Male life expectancy — all countries

Male life expectancy — South Asia

Male life expectancy in South Asia in 2024 — 71.01 years. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 53.6%.

2024 71.01 years +0.3% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 71.01 years2024
Period minimum 46.22 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Male life expectancy — South Asia, 1960–2024405060708019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 46.22 years1962: 46.86 years1964: 47.49 years1966: 46.82 years1968: 48.71 years1970: 48.77 years1972: 49.96 years1974: 50.83 years1976: 51.84 years1978: 52.79 years1980: 53.75 years1982: 54.65 years1984: 55.48 years1986: 56.28 years1988: 57.04 years1990: 57.8 years1992: 58.56 years1994: 59.36 years1996: 60.13 years1998: 60.93 years2000: 61.78 years2002: 62.61 years2004: 63.32 years2006: 64.16 years2008: 64.93 years2010: 65.8 years2012: 66.68 years2014: 67.54 years2016: 68.37 years2018: 69.15 years2020: 68.69 years2022: 70.49 years2024: 71.01 years
Change over the period: +24.79 (+53.62%) Average annual rate: 0.67 %

Comparison, 2024

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

South Asia 71.01 years
World 71.12 years
Male life expectancy — South Asia, by year South Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 71.01 +0.21 +0.3%
2023 70.79 +0.3 +0.43%
2022 70.49 +4.15 +6.26%
2021 66.34 −2.34 −3.41%
2020 68.69 −0.82 −1.18%
2019 69.5 +0.36 +0.52%
2018 69.15 +0.38 +0.55%
2017 68.77 +0.39 +0.57%
2016 68.37 +0.42 +0.63%
2015 67.95 +0.41 +0.6%
2014 67.54 +0.44 +0.66%
2013 67.1 +0.42 +0.63%
2012 66.68 +0.44 +0.67%
2011 66.24 +0.44 +0.67%
2010 65.8 +0.49 +0.76%
2009 65.31 +0.38 +0.58%
2008 64.93 +0.39 +0.6%
2007 64.54 +0.38 +0.58%
2006 64.16 +0.38 +0.6%
2005 63.78 +0.46 +0.73%
2004 63.32 +0.31 +0.49%
2003 63.01 +0.4 +0.64%
2002 62.61 +0.43 +0.69%
2001 62.18 +0.39 +0.64%
2000 61.78 +0.44 +0.71%
1999 61.35 +0.42 +0.68%
1998 60.93 +0.4 +0.66%
1997 60.53 +0.41 +0.67%
1996 60.13 +0.4 +0.67%
1995 59.73 +0.37 +0.63%
1994 59.36 +0.41 +0.7%
1993 58.94 +0.38 +0.65%
1992 58.56 +0.61 +1.06%
1991 57.95 +0.15 +0.26%
1990 57.8 +0.4 +0.7%
1989 57.39 +0.36 +0.63%
1988 57.04 +0.37 +0.65%
1987 56.66 +0.38 +0.68%
1986 56.28 +0.42 +0.76%
1985 55.86 +0.38 +0.68%
1984 55.48 +0.41 +0.74%
1983 55.08 +0.43 +0.78%
1982 54.65 +0.44 +0.81%
1981 54.21 +0.46 +0.85%
1980 53.75 +0.46 +0.87%
1979 53.29 +0.49 +0.94%
1978 52.79 +0.5 +0.95%
1977 52.3 +0.45 +0.87%
1976 51.84 +0.48 +0.93%
1975 51.37 +0.54 +1.06%
1974 50.83 +0.48 +0.95%
1973 50.35 +0.39 +0.79%
1972 49.96 +3.26 +6.98%
1971 46.7 −2.07 −4.25%
1970 48.77 −0.27 −0.54%
1969 49.04 +0.33 +0.68%
1968 48.71 +1.58 +3.35%
1967 47.13 +0.31 +0.67%
1966 46.82 +0.44 +0.94%
1965 46.38 −1.11 −2.33%
1964 47.49 +0.34 +0.73%
1963 47.14 +0.28 +0.6%
1962 46.86 +0.35 +0.76%
1961 46.51 +0.29 +0.62%
1960 46.22

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.