Bahrain vs United Kingdom: Life expectancy

Bahrain
81.28 years
in 2023
United Kingdom
81.3 years
in 2023
Bahrain rank
47th
United Kingdom rank
46th

Life expectancy over time

  • Bahrain
  • United Kingdom
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How they compare

United Kingdom currently reports 81.3 years against 81.28 years in Bahrain, a difference of 0.02 years.

Across all 74 years both countries report, United Kingdom has been ahead every year.

Bahrain ranks 47th and United Kingdom ranks 46th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Bahrain United Kingdom Difference Ahead
1950s 42.89 years 69.9 years 27 years United Kingdom
1960s 57.4 years 71.33 years 13.94 years United Kingdom
1970s 67.7 years 72.53 years 4.83 years United Kingdom
1980s 71.83 years 74.56 years 2.73 years United Kingdom
1990s 73.35 years 76.61 years 3.26 years United Kingdom
2000s 76.12 years 78.92 years 2.81 years United Kingdom
2010s 79.96 years 80.98 years 1.02 years United Kingdom
2020s 79.76 years 80.87 years 1.11 years United Kingdom

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Bahrain or United Kingdom?
United Kingdom, at 81.3 years against 81.28 years in Bahrain as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Bahrain and United Kingdom?
0.02 years, with United Kingdom ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and United Kingdom?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Bahrain and United Kingdom rank globally for life expectancy?
Bahrain ranks 47th and United Kingdom ranks 46th 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.