Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Northern Europe

Life expectancy at birth in Northern Europe in 2024 — 81.7 years. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 14.7%.

2024 81.7 years +0.34% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 81.7 years2024
Period minimum 71.1 years1962

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Northern Europe, 1960–20247075808519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 71.2 years1962: 71.1 years1964: 71.7 years1966: 71.7 years1968: 71.9 years1970: 72.1 years1972: 72.3 years1974: 72.6 years1976: 72.8 years1978: 73.2 years1980: 73.6 years1982: 74.1 years1984: 74.5 years1986: 74.8 years1988: 75.1 years1990: 75.4 years1992: 75.9 years1994: 76.1 years1996: 76.6 years1998: 76.8 years2000: 77.3 years2002: 77.7 years2004: 78.4 years2006: 78.8 years2008: 79.3 years2010: 80 years2012: 80.5 years2014: 81 years2016: 81 years2018: 81.2 years2020: 80.7 years2022: 81.1 years2024: 81.7 years
Change over the period: +10.5 (+14.75%) Average annual rate: 0.22 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Northern Europe 81.7 years
World 73.5 years
Life expectancy at birth — Northern Europe, by year Northern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 81.7 +0.3 +0.34%
2023 81.4 +0.3 +0.41%
2022 81.1 +0.2 +0.3%
2021 80.8 +0.2 +0.2%
2020 80.7 −0.8 −0.93%
2019 81.4 +0.2 +0.29%
2018 81.2 +0 +0.05%
2017 81.2 +0.2 +0.21%
2016 81 +0.2 +0.22%
2015 80.8 −0.2 −0.22%
2014 81 +0.3 +0.39%
2013 80.7 +0.2 +0.2%
2012 80.5 +0 +0.03%
2011 80.5 +0.5 +0.62%
2010 80 +0.3 +0.43%
2009 79.7 +0.4 +0.52%
2008 79.3 +0.3 +0.33%
2007 79 +0.2 +0.23%
2006 78.8 +0.2 +0.26%
2005 78.6 +0.2 +0.29%
2004 78.4 +0.3 +0.43%
2003 78.1 +0.3 +0.4%
2002 77.7 +0.2 +0.22%
2001 77.6 +0.2 +0.32%
2000 77.3 +0.3 +0.44%
1999 77 +0.2 +0.26%
1998 76.8 +0 +0.06%
1997 76.7 +0.2 +0.25%
1996 76.6 +0.4 +0.52%
1995 76.2 +0 +0.03%
1994 76.1 +0.4 +0.54%
1993 75.7 −0.1 −0.16%
1992 75.9 +0.3 +0.35%
1991 75.6 +0.2 +0.23%
1990 75.4 +0.1 +0.19%
1989 75.3 +0.2 +0.25%
1988 75.1 +0.1 +0.07%
1987 75 +0.3 +0.36%
1986 74.8 +0.4 +0.49%
1985 74.4 −0.1 −0.18%
1984 74.5 +0.3 +0.41%
1983 74.2 +0.1 +0.18%
1982 74.1 +0.2 +0.29%
1981 73.9 +0.3 +0.39%
1980 73.6 +0.3 +0.43%
1979 73.3 +0.1 +0.08%
1978 73.2 −0 −0.02%
1977 73.2 +0.4 +0.57%
1976 72.8 +0 +0.05%
1975 72.8 +0.1 +0.21%
1974 72.6 +0.1 +0.2%
1973 72.5 +0.2 +0.29%
1972 72.3 −0.1 −0.14%
1971 72.4 +0.3 +0.36%
1970 72.1 +0.3 +0.38%
1969 71.8 −0 −0.04%
1968 71.9 −0.3 −0.42%
1967 72.2 +0.4 +0.6%
1966 71.7 +0 +0.03%
1965 71.7 −0 −0.01%
1964 71.7 +0.7 +0.93%
1963 71.1 +0 +0.03%
1962 71.1 −0 −0.06%
1961 71.1 −0.1 −0.14%
1960 71.2

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.