Which has higher life expectancy for people of different ages, Canada or Vatican?

Vatican, at 82.98 years against 82.63 years in Canada as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy for people of different ages between Canada and Vatican?

0.35 years, with Vatican ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Vatican?

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.

Canada vs Vatican: Life expectancy for people of different ages

Canada

82.63 years

in 2023

Vatican

82.98 years

in 2023

Canada rank

26th

Vatican rank

23rd

Life expectancy for people of different ages over time

Canada
Vatican

How they compare

Vatican currently reports 82.98 years against 82.63 years in Canada, a difference of 0.35 years.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 26th and Vatican ranks 23rd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 5 and Vatican in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Canada	Vatican	Difference	Ahead
1950s	69.55 years	67.12 years	2.43 years	Canada
1960s	71.67 years	70.11 years	1.56 years	Canada
1970s	73.54 years	72.63 years	0.9054 years	Canada
1980s	76.23 years	75.35 years	0.8766 years	Canada
1990s	78.08 years	77.73 years	0.3493 years	Canada
2000s	80.1 years	80.5 years	0.3997 years	Vatican
2010s	81.82 years	82.53 years	0.7083 years	Vatican
2020s	81.88 years	83.06 years	1.19 years	Vatican

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy for people of different ages, Canada or Vatican?: Vatican, at 82.98 years against 82.63 years in Canada as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy for people of different ages between Canada and Vatican?: 0.35 years, with Vatican ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Vatican?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Canada and Vatican rank globally for life expectancy for people of different ages?: Canada ranks 26th and Vatican ranks 23rd 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.