Comoros vs Myanmar: Life expectancy

Comoros
66.78 years
in 2023
Myanmar
66.89 years
in 2023
Comoros rank
197th
Myanmar rank
196th

Life expectancy over time

  • Comoros
  • Myanmar
0204060192619742023

How they compare

Myanmar currently reports 66.89 years against 66.78 years in Comoros, a difference of 0.11 years.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Comoros ahead.

Comoros ranks 197th and Myanmar ranks 196th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Comoros Myanmar Difference Ahead
1950s 38.55 years 39.8 years 1.24 years Myanmar
1960s 42.59 years 47.04 years 4.46 years Myanmar
1970s 47.67 years 52.3 years 4.63 years Myanmar
1980s 52.94 years 55.67 years 2.74 years Myanmar
1990s 57.41 years 58.6 years 1.18 years Myanmar
2000s 60.69 years 61.01 years 0.3241 years Myanmar
2010s 64.28 years 65.07 years 0.7974 years Myanmar
2020s 66.05 years 66.39 years 0.3365 years Myanmar

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Comoros or Myanmar?
Myanmar, at 66.89 years against 66.78 years in Comoros as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Comoros and Myanmar?
0.11 years, with Myanmar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Comoros and Myanmar?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Comoros and Myanmar rank globally for life expectancy?
Comoros ranks 197th and Myanmar ranks 196th 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. 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
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

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.