Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Russia

Life expectancy at birth in Russia in 2024 — 73.4 years. Ranked 122 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 8.8%.

2024 73.4 years +0.25% vs 2023
World rank 122of 217
Period maximum 73.4 years2024
Period minimum 64.5 years1994

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Russia, 1960–202462.56567.57072.57519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 67.5 years1962: 67.7 years1964: 68.7 years1966: 68.6 years1968: 68.3 years1970: 68.1 years1972: 68.3 years1974: 68.3 years1976: 67.5 years1978: 67.4 years1980: 67 years1982: 67.8 years1984: 67.2 years1986: 69.4 years1988: 69.5 years1990: 68.9 years1992: 66.9 years1994: 64.5 years1996: 65.9 years1998: 67 years2000: 65.5 years2002: 65.1 years2004: 65.5 years2006: 66.7 years2008: 67.9 years2010: 68.8 years2012: 70.1 years2014: 70.7 years2016: 71.7 years2018: 72.7 years2020: 71.3 years2022: 72.5 years2024: 73.4 years
Change over the period: +5.9 (+8.76%) Average annual rate: 0.13 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Russia 73.4 years
World 73.5 years
Eastern Europe computed 75 years
High-income countries computed 80.4 years
Life expectancy at birth — Russia, by year Russia All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 73.4 +0.2 +0.25%
2023 73.3 +0.7 +0.98%
2022 72.5 +2.6 +3.78%
2021 69.9 −1.4 −2.02%
2020 71.3 −1.7 −2.39%
2019 73.1 +0.4 +0.58%
2018 72.7 +0.2 +0.29%
2017 72.5 +0.8 +1.12%
2016 71.7 +0.5 +0.66%
2015 71.2 +0.4 +0.62%
2014 70.7 +0.2 +0.23%
2013 70.6 +0.5 +0.72%
2012 70.1 +0.4 +0.56%
2011 69.7 +0.8 +1.22%
2010 68.8 +0.2 +0.23%
2009 68.7 +0.7 +1.08%
2008 67.9 +0.4 +0.54%
2007 67.6 +0.9 +1.29%
2006 66.7 +1.2 +1.83%
2005 65.5 +0.1 +0.09%
2004 65.5 +0.4 +0.68%
2003 65 −0.1 −0.16%
2002 65.1 −0.3 −0.39%
2001 65.4 −0.1 −0.15%
2000 65.5 −0.5 −0.76%
1999 66 −1 −1.56%
1998 67 +0.3 +0.5%
1997 66.7 +0.8 +1.28%
1996 65.9 +1.2 +1.8%
1995 64.7 +0.2 +0.35%
1994 64.5 −0.5 −0.72%
1993 64.9 −1.9 −2.9%
1992 66.9 −1.6 −2.34%
1991 68.5 −0.4 −0.6%
1990 68.9 −0.3 −0.41%
1989 69.2 −0.3 −0.42%
1988 69.5 +0 +0.04%
1987 69.4 +0.1 +0.07%
1986 69.4 +1.5 +2.26%
1985 67.9 +0.7 +0.97%
1984 67.2 −0.5 −0.67%
1983 67.7 −0.2 −0.23%
1982 67.8 +0.5 +0.81%
1981 67.3 +0.2 +0.34%
1980 67 −0.1 −0.12%
1979 67.1 −0.3 −0.41%
1978 67.4 +0 +0.02%
1977 67.4 −0.1 −0.16%
1976 67.5 −0.2 −0.35%
1975 67.7 −0.6 −0.87%
1974 68.3 +0 +0.04%
1973 68.3 −0 −0.02%
1972 68.3 −0.1 −0.1%
1971 68.4 +0.2 +0.36%
1970 68.1 +0.2 +0.33%
1969 67.9 −0.4 −0.59%
1968 68.3 −0.1 −0.16%
1967 68.4 −0.2 −0.23%
1966 68.6 +0.1 +0.12%
1965 68.5 −0.2 −0.3%
1964 68.7 +0.4 +0.64%
1963 68.3 +0.6 +0.85%
1962 67.7 −0.1 −0.12%
1961 67.8 +0.3 +0.38%
1960 67.5

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.