Kuwait vs Taiwan: Life expectancy for people of different ages
Kuwait
80.4 years
in 2023
Taiwan
80.56 years
in 2023
Kuwait rank
53rd
Taiwan rank
52nd
Life expectancy for people of different ages over time
- Kuwait
- Taiwan
How they compare
Taiwan currently reports 80.56 years against 80.4 years in Kuwait, a difference of 0.16 years.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Taiwan ahead.
Kuwait ranks 53rd and Taiwan ranks 52nd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 2 and Taiwan in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Taiwan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 53.68 years | 59.29 years | 5.61 years | Taiwan |
| 1960s | 63.34 years | 65.17 years | 1.83 years | Taiwan |
| 1970s | 69.5 years | 70.49 years | 0.9877 years | Taiwan |
| 1980s | 73.08 years | 72.91 years | 0.1775 years | Kuwait |
| 1990s | 75.16 years | 74.77 years | 0.3816 years | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 76.46 years | 77.37 years | 0.9174 years | Taiwan |
| 2010s | 78.95 years | 79.68 years | 0.7343 years | Taiwan |
| 2020s | 78.77 years | 80.65 years | 1.89 years | Taiwan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher life expectancy for people of different ages, Kuwait or Taiwan?
- Taiwan, at 80.56 years against 80.4 years in Kuwait as of 2023.
- What is the difference in life expectancy for people of different ages between Kuwait and Taiwan?
- 0.16 years, with Taiwan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Taiwan?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Kuwait and Taiwan rank globally for life expectancy for people of different ages?
- Kuwait ranks 53rd and Taiwan ranks 52nd 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.