Life expectancy at birth in Hong Kong in 2024 — 85.4 years. Ranked 3 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 30%.
1960–2024 · years
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Hong Kong
| Year | years | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 85.4 | +0.1 | +0.17% |
| 2023 | 85.2 | +1.6 | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 83.7 | −1.9 | −2.19% |
| 2021 | 85.5 | +0 | +0.04% |
| 2020 | 85.5 | +0.3 | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 85.2 | +0.3 | +0.34% |
| 2018 | 84.9 | +0.2 | +0.21% |
| 2017 | 84.7 | +0.5 | +0.57% |
| 2016 | 84.2 | −0 | −0.05% |
| 2015 | 84.3 | +0.3 | +0.38% |
| 2014 | 83.9 | +0.1 | +0.12% |
| 2013 | 83.8 | +0.4 | +0.46% |
| 2012 | 83.5 | +0 | +0.05% |
| 2011 | 83.4 | +0.5 | +0.55% |
| 2010 | 83 | +0.2 | +0.22% |
| 2009 | 82.8 | +0.4 | +0.53% |
| 2008 | 82.3 | −0 | −0.03% |
| 2007 | 82.4 | −0 | −0.02% |
| 2006 | 82.4 | +0.8 | +0.95% |
| 2005 | 81.6 | −0.2 | −0.23% |
| 2004 | 81.8 | +0.5 | +0.56% |
| 2003 | 81.3 | −0.1 | −0.13% |
| 2002 | 81.5 | +0 | +0.04% |
| 2001 | 81.4 | +0.5 | +0.68% |
| 2000 | 80.9 | +0.5 | +0.62% |
| 1999 | 80.4 | +0.3 | +0.33% |
| 1998 | 80.1 | −0 | −0.01% |
| 1997 | 80.1 | +0.5 | +0.61% |
| 1996 | 79.6 | +0.9 | +1.21% |
| 1995 | 78.7 | +0.1 | +0.17% |
| 1994 | 78.5 | +0.5 | +0.68% |
| 1993 | 78 | +0.3 | +0.44% |
| 1992 | 77.7 | −0.2 | −0.26% |
| 1991 | 77.9 | +0.5 | +0.65% |
| 1990 | 77.4 | +0.3 | +0.44% |
| 1989 | 77 | −0.1 | −0.07% |
| 1988 | 77.1 | +0.2 | +0.24% |
| 1987 | 76.9 | +0.2 | +0.28% |
| 1986 | 76.7 | +0.3 | +0.33% |
| 1985 | 76.4 | +0.4 | +0.55% |
| 1984 | 76 | +0.7 | +0.96% |
| 1983 | 75.3 | −0.2 | −0.2% |
| 1982 | 75.4 | +0.1 | +0.12% |
| 1981 | 75.3 | +0.7 | +0.93% |
| 1980 | 74.7 | +1 | +1.34% |
| 1979 | 73.7 | +0.1 | +0.17% |
| 1978 | 73.5 | +0.2 | +0.26% |
| 1977 | 73.3 | +0.6 | +0.77% |
| 1976 | 72.8 | −0.6 | −0.78% |
| 1975 | 73.4 | +0.8 | +1.05% |
| 1974 | 72.6 | +0.5 | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 72.1 | +0.6 | +0.89% |
| 1972 | 71.5 | −0 | −0.02% |
| 1971 | 71.5 | +0.5 | +0.75% |
| 1970 | 70.9 | +0.3 | +0.44% |
| 1969 | 70.6 | +0.4 | +0.58% |
| 1968 | 70.2 | +0.4 | +0.56% |
| 1967 | 69.8 | +0.6 | +0.81% |
| 1966 | 69.3 | +0.4 | +0.58% |
| 1965 | 68.9 | +0.6 | +0.95% |
| 1964 | 68.2 | +0.6 | +0.85% |
| 1963 | 67.6 | +0.7 | +1.1% |
| 1962 | 66.9 | +0.5 | +0.71% |
| 1961 | 66.4 | +0.7 | +1.13% |
| 1960 | 65.7 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
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.
