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Life expectancy at birth (UN WPP 1950–2100)

Period life expectancy at birth, both sexes. 1950–2023 are UN estimates; 2024–2100 are the UN medium-variant projection.
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Indicator code
WPP.LEX.BIRTH
Unit
years
Frequency
annual
Default classification
Estimate
Original producer
UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024
Distributed by
UN DESA Population Division — World Population Prospects 2024
License
CC BY 3.0 IGO (UN); redistribution by Our World in Data under CC BY 4.0
Source record
https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

World trend

1950 – 2100

Highest

Most recent year per country (within 5 years of the latest).

  1. 1Monaco95 yrs2100
  2. 2Hong Kong SAR, China94 yrs2100
  3. 3Japan94 yrs2100
  4. 4San Marino94 yrs2100
  5. 5Korea, Rep.93 yrs2100
  6. 6Andorra93 yrs2100
  7. 7Liechtenstein93 yrs2100
  8. 8Spain93 yrs2100
  9. 9Switzerland93 yrs2100
  10. 10Italy93 yrs2100

Lowest

Most recent year per country (within 5 years of the latest).

  1. 215Nigeria65 yrs2100
  2. 214Chad65 yrs2100
  3. 213South Sudan66 yrs2100
  4. 212Somalia, Fed. Rep.69 yrs2100
  5. 211Guinea71 yrs2100
  6. 210Benin71 yrs2100
  7. 209Central African Republic71 yrs2100
  8. 208Liberia72 yrs2100
  9. 207Mali72 yrs2100
  10. 206Burkina Faso72 yrs2100

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