%30 countries 2.3%

How these lives ended — the most common

  1. Other cardiovascular diseases17%
  2. Other cancers12.2%
  3. Other noncommunicable diseases12%
  4. Ischaemic heart disease10.6%
  5. Stroke9.3%

The most common work

  1. Office clerical12.4%
  2. Teaching11.2%
  3. Technical trades5%
  4. Health associates4.4%
  5. Cooking3.3%

Official statistics

YearSource
Life expectancy at birth, women86 years2024World Bank WDI
Life expectancy at birth, men82 years2024World Bank WDI
Infant deaths per 1,000 births2.32024World Bank WDI
Deaths before 5 per 1,000 births2.72024World Bank WDI
Births per woman1.182024World Bank WDI
Income per person (GDP, PPP)$62,8032025World Bank WDI
Inequality (Gini index)34.32023World Bank WDI
Expected years of schooling16.7 years2023UNDP Human Development Report 2025 via Our World in Data
Living in cities69.7%2025World Bank WDI
Using the internet89.2%2024World Bank WDI
Life satisfaction (0–10)6.572025World 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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