Life expectancy at birth, total in Sweden
Sweden: Life expectancy at birth, total was 84.06 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at birth, total in Sweden, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN). Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for life expectancy at birth, total in Sweden is 84.06 years, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, total in Sweden peaked at 84.06 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 73.01 years, in 1960.
Sweden ranks 9th of 215 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 73.72 years | 73.01 years | 74.12 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 75.02 years | 74.62 years | 75.52 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 76.69 years | 75.74 years | 77.73 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 78.56 years | 77.54 years | 79.44 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 80.45 years | 79.64 years | 81.35 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 82.18 years | 81.45 years | 83.11 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 83.17 years | 82.36 years | 84.06 years | 5 |
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- Number of infants who die before age 1 30 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 25, male, interpolated 66,073 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 56,430 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 62,494 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 56,433 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 61,970 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 57,504 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, total in Sweden?
- Life expectancy at birth, total in Sweden was 84.06 years in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN).
- What is the highest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 84.06 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 73.01 years in 1960.
- How does Sweden rank for life expectancy at birth, total?
- Sweden ranks 9th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, total rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden 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.