Life expectancy projections

Projections for the period life expectancy at birth, in the future. This is based on the UN's mid-variant projections.

Life Expectancy, age 0, medium projection UN WPP – years

Country/area	2024	2035	Absolute Change	Relative Change
Afghanistan	66.29 years	68.60 years	+2.31 years	+3%
Albania	79.78 years	81.71 years	+1.93 years	+2%
Algeria	76.47 years	78.62 years	+2.15 years	+3%
American Samoa	72.99 years	74.47 years	+1.48 years	+2%
Andorra	84.19 years	85.65 years	+1.46 years	+2%
Angola	64.81 years	66.70 years	+1.89 years	+3%
Anguilla	79.49 years	81.45 years	+1.96 years	+2%
Antigua and Barbuda	77.77 years	79.65 years	+1.89 years	+2%
Argentina	77.54 years	79.18 years	+1.64 years	+2%
Armenia	75.85 years	77.63 years	+1.78 years	+2%
Aruba	76.50 years	78.10 years	+1.60 years	+2%
Australia	84.07 years	85.51 years	+1.44 years	+2%
Austria	82.12 years	83.87 years	+1.75 years	+2%
Azerbaijan	74.58 years	76.27 years	+1.70 years	+2%
Bahamas	74.71 years	76.39 years	+1.68 years	+2%
Bahrain	81.42 years	83.16 years	+1.74 years	+2%
Bangladesh	74.93 years	77.67 years	+2.74 years	+4%
Barbados	76.33 years	78.02 years	+1.69 years	+2%
Belarus	74.62 years	76.51 years	+1.89 years	+3%
Belgium	82.27 years	83.92 years	+1.64 years	+2%
Belize	73.74 years	75.56 years	+1.82 years	+2%
Benin	60.96 years	62.76 years	+1.80 years	+3%
Bermuda	82.49 years	84.06 years	+1.58 years	+2%
Bhutan	73.26 years	75.96 years	+2.70 years	+4%
Bolivia	68.74 years	70.43 years	+1.69 years	+2%
Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba	77.61 years	79.40 years	+1.79 years	+2%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	78.04 years	80.02 years	+1.98 years	+3%
Botswana	69.29 years	70.74 years	+1.44 years	+2%
Brazil	76.02 years	77.91 years	+1.89 years	+2%
British Virgin Islands	77.43 years	79.26 years	+1.83 years	+2%
Brunei	75.50 years	77.27 years	+1.77 years	+2%
Bulgaria	75.80 years	77.54 years	+1.74 years	+2%
Burkina Faso	61.29 years	63.20 years	+1.91 years	+3%
Burundi	63.82 years	65.50 years	+1.68 years	+3%
Cambodia	70.82 years	72.48 years	+1.66 years	+2%
Cameroon	63.97 years	66.64 years	+2.67 years	+4%
Canada	82.72 years	84.36 years	+1.64 years	+2%
Cape Verde	76.22 years	78.10 years	+1.88 years	+2%
Cayman Islands	80.54 years	82.48 years	+1.94 years	+2%
Central African Republic	57.67 years	60.31 years	+2.64 years	+5%
Chad	55.24 years	56.98 years	+1.75 years	+3%
Chile	81.36 years	83.26 years	+1.90 years	+2%
China	78.02 years	80.79 years	+2.77 years	+4%
Colombia	77.91 years	79.91 years	+1.99 years	+3%
Comoros	67.02 years	69.40 years	+2.38 years	+4%
Congo	66.00 years	68.14 years	+2.14 years	+3%
Cook Islands	75.47 years	77.50 years	+2.03 years	+3%
Costa Rica	81.00 years	83.02 years	+2.02 years	+2%
Cote d'Ivoire	62.11 years	63.85 years	+1.74 years	+3%
Croatia	78.75 years	80.57 years	+1.82 years	+2%
Cuba	78.26 years	80.17 years	+1.91 years	+2%
Curacao	76.99 years	78.84 years	+1.86 years	+2%
Cyprus	81.82 years	83.60 years	+1.78 years	+2%
Czechia	79.97 years	81.53 years	+1.56 years	+2%
Democratic Republic of Congo	62.07 years	63.81 years	+1.74 years	+3%
Denmark	82.09 years	83.69 years	+1.60 years	+2%
Djibouti	66.20 years	68.35 years	+2.15 years	+3%
Dominica	71.29 years	73.09 years	+1.80 years	+3%
Dominican Republic	73.87 years	75.28 years	+1.42 years	+2%
East Timor	67.90 years	70.02 years	+2.12 years	+3%
Ecuador	77.58 years	79.51 years	+1.93 years	+2%
Egypt	71.81 years	73.69 years	+1.88 years	+3%
El Salvador	72.30 years	74.60 years	+2.30 years	+3%
