Male life expectancy — all countries

Male life expectancy — Iraq

Male life expectancy in Iraq in 2024 — 70.5 years. Ranked 118 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 45.9%.

2024 70.5 years +0.11% vs 2023
World rank 118of 217
Period maximum 70.5 years2024
Period minimum 48.33 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Male life expectancy — Iraq, 1960–2024405060708019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 48.33 years1962: 50.11 years1964: 51.89 years1966: 53.93 years1968: 55.86 years1970: 57.7 years1972: 59.17 years1974: 57.12 years1976: 60.82 years1978: 61.33 years1980: 55.39 years1982: 52 years1984: 52.59 years1986: 53.12 years1988: 49.43 years1990: 52.29 years1992: 61.73 years1994: 61.63 years1996: 61.62 years1998: 61.81 years2000: 62.28 years2002: 63.11 years2004: 60.67 years2006: 59.26 years2008: 63.15 years2010: 65.8 years2012: 66.59 years2014: 67.44 years2016: 65.26 years2018: 69.23 years2020: 66.97 years2022: 70.11 years2024: 70.5 years
Change over the period: +22.17 (+45.88%) Average annual rate: 0.59 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Iraq 70.5 years
World 71.12 years
Western Asia computed 73.84 years
Upper-middle-income countries computed 73.58 years
Male life expectancy — Iraq, by year Iraq All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 70.5 +0.08 +0.11%
2023 70.43 +0.32 +0.45%
2022 70.11 +1.26 +1.84%
2021 68.85 +1.87 +2.79%
2020 66.97 −2.35 −3.4%
2019 69.33 +0.1 +0.14%
2018 69.23 +2.19 +3.27%
2017 67.04 +1.77 +2.72%
2016 65.26 −2.51 −3.7%
2015 67.77 +0.33 +0.49%
2014 67.44 +0.71 +1.07%
2013 66.73 +0.14 +0.2%
2012 66.59 +0.41 +0.62%
2011 66.18 +0.39 +0.59%
2010 65.8 +0.32 +0.49%
2009 65.48 +2.33 +3.69%
2008 63.15 +3.38 +5.65%
2007 59.77 +0.51 +0.86%
2006 59.26 −1.66 −2.72%
2005 60.92 +0.25 +0.42%
2004 60.67 −0.6 −0.98%
2003 61.27 −1.85 −2.93%
2002 63.11 +0.45 +0.72%
2001 62.66 +0.39 +0.62%
2000 62.28 +0.31 +0.51%
1999 61.96 +0.16 +0.25%
1998 61.81 +0.38 +0.62%
1997 61.43 −0.19 −0.31%
1996 61.62 +0.08 +0.13%
1995 61.54 −0.09 −0.15%
1994 61.63 −0.16 −0.26%
1993 61.79 +0.06 +0.1%
1992 61.73 +5.1 +9.01%
1991 56.63 +4.33 +8.29%
1990 52.29 +0.06 +0.11%
1989 52.24 +2.81 +5.69%
1988 49.43 −3.96 −7.42%
1987 53.39 +0.27 +0.5%
1986 53.12 +0.26 +0.48%
1985 52.86 +0.28 +0.53%
1984 52.59 +0.27 +0.51%
1983 52.32 +0.32 +0.62%
1982 52 +0.33 +0.64%
1981 51.67 −3.72 −6.72%
1980 55.39 −6.13 −9.96%
1979 61.52 +0.19 +0.3%
1978 61.33 +0.23 +0.38%
1977 61.1 +0.28 +0.46%
1976 60.82 +3.25 +5.64%
1975 57.57 +0.45 +0.79%
1974 57.12 −2.54 −4.25%
1973 59.66 +0.49 +0.82%
1972 59.17 +0.52 +0.88%
1971 58.65 +0.95 +1.65%
1970 57.7 +1.18 +2.09%
1969 56.52 +0.65 +1.17%
1968 55.86 +0.59 +1.06%
1967 55.28 +1.35 +2.5%
1966 53.93 +0.97 +1.83%
1965 52.96 +1.07 +2.06%
1964 51.89 +1.02 +2%
1963 50.87 +0.77 +1.53%
1962 50.11 +1.12 +2.29%
1961 48.98 +0.65 +1.35%
1960 48.33

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.