Life Simulator

Netherlands: what if you were born here?

Every year 167,842 babies are born here — 0.2% of the births across the game’s 30 countries.

82 yearsLife expectancy
65%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 lifespan82.2 years30 countries 71.4 years
Lived to 8064.7%30 countries 40.5%
Ever married82.7%30 countries 93.2%
Children, on average1.4430 countries 2.54
Went to university71.9%30 countries 31.4%
Rose far above their start21.7%30 countries 7.4%
Moved abroad0%30 countries 2.3%

How these lives ended — the most common

  1. Other cardiovascular diseases16.3%
  2. Other cancers13.9%
  3. Other noncommunicable diseases11.8%
  4. Alzheimer disease & other dementias11.6%
  5. Stroke7.1%

The most common work

  1. Teaching6.8%
  2. Office clerical6.5%
  3. Business professions6.4%
  4. Management6.1%
  5. Software5.4%

Official statistics

YearSource
Life expectancy at birth, women83.4 years2024World Bank WDI
Life expectancy at birth, men80.6 years2024World Bank WDI
Infant deaths per 1,000 births3.42024World Bank WDI
Deaths before 5 per 1,000 births3.92024World Bank WDI
Births per woman1.432024World Bank WDI
Income per person (GDP, PPP)$87,3202025World Bank WDI
Inequality (Gini index)25.72021World Bank WDI
Expected years of schooling18.6 years2023UNDP Human Development Report 2025 via Our World in Data
Living in cities95.9%2025World Bank WDI
Using the internet97%2024World Bank WDI
Life satisfaction (0–10)7.222025World 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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