Male life expectancy — all countries

Male life expectancy — China

Male life expectancy in China in 2024 — 75.25 years. Ranked 69 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 133.9%.

2024 75.25 years +0.06% vs 2023
World rank 69of 217
Period maximum 75.49 years2021
Period minimum 32.17 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Male life expectancy — China, 1960–20242040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 32.17 years1962: 48.95 years1964: 50.33 years1966: 51.67 years1968: 53.26 years1970: 54.94 years1972: 56.73 years1974: 58.2 years1976: 59.22 years1978: 60.94 years1980: 62.05 years1982: 63.01 years1984: 63.88 years1986: 64.56 years1988: 65.22 years1990: 65.86 years1992: 66.76 years1994: 67.41 years1996: 68.32 years1998: 69.12 years2000: 69.85 years2002: 70.59 years2004: 71.27 years2006: 71.9 years2008: 72.36 years2010: 73.19 years2012: 73.62 years2014: 74.12 years2016: 74.58 years2018: 75.03 years2020: 75.25 years2022: 75.47 years2024: 75.25 years
Change over the period: +43.08 (+133.94%) Average annual rate: 1.34 %

Comparison, 2024

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

China 75.25 years
World 71.12 years
East Asia & Pacific 73.92 years
Eastern Asia computed 75.81 years
Upper-middle-income countries computed 73.58 years
Male life expectancy — China, by year China All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 75.25 +0.05 +0.06%
2023 75.2 −0.27 −0.35%
2022 75.47 −0.02 −0.03%
2021 75.49 +0.24 +0.32%
2020 75.25 −0.06 −0.08%
2019 75.3 +0.27 +0.36%
2018 75.03 +0.59 +0.79%
2017 74.45 −0.13 −0.17%
2016 74.58 +0.21 +0.28%
2015 74.37 +0.25 +0.33%
2014 74.12 +0.24 +0.32%
2013 73.88 +0.26 +0.35%
2012 73.62 +0.29 +0.4%
2011 73.33 +0.14 +0.2%
2010 73.19 +0.39 +0.54%
2009 72.8 +0.44 +0.61%
2008 72.36 +0.04 +0.05%
2007 72.33 +0.42 +0.59%
2006 71.9 +0.31 +0.43%
2005 71.6 +0.33 +0.46%
2004 71.27 +0.34 +0.48%
2003 70.93 +0.34 +0.49%
2002 70.59 +0.35 +0.5%
2001 70.24 +0.39 +0.55%
2000 69.85 +0.33 +0.47%
1999 69.52 +0.4 +0.58%
1998 69.12 +0.39 +0.57%
1997 68.73 +0.41 +0.6%
1996 68.32 +0.46 +0.67%
1995 67.87 +0.46 +0.68%
1994 67.41 +0.3 +0.45%
1993 67.11 +0.35 +0.53%
1992 66.76 +0.47 +0.7%
1991 66.29 +0.43 +0.65%
1990 65.86 +0.3 +0.46%
1989 65.56 +0.34 +0.52%
1988 65.22 +0.32 +0.5%
1987 64.9 +0.33 +0.52%
1986 64.56 +0.33 +0.51%
1985 64.24 +0.36 +0.57%
1984 63.88 +0.41 +0.64%
1983 63.47 +0.46 +0.73%
1982 63.01 +0.45 +0.72%
1981 62.56 +0.5 +0.81%
1980 62.05 +0.52 +0.85%
1979 61.53 +0.59 +0.97%
1978 60.94 +0.63 +1.04%
1977 60.31 +1.09 +1.84%
1976 59.22 +0.37 +0.63%
1975 58.86 +0.66 +1.14%
1974 58.2 +0.64 +1.12%
1973 57.55 +0.83 +1.46%
1972 56.73 +0.83 +1.48%
1971 55.9 +0.96 +1.75%
1970 54.94 +0.87 +1.6%
1969 54.08 +0.81 +1.53%
1968 53.26 +0.83 +1.59%
1967 52.43 +0.76 +1.47%
1966 51.67 +0.71 +1.4%
1965 50.95 +0.62 +1.23%
1964 50.33 +0.67 +1.35%
1963 49.66 +0.72 +1.47%
1962 48.95 +10.32 +26.73%
1961 38.62 +6.46 +20.07%
1960 32.17

Eastern Asia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.