Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — BRICS

Life expectancy at birth in BRICS in 2024 — 74.7 years. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 76.9%.

2024 74.7 years +0.19% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 74.7 years2024
Period minimum 42.2 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — BRICS, 1960–2024405060708019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 42.2 years1962: 50.8 years1964: 51.8 years1966: 52.1 years1968: 53.7 years1970: 54.8 years1972: 55.9 years1974: 57.2 years1976: 58 years1978: 59.3 years1980: 60.3 years1982: 61.3 years1984: 62.2 years1986: 63 years1988: 63.8 years1990: 64.3 years1992: 65 years1994: 65.6 years1996: 66.4 years1998: 67.1 years2000: 67.7 years2002: 68.4 years2004: 68.9 years2006: 69.8 years2008: 70.4 years2010: 71.2 years2012: 71.9 years2014: 72.6 years2016: 73.2 years2018: 73.8 years2020: 73.5 years2022: 74.4 years2024: 74.7 years
Change over the period: +32.5 (+76.87%) Average annual rate: 0.9 %

Comparison, 2024

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

BRICS 74.7 years
World 73.5 years
Life expectancy at birth — BRICS, by year BRICS All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 74.7 +0.1 +0.19%
2023 74.6 +0.2 +0.2%
2022 74.4 +2.4 +3.28%
2021 72.1 −1.4 −1.93%
2020 73.5 −0.6 −0.75%
2019 74 +0.3 +0.36%
2018 73.8 +0.4 +0.48%
2017 73.4 +0.2 +0.31%
2016 73.2 +0.3 +0.39%
2015 72.9 +0.3 +0.44%
2014 72.6 +0.3 +0.44%
2013 72.3 +0.3 +0.45%
2012 71.9 +0.4 +0.51%
2011 71.6 +0.4 +0.5%
2010 71.2 +0.4 +0.52%
2009 70.9 +0.4 +0.64%
2008 70.4 +0.2 +0.35%
2007 70.2 +0.4 +0.58%
2006 69.8 +0.4 +0.55%
2005 69.4 +0.5 +0.71%
2004 68.9 +0.2 +0.34%
2003 68.7 +0.3 +0.43%
2002 68.4 +0.3 +0.49%
2001 68 +0.3 +0.48%
2000 67.7 +0.3 +0.46%
1999 67.4 +0.3 +0.38%
1998 67.1 +0.3 +0.51%
1997 66.8 +0.4 +0.59%
1996 66.4 +0.4 +0.64%
1995 66 +0.4 +0.61%
1994 65.6 +0.3 +0.44%
1993 65.3 +0.3 +0.41%
1992 65 +0.3 +0.45%
1991 64.7 +0.4 +0.62%
1990 64.3 +0.2 +0.35%
1989 64.1 +0.4 +0.57%
1988 63.8 +0.3 +0.55%
1987 63.4 +0.4 +0.59%
1986 63 +0.5 +0.73%
1985 62.6 +0.4 +0.7%
1984 62.2 +0.4 +0.69%
1983 61.7 +0.5 +0.74%
1982 61.3 +0.5 +0.82%
1981 60.8 +0.4 +0.74%
1980 60.3 +0.5 +0.78%
1979 59.9 +0.5 +0.9%
1978 59.3 +0.5 +0.88%
1977 58.8 +0.8 +1.37%
1976 58 +0.3 +0.58%
1975 57.7 +0.5 +0.89%
1974 57.2 +0.6 +1.06%
1973 56.6 +0.6 +1.13%
1972 55.9 +0.6 +1%
1971 55.4 +0.6 +1.11%
1970 54.8 +0.6 +1.07%
1969 54.2 +0.5 +0.98%
1968 53.7 +1 +1.81%
1967 52.7 +0.6 +1.21%
1966 52.1 +0.8 +1.55%
1965 51.3 −0.5 −0.97%
1964 51.8 +0.5 +0.97%
1963 51.3 +0.5 +1.07%
1962 50.8 +5.1 +11.22%
1961 45.6 +3.4 +8.01%
1960 42.2

About the indicator

Life expectancy at birth is the average number of years a newborn would live if age-specific mortality rates stayed the same as in the year of calculation. It is not a forecast for any individual but a summary measure of the current mortality regime: the indicator falls sharply in years of epidemics and wars and recovers just as fast.

Important: The indicator is highly sensitive to infant mortality: a decline there adds more years than an improvement in the health of the elderly.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.