Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Romania

Life expectancy at birth in Romania in 2024 — 76.5 years. Ranked 94 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 16.1%.

2024 76.5 years +0.07% vs 2023
World rank 94of 217
Period maximum 76.5 years2024
Period minimum 65.3 years1962

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Romania, 1960–20246570758019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 65.9 years1962: 65.3 years1964: 67.8 years1966: 68.9 years1968: 67.6 years1970: 67.5 years1972: 68.5 years1974: 69.5 years1976: 69.7 years1978: 69.5 years1980: 69.1 years1982: 69.5 years1984: 69.7 years1986: 69.5 years1988: 69.4 years1990: 69.7 years1992: 69.8 years1994: 69.5 years1996: 69.1 years1998: 69.8 years2000: 71.2 years2002: 71 years2004: 71.6 years2006: 72.2 years2008: 72.6 years2010: 73.5 years2012: 74.4 years2014: 74.9 years2016: 75.2 years2018: 75.4 years2020: 74.3 years2022: 75.2 years2024: 76.5 years
Change over the period: +10.6 (+16.09%) Average annual rate: 0.23 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Romania 76.5 years
World 73.5 years
Eastern Europe computed 75 years
High-income countries computed 80.4 years
Life expectancy at birth — Romania, by year Romania All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 76.5 +0.1 +0.07%
2023 76.4 +1.3 +1.66%
2022 75.2 +2.3 +3.22%
2021 72.8 −1.4 −1.94%
2020 74.3 −1.4 −1.79%
2019 75.6 +0.2 +0.33%
2018 75.4 +0.1 +0.2%
2017 75.2 +0 +0%
2016 75.2 +0.3 +0.4%
2015 74.9 +0 +0%
2014 74.9 −0.2 −0.2%
2013 75.1 +0.7 +0.88%
2012 74.4 +0 +0%
2011 74.4 +1 +1.29%
2010 73.5 +0.1 +0.2%
2009 73.3 +0.7 +1.03%
2008 72.6 +0 +0%
2007 72.6 +0.4 +0.56%
2006 72.2 +0.3 +0.35%
2005 71.9 +0.4 +0.49%
2004 71.6 +0.3 +0.35%
2003 71.3 +0.3 +0.42%
2002 71 −0.2 −0.21%
2001 71.2 −0 −0%
2000 71.2 +0.7 +0.92%
1999 70.5 +0.7 +1.01%
1998 69.8 +0.8 +1.16%
1997 69 −0.1 −0.14%
1996 69.1 −0.4 −0.51%
1995 69.5 −0.1 −0.08%
1994 69.5 −0.1 −0.08%
1993 69.6 −0.2 −0.32%
1992 69.8 +0 +0%
1991 69.8 +0 +0.06%
1990 69.7 +0.2 +0.3%
1989 69.5 +0.1 +0.21%
1988 69.4 +0.2 +0.23%
1987 69.2 −0.3 −0.39%
1986 69.5 −0.2 −0.3%
1985 69.7 +0 +0.07%
1984 69.7 −0.1 −0.1%
1983 69.7 +0.2 +0.28%
1982 69.5 +0.2 +0.24%
1981 69.4 +0.3 +0.4%
1980 69.1 −0.1 −0.09%
1979 69.2 −0.3 −0.47%
1978 69.5 −0.3 −0.37%
1977 69.7 +0 +0.06%
1976 69.7 +0.1 +0.12%
1975 69.6 +0.1 +0.16%
1974 69.5 +0.5 +0.72%
1973 69 +0.5 +0.78%
1972 68.5 −0 −0.05%
1971 68.5 +1 +1.51%
1970 67.5 +0.8 +1.19%
1969 66.7 −0.9 −1.29%
1968 67.6 +0 +0.07%
1967 67.5 −1.4 −2.01%
1966 68.9 +1.2 +1.76%
1965 67.7 −0.1 −0.2%
1964 67.8 +0.8 +1.15%
1963 67.1 +1.8 +2.78%
1962 65.3 −0.6 −0.94%
1961 65.9 +0 +0.03%
1960 65.9

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.