Bahamas vs Mauritius: Life expectancy for people of different ages
Bahamas
74.55 years
in 2023
Mauritius
74.93 years
in 2023
Bahamas rank
126th
Mauritius rank
123rd
Life expectancy for people of different ages over time
- Bahamas
- Mauritius
How they compare
Mauritius currently reports 74.93 years against 74.55 years in Bahamas, a difference of 0.38 years.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Bahamas ahead.
Bahamas ranks 126th and Mauritius ranks 123rd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Bahamas averaged higher in 6 and Mauritius in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahamas | Mauritius | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 60.48 years | 53.85 years | 6.62 years | Bahamas |
| 1960s | 64.09 years | 61.18 years | 2.92 years | Bahamas |
| 1970s | 67.75 years | 64.43 years | 3.32 years | Bahamas |
| 1980s | 70.05 years | 68.45 years | 1.61 years | Bahamas |
| 1990s | 71.47 years | 70.49 years | 0.9835 years | Bahamas |
| 2000s | 73.19 years | 72.53 years | 0.6601 years | Bahamas |
| 2010s | 73.6 years | 74.43 years | 0.8274 years | Mauritius |
| 2020s | 73.2 years | 74.01 years | 0.8106 years | Mauritius |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher life expectancy for people of different ages, Bahamas or Mauritius?
- Mauritius, at 74.93 years against 74.55 years in Bahamas as of 2023.
- What is the difference in life expectancy for people of different ages between Bahamas and Mauritius?
- 0.38 years, with Mauritius ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Mauritius?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Bahamas and Mauritius rank globally for life expectancy for people of different ages?
- Bahamas ranks 126th and Mauritius ranks 123rd of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy for people of different ages. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.