Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — G7

Life expectancy at birth in the G7 in 2024 — 81 years. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 16.7%.

2024 81 years +0.34% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 81.1 years2019
Period minimum 69.4 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — G7, 1960–2024657075808519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 69.4 years1962: 69.9 years1964: 70.5 years1966: 70.7 years1968: 70.8 years1970: 71.3 years1972: 71.8 years1974: 72.4 years1976: 73.1 years1978: 73.7 years1980: 74.1 years1982: 74.8 years1984: 75.2 years1986: 75.5 years1988: 75.9 years1990: 76.3 years1992: 76.7 years1994: 77 years1996: 77.4 years1998: 77.9 years2000: 78.3 years2002: 78.6 years2004: 79.2 years2006: 79.5 years2008: 79.8 years2010: 80.3 years2012: 80.6 years2014: 80.9 years2016: 80.8 years2018: 80.9 years2020: 80 years2022: 80.1 years2024: 81 years
Change over the period: +11.6 (+16.71%) Average annual rate: 0.24 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G7

G7 81 years
World 73.5 years
Life expectancy at birth — G7, by year G7 All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 81 +0.3 +0.34%
2023 80.8 +0.6 +0.76%
2022 80.1 +0.4 +0.47%
2021 79.8 −0.3 −0.32%
2020 80 −1.1 −1.3%
2019 81.1 +0.2 +0.22%
2018 80.9 +0.1 +0.1%
2017 80.8 −0 −0.01%
2016 80.8 +0.1 +0.12%
2015 80.7 −0.2 −0.24%
2014 80.9 +0.2 +0.31%
2013 80.7 +0.1 +0.13%
2012 80.6 +0.1 +0.16%
2011 80.4 +0.1 +0.19%
2010 80.3 +0.2 +0.19%
2009 80.1 +0.3 +0.37%
2008 79.8 +0.1 +0.11%
2007 79.7 +0.3 +0.32%
2006 79.5 +0.3 +0.38%
2005 79.2 +0 +0.05%
2004 79.2 +0.5 +0.58%
2003 78.7 +0.1 +0.09%
2002 78.6 +0.1 +0.14%
2001 78.5 +0.3 +0.32%
2000 78.3 +0.3 +0.32%
1999 78 +0.1 +0.12%
1998 77.9 +0.2 +0.21%
1997 77.8 +0.3 +0.41%
1996 77.4 +0.4 +0.51%
1995 77.1 +0 +0.02%
1994 77 +0.3 +0.38%
1993 76.7 +0 +0%
1992 76.7 +0.3 +0.34%
1991 76.5 +0.2 +0.22%
1990 76.3 +0.1 +0.19%
1989 76.2 +0.3 +0.38%
1988 75.9 +0.1 +0.08%
1987 75.8 +0.3 +0.38%
1986 75.5 +0.2 +0.29%
1985 75.3 +0.1 +0.12%
1984 75.2 +0.3 +0.4%
1983 74.9 +0.1 +0.17%
1982 74.8 +0.3 +0.46%
1981 74.5 +0.4 +0.49%
1980 74.1 −0 −0.02%
1979 74.1 +0.4 +0.52%
1978 73.7 +0.2 +0.22%
1977 73.6 +0.4 +0.61%
1976 73.1 +0.3 +0.42%
1975 72.8 +0.4 +0.51%
1974 72.4 +0.4 +0.61%
1973 72 +0.2 +0.24%
1972 71.8 +0.1 +0.19%
1971 71.7 +0.4 +0.55%
1970 71.3 +0.3 +0.38%
1969 71 +0.2 +0.35%
1968 70.8 −0.3 −0.39%
1967 71.1 +0.3 +0.48%
1966 70.7 +0.2 +0.31%
1965 70.5 +0 +0.04%
1964 70.5 +0.5 +0.66%
1963 70 +0.2 +0.23%
1962 69.9 −0 −0.02%
1961 69.9 +0.4 +0.64%
1960 69.4

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.