Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — North Macedonia

Life expectancy at birth in North Macedonia in 2024 — 76.6 years. Ranked 89 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 26.6%.

2024 76.6 years +1.73% vs 2023
World rank 89of 217
Period maximum 76.6 years2018
Period minimum 59.3 years1962

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — North Macedonia, 1960–202455606570758019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 60.5 years1962: 59.3 years1964: 61.5 years1966: 63.5 years1968: 64.5 years1970: 64.9 years1972: 65.6 years1974: 67 years1976: 67.8 years1978: 69 years1980: 69 years1982: 69.7 years1984: 70.1 years1986: 70.2 years1988: 70.3 years1990: 71.2 years1992: 71.1 years1994: 71.7 years1996: 72.5 years1998: 72.3 years2000: 72.9 years2002: 73 years2004: 73.6 years2006: 73.9 years2008: 74.4 years2010: 75 years2012: 74.9 years2014: 75.5 years2016: 75.4 years2018: 76.6 years2020: 74.4 years2022: 74.4 years2024: 76.6 years
Change over the period: +16.1 (+26.64%) Average annual rate: 0.37 %

Comparison, 2024

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

North Macedonia 76.6 years
World 73.5 years
Southern Europe computed 82.8 years
Upper-middle-income countries computed 76.3 years
Life expectancy at birth — North Macedonia, by year North Macedonia All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 76.6 +1.3 +1.73%
2023 75.3 +0.9 +1.2%
2022 74.4 +1.2 +1.61%
2021 73.2 −1.1 −1.54%
2020 74.4 −2.2 −2.88%
2019 76.6 −0 −0.06%
2018 76.6 +0.7 +0.92%
2017 76 +0.6 +0.73%
2016 75.4 −0 −0%
2015 75.4 −0 −0.06%
2014 75.5 +0.1 +0.07%
2013 75.4 +0.5 +0.66%
2012 74.9 −0.2 −0.26%
2011 75.1 +0.1 +0.14%
2010 75 +0.6 +0.74%
2009 74.4 +0 +0.06%
2008 74.4 +0.6 +0.81%
2007 73.8 −0.1 −0.13%
2006 73.9 +0.2 +0.27%
2005 73.7 +0.1 +0.14%
2004 73.6 +0.4 +0.49%
2003 73.2 +0.2 +0.28%
2002 73 −0.4 −0.54%
2001 73.4 +0.5 +0.67%
2000 72.9 +0.2 +0.21%
1999 72.8 +0.5 +0.68%
1998 72.3 −0.1 −0.21%
1997 72.4 −0 −0.07%
1996 72.5 +0.6 +0.9%
1995 71.8 +0.2 +0.22%
1994 71.7 +0.1 +0.13%
1993 71.6 +0.4 +0.63%
1992 71.1 −0.4 −0.61%
1991 71.6 +0.4 +0.58%
1990 71.2 +0.2 +0.3%
1989 71 +0.6 +0.92%
1988 70.3 +0 +0.07%
1987 70.3 +0.1 +0.16%
1986 70.2 +0.1 +0.09%
1985 70.1 +0 +0.04%
1984 70.1 +0.5 +0.65%
1983 69.6 −0.1 −0.18%
1982 69.7 +0.4 +0.58%
1981 69.3 +0.4 +0.52%
1980 69 −0.1 −0.14%
1979 69.1 +0.1 +0.16%
1978 69 +0.8 +1.2%
1977 68.1 +0.4 +0.54%
1976 67.8 +0.6 +0.91%
1975 67.2 +0.1 +0.2%
1974 67 +0 +0.06%
1973 67 +1.4 +2.16%
1972 65.6 +0.4 +0.66%
1971 65.1 +0.2 +0.36%
1970 64.9 +1 +1.52%
1969 63.9 −0.6 −0.91%
1968 64.5 +0.8 +1.27%
1967 63.7 +0.2 +0.36%
1966 63.5 +0.9 +1.47%
1965 62.6 +1.1 +1.72%
1964 61.5 +0.1 +0.24%
1963 61.4 +2.1 +3.5%
1962 59.3 −2.5 −4.04%
1961 61.8 +1.3 +2.11%
1960 60.5

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.