MINIs have existed since 2002. Its 2005. That's 3 years, so to get over 200,000 you would need to have driven over 65,000 miles a year, or twice what you're worried about - the few people with over 100K have been doing fine, which is all the data anyone has at the moment.
And I'm not sure why you're worried about a Daimler Chrysler engine particularly, they're not Honda, but there's plenty of engines they've designed that keep going endlessly, though some don't. In my experience, more people tend to cause failures by not following oil change intervals and not using good fuel like you've said you plan to do.
Personally, and from all of the faults + fixes forum info, I'd worry about the electronics and plenty of other things before the engine.
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