Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Bulgaria

Life expectancy at birth in Bulgaria in 2024 — 75.8 years. Ranked 101 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 9.4%.

2024 75.8 years +0.01% vs 2023
World rank 101of 217
Period maximum 75.8 years2024
Period minimum 69.2 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Bulgaria, 1960–2024687072747619601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 69.2 years1962: 69.5 years1964: 71.1 years1966: 71.2 years1968: 71.2 years1970: 71.3 years1972: 70.9 years1974: 71.2 years1976: 71.4 years1978: 71.2 years1980: 71.2 years1982: 71.2 years1984: 71.5 years1986: 71.7 years1988: 71.6 years1990: 71.6 years1992: 71.5 years1994: 71.2 years1996: 70.9 years1998: 71.1 years2000: 71.7 years2002: 71.9 years2004: 72.6 years2006: 72.6 years2008: 73 years2010: 73.5 years2012: 74.3 years2014: 74.5 years2016: 74.8 years2018: 75 years2020: 73.4 years2022: 74.2 years2024: 75.8 years
Change over the period: +6.5 (+9.41%) Average annual rate: 0.14 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Bulgaria 75.8 years
World 73.5 years
Eastern Europe computed 75 years
Upper-middle-income countries computed 76.3 years
Life expectancy at birth — Bulgaria, by year Bulgaria All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 75.8 +0 +0.01%
2023 75.8 +1.6 +2.15%
2022 74.2 +2.9 +4.14%
2021 71.2 −2.1 −2.92%
2020 73.4 −1.8 −2.34%
2019 75.1 +0.1 +0.2%
2018 75 +0.1 +0.2%
2017 74.8 +0 +0%
2016 74.8 +0.2 +0.26%
2015 74.6 +0.1 +0.2%
2014 74.5 −0.4 −0.53%
2013 74.9 +0.5 +0.74%
2012 74.3 +0.2 +0.2%
2011 74.2 +0.7 +0.89%
2010 73.5 +0.1 +0.14%
2009 73.4 +0.4 +0.62%
2008 73 +0.3 +0.41%
2007 72.7 +0.1 +0.07%
2006 72.6 +0.1 +0.07%
2005 72.6 −0 −0%
2004 72.6 +0.5 +0.69%
2003 72.1 +0.2 +0.28%
2002 71.9 +0.1 +0.14%
2001 71.8 +0.1 +0.15%
2000 71.7 +0.3 +0.35%
1999 71.4 +0.4 +0.49%
1998 71.1 +0.7 +1.01%
1997 70.4 −0.5 −0.77%
1996 70.9 −0.2 −0.22%
1995 71.1 −0.2 −0.22%
1994 71.2 −0.1 −0.19%
1993 71.3 −0.1 −0.21%
1992 71.5 −0.1 −0.09%
1991 71.6 −0.1 −0.11%
1990 71.6 −0.1 −0.11%
1989 71.7 +0.1 +0.16%
1988 71.6 +0.1 +0.11%
1987 71.5 −0.2 −0.28%
1986 71.7 +0.5 +0.71%
1985 71.2 −0.3 −0.38%
1984 71.5 +0.1 +0.16%
1983 71.4 +0.2 +0.28%
1982 71.2 −0.4 −0.54%
1981 71.6 +0.4 +0.58%
1980 71.2 −0.2 −0.21%
1979 71.3 +0.1 +0.17%
1978 71.2 +0.4 +0.52%
1977 70.8 −0.6 −0.81%
1976 71.4 +0.3 +0.49%
1975 71 −0.2 −0.22%
1974 71.2 −0.1 −0.19%
1973 71.3 +0.4 +0.62%
1972 70.9 +0 +0.04%
1971 70.9 −0.4 −0.54%
1970 71.3 +0.8 +1.17%
1969 70.4 −0.8 −1.12%
1968 71.2 +0.8 +1.15%
1967 70.4 −0.8 −1.14%
1966 71.2 −0.1 −0.1%
1965 71.3 +0.2 +0.24%
1964 71.1 +0.8 +1.15%
1963 70.3 +0.8 +1.18%
1962 69.5 −0.7 −1%
1961 70.2 +0.9 +1.37%
1960 69.2

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.