8 Billion Lives

Where you could be born / Latin America and the Caribbean / Caribbean

Born in Saint Martin (French part)

About 1 in 264,220 people born in 2023 started life in Saint Martin (French part). A boy can expect to live 77 years and a girl 84, up from 62 and 68 in 1950. Most people live in cities, and nearly everyone has basic drinking water.

1 in 264,220
odds of being born here
500 births · Ranked 212th of 230
77 / 84
years of life, boys / girls
Was 62 / 68 in 1950
2.72
children per woman
Ranked 69th of 230
100%
live in a city
The rest live in villages

Life and health

Life lasts about 15 years longer than in 1950. Child deaths fell from 65 in every 1,000 births to 9.6.

How long a life lasts

GirlsBoys

0255075100195019852023

Years a baby born that year could expect to live.

Children who die before age 5
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In every 1,000 births.

Life expectancy at birth76.8 years for boys, 83.8 for girlsUN WPP 2024
Children who die before age 59.6 in every 1,000 birthsUN WPP 2024

Family

Women had 6.5 children on average in 1950. Now it is 2.7.

Children per woman
02468195019852023

Average over a lifetime.

Children per woman2.72UN WPP 2024
Average age of mothers at birth30.8 yearsUN WPP 2024

Money and work

Growth in output per person11.3% (2021)World Bank WDI

Daily life

The largest city is Marigot, with 5,700 people.

100%
live in cities
100%
have electricity at home
100%
have basic drinking water
Largest cities
People living there
Marigot5,700
Languages
Share of people who can use each
French84%
French is official.

People on the move

Residents born abroad0.0% (2024)World Bank WDI

Events in the data

The game draws real events from these records, so a life lived here can meet them.

Reported COVID-19 deaths, 2020 to 202446Our World in Data, from WHO

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How to read the sources. Every figure is sourced to a named dataset, shown beside it. A figure marked "Extrapolated" is estimated by a model because no survey covers the year. UN figures are for 2023, the latest year of UN estimates; other figures are the latest year their dataset has. Rank 1 is the highest figure among 230 countries and territories. All sources and licences