Life expectancy for people of different ages in Qatar
Qatar: Life expectancy for people of different ages was 82.37 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy for people of different ages in Qatar, 1950–2023
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for life expectancy for people of different ages in Qatar is 82.37 years, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy for people of different ages in Qatar peaked at 82.95 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 50.76 years, in 1950.
That places Qatar 30th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 53.88 years | 50.76 years | 57.05 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 61.05 years | 57.77 years | 64.25 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 67.33 years | 64.89 years | 69.51 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 71.6 years | 69.92 years | 73.13 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 74.28 years | 73.4 years | 75.05 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 76.82 years | 75.25 years | 78.84 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 81.44 years | 79.44 years | 82.95 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 81.43 years | 80.41 years | 82.37 years | 4 |
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More health data for Qatar
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 185.5 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 136 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 40,302 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 13,610 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 32,435 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 12,414 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 26,028 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 11,414 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy for people of different ages in Qatar?
- Life expectancy for people of different ages in Qatar was 82.37 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 Qatar?
- The highest recorded value was 82.95 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest life expectancy for people of different ages recorded in Qatar?
- The lowest recorded value was 50.76 years in 1950.
- How does Qatar rank for life expectancy for people of different ages?
- Qatar ranks 30th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy for people of different ages rising or falling in Qatar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Qatar 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
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.