Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — East Asia & Pacific

Life expectancy at birth in East Asia & Pacific in 2024 — 76.7 years. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 84%.

2024 76.7 years +0.11% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 76.7 years2024
Period minimum 41.7 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — East Asia & Pacific, 1960–2024405060708019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 41.7 years1962: 53.3 years1964: 54.5 years1966: 55.4 years1968: 56.8 years1970: 58.1 years1972: 59.4 years1974: 60.8 years1976: 61.9 years1978: 63.4 years1980: 64.5 years1982: 65.5 years1984: 66.3 years1986: 67 years1988: 67.7 years1990: 68.3 years1992: 69.1 years1994: 69.8 years1996: 70.4 years1998: 71.1 years2000: 71.7 years2002: 72.4 years2004: 72.8 years2006: 73.6 years2008: 73.8 years2010: 74.6 years2012: 75.1 years2014: 75.6 years2016: 76 years2018: 76.4 years2020: 76.5 years2022: 76.7 years2024: 76.7 years
Change over the period: +35 (+83.99%) Average annual rate: 0.96 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: East Asia & Pacific

East Asia & Pacific 76.7 years
World 73.5 years
Life expectancy at birth — East Asia & Pacific, by year East Asia & Pacific All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 76.7 +0.1 +0.11%
2023 76.7 −0 −0.03%
2022 76.7 +0.5 +0.69%
2021 76.2 −0.4 −0.51%
2020 76.5 −0 −0.06%
2019 76.6 +0.2 +0.26%
2018 76.4 +0.3 +0.41%
2017 76.1 +0.1 +0.12%
2016 76 +0.2 +0.26%
2015 75.8 +0.2 +0.3%
2014 75.6 +0.2 +0.3%
2013 75.3 +0.2 +0.3%
2012 75.1 +0.3 +0.38%
2011 74.8 +0.2 +0.26%
2010 74.6 +0.3 +0.35%
2009 74.4 +0.5 +0.7%
2008 73.8 −0 −0.06%
2007 73.9 +0.3 +0.45%
2006 73.6 +0.3 +0.36%
2005 73.3 +0.5 +0.67%
2004 72.8 +0.1 +0.11%
2003 72.7 +0.4 +0.52%
2002 72.4 +0.3 +0.44%
2001 72 +0.3 +0.47%
2000 71.7 +0.3 +0.47%
1999 71.4 +0.3 +0.38%
1998 71.1 +0.3 +0.44%
1997 70.8 +0.4 +0.51%
1996 70.4 +0.4 +0.58%
1995 70 +0.3 +0.38%
1994 69.8 +0.3 +0.43%
1993 69.5 +0.4 +0.58%
1992 69.1 +0.4 +0.57%
1991 68.7 +0.4 +0.58%
1990 68.3 +0.2 +0.34%
1989 68 +0.3 +0.5%
1988 67.7 +0.3 +0.45%
1987 67.4 +0.4 +0.56%
1986 67 +0.4 +0.53%
1985 66.7 +0.4 +0.58%
1984 66.3 +0.4 +0.64%
1983 65.9 +0.4 +0.66%
1982 65.5 +0.5 +0.71%
1981 65 +0.5 +0.73%
1980 64.5 +0.5 +0.73%
1979 64.1 +0.6 +1.01%
1978 63.4 +0.6 +0.88%
1977 62.9 +1 +1.57%
1976 61.9 +0.4 +0.59%
1975 61.5 +0.7 +1.17%
1974 60.8 +0.6 +0.96%
1973 60.2 +0.8 +1.35%
1972 59.4 +0.5 +0.91%
1971 58.9 +0.8 +1.36%
1970 58.1 +0.6 +1.06%
1969 57.5 +0.7 +1.26%
1968 56.8 +0.5 +0.82%
1967 56.3 +0.9 +1.69%
1966 55.4 +1 +1.84%
1965 54.4 −0.1 −0.24%
1964 54.5 +0.6 +1.11%
1963 53.9 +0.6 +1.13%
1962 53.3 +7 +15.09%
1961 46.3 +4.6 +11.06%
1960 41.7

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.