Which has higher life expectancy, Armenia or Bulgaria?

Armenia, at 75.68 years against 75.64 years in Bulgaria as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy between Armenia and Bulgaria?

0.04 years, with Armenia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Armenia and Bulgaria?

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. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Armenia vs Bulgaria: Life expectancy

Armenia

75.68 years

in 2023

Bulgaria

75.64 years

in 2023

Armenia rank

114th

Bulgaria rank

115th

Life expectancy over time

Armenia
Bulgaria

How they compare

Armenia currently reports 75.68 years against 75.64 years in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.04 years.

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

Armenia ranks 114th and Bulgaria ranks 115th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Armenia	Bulgaria	Difference	Ahead
1950s	56.65 years	64.23 years	7.58 years	Bulgaria
1960s	60.92 years	70.5 years	9.58 years	Bulgaria
1970s	63.84 years	71.1 years	7.26 years	Bulgaria
1980s	65.29 years	71.31 years	6.01 years	Bulgaria
1990s	68.8 years	71.03 years	2.23 years	Bulgaria
2000s	71.9 years	72.58 years	0.678 years	Bulgaria
2010s	74.09 years	74.59 years	0.4986 years	Bulgaria
2020s	72.94 years	73.67 years	0.7313 years	Bulgaria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Armenia or Bulgaria?: Armenia, at 75.68 years against 75.64 years in Bulgaria as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Armenia and Bulgaria?: 0.04 years, with Armenia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Armenia and Bulgaria?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Armenia and Bulgaria rank globally for life expectancy?: Armenia ranks 114th and Bulgaria ranks 115th 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: 06 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.