Thailand vs Turkey: Life expectancy at age 15
Thailand
88.69 years
in 2100
Turkey
88.82 years
in 2100
Thailand rank
82nd
Turkey rank
80th
Life expectancy at age 15 over time
- Thailand
- Turkey
How they compare
Turkey currently reports 88.82 years against 88.69 years in Thailand, a difference of 0.13 years.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 151 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Turkey ahead.
Thailand ranks 82nd and Turkey ranks 80th of 236 countries.
Turkey has averaged higher in every one of the 16 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Thailand | Turkey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 60.01 years | 69.09 years | 9.07 years | Turkey |
| 1960s | 62.29 years | 69.69 years | 7.4 years | Turkey |
| 1970s | 65.71 years | 71.14 years | 5.43 years | Turkey |
| 1980s | 69.79 years | 72.75 years | 2.96 years | Turkey |
| 1990s | 72.32 years | 73.96 years | 1.64 years | Turkey |
| 2000s | 74.38 years | 75.55 years | 1.17 years | Turkey |
| 2010s | 77.39 years | 77.49 years | 0.1044 years | Turkey |
| 2020s | 77.92 years | 78.56 years | 0.6406 years | Turkey |
| 2030s | 79.63 years | 80.56 years | 0.9327 years | Turkey |
| 2040s | 81.39 years | 82.1 years | 0.7155 years | Turkey |
| 2050s | 82.96 years | 83.53 years | 0.5641 years | Turkey |
| 2060s | 84.37 years | 84.82 years | 0.4514 years | Turkey |
| 2070s | 85.66 years | 86.04 years | 0.3769 years | Turkey |
| 2080s | 86.88 years | 87.17 years | 0.2875 years | Turkey |
| 2090s | 88.06 years | 88.26 years | 0.2039 years | Turkey |
| 2100s | 88.69 years | 88.82 years | 0.138 years | Turkey |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher life expectancy at age 15, Thailand or Turkey?
- Turkey, at 88.82 years against 88.69 years in Thailand as of 2100.
- What is the difference in life expectancy at age 15 between Thailand and Turkey?
- 0.13 years, with Turkey ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Thailand and Turkey?
- 151 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2100.
- How do Thailand and Turkey rank globally for life expectancy at age 15?
- Thailand ranks 82nd and Turkey ranks 80th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy at age 15. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Total period life expectancy at age 15, in a given year.