Life Simulator

Mexico: what if you were born here?

Every year 2,037,689 babies are born here — 2.2% of the births across the game’s 30 countries.

75.1 yearsLife expectancy
45%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 lifespan74.8 years30 countries 71.4 years
Lived to 8045.3%30 countries 40.5%
Ever married91.2%30 countries 93.2%
Children, on average1.9530 countries 2.54
Went to university41.1%30 countries 31.4%
Rose far above their start10.5%30 countries 7.4%
Moved abroad3.9%30 countries 2.3%

How these lives ended — the most common

  1. Ischaemic heart disease17.1%
  2. Other noncommunicable diseases11%
  3. Stroke10.7%
  4. Other cardiovascular diseases9.1%
  5. Diabetes7.6%

The most common work

  1. Office clerical6.8%
  2. Teaching6.4%
  3. Cooking6.1%
  4. Retail6%
  5. Labouring5.7%

Official statistics

YearSource
Life expectancy at birth, women78 years2024World Bank WDI
Life expectancy at birth, men72.4 years2024World Bank WDI
Infant deaths per 1,000 births12.12024World Bank WDI
Deaths before 5 per 1,000 births13.12024World Bank WDI
Births per woman1.892024World Bank WDI
Income per person (GDP, PPP)$25,8682025World Bank WDI
Inequality (Gini index)42.62024World Bank WDI
Expected years of schooling14.5 years2023UNDP Human Development Report 2025 via Our World in Data
Living in cities80%2025World Bank WDI
Using the internet83.1%2024World Bank WDI
Life satisfaction (0–10)6.972025World Happiness Report
Military serviceCompulsory2025Mexico Secretariat of National Defense, National Military Service

Other countries

One life at a time, by real numbers

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