Life expectancy for people of different ages in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: Life expectancy for people of different ages was 74.4 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
74.4 years
Change on year
up 1.2%
World rank
130th
of 236 countries
All-time high
74.4 years
in 2023
All-time low
23.58 years
in 1868
Years of data
81
1868–2023

Life expectancy for people of different ages in Kazakhstan, 1868–2023

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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

Kazakhstan recorded 74.4 years for life expectancy for people of different ages in 2023. That is the highest value across all 81 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 5.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy for people of different ages in Kazakhstan peaked at 74.4 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 23.58 years, in 1868.

That places Kazakhstan 130th 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 81 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1860s 23.58 years 23.58 years 23.58 years 1
1870s 23.8 years 23.8 years 23.8 years 1
1890s 28.6 years 28.6 years 28.6 years 1
1900s 28.1 years 28.1 years 28.1 years 1
1910s 30.6 years 30.6 years 30.6 years 1
1920s 36.87 years 36.87 years 36.87 years 1
1930s 44.47 years 44.47 years 44.47 years 1
1950s 56.69 years 55.59 years 57.72 years 10
1960s 58.92 years 57.95 years 59.84 years 10
1970s 61.02 years 60.05 years 62.07 years 10
1980s 64.73 years 62.52 years 66.03 years 10
1990s 64.21 years 63.32 years 65.7 years 10
2000s 65.36 years 63.79 years 67.46 years 10
2010s 71.4 years 68.26 years 73.66 years 10
2020s 72.31 years 70.13 years 74.4 years 4

Countries ranked near Kazakhstan

  1. 127 Georgia 74.5 years compare
  2. 128 Belarus 74.43 years compare
  3. 129 Azerbaijan 74.43 years compare
  4. 131 Paraguay 73.84 years compare
  5. 132 Dominican Republic 73.72 years compare
  6. 133 North Korea 73.64 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy for people of different ages in Kazakhstan?
Life expectancy for people of different ages in Kazakhstan was 74.4 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 Kazakhstan?
The highest recorded value was 74.4 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy for people of different ages recorded in Kazakhstan?
The lowest recorded value was 23.58 years in 1868.
How does Kazakhstan rank for life expectancy for people of different ages?
Kazakhstan ranks 130th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy for people of different ages rising or falling in Kazakhstan?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Kazakhstan 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.