Europe & Central Asia

A life that begins in Italy

One in every 361 babies in the world is born here: about 371,169 a year, 0.71 a minute.

Population: 58,915,656
Births a year: 371,169
Life expectancy: 84
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000): 2.7

Health and survival

Life expectancy, women (years)
86
World: 75.9
Life expectancy, men (years)
82
World: 71
Babies who die before 1 (per 1,000)
2.3
World: 27.8
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
2.7
World: 37.6
Mothers who die in childbirth (per 100,000 births)
6
World: 189
Adults living with HIV (%)
0.3
World: 0.7
Adults who smoke (%)
22
World: 20
Alcohol per adult (litres a year)
7
World: 4.6
Road deaths (per 100,000)
5.3
World: 17
Homicides (per 100,000)
0.57
World: 4.7

Family and school

Children per woman
1.18
World: 2.85
Women married before 18 (%)
≈ 6
World: 18
Children in primary school (%)
96
World: 89
Secondary school enrolment (%)
100
World: 81
Higher education enrolment (%)
76
World: 48
Children aged 7–14 who work (%)
≈ 5.5
World: 11.9

Money and work

Income per person (PPP)
$53,606
World: $21,797
Income inequality (Gini, 0–100)
34
World: 34
Living on under $3 a day (%)
0.9
World: 9.9
Unemployment (%)
6.4
World: 5.1
Jobs in farming (%)
3
World: 27
Women in the workforce (%)
41
World: 48
Health costs paid out of pocket (%)
22
World: 37

Home and connection

Living in cities (%)
70
World: 58
Access to electricity (%)
100
World: 92
Safe drinking water (%)
100
World: 91
Internet users (%)
89
World: 72

Peace and wellbeing

Life satisfaction (0–10)
6.57
World: 5.4
Deaths in armed conflict (per 100,000 a year)
0
World: 2.43
Refugees abroad (% of population)
0
World: 0.34

≈ Estimated from the region

From 1960 to 2050

How life here has changed, and where UN projections expect it to go. The dashed part is a projection.

Life expectancy

1960: 69.2 → 2026: 83.7 → 2050: 87.2

World

Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)

1960: 52 → 2026: 3 → 2050: 2

World

Children per woman

1960: 2.4 → 2026: 1.2 → 2050: 1.4

World

Living in cities (%)

1960: 59 → 2026: 70 → 2050: 71

World

Nobody chooses where they are born

In the game, the country is drawn by the real share of births: Italy comes up about once in every 361 lives.

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Sources: World Bank (WDI), UN World Population Prospects, Our World in Data, World Happiness Report, UCDP and PRIO. Updated 2026-10-18.