Life expectancy for people of different ages in Vatican
Vatican: Life expectancy for people of different ages was 82.98 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy for people of different ages in Vatican, 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
In 2023, life expectancy for people of different ages in Vatican stood at 82.98 years.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy for people of different ages in Vatican peaked at 83.62 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 65.25 years, in 1951.
Vatican ranks 23rd of 236 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 67.12 years | 65.25 years | 69.24 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 70.11 years | 69.19 years | 70.89 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 72.63 years | 71.48 years | 73.99 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 75.35 years | 74.13 years | 76.79 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 77.73 years | 76.9 years | 78.67 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 80.5 years | 79.34 years | 81.37 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 82.53 years | 81.54 years | 83.62 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 83.06 years | 82.95 years | 83.34 years | 4 |
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- Number of infants who die before age 1 0 deaths (2100)
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- Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita 82.98 years (2023)
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- Fertility rate vs. child mortality 1 live births per woman (2023)
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- Natural population growth rate vs. child mortality rate -2.1% (2023)
- Life expectancy at age 15 92.23 years (2100)
- Life expectancy at birth, projections 92.01 years (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy for people of different ages in Vatican?
- Life expectancy for people of different ages in Vatican was 82.98 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 Vatican?
- The highest recorded value was 83.62 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest life expectancy for people of different ages recorded in Vatican?
- The lowest recorded value was 65.25 years in 1951.
- How does Vatican rank for life expectancy for people of different ages?
- Vatican ranks 23rd out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy for people of different ages rising or falling in Vatican?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Vatican 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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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.