Life expectancy at age 15 in Bhutan
Bhutan: Life expectancy at age 15 was 87.14 years in 2100. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at age 15 in Bhutan, 1950–2100
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
Bhutan recorded 87.14 years for life expectancy at age 15 in 2100. That is the highest value across all 151 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at age 15 in Bhutan peaked at 87.14 years in 2100 and was at its lowest, 54.8 years, in 1950.
Bhutan ranks 112th of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 151 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 54.94 years | 54.8 years | 55.24 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 56.35 years | 55.37 years | 57.59 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 59.5 years | 57.91 years | 61.15 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 63.2 years | 61.52 years | 64.88 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 66.79 years | 65.22 years | 68.39 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 70.2 years | 68.39 years | 71.68 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 73.19 years | 72.04 years | 74.18 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 75.18 years | 74.36 years | 76.02 years | 10 |
| 2030s | 77 years | 76.2 years | 77.8 years | 10 |
| 2040s | 78.78 years | 77.98 years | 79.58 years | 10 |
| 2050s | 80.53 years | 79.75 years | 81.29 years | 10 |
| 2060s | 82.21 years | 81.47 years | 82.94 years | 10 |
| 2070s | 83.78 years | 83.11 years | 84.44 years | 10 |
| 2080s | 85.19 years | 84.57 years | 85.81 years | 10 |
| 2090s | 86.49 years | 85.93 years | 87.03 years | 10 |
| 2100s | 87.14 years | 87.14 years | 87.14 years | 1 |
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- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,531 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 9 deaths (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 0 deaths (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 deaths (2026)
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 5,563 (2025)
- Population, male 53.4% (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 4,611 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 4,814 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 4,815 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 5,026 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at age 15 in Bhutan?
- Life expectancy at age 15 in Bhutan was 87.14 years in 2100, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 87.14 years in 2100.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 54.8 years in 1950.
- How does Bhutan rank for life expectancy at age 15?
- Bhutan ranks 112th out of 236 countries with data for 2100.
- Is life expectancy at age 15 rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy at age 15. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The total period life expectancy at age 15, in a given year.