Remaining life expectancy at different ages males in France
France: Remaining life expectancy at different ages males was 80.43 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
80.43
Change on year
up 1.4%
World rank
29th
of 236 countries
All-time high
80.43
in 2023
All-time low
27.28
in 1915
Years of data
208
1816–2023
Remaining life expectancy at different ages males in France, 1816–2023
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
France recorded 80.43 for remaining life expectancy at different ages males in 2023. That is the highest value across all 208 years on record.
The figure is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, remaining life expectancy at different ages males in France peaked at 80.43 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 27.28, in 1915.
That places France 29th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 208 years of available data.
Remaining life expectancy at different ages males in France, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1816 | 39.08 | — |
| 1817 | 38.25 | -2.1% |
| 1818 | 38.12 | -0.3% |
| 1819 | 36.75 | -3.6% |
| 1820 | 38.62 | +5.1% |
| 1821 | 39.37 | +1.9% |
| 1822 | 37.72 | -4.2% |
| 1823 | 39.29 | +4.2% |
| 1824 | 38.5 | -2.0% |
| 1825 | 38.13 | -1.0% |
| 1826 | 37.31 | -2.2% |
| 1827 | 38.72 | +3.8% |
| 1828 | 36.94 | -4.6% |
| 1829 | 38.65 | +4.6% |
| 1830 | 38.93 | +0.7% |
| 1831 | 38.95 | +0.1% |
| 1832 | 35.27 | -9.4% |
| 1833 | 38.22 | +8.4% |
| 1834 | 34.42 | -9.9% |
| 1835 | 38.63 | +12.2% |
| 1836 | 41.24 | +6.8% |
| 1837 | 38.87 | -5.7% |
| 1838 | 38.75 | -0.3% |
| 1839 | 40.36 | +4.2% |
| 1840 | 39.68 | -1.7% |
| 1841 | 39.71 | +0.1% |
| 1842 | 39.18 | -1.3% |
| 1843 | 40.17 | +2.5% |
| 1844 | 41.71 | +3.8% |
| 1845 | 43 | +3.1% |
| 1846 | 40.09 | -6.8% |
| 1847 | 39.71 | -0.9% |
| 1848 | 39.54 | -0.4% |
| 1849 | 35.23 | -10.9% |
| 1850 | 42.63 | +21.0% |
| 1851 | 41.21 | -3.3% |
| 1852 | 40.76 | -1.1% |
| 1853 | 41.9 | +2.8% |
| 1854 | 35.36 | -15.6% |
| 1855 | 35.81 | +1.3% |
| 1856 | 39.13 | +9.3% |
| 1857 | 39.07 | -0.2% |
| 1858 | 39.38 | +0.8% |
| 1859 | 34.75 | -11.8% |
| 1860 | 42.85 | +23.3% |
| 1861 | 40.15 | -6.3% |
| 1862 | 42.11 | +4.9% |
| 1863 | 41.21 | -2.1% |
| 1864 | 41.37 | +0.4% |
| 1865 | 39.5 | -4.5% |
| 1866 | 41.11 | +4.1% |
| 1867 | 41.65 | +1.3% |
| 1868 | 39.43 | -5.3% |
| 1869 | 40.17 | +1.9% |
| 1870 | 34.77 | -13.4% |
| 1871 | 27.34 | -21.4% |
| 1872 | 41.44 | +51.6% |
| 1873 | 40.97 | -1.1% |
| 1874 | 43.36 | +5.8% |
| 1875 | 42.33 | -2.4% |
| 1876 | 42.53 | +0.5% |
| 1877 | 43.33 | +1.9% |
| 1878 | 42.37 | -2.2% |
| 1879 | 42.92 | +1.3% |
| 1880 | 41.84 | -2.5% |
| 1881 | 42.38 | +1.3% |
| 1882 | 41.93 | -1.1% |
| 1883 | 42.06 | +0.3% |
| 1884 | 41.23 | -2.0% |
| 1885 | 42.68 | +3.5% |
| 1886 | 41.91 | -1.8% |
| 1887 | 42.51 | +1.4% |
| 1888 | 42.71 | +0.5% |
| 1889 | 44.17 | +3.4% |
| 1890 | 42.11 | -4.7% |
| 1891 | 42.75 | +1.5% |
| 1892 | 42.18 | -1.3% |
| 1893 | 42.05 | -0.3% |
| 1894 | 43.93 | +4.5% |
| 1895 | 43.71 | -0.5% |
| 1896 | 45.94 | +5.1% |
| 1897 | 46.29 | +0.8% |
| 1898 | 44.4 | -4.1% |
| 1899 | 43.47 | -2.1% |
| 1900 | 43.34 | -0.3% |
| 1901 | 45.23 | +4.4% |
| 1902 | 46.28 | +2.3% |
| 1903 | 46.76 | +1.0% |
| 1904 | 46.43 | -0.7% |
| 1905 | 46.57 | +0.3% |
| 1906 | 45.89 | -1.5% |
| 1907 | 46.46 | +1.2% |
| 1908 | 47.4 | +2.0% |
| 1909 | 48.08 | +1.4% |
| 1910 | 49.47 | +2.9% |
| 1911 | 46.35 | -6.3% |
| 1912 | 49.48 | +6.8% |
| 1913 | 49.4 | -0.2% |
| 1914 | 29.37 | -40.5% |
| 1915 | 27.28 | -7.1% |
| 1916 | 30.84 | +13.0% |
| 1917 | 35.49 | +15.1% |
| 1918 | 28.37 | -20.1% |
| 1919 | 43.86 | +54.6% |
| 1920 | 49.94 | +13.9% |
| 1921 | 50.63 | +1.4% |
| 1922 | 52.94 | +4.6% |
| 1923 | 52.53 | -0.8% |
| 1924 | 53.02 | +0.9% |
