Life expectancy at birth, total in IDA total
IDA total: Life expectancy at birth, total was 65.64 years in 2024. β² Rising
Life expectancy at birth, total in IDA total, 1960β2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN). Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for life expectancy at birth, total in IDA total is 65.64 years, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, total in IDA total peaked at 65.64 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 42.6 years, in 1960.
That places IDA total 38th out of 46 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 44.75 years | 42.6 years | 46.82 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 48.26 years | 43.99 years | 50.6 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 52.13 years | 51.12 years | 53.45 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 54.4 years | 53.27 years | 55.76 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 58.5 years | 56.41 years | 60.56 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 62.53 years | 60.99 years | 64.09 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 64.65 years | 63.48 years | 65.64 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near IDA total
- 35 New Zealand 82.01 years compare
- 36 Austria 82 years compare
- 37 Netherlands 81.97 years compare
- 38 Puerto Rico 81.9 years compare
- 39 Greece 81.84 years compare
- 40 Cyprus 81.82 years compare
- 41 Bahrain 81.42 years compare
More health data for IDA total
- Population ages 15-64, female 583.89 million (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 43.28 million (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total 1.16 billion (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 58.2% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 576.97 million (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 58.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 379.56 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female 367.68 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female 37.0% (2025)
- Population, male 49.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, total in IDA total?
- Life expectancy at birth, total in IDA total was 65.64 years in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN).
- What is the highest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in IDA total?
- The highest recorded value was 65.64 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in IDA total?
- The lowest recorded value was 42.6 years in 1960.
- How does IDA total rank for life expectancy at birth, total?
- IDA total ranks 38th out of 46 groups with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, total rising or falling in IDA total?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IDA total 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.