Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — G20

Life expectancy at birth in the G20 in 2024 — 76 years. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 52.1%.

2024 76 years +0.22% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 76 years2024
Period minimum 49.9 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — G20, 1960–2024405060708019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 49.9 years1962: 56 years1964: 56.9 years1966: 57.1 years1968: 58.2 years1970: 59.1 years1972: 60 years1974: 61 years1976: 61.7 years1978: 62.8 years1980: 63.6 years1982: 64.5 years1984: 65.2 years1986: 65.9 years1988: 66.5 years1990: 67 years1992: 67.6 years1994: 68.1 years1996: 68.8 years1998: 69.5 years2000: 70 years2002: 70.6 years2004: 71.1 years2006: 71.8 years2008: 72.4 years2010: 73.1 years2012: 73.7 years2014: 74.3 years2016: 74.7 years2018: 75.2 years2020: 74.7 years2022: 75.5 years2024: 76 years
Change over the period: +26 (+52.13%) Average annual rate: 0.66 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G20

G20 76 years
World 73.5 years
Life expectancy at birth — G20, by year G20 All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 76 +0.2 +0.22%
2023 75.8 +0.3 +0.34%
2022 75.5 +2 +2.71%
2021 73.5 −1.2 −1.59%
2020 74.7 −0.7 −0.93%
2019 75.4 +0.2 +0.33%
2018 75.2 +0.3 +0.39%
2017 74.9 +0.2 +0.24%
2016 74.7 +0.2 +0.31%
2015 74.5 +0.2 +0.29%
2014 74.3 +0.3 +0.4%
2013 74 +0.3 +0.38%
2012 73.7 +0.3 +0.42%
2011 73.4 +0.3 +0.41%
2010 73.1 +0.3 +0.42%
2009 72.8 +0.4 +0.55%
2008 72.4 +0.2 +0.29%
2007 72.2 +0.4 +0.49%
2006 71.8 +0.4 +0.49%
2005 71.5 +0.4 +0.55%
2004 71.1 +0.2 +0.35%
2003 70.8 +0.3 +0.36%
2002 70.6 +0.3 +0.4%
2001 70.3 +0.3 +0.43%
2000 70 +0.3 +0.43%
1999 69.7 +0.2 +0.3%
1998 69.5 +0.3 +0.42%
1997 69.2 +0.4 +0.53%
1996 68.8 +0.4 +0.59%
1995 68.4 +0.3 +0.45%
1994 68.1 +0.3 +0.41%
1993 67.8 +0.2 +0.31%
1992 67.6 +0.3 +0.4%
1991 67.4 +0.3 +0.46%
1990 67 +0.2 +0.34%
1989 66.8 +0.3 +0.45%
1988 66.5 +0.3 +0.41%
1987 66.2 +0.3 +0.51%
1986 65.9 +0.4 +0.59%
1985 65.5 +0.3 +0.53%
1984 65.2 +0.3 +0.53%
1983 64.8 +0.4 +0.55%
1982 64.5 +0.4 +0.67%
1981 64 +0.4 +0.68%
1980 63.6 +0.3 +0.55%
1979 63.3 +0.4 +0.71%
1978 62.8 +0.4 +0.69%
1977 62.4 +0.7 +1.09%
1976 61.7 +0.3 +0.48%
1975 61.4 +0.4 +0.73%
1974 61 +0.5 +0.86%
1973 60.5 +0.5 +0.79%
1972 60 +0.4 +0.71%
1971 59.6 +0.5 +0.86%
1970 59.1 +0.5 +0.78%
1969 58.6 +0.4 +0.67%
1968 58.2 +0.6 +0.99%
1967 57.6 +0.6 +0.99%
1966 57.1 +0.6 +1.02%
1965 56.5 −0.4 −0.64%
1964 56.9 +0.4 +0.77%
1963 56.4 +0.4 +0.68%
1962 56 +3.6 +6.82%
1961 52.5 +2.5 +5.07%
1960 49.9

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.