| 1925 | 52.05 | -1.8% |
| 1926 | 51.77 | -0.5% |
| 1927 | 53.68 | +3.7% |
| 1928 | 53.28 | -0.7% |
| 1929 | 51.97 | -2.5% |
| 1930 | 54.32 | +4.5% |
| 1931 | 54.54 | +0.4% |
| 1932 | 54.72 | +0.3% |
| 1933 | 55.11 | +0.7% |
| 1934 | 55.45 | +0.6% |
| 1935 | 55.44 | -0.0% |
| 1936 | 55.84 | +0.7% |
| 1937 | 56.13 | +0.5% |
| 1938 | 55.87 | -0.5% |
| 1939 | 56.52 | +1.2% |
| 1940 | 42.29 | -25.2% |
| 1941 | 53.77 | +27.1% |
| 1942 | 53.59 | -0.3% |
| 1943 | 48.86 | -8.8% |
| 1944 | 41.71 | -14.6% |
| 1945 | 51.37 | +23.2% |
| 1946 | 59.65 | +16.1% |
| 1947 | 61.13 | +2.5% |
| 1948 | 62.72 | +2.6% |
| 1949 | 62.16 | -0.9% |
| 1950 | 63.44 | +2.1% |
| 1951 | 63.17 | -0.4% |
| 1952 | 64.41 | +2.0% |
| 1953 | 64.29 | -0.2% |
| 1954 | 65.03 | +1.2% |
| 1955 | 65.23 | +0.3% |
| 1956 | 65.17 | -0.1% |
| 1957 | 65.5 | +0.5% |
| 1958 | 66.85 | +2.1% |
| 1959 | 66.86 | +0.0% |
| 1960 | 67.02 | +0.3% |
| 1961 | 67.46 | +0.7% |
| 1962 | 66.99 | -0.7% |
| 1963 | 66.81 | -0.3% |
| 1964 | 67.68 | +1.3% |
| 1965 | 67.47 | -0.3% |
| 1966 | 67.82 | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 67.79 | -0.0% |
| 1968 | 67.76 | -0.0% |
| 1969 | 67.42 | -0.5% |
| 1970 | 68.37 | +1.4% |
| 1971 | 68.31 | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 68.48 | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 68.69 | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 68.93 | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 69.02 | +0.1% |
| 1976 | 69.15 | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 69.7 | +0.8% |
| 1978 | 69.82 | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 70.05 | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 70.15 | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 70.37 | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 70.71 | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 70.73 | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 71.14 | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 71.24 | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 71.5 | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 72.03 | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 72.32 | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 72.45 | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 72.72 | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 72.88 | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 73.15 | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 73.25 | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 73.64 | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 73.83 | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 74.06 | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 74.51 | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 74.72 | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 74.94 | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 75.23 | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 75.43 | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 75.7 | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 75.81 | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 76.67 | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 76.72 | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 77.16 | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 77.38 | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 77.58 | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 77.74 | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 78 | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 78.4 | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 78.47 | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 78.74 | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 79.25 | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 78.99 | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 79.29 | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 79.42 | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 79.54 | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 79.75 | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 79.18 | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 79.26 | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 79.32 | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 80.43 | +1.4% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 80.43 is above the median for high income countries, which is 78.85, 1.0× the median. (85 countries reporting)
- France's 80.43 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 77.36, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Remaining life expectancy at different ages males in France changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 | +54.6% | 28.37 | 43.86 |
| 1872 | +51.6% | 27.34 | 41.44 |
| 1914 | -40.5% | 49.4 | 29.37 |
| 1941 | +27.1% | 42.29 | 53.77 |
| 1940 | -25.2% | 56.52 | 42.29 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 38.05 | 36.75 | 39.08 | 4 |
| 1820s | 38.33 | 36.94 | 39.37 | 10 |
| 1830s | 38.36 | 34.42 | 41.24 | 10 |
| 1840s | 39.8 | 35.23 | 43 | 10 |
| 1850s | 39 | 34.75 | 42.63 | 10 |
| 1860s | 40.95 | 39.43 | 42.85 | 10 |
| 1870s | 40.14 | 27.34 | 43.36 | 10 |
| 1880s | 42.34 | 41.23 | 44.17 | 10 |
| 1890s | 43.68 | 42.05 | 46.29 | 10 |
| 1900s | 46.24 | 43.34 | 48.08 | 10 |
| 1910s | 38.99 | 27.28 | 49.48 | 10 |
| 1920s | 52.18 | 49.94 | 53.68 | 10 |
| 1930s | 55.39 | 54.32 | 56.52 | 10 |
| 1940s | 53.73 | 41.71 | 62.72 | 10 |
| 1950s | 64.99 | 63.17 | 66.86 | 10 |
| 1960s | 67.42 | 66.81 | 67.82 | 10 |
| 1970s | 69.05 | 68.31 | 70.05 | 10 |
| 1980s | 71.26 | 70.15 | 72.45 | 10 |
| 1990s | 73.77 | 72.72 | 74.94 | 10 |
| 2000s | 76.54 | 75.23 | 77.74 | 10 |
| 2010s | 78.98 | 78 | 79.75 | 10 |
| 2020s | 79.55 | 79.18 | 80.43 | 4 |
Countries ranked near France
- 26 Luxembourg 80.57 compare
- 27 Netherlands 80.54 compare
- 28 Reunion 80.53 compare
- 30 Canada 80.43 compare
- 31 New Zealand 80.41 compare
- 32 Ireland 80.37 compare
More health data for France
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.31 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.0689 % change on previous year (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 603 (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2024)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -0.7875 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0244 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -0.8291 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per capita 0.0255 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is remaining life expectancy at different ages males in France?
- Remaining life expectancy at different ages males in France was 80.43 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest remaining life expectancy at different ages males recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 80.43 in 2023.
- What is the lowest remaining life expectancy at different ages males recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.28 in 1915.
- How does France rank for remaining life expectancy at different ages males?
- France ranks 29th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is remaining life expectancy at different ages males rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this France data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Remaining life expectancy at different ages males. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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