Africa Corporate Wellness Market, by End User, 2018-2027
World: life expectancy at birth 1950-2100
What is Life expectancy at birth (in years)? As of 2100, it's 81.7 Life expectancy at birth (in years), up from 46.4 Life expectancy at birth (in years) in 1950.
| Label | Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
|---|---|
| 1950 | 46.39 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 1951 | 47.13 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 1952 | 48.22 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 1953 | 48.81 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 1954 | 49.65 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 1955 | 50.21 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 1956 | 50.74 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 1957 | 51.06 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 1958 | 51.62 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 1959 | 49.58 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 1960 | 47.82 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 1961 | 50.35 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 1962 | 53.24 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 1963 | 53.72 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 1964 | 54.26 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 1965 | 54 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 1966 | 54.56 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 1967 | 55.07 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 1968 | 55.62 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 1969 | 56 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 1970 | 56.27 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 1971 | 56.02 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 1972 | 57.22 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 1973 | 57.69 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 1974 | 58.06 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 1975 | 58.27 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 1976 | 58.58 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 1977 | 59.15 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 1978 | 59.51 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 1979 | 60.16 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 1980 | 60.5 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 1981 | 60.92 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 1982 | 61.34 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 1983 | 61.52 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 1984 | 61.87 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 1985 | 62.21 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 1986 | 62.73 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 1987 | 63.18 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 1988 | 63.37 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 1989 | 63.78 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 1990 | 63.96 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 1991 | 64.06 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 1992 | 64.29 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 1993 | 64.43 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 1994 | 64.3 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 1995 | 64.88 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 1996 | 65.2 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 1997 | 65.54 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 1998 | 65.74 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 1999 | 66.04 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2000 | 66.43 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2001 | 66.75 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2002 | 67.07 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2003 | 67.4 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2004 | 67.75 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2005 | 68.14 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2006 | 68.61 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2007 | 69.03 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2008 | 69.3 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2009 | 69.68 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2010 | 70.09 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2011 | 70.4 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2012 | 70.82 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2013 | 71.14 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2014 | 71.4 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2015 | 71.61 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2016 | 71.88 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2017 | 72.07 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2018 | 72.39 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2019 | 72.61 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2020 | 71.92 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2021 | 70.87 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2022 | 72.64 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2023 | 73.17 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2024* | 73.32 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2025 | 73.52 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2026 | 73.77 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2027 | 73.93 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2028 | 74.08 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2029 | 74.23 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2030 | 74.39 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2031 | 74.53 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2032 | 74.68 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2033 | 74.83 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2034 | 74.97 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2035 | 75.12 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2036 | 75.26 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2037 | 75.4 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2038 | 75.54 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2039 | 75.68 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2040 | 75.81 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2041 | 75.94 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2042 | 76.08 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2043 | 76.2 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2044 | 76.33 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2045 | 76.45 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2046 | 76.57 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2047 | 76.69 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2048 | 76.8 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2049 | 76.91 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2050 | 77.02 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2051 | 77.13 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2052 | 77.24 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2053 | 77.34 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2054 | 77.44 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2055 | 77.55 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2056 | 77.65 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2057 | 77.76 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2058 | 77.86 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2059 | 77.96 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2060 | 78.06 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2061 | 78.17 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2062 | 78.27 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2063 | 78.37 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2064 | 78.47 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2065 | 78.57 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2066 | 78.67 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2067 | 78.77 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2068 | 78.87 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2069 | 78.96 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2070 | 79.06 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2071 | 79.16 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2072 | 79.25 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2073 | 79.35 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2074 | 79.44 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2075 | 79.53 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2076 | 79.62 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2077 | 79.71 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2078 | 79.8 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2079 | 79.89 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2080 | 79.98 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2081 | 80.07 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2082 | 80.16 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2083 | 80.25 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2084 | 80.34 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2085 | 80.42 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2086 | 80.51 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2087 | 80.6 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2088 | 80.68 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2089 | 80.77 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2090 | 80.86 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2091 | 80.95 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2092 | 81.04 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2093 | 81.13 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2094 | 81.21 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2095 | 81.3 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2096 | 81.39 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2097 | 81.48 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2098 | 81.56 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2099 | 81.65 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
| 2100 | 81.73 Life expectancy at birth (in years) |
Data Source: Wantstats Repository
World: life expectancy at birth 1950-2100: Key Points
- Global's world: life expectancy at birth 1950-2100 reached 81.73 Life expectancy at birth (in years) in 2100. That is up on the 46.39 Life expectancy at birth (in years) recorded in 1950, a rise of about 76%.
- 1951-1952: works higher, reaching 48.22 Life expectancy at birth (in years) (+4%).
- 1959-1960: slides to 47.82 Life expectancy at birth (in years) (-7%).
- 1961-1962: climbs to 53.24 Life expectancy at birth (in years) (+11%).
- 2022: up to 72.64 Life expectancy at birth (in years) (+2%).
- By the last year on record, 2100, the figure sits at 81.73 Life expectancy at birth (in years) — 76.2% above 1950.
Making Sense Of The Swings
This is a series to read year by year, not to summarize with a single trend line. Doing the latter would flatten out real, meaningful movement.
On its own, this line shows movement, not meaning. Whether Global's world: life expectancy at birth 1950-2100 trend here is a success or a warning sign depends on context this single chart doesn't carry — comparable countries, policy changes, or a longer time horizon.
Source here is a national/international statistics body, not a live measurement — most time series like this are interpolated or modeled between actual survey years. Treat the trend as the real signal, individual years as approximate.
There's a real gap between 2023 and 2025 in the underlying data — not a zero, not an interpolated value, just missing. Don't read a straight line between those two points as what actually happened in between.
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