Which has higher life expectancy, Cambodia or Nepal?

Cambodia, at 70.67 years against 70.35 years in Nepal as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy between Cambodia and Nepal?

0.32 years, with Cambodia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cambodia and Nepal?

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.

Cambodia vs Nepal: Life expectancy

Cambodia

70.67 years

in 2023

Nepal

70.35 years

in 2023

Cambodia rank

165th

Nepal rank

167th

Life expectancy over time

Cambodia
Nepal

How they compare

Cambodia currently reports 70.67 years against 70.35 years in Nepal, a difference of 0.32 years.

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

Cambodia ranks 165th and Nepal ranks 167th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Cambodia averaged higher in 5 and Nepal in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cambodia	Nepal	Difference	Ahead
1950s	40.13 years	37.86 years	2.26 years	Cambodia
1960s	44.16 years	40.53 years	3.63 years	Cambodia
1970s	28.3 years	45.33 years	17.04 years	Nepal
1980s	50.9 years	50.81 years	0.089 years	Cambodia
1990s	56.59 years	58.71 years	2.12 years	Nepal
2000s	63.44 years	64.88 years	1.44 years	Nepal
2010s	69.04 years	67.96 years	1.09 years	Cambodia
2020s	70.14 years	69.48 years	0.6561 years	Cambodia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Cambodia or Nepal?: Cambodia, at 70.67 years against 70.35 years in Nepal as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Cambodia and Nepal?: 0.32 years, with Cambodia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cambodia and Nepal?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Cambodia and Nepal rank globally for life expectancy?: Cambodia ranks 165th and Nepal ranks 167th 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.