Life Simulator

Russia: what if you were born here?

Every year 1,297,207 babies are born here — 1.4% of the births across the game’s 30 countries.

73.5 yearsLife expectancy
39%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 lifespan73.1 years30 countries 71.4 years
Lived to 8038.7%30 countries 40.5%
Ever married80.3%30 countries 93.2%
Children, on average1.3830 countries 2.54
Went to university49.3%30 countries 31.4%
Rose far above their start17.2%30 countries 7.4%
Moved abroad5%30 countries 2.3%

How these lives ended — the most common

  1. Ischaemic heart disease34.8%
  2. Stroke19.1%
  3. Other cardiovascular diseases8.3%
  4. Other cancers7.4%
  5. Other noncommunicable diseases7%

The most common work

  1. Driving8.9%
  2. Teaching6.9%
  3. Management6.7%
  4. Office clerical4.5%
  5. Mechanics4.5%

Official statistics

YearSource
Life expectancy at birth, women78.9 years2024World Bank WDI
Life expectancy at birth, men68.3 years2024World Bank WDI
Infant deaths per 1,000 births4.12024World Bank WDI
Deaths before 5 per 1,000 births5.22024World Bank WDI
Births per woman1.422024World Bank WDI
Income per person (GDP, PPP)$49,5682025World Bank WDI
Inequality (Gini index)332023World Bank WDI
Expected years of schooling13.2 years2023UNDP Human Development Report 2025 via Our World in Data
Living in cities75.3%2025World Bank WDI
Using the internet94.4%2024World Bank WDI
Life satisfaction (0–10)5.832025World Happiness Report
Military serviceCompulsory2025European Union Agency for Asylum, Russian Federation Country Focus, conscription section

Other countries

One life at a time, by real numbers

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