Life expectancy at birth — all countries

Life expectancy at birth — Türkiye

Life expectancy at birth in Türkiye in 2024 — 77.4 years. Ranked 83 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 52.4%.

2024 77.4 years +0.34% vs 2023
World rank 83of 217
Period maximum 77.7 years2019
Period minimum 50.8 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Life expectancy at birth — Türkiye, 1960–20245060708019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 50.8 years1962: 52.3 years1964: 53.6 years1966: 54.6 years1968: 55.6 years1970: 56.7 years1972: 58 years1974: 59 years1976: 60 years1978: 61.6 years1980: 62.7 years1982: 63.7 years1984: 64.8 years1986: 65.9 years1988: 66.9 years1990: 67.8 years1992: 68.6 years1994: 69.4 years1996: 70.2 years1998: 71.1 years2000: 71.9 years2002: 72.6 years2004: 73.2 years2006: 73.8 years2008: 74.4 years2010: 75 years2012: 75.6 years2014: 76.5 years2016: 76.6 years2018: 77.5 years2020: 76.5 years2022: 77.6 years2024: 77.4 years
Change over the period: +26.6 (+52.41%) Average annual rate: 0.66 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Türkiye 77.4 years
World 73.5 years
Western Asia computed 75.8 years
Upper-middle-income countries computed 76.3 years
Life expectancy at birth — Türkiye, by year Türkiye All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 77.4 +0.3 +0.34%
2023 77.2 −0.4 −0.56%
2022 77.6 +1.9 +2.47%
2021 75.7 −0.8 −1.05%
2020 76.5 −1.2 −1.56%
2019 77.7 +0.3 +0.37%
2018 77.5 +0.4 +0.54%
2017 77 +0.4 +0.58%
2016 76.6 +0.1 +0.07%
2015 76.5 +0.1 +0.11%
2014 76.5 +0.3 +0.37%
2013 76.2 +0.6 +0.82%
2012 75.6 +0.7 +0.97%
2011 74.8 −0.1 −0.19%
2010 75 +0.3 +0.38%
2009 74.7 +0.3 +0.4%
2008 74.4 +0.3 +0.34%
2007 74.1 +0.3 +0.44%
2006 73.8 +0.3 +0.4%
2005 73.5 +0.3 +0.39%
2004 73.2 +0.3 +0.43%
2003 72.9 +0.3 +0.41%
2002 72.6 +0.3 +0.46%
2001 72.3 +0.3 +0.47%
2000 71.9 +1.2 +1.67%
1999 70.8 −0.4 −0.55%
1998 71.1 +0.5 +0.67%
1997 70.7 +0.4 +0.6%
1996 70.2 +0.5 +0.73%
1995 69.7 +0.3 +0.48%
1994 69.4 +0.4 +0.56%
1993 69 +0.4 +0.6%
1992 68.6 +0.3 +0.46%
1991 68.3 +0.5 +0.67%
1990 67.8 +0.5 +0.7%
1989 67.4 +0.5 +0.69%
1988 66.9 +0.5 +0.79%
1987 66.4 +0.5 +0.77%
1986 65.9 +0.5 +0.8%
1985 65.3 +0.5 +0.82%
1984 64.8 +0.5 +0.84%
1983 64.3 +0.5 +0.83%
1982 63.7 +0.5 +0.86%
1981 63.2 +0.5 +0.73%
1980 62.7 +0.6 +0.93%
1979 62.2 +0.5 +0.89%
1978 61.6 +0.8 +1.26%
1977 60.8 +0.8 +1.39%
1976 60 +0.5 +0.84%
1975 59.5 +0.5 +0.84%
1974 59 +0.6 +0.96%
1973 58.5 +0.5 +0.83%
1972 58 +0.7 +1.31%
1971 57.2 +0.5 +0.92%
1970 56.7 +0.5 +0.93%
1969 56.2 +0.5 +0.97%
1968 55.6 +0.5 +0.83%
1967 55.2 +0.6 +1.12%
1966 54.6 +0.5 +0.86%
1965 54.1 +0.5 +0.94%
1964 53.6 +0.5 +0.9%
1963 53.1 +0.8 +1.48%
1962 52.3 +0.8 +1.53%
1961 51.6 +0.8 +1.49%
1960 50.8

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.