8 Billion Lives

Where you could be born / Europe / Southern Europe

Born in San Marino

About 1 in 660,550 people born in 2023 started life in San Marino. A boy can expect to live 84 years and a girl 87, up from 69 and 75 in 1950. Most people live in cities, and nearly everyone has basic drinking water.

1 in 660,550
odds of being born here
200 births · Ranked 224th of 230
84 / 87
years of life, boys / girls
Was 69 / 75 in 1950
$70,952
income per person a year
2021 dollars · Ranked 8th of 203
97%
live in a city
The rest live in villages

Life and health

Life lasts about 14 years longer than in 1950. Child deaths fell from 26 in every 1,000 births to 1.4.

How long a life lasts

GirlsBoys

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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 birth84.2 years for boys, 87.1 for girlsUN WPP 2024
Children who die before age 51.4 in every 1,000 birthsUN WPP 2024
Doctors per 1,000 people4.6World Bank WDI
Children immunized against measles89%World Bank WDI
New tuberculosis cases a year0 per 100,000 peopleWorld Bank WDI

Family

Women had 2.8 children on average in 1950. Now it is 1.1, below the 2.1 it takes to keep a population steady.

Children per woman
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Average over a lifetime.

Children per woman1.15UN WPP 2024
Average age of mothers at birth32.8 yearsUN WPP 2024

Money and work

Economic output per personabout $70,952 a year (2021 dollars, adjusted for prices)World Bank WDI
Price rises5.9% a year (2023)World Bank WDI
Growth in output per person0.1% (2023)World Bank WDI
Secondary school enrolment61% (can pass 100 when older students are counted)World Bank WDI

Daily life

The largest city is San Marino, with 4,500 people.

97%
live in cities
100%
have electricity at home
100%
have basic drinking water
Largest cities
People living there
San Marino4,500
Languages
Share of people who can use each
Italian89%
Italian is official.

People on the move

About 5.9% as many people born here live abroad as live here. The most common destinations are Italy, Denmark, Bulgaria.

Where people born here live abroad
By country of residence, 2024
Italy1,963
Denmark8
Bulgaria6
Residents born abroad17.4% (2024)World Bank WDI
People born here who live abroadequal to 5.9% of the people who live hereUN DESA migrant stock
Where they go mostItaly (1,963), Denmark (8), Bulgaria (6)UN DESA migrant stock
Money sent home from abroadabout $24.2 million a year (2024)World Bank WDI

Safety nets

95% of older people receive a pension.

95%
of older people receive a pension (2023)

Events in the data

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Reported COVID-19 deaths, 2020 to 2024126Our World in Data, from WHO

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