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Life expectancy for people of different ages in Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic: Life expectancy for people of different ages was 73.72 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
73.72 years
Change on year
down 0.7%
World rank
132nd
of 236 countries
All-time high
74.21 years
in 2022
All-time low
26 years
in 1930
Years of data
77
1930–2023

Life expectancy for people of different ages in Dominican Republic, 1930–2023

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Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

In 2023, life expectancy for people of different ages in Dominican Republic stood at 73.72 years.

That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy for people of different ages in Dominican Republic peaked at 74.21 years in 2022 and was at its lowest, 26 years, in 1930.

That places Dominican Republic 132nd out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 77 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1930s 27.95 years 26 years 29.9 years 2
1940s 34 years 34 years 34 years 1
1950s 47.52 years 44.06 years 50.95 years 10
1960s 54.64 years 51.7 years 57.89 years 10
1970s 60.85 years 58.49 years 62.62 years 10
1980s 65.35 years 63.39 years 67.33 years 10
1990s 69.13 years 67.75 years 70.18 years 10
2000s 70.93 years 70.36 years 71.59 years 10
2010s 72.94 years 72.04 years 73.56 years 10
2020s 73.08 years 71.76 years 74.21 years 4

Countries ranked near Dominican Republic

  1. 129 Azerbaijan 74.43 years compare
  2. 130 Kazakhstan 74.4 years compare
  3. 131 Paraguay 73.84 years compare
  4. 133 North Korea 73.64 years compare
  5. 134 Suriname 73.63 years compare
  6. 135 Belize 73.57 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy for people of different ages in Dominican Republic?
Life expectancy for people of different ages in Dominican Republic was 73.72 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest life expectancy for people of different ages recorded in Dominican Republic?
The highest recorded value was 74.21 years in 2022.
What is the lowest life expectancy for people of different ages recorded in Dominican Republic?
The lowest recorded value was 26 years in 1930.
How does Dominican Republic rank for life expectancy for people of different ages?
Dominican Republic ranks 132nd out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy for people of different ages rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Dominican Republic data come from?
The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy for people of different ages. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Life expectancy for people of different ages
Unit
years
Source
Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
Last refreshed

Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.