This game uses the 2023 United Nations table for life expectancy at birth.

• Higher years mean a longer average lifespan at birth for that place.
• The table uses the combined-sex life expectancy at birth column, not the male or female columns.
• Pick the place with the higher value, or SAME when the listed life expectancies match.

A tidy average still compresses age structure, conflict, disease burden, and reporting quality into one number.