Life expectancy at birth, total in Türkiye
Türkiye: Life expectancy at birth, total was 77.42 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at birth, total in Türkiye, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN). Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for life expectancy at birth, total in Türkiye is 77.42 years, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, total in Türkiye peaked at 77.74 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 50.8 years, in 1960.
Türkiye ranks 84th of 219 countries on this measure, 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 | 53.71 years | 50.8 years | 56.18 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 59.35 years | 56.7 years | 62.16 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 65.06 years | 62.74 years | 67.36 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 69.57 years | 67.83 years | 71.14 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 73.34 years | 71.93 years | 74.68 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 76.33 years | 74.82 years | 77.74 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 76.88 years | 75.72 years | 77.59 years | 5 |
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More health data for Türkiye
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.72 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.5275 % change on previous year (2090)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 1,582 (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 858 (2100)
- Population, male, annual growth rate 0.3781 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population, male, per capita 0.4989 units per person (2025)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by country 0 (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 703,388 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, total in Türkiye?
- Life expectancy at birth, total in Türkiye was 77.42 years in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN).
- What is the highest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Türkiye?
- The highest recorded value was 77.74 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Türkiye?
- The lowest recorded value was 50.8 years in 1960.
- How does Türkiye rank for life expectancy at birth, total?
- Türkiye ranks 84th out of 219 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, total rising or falling in Türkiye?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Türkiye 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.