Equatorial Guinea	63.91 years	65.95 years	+2.04 years	+3%
Eritrea	68.89 years	71.41 years	+2.52 years	+4%
Estonia	79.31 years	81.07 years	+1.76 years	+2%
Eswatini	64.26 years	65.70 years	+1.43 years	+2%
Ethiopia	67.60 years	70.33 years	+2.72 years	+4%
Falkland Islands	79.37 years	81.43 years	+2.06 years	+3%
Faroe Islands	80.39 years	82.59 years	+2.19 years	+3%
Fiji	67.46 years	69.04 years	+1.58 years	+2%
Finland	82.08 years	83.75 years	+1.68 years	+2%
France	83.46 years	84.79 years	+1.33 years	+2%
French Guiana	77.18 years	79.13 years	+1.95 years	+3%
French Polynesia	84.19 years	85.52 years	+1.33 years	+2%
Gabon	68.51 years	70.31 years	+1.80 years	+3%
Gambia	66.06 years	68.01 years	+1.95 years	+3%
Georgia	74.66 years	76.43 years	+1.77 years	+2%
Germany	81.54 years	83.23 years	+1.69 years	+2%
Ghana	65.69 years	67.70 years	+2.00 years	+3%
Gibraltar	83.63 years	85.06 years	+1.43 years	+2%
Greece	82.03 years	83.86 years	+1.82 years	+2%
Greenland	70.19 years	71.49 years	+1.30 years	+2%
Grenada	75.37 years	77.02 years	+1.65 years	+2%
Guadeloupe	82.24 years	83.77 years	+1.53 years	+2%
Guam	77.42 years	79.44 years	+2.02 years	+3%
Guatemala	72.75 years	74.37 years	+1.63 years	+2%
Guernsey	83.38 years	84.87 years	+1.49 years	+2%
Guinea	60.90 years	62.63 years	+1.73 years	+3%
Guinea-Bissau	64.25 years	65.93 years	+1.68 years	+3%
Guyana	70.32 years	71.77 years	+1.45 years	+2%
Haiti	65.12 years	66.86 years	+1.74 years	+3%
Honduras	73.04 years	74.86 years	+1.82 years	+2%
Hong Kong	85.63 years	87.12 years	+1.49 years	+2%
Hungary	77.18 years	78.92 years	+1.73 years	+2%
Iceland	83.01 years	84.52 years	+1.50 years	+2%
India	72.23 years	74.69 years	+2.46 years	+3%
Indonesia	71.29 years	72.85 years	+1.56 years	+2%
Iran	77.85 years	80.03 years	+2.18 years	+3%
Iraq	72.42 years	73.58 years	+1.15 years	+2%
Ireland	82.58 years	84.29 years	+1.71 years	+2%
Isle of Man	81.09 years	82.75 years	+1.66 years	+2%
Israel	82.73 years	84.19 years	+1.46 years	+2%
Italy	83.87 years	85.39 years	+1.52 years	+2%
Jamaica	71.61 years	73.04 years	+1.44 years	+2%
Japan	84.85 years	86.42 years	+1.57 years	+2%
Jersey	79.83 years	81.58 years	+1.74 years	+2%
Jordan	77.98 years	79.74 years	+1.76 years	+2%
Kazakhstan	74.53 years	76.05 years	+1.52 years	+2%
Kenya	63.83 years	65.69 years	+1.85 years	+3%
Kiribati	66.60 years	67.95 years	+1.35 years	+2%
Kosovo	78.22 years	80.19 years	+1.97 years	+3%
Kuwait	80.60 years	82.58 years	+1.98 years	+2%
Kyrgyzstan	71.82 years	73.44 years	+1.62 years	+2%
Laos	69.22 years	71.65 years	+2.42 years	+3%
Latvia	76.33 years	77.97 years	+1.64 years	+2%
Lebanon	77.94 years	79.50 years	+1.56 years	+2%
Lesotho	57.80 years	61.92 years	+4.13 years	+7%
Liberia	62.32 years	63.87 years	+1.54 years	+2%
Libya	71.12 years	76.76 years	+5.64 years	+8%
Liechtenstein	83.75 years	85.33 years	+1.58 years	+2%
Lithuania	76.17 years	77.87 years	+1.70 years	+2%
Luxembourg	82.36 years	83.89 years	+1.53 years	+2%
Macao	83.23 years	85.04 years	+1.82 years	+2%
Madagascar	63.84 years	65.93 years	+2.10 years	+3%
Malawi	67.56 years	69.45 years	+1.89 years	+3%
Malaysia	76.82 years	78.66 years	+1.84 years	+2%
Maldives	81.28 years	83.56 years	+2.28 years	+3%
Mali	60.67 years	62.87 years	+2.20 years	+4%
Malta	83.47 years	85.00 years	+1.53 years	+2%
Marshall Islands	67.08 years	68.44 years	+1.37 years	+2%
Martinique	82.74 years	84.28 years	+1.55 years	+2%
Mauritania	68.71 years	70.94 years	+2.23 years	+3%
Mauritius	75.10 years	76.97 years	+1.86 years	+2%
