Life Simulator

Pakistan: what if you were born here?

Every year 6,882,058 babies are born here — 7.5% of the births across the game’s 30 countries.

67.8 yearsLife expectancy
37%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 lifespan67.9 years30 countries 71.4 years
Lived to 8037.1%30 countries 40.5%
Ever married97.4%30 countries 93.2%
Children, on average3.5630 countries 2.54
Went to university8.3%30 countries 31.4%
Rose far above their start3.4%30 countries 7.4%
Moved abroad3.1%30 countries 2.3%

How these lives ended — the most common

  1. Ischaemic heart disease15.8%
  2. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease12.4%
  3. Stroke11.5%
  4. Other infectious diseases10.4%
  5. Other cardiovascular diseases8%

The most common work

  1. Farming32.9%
  2. Making trades11.1%
  3. Labouring7.6%
  4. Driving6.2%
  5. Teaching5.3%

Official statistics

YearSource
Life expectancy at birth, women70.3 years2024World Bank WDI
Life expectancy at birth, men65.5 years2024World Bank WDI
Infant deaths per 1,000 births48.22024World Bank WDI
Deaths before 5 per 1,000 births562024World Bank WDI
Births per woman3.552024World Bank WDI
Income per person (GDP, PPP)$6,5732025World Bank WDI
Inequality (Gini index)33.52024World Bank WDI
Expected years of schooling7.9 years2023UNDP Human Development Report 2025 via Our World in Data
Living in cities39.5%2025World Bank WDI
Using the internet57.3%2024World Bank WDI
Life satisfaction (0–10)4.872025World Happiness Report
Military serviceNot compulsory2023CIA World Factbook 2023 reproduced by Theodora.com

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One life at a time, by real numbers

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