Life in Numbers · Health across generations

How long does a lifetime last?

Compare life expectancy at birth across countries from 1950 to 2023.

Country or world

🌍World46.4 → 73.2 years

01 · 1950—2023

The story without hidden formulas

+26.8change across the period

46.391950

58.271975

66.432000

73.172023

Life expectancy at birth describes mortality conditions in a particular year. It is not a prediction of one person's lifespan.

02 · COMPARISON

🇯🇵 Japan84.7+25.4

🇩🇪 Germany81.4+14.6

🇺🇸 United States79.3+11.2

🇨🇳 China78+34.1

🇧🇷 Brazil75.8+27.3

🇷🇺 Russia73.2+17.7

🇮🇳 India72+30.8

🇳🇬 Nigeria54.5+18.9

03 · SOURCE & LIMITS

Life expectancy at birth describes mortality conditions in a particular year. It is not a prediction of one person's lifespan.