Azerbaijan vs Kazakhstan: Life expectancy

Azerbaijan
74.43 years
in 2023
Kazakhstan
74.4 years
in 2023
Azerbaijan rank
129th
Kazakhstan rank
130th

Life expectancy over time

  • Azerbaijan
  • Kazakhstan
20406080186819452023

How they compare

Azerbaijan currently reports 74.43 years against 74.4 years in Kazakhstan, a difference of 0.03 years.

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

Azerbaijan ranks 129th and Kazakhstan ranks 130th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Azerbaijan averaged higher in 3 and Kazakhstan in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Difference Ahead
1950s 48.15 years 56.69 years 8.54 years Kazakhstan
1960s 53.54 years 58.92 years 5.38 years Kazakhstan
1970s 58.7 years 61.02 years 2.32 years Kazakhstan
1980s 62.39 years 64.73 years 2.34 years Kazakhstan
1990s 62.38 years 64.21 years 1.83 years Kazakhstan
2000s 67.68 years 65.36 years 2.32 years Azerbaijan
2010s 71.93 years 71.4 years 0.5251 years Azerbaijan
2020s 72.47 years 72.31 years 0.1583 years Azerbaijan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Azerbaijan or Kazakhstan?
Azerbaijan, at 74.43 years against 74.4 years in Kazakhstan as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan?
0.03 years, with Azerbaijan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan rank globally for life expectancy?
Azerbaijan ranks 129th and Kazakhstan ranks 130th 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.