Male life expectancy — all countries

Male life expectancy — Denmark

Male life expectancy in Denmark in 2024 — 80.4 years. Ranked 29 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 14.1%.

2024 80.4 years +0.63% vs 2023
World rank 29of 217
Period maximum 80.4 years2024
Period minimum 70.2 years1965

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Male life expectancy — Denmark, 1960–20247075808519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 70.44 years1962: 70.31 years1964: 70.29 years1966: 70.21 years1968: 70.78 years1970: 70.88 years1972: 70.8 years1974: 70.94 years1976: 70.93 years1978: 71.51 years1980: 71.17 years1982: 71.6 years1984: 71.65 years1986: 71.77 years1988: 72.04 years1990: 72.02 years1992: 72.56 years1994: 72.78 years1996: 73.05 years1998: 73.7 years2000: 74.3 years2002: 74.7 years2004: 75.2 years2006: 75.9 years2008: 76.3 years2010: 77.1 years2012: 78.1 years2014: 78.7 years2016: 79 years2018: 79.1 years2020: 79.7 years2022: 79.5 years2024: 80.4 years
Change over the period: +9.96 (+14.14%) Average annual rate: 0.21 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Denmark 80.4 years
World 71.12 years
Europe & Central Asia 75.57 years
Northern Europe computed 79.76 years
High-income countries computed 77.79 years
Male life expectancy — Denmark, by year Denmark All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 80.4 +0.5 +0.63%
2023 79.9 +0.4 +0.5%
2022 79.5 −0.1 −0.13%
2021 79.6 −0.1 −0.13%
2020 79.7 +0.2 +0.25%
2019 79.5 +0.4 +0.51%
2018 79.1 −0.1 −0.13%
2017 79.2 +0.2 +0.25%
2016 79 +0.2 +0.25%
2015 78.8 +0.1 +0.13%
2014 78.7 +0.4 +0.51%
2013 78.3 +0.2 +0.26%
2012 78.1 +0.3 +0.39%
2011 77.8 +0.7 +0.91%
2010 77.1 +0.6 +0.78%
2009 76.5 +0.2 +0.26%
2008 76.3 +0.3 +0.39%
2007 76 +0.1 +0.13%
2006 75.9 +0.3 +0.4%
2005 75.6 +0.4 +0.53%
2004 75.2 +0.3 +0.4%
2003 74.9 +0.2 +0.27%
2002 74.7 +0.2 +0.27%
2001 74.5 +0.2 +0.27%
2000 74.3 +0.3 +0.41%
1999 74 +0.3 +0.41%
1998 73.7 +0.15 +0.2%
1997 73.55 +0.5 +0.68%
1996 73.05 +0.33 +0.45%
1995 72.72 −0.06 −0.08%
1994 72.78 +0.19 +0.26%
1993 72.59 +0.03 +0.04%
1992 72.56 +0.09 +0.12%
1991 72.47 +0.45 +0.62%
1990 72.02 +0.03 +0.04%
1989 71.99 −0.05 −0.07%
1988 72.04 +0.3 +0.42%
1987 71.74 −0.03 −0.04%
1986 71.77 +0.24 +0.34%
1985 71.53 −0.12 −0.17%
1984 71.65 +0.21 +0.29%
1983 71.44 −0.16 −0.22%
1982 71.6 +0.35 +0.49%
1981 71.25 +0.08 +0.11%
1980 71.17 −0.02 −0.03%
1979 71.19 −0.32 −0.45%
1978 71.51 −0.22 −0.31%
1977 71.73 +0.8 +1.13%
1976 70.93 −0.35 −0.49%
1975 71.28 +0.34 +0.48%
1974 70.94 −0.03 −0.04%
1973 70.97 +0.17 +0.24%
1972 70.8 +0 +0%
1971 70.8 −0.08 −0.11%
1970 70.88 +0.02 +0.03%
1969 70.86 +0.08 +0.11%
1968 70.78 +0.17 +0.24%
1967 70.61 +0.4 +0.57%
1966 70.21 +0.01 +0.01%
1965 70.2 −0.09 −0.13%
1964 70.29 −0.13 −0.18%
1963 70.42 +0.11 +0.16%
1962 70.31 −0.26 −0.37%
1961 70.57 +0.13 +0.18%
1960 70.44

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.