Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Republic of the Congo

Life expectancy at birth in the Republic of the Congo in 2024 — 66 years. Ranked 188 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 38.7%.

2024 66 years +0.35% vs 2023
World rank 188of 217
Period maximum 66 years2024
Period minimum 47.6 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Republic of the Congo, 1960–202445505560657019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 47.6 years1962: 49 years1964: 50.4 years1966: 51.6 years1968: 52.6 years1970: 53.6 years1972: 54.4 years1974: 55.1 years1976: 55.7 years1978: 56.2 years1980: 56.8 years1982: 57.2 years1984: 57.5 years1986: 57.6 years1988: 57.5 years1990: 57.1 years1992: 56.5 years1994: 55.6 years1996: 55.2 years1998: 52.6 years2000: 55.4 years2002: 56.4 years2004: 58 years2006: 59.5 years2008: 60.8 years2010: 61.7 years2012: 62.7 years2014: 63.3 years2016: 63.9 years2018: 64.5 years2020: 64.4 years2022: 65 years2024: 66 years
Change over the period: +18.4 (+38.67%) Average annual rate: 0.51 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Republic of the Congo

Republic of the Congo 66 years
World 73.5 years
Sub-Saharan Africa 62.8 years
Middle Africa computed 62.3 years
Lower-middle-income countries computed 70.1 years
Life expectancy at birth — Republic of the Congo, by year Republic of the Congo All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 66 +0.2 +0.35%
2023 65.8 +0.8 +1.19%
2022 65 +0.8 +1.26%
2021 64.2 −0.2 −0.31%
2020 64.4 +1.2 +1.96%
2019 63.2 −1.3 −2.05%
2018 64.5 +0.3 +0.42%
2017 64.2 +0.3 +0.46%
2016 63.9 +0.2 +0.39%
2015 63.7 +0.3 +0.49%
2014 63.3 +0.4 +0.6%
2013 63 +0.3 +0.49%
2012 62.7 +0.4 +0.6%
2011 62.3 +0.6 +0.9%
2010 61.7 +0.5 +0.84%
2009 61.2 +0.4 +0.7%
2008 60.8 +0.7 +1.23%
2007 60.1 +0.6 +0.97%
2006 59.5 +0.7 +1.27%
2005 58.7 +0.8 +1.33%
2004 58 +0.8 +1.45%
2003 57.1 +0.7 +1.27%
2002 56.4 +0.5 +0.95%
2001 55.9 +0.5 +0.93%
2000 55.4 +0.9 +1.73%
1999 54.4 +1.9 +3.57%
1998 52.6 +4 +8.19%
1997 48.6 −6.7 −12.07%
1996 55.2 −0.2 −0.42%
1995 55.5 −0.2 −0.3%
1994 55.6 −0.4 −0.71%
1993 56 −0.4 −0.78%
1992 56.5 −0.3 −0.5%
1991 56.8 −0.3 −0.54%
1990 57.1 −0.2 −0.39%
1989 57.3 −0.2 −0.35%
1988 57.5 −0.1 −0.17%
1987 57.6 −0 −0.07%
1986 57.6 +0 +0.04%
1985 57.6 +0.1 +0.12%
1984 57.5 +0.1 +0.2%
1983 57.4 +0.2 +0.34%
1982 57.2 +0.2 +0.3%
1981 57.1 +0.3 +0.46%
1980 56.8 +0.3 +0.49%
1979 56.5 +0.3 +0.49%
1978 56.2 +0.2 +0.39%
1977 56 +0.3 +0.59%
1976 55.7 +0.3 +0.54%
1975 55.4 +0.3 +0.63%
1974 55.1 +0.3 +0.56%
1973 54.7 +0.4 +0.7%
1972 54.4 +0.4 +0.7%
1971 54 +0.4 +0.8%
1970 53.6 +0.4 +0.83%
1969 53.1 +0.5 +0.94%
1968 52.6 +0.7 +1.37%
1967 51.9 +0.4 +0.68%
1966 51.6 +0.6 +1.1%
1965 51 +0.6 +1.26%
1964 50.4 +0.6 +1.27%
1963 49.7 +0.7 +1.41%
1962 49 +0.7 +1.42%
1961 48.4 +0.8 +1.59%
1960 47.6

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.