Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Poland

Life expectancy at birth in Poland in 2024 — 78.4 years. Ranked 62 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 15.9%.

2024 78.4 years +0.19% vs 2023
World rank 62of 217
Period maximum 78.4 years2024
Period minimum 67.4 years1962

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Poland, 1960–20246570758019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 67.7 years1962: 67.4 years1964: 68.6 years1966: 69.8 years1968: 70.2 years1970: 69.9 years1972: 70.7 years1974: 71.1 years1976: 70.7 years1978: 70.4 years1980: 70.1 years1982: 71.1 years1984: 70.8 years1986: 70.8 years1988: 71.3 years1990: 70.9 years1992: 71.1 years1994: 71.7 years1996: 72.2 years1998: 73 years2000: 73.7 years2002: 74.5 years2004: 74.8 years2006: 75.1 years2008: 75.5 years2010: 76.2 years2012: 76.7 years2014: 77.6 years2016: 77.9 years2018: 77.6 years2020: 76.4 years2022: 77.2 years2024: 78.4 years
Change over the period: +10.7 (+15.85%) Average annual rate: 0.23 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Poland 78.4 years
World 73.5 years
Eastern Europe computed 75 years
High-income countries computed 80.4 years
Life expectancy at birth — Poland, by year Poland All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 78.4 +0.2 +0.19%
2023 78.3 +1.1 +1.43%
2022 77.2 +1.8 +2.4%
2021 75.4 −1 −1.37%
2020 76.4 −1.5 −1.93%
2019 77.9 +0.3 +0.39%
2018 77.6 −0.2 −0.19%
2017 77.8 −0.1 −0.13%
2016 77.9 +0.4 +0.52%
2015 77.5 −0.2 −0.19%
2014 77.6 +0.6 +0.78%
2013 77 +0.3 +0.33%
2012 76.7 +0.1 +0.07%
2011 76.7 +0.4 +0.59%
2010 76.2 +0.6 +0.73%
2009 75.7 +0.2 +0.2%
2008 75.5 +0.3 +0.4%
2007 75.2 +0.1 +0.13%
2006 75.1 +0.1 +0.2%
2005 75 +0.1 +0.2%
2004 74.8 +0.2 +0.33%
2003 74.6 +0.1 +0.13%
2002 74.5 +0.3 +0.4%
2001 74.2 +0.5 +0.61%
2000 73.7 +0.7 +0.97%
1999 73 +0 +0.06%
1998 73 +0.4 +0.48%
1997 72.6 +0.4 +0.55%
1996 72.2 +0.4 +0.49%
1995 71.9 +0.2 +0.28%
1994 71.7 +0.1 +0.14%
1993 71.6 +0.5 +0.71%
1992 71.1 +0.5 +0.71%
1991 70.6 −0.3 −0.43%
1990 70.9 −0.2 −0.22%
1989 71 −0.3 −0.4%
1988 71.3 +0.4 +0.61%
1987 70.9 +0 +0.07%
1986 70.8 +0.3 +0.43%
1985 70.5 −0.3 −0.35%
1984 70.8 −0.2 −0.28%
1983 71 −0.1 −0.14%
1982 71.1 +0.1 +0.07%
1981 71.1 +1 +1.36%
1980 70.1 −0.7 −0.92%
1979 70.8 +0.4 +0.57%
1978 70.4 −0.1 −0.07%
1977 70.4 −0.3 −0.36%
1976 70.7 +0.1 +0.13%
1975 70.6 −0.6 −0.78%
1974 71.1 +0.5 +0.64%
1973 70.7 −0 −0%
1972 70.7 +1.1 +1.51%
1971 69.6 −0.3 −0.37%
1970 69.9 +0.1 +0.21%
1969 69.7 −0.5 −0.71%
1968 70.2 +0.8 +1.15%
1967 69.4 −0.4 −0.58%
1966 69.8 +0.4 +0.57%
1965 69.4 +0.8 +1.17%
1964 68.6 +0.3 +0.37%
1963 68.4 +0.9 +1.41%
1962 67.4 −0.4 −0.52%
1961 67.8 +0.1 +0.14%
1960 67.7

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.