Life expectancy in Bermuda
Bermuda: Life expectancy was 82.31 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
82.31 years
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
32nd
of 236 countries
All-time high
82.31 years
in 2023
All-time low
60.36 years
in 1950
Years of data
74
1950–2023
Life expectancy in Bermuda, 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 in Bermuda stood at 82.31 years. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy in Bermuda peaked at 82.31 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 60.36 years, in 1950.
That places Bermuda 32nd 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.
Life expectancy in Bermuda, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 60.36 years | — |
| 1951 | 60.61 years | +0.4% |
| 1952 | 61.07 years | +0.8% |
| 1953 | 61.82 years | +1.2% |
| 1954 | 62.48 years | +1.1% |
| 1955 | 63.06 years | +0.9% |
| 1956 | 64.24 years | +1.9% |
| 1957 | 64.78 years | +0.8% |
| 1958 | 65.21 years | +0.7% |
| 1959 | 65.69 years | +0.7% |
| 1960 | 66.48 years | +1.2% |
| 1961 | 67.53 years | +1.6% |
| 1962 | 67.88 years | +0.5% |
| 1963 | 67.69 years | -0.3% |
| 1964 | 67.5 years | -0.3% |
| 1965 | 67.58 years | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 67.72 years | +0.2% |
| 1967 | 67.79 years | +0.1% |
| 1968 | 67.9 years | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 68.09 years | +0.3% |
| 1970 | 68.4 years | +0.5% |
| 1971 | 68.98 years | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 69.64 years | +1.0% |
| 1973 | 70.37 years | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 70.86 years | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 71.17 years | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 71.33 years | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 71.62 years | +0.4% |
| 1978 | 71.97 years | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 72.4 years | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 72.67 years | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 72.89 years | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 73.04 years | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 73.24 years | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 73.36 years | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 73.37 years | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 73.37 years | -0.0% |
| 1987 | 73.45 years | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 73.56 years | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 73.73 years | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 73.95 years | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 74.2 years | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 74.45 years | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 74.77 years | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 75.28 years | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 75.92 years | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 76.52 years | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 76.97 years | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 77.39 years | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 77.85 years | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 78.25 years | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 78.64 years | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 78.84 years | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 78.71 years | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 78.9 years | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 78.87 years | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 78.87 years | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 79.01 years | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 79.1 years | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 79.23 years | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 79.41 years | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 79.65 years | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 79.85 years | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 80.02 years | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 80.2 years | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 80.34 years | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 80.48 years | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 80.69 years | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 80.99 years | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 81.25 years | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 81.46 years | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 81.75 years | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 82.06 years | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 82.31 years | +0.3% |
Bermuda compared with similar countries
- Bermuda's 82.31 years is above the median for high income countries, which is 81 years, 1.0× the median. (85 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 62.93 years | 60.36 years | 65.69 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 67.62 years | 66.48 years | 68.09 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 70.68 years | 68.4 years | 72.4 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 73.27 years | 72.67 years | 73.73 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 75.73 years | 73.95 years | 77.85 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 78.84 years | 78.25 years | 79.23 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 80.29 years | 79.41 years | 81.25 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 81.89 years | 81.46 years | 82.31 years | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy in Bermuda?
- Life expectancy in Bermuda was 82.31 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 recorded in Bermuda?
- The highest recorded value was 82.31 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Bermuda?
- The lowest recorded value was 60.36 years in 1950.
- How does Bermuda rank for life expectancy?
- Bermuda ranks 32nd out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy rising or falling in Bermuda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bermuda 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. 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.