How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and Germany?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

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.

Bahrain vs Germany: Life expectancy for people of different ages

Bahrain

81.28 years

in 2023

Germany

81.38 years

in 2023

Bahrain rank

47th

Germany rank

45th

Life expectancy for people of different ages over time

Bahrain
Germany

How they compare

Germany currently reports 81.38 years against 81.28 years in Bahrain, a difference of 0.1 years.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Germany ahead.

Bahrain ranks 47th and Germany ranks 45th of 236 countries.

Germany has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bahrain	Germany	Difference	Ahead
1950s	42.89 years	68.12 years	25.23 years	Germany
1960s	57.4 years	70.32 years	12.93 years	Germany
1970s	67.7 years	71.74 years	4.04 years	Germany
1980s	71.83 years	74.34 years	2.51 years	Germany
1990s	73.35 years	76.53 years	3.18 years	Germany
2000s	76.12 years	79.09 years	2.97 years	Germany
2010s	79.96 years	80.67 years	0.71 years	Germany
2020s	79.76 years	81.02 years	1.26 years	Germany

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy for people of different ages, Bahrain or Germany?: Germany, at 81.38 years against 81.28 years in Bahrain as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy for people of different ages between Bahrain and Germany?: 0.1 years, with Germany ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and Germany?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Bahrain and Germany rank globally for life expectancy for people of different ages?: Bahrain ranks 47th and Germany ranks 45th 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

Indicator: Life expectancy for people of different ages
Unit: years
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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.