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In 2021, the global average life expectancy was just over 70 years. This is an astonishing fact – because just two hundred years ago, it was less than half. This was the case for all world regions: in 1800, no region had a life expectancy higher than 40 years. The average life expectancy has risen steadily and significantly across all regions. 1
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Chart and table of World life expectancy from 1950 to 2024. United Nations projections are also included through the year 2100. The current life expectancy for World in 2024 is 73.33 years, a 0.23% increase from 2023. The life expectancy for World in 2023 was 73.16 years, a 0.24% increase from 2022. The life expectancy for World in 2022 was 72. ...
List of countries and dependencies in the world ranked by life expectancy at birth, both sexes, males and females. World Population Life Expectancy with historical chart.
12 lip 2024 · Life Expectancy,age 0. UN WPP. Period life expectancy for individuals who have reached age 0. Estimates are expressed as the expected age at death, not as years left to live. Source. UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Last updated. July 12, 2024. Date range.
This overview collects information from a large body of that work and links estimates for historical populations to those provided by the United Nations, the World Bank, and other sources for 1950–2001. The result shows regional and global life expectancy at birth for selected years from 1800 to 2001.
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, global life expectancy has increased by more than 6 years between 2000 and 2019 – from 66.8 years in 2000 to 73.1 years in 2019. While healthy life expectancy (HALE) has also increased by 9% from 58.1 in 2000 to 63.5 in 2019, this was primarily due to declining mortality rather than reduced years lived with ...
From the year 2024 and onwards, the average global life expectancy is set to increased even further from 73.32 years to 81.73 years. That is an increase of the average human lifespan by 11.47% that will allow people across the globe, on average, to live an extra 8.41 years from birth until death.
