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Chart and table of U.S. life expectancy from 1950 to 2024 based on United Nations projections. See the current and historical data, growth rate, and rank among similar countries.
Life expectancy at birth. Both sexes: 77.5 years. Males: 74.8 years. Females: 80.2 years. Source: Mortality in the United States, 2022 (Figure 1)
30 sty 2024 · Life expectancy in the U.S. decreased by 1.3 years from 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic to 2022, whereas in peer countries life expectancies fell by an average of 0.5 years in this period. Life expectancy began rebounding from the effects of the pandemic earlier in 2021 in most peer nations.
31 sie 2022 · Provisional data from the CDC show that life expectancy at birth in the U.S. declined by 0.9 years in 2021, reaching its lowest level since 1996. The pandemic, overdose deaths, and other causes contributed to the decline, which varied by race and sex.
4 sty 2024 · The U.S. population life expectancy in 2022 was 77.5 years, up from 76.4 in 2021, but still lower than prepandemic level. See data by sex and sources from CDC reports.
9 sie 2024 · Over the past 160 years, life expectancy (from birth) in the United States has risen from 39.4 years in 1860, to 78.9 years in 2020.
Life expectancy at birth, total (years) - United States. ( 1 ) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2022 Revision, or derived from male and female life expectancy at birth from sources such as: ( 2 ) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, ( 3 ) Eurostat: Demographic ...
