Life Simulator

Poland: what if you were born here?

Every year 317,916 babies are born here — 0.3% of the births across the game’s 30 countries.

78.4 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 lifespan78.7 years30 countries 71.4 years
Lived to 8054.1%30 countries 40.5%
Ever married83.2%30 countries 93.2%
Children, on average1.1430 countries 2.54
Went to university68%30 countries 31.4%
Rose far above their start17.7%30 countries 7.4%
Moved abroad5%30 countries 2.3%

How these lives ended — the most common

  1. Other cardiovascular diseases26.1%
  2. Other cancers13.6%
  3. Ischaemic heart disease10.9%
  4. Other noncommunicable diseases9.6%
  5. Stroke9.2%

The most common work

  1. Office clerical11.1%
  2. Teaching9.6%
  3. Management8.8%
  4. Software5.9%
  5. Business professions5.3%

Official statistics

YearSource
Life expectancy at birth, women82.2 years2024World Bank WDI
Life expectancy at birth, men74.8 years2024World Bank WDI
Infant deaths per 1,000 births3.62024World Bank WDI
Deaths before 5 per 1,000 births4.22024World Bank WDI
Births per woman1.142024World Bank WDI
Income per person (GDP, PPP)$54,2622025World Bank WDI
Inequality (Gini index)28.52023World Bank WDI
Expected years of schooling16.7 years2023UNDP Human Development Report 2025 via Our World in Data
Living in cities60.1%2025World Bank WDI
Using the internet88.6%2024World Bank WDI
Life satisfaction (0–10)6.772025World 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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