Life expectancy for people of different ages in Vietnam
Vietnam: Life expectancy for people of different ages was 74.59 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy for people of different ages in Vietnam, 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 Vietnam stood at 74.59 years.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy for people of different ages in Vietnam peaked at 75.38 years in 2020 and was at its lowest, 48.04 years, in 1950.
That places Vietnam 125th 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 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 52.88 years | 48.04 years | 57.4 years | 10 |
| 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 | 74.65 years | 74.14 years | 75.38 years | 4 |
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More health data for Vietnam
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,306 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 3,132 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 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)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 624,034 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 623,058 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy for people of different ages in Vietnam?
- Life expectancy for people of different ages in Vietnam was 74.59 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 Vietnam?
- The highest recorded value was 75.38 years in 2020.
- What is the lowest life expectancy for people of different ages recorded in Vietnam?
- The lowest recorded value was 48.04 years in 1950.
- How does Vietnam rank for life expectancy for people of different ages?
- Vietnam ranks 125th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy for people of different ages rising or falling in Vietnam?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Vietnam 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.