Life Simulator

Vietnam: what if you were born here?

Every year 1,387,961 babies are born here — 1.5% of the births across the game’s 30 countries.

74.5 yearsLife expectancy
43%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 lifespan73.9 years30 countries 71.4 years
Lived to 8043.2%30 countries 40.5%
Ever married90.4%30 countries 93.2%
Children, on average1.8730 countries 2.54
Went to university33.2%30 countries 31.4%
Rose far above their start11.2%30 countries 7.4%
Moved abroad2.9%30 countries 2.3%

How these lives ended — the most common

  1. Stroke24.2%
  2. Ischaemic heart disease14.8%
  3. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease11.5%
  4. Other cardiovascular diseases7.2%
  5. Other noncommunicable diseases6.7%

The most common work

  1. Factory work12%
  2. Farm hands9.9%
  3. Retail7.2%
  4. Farming7%
  5. Building trades6%

Official statistics

YearSource
Life expectancy at birth, women79.4 years2024World Bank WDI
Life expectancy at birth, men70.1 years2024World Bank WDI
Infant deaths per 1,000 births122024World Bank WDI
Deaths before 5 per 1,000 births17.32024World Bank WDI
Births per woman1.92024World Bank WDI
Income per person (GDP, PPP)$18,0882025World Bank WDI
Inequality (Gini index)36.12022World Bank WDI
Expected years of schooling15.5 years2023UNDP Human Development Report 2025 via Our World in Data
Living in cities38.8%2025World Bank WDI
Using the internet84.2%2024World Bank WDI
Life satisfaction (0–10)6.432025World Happiness Report
Military serviceCompulsory2015Vietnam National Assembly, Law on Military Service No. 78/2015/QH13

Other countries

One life at a time, by real numbers

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