Mayotte	76.24 years	78.24 years	+2.00 years	+3%
Mexico	75.26 years	77.24 years	+1.98 years	+3%
Micronesia (country)	67.36 years	68.88 years	+1.52 years	+2%
Moldova	71.33 years	72.86 years	+1.53 years	+2%
Monaco	86.50 years	87.76 years	+1.26 years	+1%
Mongolia	71.98 years	74.56 years	+2.58 years	+4%
Montenegro	77.25 years	79.13 years	+1.87 years	+2%
Montserrat	76.34 years	78.10 years	+1.76 years	+2%
Morocco	75.49 years	77.35 years	+1.86 years	+2%
Mozambique	63.80 years	65.62 years	+1.82 years	+3%
Myanmar	67.09 years	69.19 years	+2.09 years	+3%
Namibia	67.52 years	69.03 years	+1.51 years	+2%
Nauru	62.28 years	63.89 years	+1.61 years	+3%
Nepal	70.64 years	73.18 years	+2.55 years	+4%
Netherlands	82.30 years	83.91 years	+1.60 years	+2%
New Caledonia	78.92 years	80.64 years	+1.72 years	+2%
New Zealand	82.25 years	83.80 years	+1.55 years	+2%
Nicaragua	75.10 years	76.86 years	+1.76 years	+2%
Niger	61.43 years	63.83 years	+2.40 years	+4%
Nigeria	54.63 years	56.32 years	+1.68 years	+3%
Niue	70.10 years	71.57 years	+1.47 years	+2%
North Korea	73.74 years	75.08 years	+1.34 years	+2%
North Macedonia	77.54 years	79.08 years	+1.54 years	+2%
Northern Mariana Islands	78.95 years	80.53 years	+1.58 years	+2%
Norway	83.46 years	84.95 years	+1.49 years	+2%
Oman	80.25 years	82.40 years	+2.16 years	+3%
Pakistan	67.80 years	69.29 years	+1.49 years	+2%
Palau	69.38 years	70.59 years	+1.21 years	+2%
Palestine	69.21 years	78.91 years	+9.69 years	+14%
Panama	79.78 years	81.76 years	+1.99 years	+2%
Papua New Guinea	66.26 years	67.60 years	+1.34 years	+2%
Paraguay	73.98 years	75.44 years	+1.46 years	+2%
Peru	77.94 years	79.92 years	+1.97 years	+3%
Philippines	69.95 years	71.29 years	+1.34 years	+2%
Poland	78.81 years	80.69 years	+1.88 years	+2%
Portugal	82.55 years	84.24 years	+1.69 years	+2%
Puerto Rico	81.90 years	83.63 years	+1.73 years	+2%
Qatar	82.52 years	84.15 years	+1.63 years	+2%
Reunion	83.67 years	85.01 years	+1.33 years	+2%
Romania	76.09 years	77.78 years	+1.69 years	+2%
Russia	73.34 years	75.32 years	+1.98 years	+3%
Rwanda	68.02 years	70.25 years	+2.23 years	+3%
Saint Barthelemy	84.40 years	85.62 years	+1.22 years	+1%
Saint Helena	76.95 years	78.87 years	+1.92 years	+2%
Saint Kitts and Nevis	72.28 years	73.93 years	+1.65 years	+2%
Saint Lucia	72.85 years	74.50 years	+1.66 years	+2%
Saint Martin (French part)	80.44 years	82.47 years	+2.03 years	+3%
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	76.94 years	78.86 years	+1.92 years	+2%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	71.38 years	72.90 years	+1.52 years	+2%
Samoa	71.83 years	73.22 years	+1.40 years	+2%
San Marino	85.82 years	87.04 years	+1.22 years	+1%
Sao Tome and Principe	69.91 years	71.81 years	+1.91 years	+3%
Saudi Arabia	78.98 years	81.28 years	+2.30 years	+3%
Senegal	68.92 years	71.25 years	+2.33 years	+3%
Serbia	76.94 years	78.96 years	+2.02 years	+3%
Seychelles	72.99 years	74.64 years	+1.65 years	+2%
Sierra Leone	61.96 years	63.83 years	+1.86 years	+3%
Singapore	83.86 years	85.29 years	+1.42 years	+2%
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	76.53 years	78.32 years	+1.79 years	+2%
Slovakia	78.49 years	80.32 years	+1.83 years	+2%
Slovenia	81.78 years	83.46 years	+1.68 years	+2%
Solomon Islands	70.69 years	72.24 years	+1.54 years	+2%
Somalia	58.97 years	60.57 years	+1.60 years	+3%
South Africa	66.31 years	68.10 years	+1.79 years	+3%
South Korea	84.43 years	85.61 years	+1.17 years	+1%
South Sudan	57.74 years	59.02 years	+1.29 years	+2%
