Male life expectancy — all countries

Male life expectancy — Central African Republic

Male life expectancy in the Central African Republic in 2024 — 55.51 years. Ranked 213 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 44.1%.

2024 55.51 years +0.45% vs 2023
World rank 213of 217
Period maximum 55.51 years2024
Period minimum 12.38 years2009

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Male life expectancy — Central African Republic, 1960–2024020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 38.52 years1962: 39.52 years1964: 40.61 years1966: 41.78 years1968: 42.96 years1970: 44.14 years1972: 45.26 years1974: 46.28 years1976: 47.15 years1978: 47.87 years1980: 48.4 years1982: 48.74 years1984: 48.89 years1986: 48.88 years1988: 48.67 years1990: 48.29 years1992: 47.66 years1994: 46.97 years1996: 46.22 years1998: 45.83 years2000: 45.66 years2002: 45.91 years2004: 46.99 years2006: 47.88 years2008: 49.1 years2010: 44.49 years2012: 49.86 years2014: 35.71 years2016: 48.19 years2018: 49.4 years2020: 47.22 years2022: 15.39 years2024: 55.51 years
Change over the period: +16.99 (+44.11%) Average annual rate: 0.57 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Central African Republic

Central African Republic 55.51 years
World 71.12 years
Sub-Saharan Africa 60.68 years
Middle Africa computed 60.11 years
Low-income countries computed 62.79 years
Male life expectancy — Central African Republic, by year Central African Republic All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 55.51 +0.25 +0.45%
2023 55.26 +39.87 +259.13%
2022 15.39 −19.94 −56.44%
2021 35.33 −11.89 −25.18%
2020 47.22 +20.83 +78.95%
2019 26.39 −23.02 −46.59%
2018 49.4 +8.54 +20.91%
2017 40.86 −7.33 −15.21%
2016 48.19 −1.49 −3.01%
2015 49.68 +13.98 +39.14%
2014 35.71 −11.17 −23.83%
2013 46.88 −2.98 −5.98%
2012 49.86 +1.42 +2.92%
2011 48.45 +3.96 +8.9%
2010 44.49 +32.1 +259.26%
2009 12.38 −36.72 −74.78%
2008 49.1 +0.57 +1.18%
2007 48.53 +0.65 +1.35%
2006 47.88 +0.39 +0.83%
2005 47.49 +0.5 +1.07%
2004 46.99 +0.42 +0.91%
2003 46.57 +0.66 +1.44%
2002 45.91 +0.08 +0.16%
2001 45.83 +0.17 +0.37%
2000 45.66 −0.11 −0.23%
1999 45.77 −0.06 −0.14%
1998 45.83 −0.06 −0.12%
1997 45.89 −0.34 −0.73%
1996 46.22 −0.39 −0.83%
1995 46.61 −0.36 −0.76%
1994 46.97 −0.37 −0.77%
1993 47.33 −0.33 −0.68%
1992 47.66 −0.35 −0.73%
1991 48.01 −0.27 −0.57%
1990 48.29 −0.23 −0.46%
1989 48.51 −0.16 −0.33%
1988 48.67 −0.13 −0.26%
1987 48.8 −0.08 −0.16%
1986 48.88 −0.03 −0.06%
1985 48.91 +0.02 +0.04%
1984 48.89 +0.05 +0.1%
1983 48.84 +0.1 +0.2%
1982 48.74 +0.14 +0.29%
1981 48.6 +0.19 +0.4%
1980 48.4 +0.24 +0.5%
1979 48.16 +0.29 +0.6%
1978 47.87 +0.34 +0.71%
1977 47.54 +0.38 +0.81%
1976 47.15 +0.42 +0.9%
1975 46.73 +0.45 +0.97%
1974 46.28 +0.49 +1.07%
1973 45.79 +0.54 +1.18%
1972 45.26 +0.55 +1.23%
1971 44.71 +0.57 +1.29%
1970 44.14 +0.59 +1.34%
1969 43.55 +0.59 +1.38%
1968 42.96 +0.6 +1.4%
1967 42.36 +0.59 +1.41%
1966 41.78 +0.6 +1.44%
1965 41.18 +0.58 +1.42%
1964 40.61 +0.55 +1.38%
1963 40.05 +0.53 +1.35%
1962 39.52 +0.51 +1.31%
1961 39.01 +0.49 +1.27%
1960 38.52

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.