Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Eastern Asia

Life expectancy at birth in Eastern Asia in 2024 — 78.6 years. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 104.1%.

2024 78.6 years +0.08% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 78.7 years2022
Period minimum 38.5 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Eastern Asia, 1960–20242040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 38.5 years1962: 53.3 years1964: 54.7 years1966: 55.8 years1968: 57.3 years1970: 58.7 years1972: 60.4 years1974: 61.9 years1976: 62.8 years1978: 64.5 years1980: 65.6 years1982: 66.5 years1984: 67.4 years1986: 68.1 years1988: 68.8 years1990: 69.3 years1992: 70.1 years1994: 70.9 years1996: 71.6 years1998: 72.3 years2000: 73 years2002: 73.7 years2004: 74.5 years2006: 75.1 years2008: 75.6 years2010: 76.3 years2012: 76.9 years2014: 77.4 years2016: 77.9 years2018: 78.3 years2020: 78.6 years2022: 78.7 years2024: 78.6 years
Change over the period: +40.1 (+104.1%) Average annual rate: 1.12 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Eastern Asia 78.6 years
World 73.5 years
Life expectancy at birth — Eastern Asia, by year Eastern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 78.6 +0.1 +0.08%
2023 78.5 −0.2 −0.23%
2022 78.7 +0 +0.01%
2021 78.7 +0.1 +0.11%
2020 78.6 +0.1 +0.11%
2019 78.6 +0.2 +0.29%
2018 78.3 +0.4 +0.54%
2017 77.9 +0 +0.05%
2016 77.9 +0.2 +0.29%
2015 77.6 +0.3 +0.33%
2014 77.4 +0.3 +0.35%
2013 77.1 +0.3 +0.34%
2012 76.9 +0.3 +0.42%
2011 76.5 +0.2 +0.25%
2010 76.3 +0.3 +0.41%
2009 76 +0.5 +0.62%
2008 75.6 +0.1 +0.08%
2007 75.5 +0.4 +0.48%
2006 75.1 +0.3 +0.43%
2005 74.8 +0.3 +0.42%
2004 74.5 +0.3 +0.44%
2003 74.2 +0.5 +0.62%
2002 73.7 +0.3 +0.46%
2001 73.4 +0.4 +0.52%
2000 73 +0.4 +0.49%
1999 72.6 +0.3 +0.43%
1998 72.3 +0.3 +0.47%
1997 72 +0.4 +0.53%
1996 71.6 +0.5 +0.66%
1995 71.2 +0.3 +0.4%
1994 70.9 +0.3 +0.47%
1993 70.5 +0.4 +0.57%
1992 70.1 +0.4 +0.57%
1991 69.7 +0.4 +0.61%
1990 69.3 +0.2 +0.31%
1989 69.1 +0.3 +0.47%
1988 68.8 +0.3 +0.43%
1987 68.5 +0.4 +0.55%
1986 68.1 +0.4 +0.54%
1985 67.8 +0.4 +0.55%
1984 67.4 +0.4 +0.62%
1983 67 +0.4 +0.64%
1982 66.5 +0.5 +0.7%
1981 66.1 +0.5 +0.78%
1980 65.6 +0.5 +0.72%
1979 65.1 +0.6 +0.89%
1978 64.5 +0.6 +0.92%
1977 63.9 +1.1 +1.78%
1976 62.8 +0.3 +0.46%
1975 62.5 +0.7 +1.09%
1974 61.9 +0.7 +1.11%
1973 61.2 +0.8 +1.33%
1972 60.4 +0.8 +1.27%
1971 59.6 +0.9 +1.49%
1970 58.7 +0.7 +1.24%
1969 58 +0.7 +1.22%
1968 57.3 +0.7 +1.17%
1967 56.7 +0.8 +1.52%
1966 55.8 +0.6 +1.07%
1965 55.2 +0.6 +1.03%
1964 54.7 +0.6 +1.14%
1963 54 +0.7 +1.32%
1962 53.3 +9 +20.37%
1961 44.3 +5.8 +15.05%
1960 38.5

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.