Male life expectancy — all countries

Male life expectancy — Cameroon

Male life expectancy in Cameroon in 2024 — 61.78 years. Ranked 196 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 109.8%.

2024 61.78 years +0.42% vs 2023
World rank 196of 217
Period maximum 61.78 years2024
Period minimum 29.45 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Male life expectancy — Cameroon, 1960–202420304050607019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 29.45 years1962: 41.51 years1964: 42.45 years1966: 43.66 years1968: 45.22 years1970: 46.81 years1972: 47.94 years1974: 48.41 years1976: 48.66 years1978: 48.92 years1980: 49.41 years1982: 50.28 years1984: 51.26 years1986: 52.08 years1988: 52.84 years1990: 52.78 years1992: 52.45 years1994: 51.94 years1996: 51.65 years1998: 51.57 years2000: 52.13 years2002: 52.76 years2004: 53.38 years2006: 54.06 years2008: 54.77 years2010: 55.44 years2012: 56.49 years2014: 57.24 years2016: 58.35 years2018: 59.11 years2020: 59.47 years2022: 60.33 years2024: 61.78 years
Change over the period: +32.33 (+109.81%) Average annual rate: 1.16 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Cameroon

Cameroon 61.78 years
World 71.12 years
Sub-Saharan Africa 60.68 years
Middle Africa computed 60.11 years
Lower-middle-income countries computed 68.21 years
Male life expectancy — Cameroon, by year Cameroon All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 61.78 +0.26 +0.42%
2023 61.52 +1.2 +1.98%
2022 60.33 +1.26 +2.12%
2021 59.07 −0.39 −0.66%
2020 59.47 −0.16 −0.28%
2019 59.63 +0.52 +0.88%
2018 59.11 +0.28 +0.47%
2017 58.84 +0.48 +0.83%
2016 58.35 +0.59 +1.02%
2015 57.76 +0.53 +0.92%
2014 57.24 +0.25 +0.43%
2013 56.99 +0.5 +0.89%
2012 56.49 +0.56 +1%
2011 55.93 +0.49 +0.88%
2010 55.44 +0.4 +0.72%
2009 55.05 +0.27 +0.5%
2008 54.77 +0.35 +0.64%
2007 54.42 +0.36 +0.66%
2006 54.06 +0.32 +0.59%
2005 53.75 +0.36 +0.68%
2004 53.38 +0.32 +0.6%
2003 53.06 +0.3 +0.57%
2002 52.76 +0.31 +0.59%
2001 52.45 +0.32 +0.62%
2000 52.13 +0.31 +0.61%
1999 51.82 +0.25 +0.48%
1998 51.57 +0.06 +0.11%
1997 51.51 −0.14 −0.27%
1996 51.65 −0.11 −0.22%
1995 51.77 −0.18 −0.34%
1994 51.94 −0.31 −0.59%
1993 52.25 −0.2 −0.38%
1992 52.45 −0.14 −0.27%
1991 52.59 −0.19 −0.36%
1990 52.78 −0.07 −0.13%
1989 52.86 +0.01 +0.02%
1988 52.84 +0.18 +0.34%
1987 52.67 +0.59 +1.12%
1986 52.08 +0.17 +0.32%
1985 51.91 +0.66 +1.29%
1984 51.26 +0.35 +0.68%
1983 50.91 +0.63 +1.25%
1982 50.28 +0.55 +1.11%
1981 49.73 +0.32 +0.65%
1980 49.41 +0.31 +0.64%
1979 49.09 +0.17 +0.35%
1978 48.92 +0.17 +0.34%
1977 48.75 +0.1 +0.2%
1976 48.66 +0.08 +0.16%
1975 48.58 +0.16 +0.34%
1974 48.41 +0.18 +0.37%
1973 48.24 +0.3 +0.62%
1972 47.94 +0.5 +1.06%
1971 47.44 +0.62 +1.33%
1970 46.81 +0.74 +1.61%
1969 46.07 +0.85 +1.88%
1968 45.22 +0.81 +1.82%
1967 44.41 +0.75 +1.72%
1966 43.66 +0.67 +1.55%
1965 43 +0.55 +1.29%
1964 42.45 +0.51 +1.22%
1963 41.94 +0.43 +1.02%
1962 41.51 +11.68 +39.15%
1961 29.83 +0.39 +1.31%
1960 29.45

About the indicator

Life expectancy at birth for men. Men live shorter lives than women in practically every country in the world, and this is one of the most stable differences in all of demography — but the size of the gap varies severalfold: from two or three years in South Asia to ten and more in Eastern Europe, where excess male mortality at working ages is especially large.

Important: The aggregate for country groups is weighted by the male population rather than by the whole population: the share of men across countries ranges from 48 to 70 percent, and in countries with heavy labor migration the difference is substantial.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.