Life expectancy at birth, total in Viet Nam
Viet Nam: Life expectancy at birth, total was 74.74 years in 2024. β² Rising
Life expectancy at birth, total in Viet Nam, 1960β2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN). Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for life expectancy at birth, total in Viet Nam is 74.74 years, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, total in Viet Nam peaked at 75.38 years in 2020 and was at its lowest, 51.91 years, in 1972.
Viet Nam ranks 108th of 217 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 | 56.72 years | 52.67 years | 58.46 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 59.2 years | 51.91 years | 64.99 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 67.09 years | 65.34 years | 68.81 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 70.7 years | 69.03 years | 72.58 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 73.2 years | 72.75 years | 73.53 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 73.91 years | 73.61 years | 74.21 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 74.67 years | 74.14 years | 75.38 years | 5 |
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More health data for Viet Nam
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.66 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.0536 % change on previous year (2090)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 1,306 (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 3,132 (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by country 0 (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 639,334 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 629,182 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 638,473 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 633,528 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, total in Viet Nam?
- Life expectancy at birth, total in Viet Nam was 74.74 years in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN).
- What is the highest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Viet Nam?
- The highest recorded value was 75.38 years in 2020.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Viet Nam?
- The lowest recorded value was 51.91 years in 1972.
- How does Viet Nam rank for life expectancy at birth, total?
- Viet Nam ranks 108th out of 217 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, total rising or falling in Viet Nam?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Viet Nam 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.