Europe & Central Asia vs French Polynesia: Life expectancy at birth, total

Europe & Central Asia
78.6 years
in 2024
French Polynesia
84.19 years
in 2024
Europe & Central Asia rank
7th
French Polynesia rank
7th

Life expectancy at birth, total over time

  • Europe & Central Asia
  • French Polynesia
020406080196019922024

How they compare

French Polynesia currently reports 84.19 years against 78.6 years in Europe & Central Asia, a difference of 5.59 years.

That makes French Polynesia's figure about 1.1 times Europe & Central Asia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Europe & Central Asia ahead.

Europe & Central Asia ranks 7th and French Polynesia ranks 7th of 47 groups.

Across the 7 decades both report, Europe & Central Asia averaged higher in 3 and French Polynesia in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Europe & Central Asia French Polynesia Difference Ahead
1960s 68.32 years 60.9 years 7.42 years Europe & Central Asia
1970s 69.64 years 64.24 years 5.41 years Europe & Central Asia
1980s 71.32 years 70.69 years 0.6232 years Europe & Central Asia
1990s 72.19 years 76.06 years 3.87 years French Polynesia
2000s 74.23 years 79.92 years 5.7 years French Polynesia
2010s 77.28 years 82.22 years 4.94 years French Polynesia
2020s 77.75 years 82.83 years 5.08 years French Polynesia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy at birth, total, Europe & Central Asia or French Polynesia?
French Polynesia, at 84.19 years against 78.6 years in Europe & Central Asia as of 2024.
What is the difference in life expectancy at birth, total between Europe & Central Asia and French Polynesia?
5.59 years, with French Polynesia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Europe & Central Asia and French Polynesia?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Europe & Central Asia and French Polynesia rank globally for life expectancy at birth, total?
Europe & Central Asia ranks 7th and French Polynesia ranks 7th of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), published as Life expectancy at birth, total (years). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Europe & Central Asia vs French Polynesia: Life expectancy at birth, total. Statizoid, drawing on World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN). Retrieved 05 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/life-expectancy-at-birth-total-years/europe-and-central-asia/french-polynesia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/life-expectancy-at-birth-total-years/europe-and-central-asia/french-polynesia/">Europe & Central Asia vs French Polynesia: Life expectancy at birth, total</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
Unit
years
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
266 places, 17,256 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.