Cambodia vs Indonesia: Life expectancy

Cambodia
70.67 years
in 2023
Indonesia
71.15 years
in 2023
Cambodia rank
165th
Indonesia rank
163rd

Life expectancy over time

  • Cambodia
  • Indonesia
20406080192719752023

How they compare

Indonesia currently reports 71.15 years against 70.67 years in Cambodia, a difference of 0.48 years.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Indonesia ahead.

Cambodia ranks 165th and Indonesia ranks 163rd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Cambodia averaged higher in 1 and Indonesia in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cambodia Indonesia Difference Ahead
1950s 40.13 years 43.22 years 3.09 years Indonesia
1960s 44.16 years 48.75 years 4.59 years Indonesia
1970s 28.3 years 55.71 years 27.42 years Indonesia
1980s 50.9 years 60.92 years 10.02 years Indonesia
1990s 56.59 years 64.95 years 8.35 years Indonesia
2000s 63.44 years 67.19 years 3.76 years Indonesia
2010s 69.04 years 69.38 years 0.3426 years Indonesia
2020s 70.14 years 69.58 years 0.5542 years Cambodia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Cambodia or Indonesia?
Indonesia, at 71.15 years against 70.67 years in Cambodia as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Cambodia and Indonesia?
0.48 years, with Indonesia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cambodia and Indonesia?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Cambodia and Indonesia rank globally for life expectancy?
Cambodia ranks 165th and Indonesia ranks 163rd 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.