Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Cambodia

Life expectancy at birth in Cambodia in 2024 — 70.8 years. Ranked 148 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 68.1%.

2024 70.8 years +0.21% vs 2023
World rank 148of 217
Period maximum 70.8 years2024
Period minimum 11.3 years1977

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Cambodia, 1960–202402040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 42.1 years1962: 43.1 years1964: 44 years1966: 44.9 years1968: 45.6 years1970: 38.6 years1972: 38.9 years1974: 39.3 years1976: 11.6 years1978: 11.6 years1980: 47.5 years1982: 48.8 years1984: 50.1 years1986: 51.6 years1988: 54.4 years1990: 55.2 years1992: 55.7 years1994: 56.2 years1996: 56.8 years1998: 57.9 years2000: 59.5 years2002: 61.4 years2004: 63.3 years2006: 64.9 years2008: 66.1 years2010: 67.3 years2012: 68.4 years2014: 69.1 years2016: 69.6 years2018: 70 years2020: 70.1 years2022: 70.5 years2024: 70.8 years
Change over the period: +28.7 (+68.08%) Average annual rate: 0.81 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Cambodia 70.8 years
World 73.5 years
East Asia & Pacific 76.7 years
South-Eastern Asia computed 72.1 years
Lower-middle-income countries computed 70.1 years
Life expectancy at birth — Cambodia, by year Cambodia All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 70.8 +0.1 +0.21%
2023 70.7 +0.1 +0.2%
2022 70.5 +1.2 +1.77%
2021 69.3 −0.8 −1.08%
2020 70.1 −0.1 −0.1%
2019 70.1 +0.1 +0.19%
2018 70 +0.2 +0.22%
2017 69.8 +0.2 +0.3%
2016 69.6 +0.2 +0.34%
2015 69.4 +0.3 +0.41%
2014 69.1 +0.4 +0.53%
2013 68.8 +0.4 +0.56%
2012 68.4 +0.5 +0.74%
2011 67.9 +0.6 +0.83%
2010 67.3 +0.6 +0.84%
2009 66.7 +0.6 +0.91%
2008 66.1 +0.6 +0.91%
2007 65.5 +0.7 +1.02%
2006 64.9 +0.8 +1.21%
2005 64.1 +0.9 +1.35%
2004 63.3 +0.9 +1.46%
2003 62.3 +0.9 +1.55%
2002 61.4 +0.9 +1.55%
2001 60.5 +1 +1.62%
2000 59.5 +0.9 +1.5%
1999 58.6 +0.8 +1.3%
1998 57.9 +0.6 +1.04%
1997 57.3 +0.4 +0.76%
1996 56.8 +0.3 +0.48%
1995 56.6 +0.3 +0.61%
1994 56.2 +0.2 +0.33%
1993 56 +0.3 +0.52%
1992 55.7 +0.2 +0.3%
1991 55.6 +0.4 +0.68%
1990 55.2 +0.4 +0.8%
1989 54.8 +0.3 +0.62%
1988 54.4 +0.8 +1.41%
1987 53.7 +2.1 +4.11%
1986 51.6 +0.8 +1.49%
1985 50.8 +0.7 +1.42%
1984 50.1 +0.7 +1.43%
1983 49.4 +0.6 +1.29%
1982 48.8 +0.7 +1.5%
1981 48 +0.5 +1.13%
1980 47.5 +6.4 +15.65%
1979 41.1 +29.5 +254.9%
1978 11.6 +0.3 +2.46%
1977 11.3 −0.3 −2.9%
1976 11.6 −1.2 −9.01%
1975 12.8 −26.5 −67.47%
1974 39.3 +0.2 +0.56%
1973 39.1 +0.2 +0.43%
1972 38.9 +0.2 +0.54%
1971 38.7 +0.1 +0.19%
1970 38.6 −7.3 −15.91%
1969 45.9 +0.3 +0.77%
1968 45.6 +0.4 +0.87%
1967 45.2 +0.2 +0.55%
1966 44.9 +0.5 +1.01%
1965 44.5 +0.5 +1.03%
1964 44 +0.4 +0.99%
1963 43.6 +0.5 +1.24%
1962 43.1 +0.5 +1.15%
1961 42.6 +0.5 +1.08%
1960 42.1

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.