Life expectancy at birth, total in Bahamas, The
Bahamas, The: Life expectancy at birth, total was 74.71 years in 2024. β² Rising
Life expectancy at birth, total in Bahamas, The, 1960β2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN). Measured in years.
Analysis
Bahamas, The recorded 74.71 years for life expectancy at birth, total in 2024. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, total in Bahamas, The peaked at 74.71 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 62.45 years, in 1960.
That places Bahamas, The 109th out of 217 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 64.09 years | 62.45 years | 65.77 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 67.75 years | 66.16 years | 68.96 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 70.06 years | 69.09 years | 70.72 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 71.47 years | 70.94 years | 72.15 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 73.19 years | 72.48 years | 73.46 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 73.6 years | 71.41 years | 74.06 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 73.5 years | 70.75 years | 74.71 years | 5 |
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More health data for Bahamas, The
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -11.11 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate -0.0809 % change on previous year (2090)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 1,358 (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 8 (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by country 0 (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 2,909 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 3,009 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 2,861 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 2,941 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, total in Bahamas, The?
- Life expectancy at birth, total in Bahamas, The was 74.71 years in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN).
- What is the highest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Bahamas, The?
- The highest recorded value was 74.71 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Bahamas, The?
- The lowest recorded value was 62.45 years in 1960.
- How does Bahamas, The rank for life expectancy at birth, total?
- Bahamas, The ranks 109th out of 217 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, total rising or falling in Bahamas, The?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bahamas, The data come from?
- The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), published as part of Life expectancy at birth, total (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.