Spain	83.80 years	85.28 years	+1.48 years	+2%
Sri Lanka	77.67 years	79.59 years	+1.91 years	+2%
Sudan	66.52 years	68.46 years	+1.94 years	+3%
Suriname	73.76 years	75.34 years	+1.59 years	+2%
Sweden	83.42 years	84.92 years	+1.50 years	+2%
Switzerland	84.09 years	85.53 years	+1.44 years	+2%
Syria	72.56 years	74.81 years	+2.25 years	+3%
Taiwan	80.75 years	82.74 years	+1.99 years	+2%
Tajikistan	71.93 years	73.40 years	+1.48 years	+2%
Tanzania	67.21 years	69.40 years	+2.19 years	+3%
Thailand	76.56 years	78.93 years	+2.37 years	+3%
Togo	62.93 years	64.98 years	+2.04 years	+3%
Tokelau	77.17 years	78.53 years	+1.36 years	+2%
Tonga	73.07 years	74.75 years	+1.68 years	+2%
Trinidad and Tobago	73.62 years	75.13 years	+1.51 years	+2%
Tunisia	76.71 years	78.83 years	+2.12 years	+3%
Turkey	77.42 years	80.02 years	+2.60 years	+3%
Turkmenistan	70.20 years	71.62 years	+1.42 years	+2%
Turks and Caicos Islands	78.18 years	79.98 years	+1.80 years	+2%
Tuvalu	67.26 years	68.79 years	+1.53 years	+2%
Uganda	68.49 years	70.77 years	+2.28 years	+3%
Ukraine	74.69 years	76.43 years	+1.74 years	+2%
United Arab Emirates	83.07 years	84.71 years	+1.64 years	+2%
United Kingdom	81.45 years	83.08 years	+1.63 years	+2%
United States	79.46 years	81.11 years	+1.64 years	+2%
United States Virgin Islands	75.70 years	78.05 years	+2.35 years	+3%
Uruguay	78.29 years	80.09 years	+1.80 years	+2%
Uzbekistan	72.53 years	73.97 years	+1.44 years	+2%
Vanuatu	71.65 years	73.50 years	+1.85 years	+3%
Vatican	83.11 years	84.68 years	+1.57 years	+2%
Venezuela	72.67 years	74.48 years	+1.81 years	+2%
Vietnam	74.74 years	76.48 years	+1.75 years	+2%
Wallis and Futuna	78.74 years	80.25 years	+1.52 years	+2%
Western Sahara	71.58 years	73.51 years	+1.93 years	+3%
Yemen	69.44 years	70.91 years	+1.47 years	+2%
Zambia	66.53 years	68.31 years	+1.78 years	+3%
Zimbabwe	63.06 years	65.92 years	+2.85 years	+5%
Other
Africa (UN)	64.02 years	66.00 years	+1.99 years	+3%
Asia (UN)	74.76 years	76.98 years	+2.23 years	+3%
Europe (UN)	79.30 years	81.04 years	+1.73 years	+2%
High-income countries	81.58 years	83.19 years	+1.61 years	+2%
Latin America and the Caribbean (UN)	75.87 years	77.71 years	+1.84 years	+2%
Least developed countries	66.53 years	68.54 years	+2.01 years	+3%
Less developed regions	71.92 years	73.89 years	+1.97 years	+3%
Less developed regions, excluding China	70.42 years	72.27 years	+1.85 years	+3%
Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries	73.11 years	75.12 years	+2.01 years	+3%
Low-income countries	65.13 years	67.08 years	+1.95 years	+3%
Lower-middle-income countries	69.80 years	71.75 years	+1.94 years	+3%
More developed regions	80.08 years	81.74 years	+1.67 years	+2%
Northern America (UN)	79.79 years	81.44 years	+1.65 years	+2%
Oceania (UN)	79.33 years	80.47 years	+1.14 years	+1%
Upper-middle-income countries	76.06 years	78.39 years	+2.33 years	+3%
World	73.32 years	75.12 years	+1.80 years	+2%

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Life Expectancy, age 0, medium projection

UN WPP

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Life Expectancy, age 0, medium projection

UN WPP

Period life expectancy for individuals who have reached age 0. Estimates are expressed as the expected age at death, not as years left to live. Projections from 2024 onwards are based on the UN's medium scenario.

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July 12, 2024

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