Life expectancy at birth, female in Post-demographic dividend

Post-demographic dividend: Life expectancy at birth, female was 83.73 years in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
83.73 years
Change on year
up 0.1%
Rank
1st
of 45 groups
All-time high
83.73 years
in 2024
All-time low
71.72 years
in 1960
Years of data
65
1960–2024

Life expectancy at birth, female in Post-demographic dividend, 1960–2024

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Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Measured in years.

Analysis

In 2024, life expectancy at birth, female in Post-demographic dividend stood at 83.73 years. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, female in Post-demographic dividend peaked at 83.73 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 71.72 years, in 1960.

Post-demographic dividend ranks 1st of 45 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.

Life expectancy at birth, female in Post-demographic dividend, year by year

Annual values for Life expectancy at birth, female (years) in Post-demographic dividend, 1960 to 2024.
Year years Change
1960 71.72 years
1961 72.17 years +0.6%
1962 72.22 years +0.1%
1963 72.46 years +0.3%
1964 72.98 years +0.7%
1965 73.09 years +0.1%
1966 73.33 years +0.3%
1967 73.83 years +0.7%
1968 73.76 years -0.1%
1969 73.92 years +0.2%
1970 74.21 years +0.4%
1971 74.52 years +0.4%
1972 74.76 years +0.3%
1973 74.93 years +0.2%
1974 75.29 years +0.5%
1975 75.63 years +0.4%
1976 75.89 years +0.3%
1977 76.33 years +0.6%
1978 76.49 years +0.2%
1979 76.87 years +0.5%
1980 76.86 years -0.0%
1981 77.19 years +0.4%
1982 77.51 years +0.4%
1983 77.59 years +0.1%
1984 77.88 years +0.4%
1985 77.98 years +0.1%
1986 78.2 years +0.3%
1987 78.48 years +0.4%
1988 78.58 years +0.1%
1989 78.82 years +0.3%
1990 78.99 years +0.2%
1991 79.13 years +0.2%
1992 79.29 years +0.2%
1993 79.26 years -0.0%
1994 79.57 years +0.4%
1995 79.57 years -0.0%
1996 79.85 years +0.4%
1997 80.13 years +0.4%
1998 80.29 years +0.2%
1999 80.36 years +0.1%
2000 80.56 years +0.2%
2001 80.81 years +0.3%
2002 80.91 years +0.1%
2003 81 years +0.1%
2004 81.41 years +0.5%
2005 81.49 years +0.1%
2006 81.79 years +0.4%
2007 82.02 years +0.3%
2008 82.12 years +0.1%
2009 82.4 years +0.3%
2010 82.57 years +0.2%
2011 82.81 years +0.3%
2012 82.9 years +0.1%
2013 83.06 years +0.2%
2014 83.32 years +0.3%
2015 83.18 years -0.2%
2016 83.36 years +0.2%
2017 83.37 years +0.0%
2018 83.46 years +0.1%
2019 83.69 years +0.3%
2020 82.92 years -0.9%
2021 82.66 years -0.3%
2022 83.01 years +0.4%
2023 83.61 years +0.7%
2024 83.73 years +0.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 72.95 years 71.72 years 73.92 years 10
1970s 75.49 years 74.21 years 76.87 years 10
1980s 77.91 years 76.86 years 78.82 years 10
1990s 79.64 years 78.99 years 80.36 years 10
2000s 81.45 years 80.56 years 82.4 years 10
2010s 83.17 years 82.57 years 83.69 years 10
2020s 83.18 years 82.66 years 83.73 years 5

Countries ranked near Post-demographic dividend

  1. 1 Monaco 88.63 years compare
  2. 2 Hong Kong, China 88.22 years compare
  3. 3 San Marino 87.22 years compare
  4. 4 Japan 87.13 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy at birth, female in Post-demographic dividend?
Life expectancy at birth, female in Post-demographic dividend was 83.73 years in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division.
What is the highest life expectancy at birth, female recorded in Post-demographic dividend?
The highest recorded value was 83.73 years in 2024.
What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, female recorded in Post-demographic dividend?
The lowest recorded value was 71.72 years in 1960.
How does Post-demographic dividend rank for life expectancy at birth, female?
Post-demographic dividend ranks 1st out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
Is life expectancy at birth, female rising or falling in Post-demographic dividend?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Post-demographic dividend data come from?
The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as part of Life expectancy at birth, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
Unit
years
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
265 places, 17,191 data points, 1960–2024
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Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.