This is a list of countries showing past life expectancy, ranging from 1950 to 2015 in five-year periods, as estimated by the 2017 revision of the World Population Prospects database by the United Nations Population Division. Life expectancy equals the average number of years a person born in a given country is expected to live if mortality rates at each age were to remain steady in the future. The life expectancy is shown as the average of males and females.

List of countries 1950 to 2015 (United Nations)

Asterisk (*) indicates "Health in LOCATION" links.

+Life expectancy at birth for both genders (in years) Location 1950–1955 1955–1960 1960–1965 1965–1970 1970–1975 1975–1980 1980–1985 1985–1990 1990–1995 1995–2000 2000–2005 2005–2010 2010–2015 (Netherlands) (UK) (Netherlands) (France) (France) (France) (USA) (UK/China) (China) (France) (France) (France) (USA) (France) NORTH AMERICA LATIN AMERICA Central America Caribbean South America EUROPE Northern Europe Western Europe Southern Europe Eastern Europe AFRICA Northern Africa Sub-Saharan Africa Western Africa Middle Africa Eastern Africa Southern Africa ASIA Western Asia Central Asia Southern Asia Eastern Asia Southeast Asia OCEANIA Australia/New Zealand Polynesia Melanesia Micronesia 46.98 49.33 51.17 55.48 58.14 60.30 62.06 63.68 64.59 65.67 67.20 69.07 70.79

List of countries before 1950

+ Life expectancy at birth (both genders) Country 1543 1683 1771 1810 1830 1851 1860 1870 1882 1890 1895 1900 1905 1910 1915 1920 1925 1930 1935 1940 1949  52.95 57.00 59.32 63.16 64.89 65.09 66.29 69.13 34.40 34.40 41.73 63.42 33.10 34.00 33.30 39.00 39.70 44.20 46.20 48.65 50.60 52.55 54.45 56.45 64.36 25.50 36.20 41.88 45.07 40.90 44.09 45.43 46.52 49.92 51.31 53.59 57.09 57.10 59.93 55.94 65.43 28.00 28.00 31.00 33.00 33.00 36.00 29.00 31.00 32.00 34.00 37.00 40.20 43.30 48.30 57.94 41.06 41.60 42.56 48.42 52.14 59.23 58.91 62.40 63.96 67.59 32.00 41.00 29.00 30.00 35.00 38.00 29.00 31.00 32.00 34.00 38.00 32.00 33.00 37.00 42.00 49.00 32.00 34.16 36.00 36.29 39.00 38.76 42.00 44.57 45.00 38.51 45.00 47.47 48.46 40.27 44.31 55.55 33.00 44.49 45.05 45.97 47.24 50.83 51.87 54.31 58.03 58.38 57.56 61.91 62.27 62.86 66.25 70.13 35.40 33.20 34.40 36.70 28.00 36.00 43.10 56.27 35.80 35.10 32.10 41.57 40.40 44.45 47.58 41.74 45.99 48.49 49.50 47.53 53.39 55.16 57.36 46.60 61.86 40.05 39.59 41.77 43.32 36.69 43.08 43.32 45.13 45.01 48.30 51.33 36.25 51.53 54.33 56.83 58.29 49.55 64.89 42.38 45.45 40.52 57.42 61.50 67.25 37.10 38.50 44.65 51.56 54.34 61.54 24.00 24.00 25.00 25.00 29.00 41.42 29.00 34.00 36.00 37.34 39.76 42.06 50.21 61.29 30.07 19.77 38.34 17.76 36.58 52.48 46.65 49.50 52.65 53.64 54.56 58.29 60.25 59.47 65.77 71.43 25.44 24.27 23.49 23.98 23.15 24.02 24.86 27.61 29.31 30.95 32.59 35.84 29.70 34.29 38.53 39.64 41.67 43.90 46.71 42.49 45.47 51.27 55.16 56.20 56.95 64.11 40.10 34.30 37.10 37.80 37.60 36.70 37.00 35.40 38.90 45.30 44.00 47.60 53.90 36.43 36.59 37.04 37.68 38.10 38.60 39.22 39.97 40.90 42.04 57.71 23.58 23.59 28.10 30.60 48.24 42.47 54.34 41.70 50.50 46.21 49.66 51.47 54.62 54.79 56.80 59.10 61.95 64.84 29.52 25.00 26.80 28.00 34.00 32.10 34.00 40.40 39.00 45.80 68.95 39.99 36.92 37.32 43.74 44.36 46.63 48.38 52.05 55.10 57.20 57.79 63.12 64.67 66.50 65.40 70.28 24.00 28.00 34.00 49.72 49.98 50.58 47.37 48.61 52.79 52.47 55.10 57.99 58.16 58.86 62.51 64.00 65.83 65.88 71.53 51.39 55.34 25.00 29.00 33.00 38.00 42.00 37.00 36.00 39.60 42.00 30.50 20.50 35.20 36.50 41.20 55.00 46.30 45.20 55.50 29.50 31.80 34.80 40.78 42.97 39.22 46.88 49.26 52.64 48.44 60.96 49.90 31.97 40.96 43.58 48.44 44.97 48.53 50.44 54.13 52.21 54.50 57.76 57.17 58.78 62.55 63.18 64.85 66.72 70.79 42.98 44.95 46.85 47.48 49.66 52.93 55.90 54.33 59.92 61.47 62.10 63.54 67.94 49.00 52.00 52.00 50.00 58.00 61.00 36.60 49.80 60.60 39.41 45.21 48.70 50.30 51.80 55.10 55.40 58.50 59.60 60.89 63.23 67.63 33.94 31.27 39.09 40.58 40.95 41.97 40.60 43.99 44.12 45.41 45.62 49.92 53.56 51.21 57.26 58.43 60.78 61.96 60.88 68.11 28.00 29.00 31.00 38.00

References

Further reading Riley, James C. Rising Life Expectancy (Cambridge UP, 2001).

External links United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs – Population Division – World Population Prospects, the 2017 Revision Our World in Data, Life expectancy https://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/history-of-life-expectancy