Life expectancy at birth in Northern America in 2024 — 79.2 years. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 13.4%.
1960–2024 · years
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Northern America
| Year | years | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 79.2 | +0.5 | +0.65% |
| 2023 | 78.7 | +0.9 | +1.17% |
| 2022 | 77.8 | +1 | +1.25% |
| 2021 | 76.9 | −0.6 | −0.76% |
| 2020 | 77.4 | −1.7 | −2.13% |
| 2019 | 79.1 | +0.2 | +0.22% |
| 2018 | 79 | +0.1 | +0.12% |
| 2017 | 78.9 | −0 | −0.01% |
| 2016 | 78.9 | −0.1 | −0.16% |
| 2015 | 79 | −0.1 | −0.17% |
| 2014 | 79.1 | +0.1 | +0.12% |
| 2013 | 79 | +0 | +0.01% |
| 2012 | 79 | +0.1 | +0.14% |
| 2011 | 78.9 | +0.1 | +0.14% |
| 2010 | 78.8 | +0.2 | +0.21% |
| 2009 | 78.7 | +0.4 | +0.45% |
| 2008 | 78.3 | +0.1 | +0.08% |
| 2007 | 78.2 | +0.3 | +0.35% |
| 2006 | 78 | +0.2 | +0.29% |
| 2005 | 77.7 | +0 | +0.02% |
| 2004 | 77.7 | +0.4 | +0.56% |
| 2003 | 77.3 | +0.1 | +0.14% |
| 2002 | 77.2 | +0.1 | +0.13% |
| 2001 | 77.1 | +0.2 | +0.26% |
| 2000 | 76.9 | +0.1 | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 76.8 | +0 | +0.03% |
| 1998 | 76.8 | +0.2 | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 76.6 | +0.4 | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 76.2 | +0.4 | +0.51% |
| 1995 | 75.9 | +0 | +0.02% |
| 1994 | 75.8 | +0.2 | +0.26% |
| 1993 | 75.6 | −0.2 | −0.25% |
| 1992 | 75.8 | +0.3 | +0.33% |
| 1991 | 75.6 | +0.2 | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 75.4 | +0.2 | +0.28% |
| 1989 | 75.2 | +0.3 | +0.34% |
| 1988 | 75 | +0 | +0.01% |
| 1987 | 75 | +0.2 | +0.22% |
| 1986 | 74.8 | +0.1 | +0.08% |
| 1985 | 74.7 | −0 | −0% |
| 1984 | 74.7 | +0.1 | +0.16% |
| 1983 | 74.6 | +0.1 | +0.17% |
| 1982 | 74.5 | +0.3 | +0.46% |
| 1981 | 74.2 | +0.4 | +0.54% |
| 1980 | 73.8 | −0.2 | −0.21% |
| 1979 | 73.9 | +0.4 | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 73.5 | +0.1 | +0.16% |
| 1977 | 73.3 | +0.4 | +0.54% |
| 1976 | 73 | +0.3 | +0.36% |
| 1975 | 72.7 | +0.6 | +0.85% |
| 1974 | 72.1 | +0.6 | +0.77% |
| 1973 | 71.5 | +0.2 | +0.29% |
| 1972 | 71.3 | +0 | +0.05% |
| 1971 | 71.3 | +0.3 | +0.43% |
| 1970 | 71 | +0.3 | +0.41% |
| 1969 | 70.7 | +0.5 | +0.74% |
| 1968 | 70.2 | −0.5 | −0.76% |
| 1967 | 70.7 | +0.3 | +0.48% |
| 1966 | 70.4 | +0 | +0.02% |
| 1965 | 70.4 | +0.1 | +0.08% |
| 1964 | 70.3 | +0.3 | +0.38% |
| 1963 | 70 | −0.2 | −0.26% |
| 1962 | 70.2 | −0.1 | −0.19% |
| 1961 | 70.4 | +0.5 | +0.68% |
| 1960 | 69.9 | — | — |
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.