Algeria vs Western Sahara: Life expectancy

Life expectancy in 2023: 76.3 years in Algeria and 71.4 years in Western Sahara, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Algeria, by 4.9 years, or 1.07 times that in Western Sahara.

Watch it change on the map

years · UN

AlgeriaWestern SaharaEstimates, Our World in DataUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

What the numbers say

Algeria has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
In 2023, Algeria ranked 99 and Western Sahara ranked 153 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Algeria at 88.1 years and Western Sahara at 83 years in 2100.
The world as a whole: 73.2 years in 2023.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Algeria	Western Sahara	World
2023	76.3	71.4	73.2
2022	76.1	71.1	72.6
2021	75.2	70.9	70.9
2020	73.3	70.6	71.9
2019	75.7	70.4	72.6
2018	75.6	70.1	72.4
2017	75.4	69.9	72.1
2016	75.3	69.6	71.9
2015	75.2	69.3	71.6
2014	75	69	71.4
2013	74.8	68.6	71.1
2012	74.6	68.2	70.8
2011	74.4	67.9	70.4
2010	74.1	67.5	70.1
2009	73.9	67.1	69.7
2008	73.6	66.6	69.3
2007	73.4	66.1	69
2006	73.1	65.7	68.6
2005	72.8	65.2	68.1
2004	72.5	64.7	67.7
2003	71.9	64.2	67.4
2002	71.6	63.7	67.1
2001	71	63.2	66.8
2000	70.6	62.7	66.4
1999	70.1	62.2	66
1998	69.3	61.7	65.7
1997	68.9	61.2	65.5
1996	68.2	60.7	65.2
1995	67.7	60.2	64.9
1994	67.3	59.7	64.3
1993	67.8	59.2	64.4
1992	67.7	58.7	64.3
1991	67.7	58.2	64.1
1990	67.7	57.7	64
1989	67.5	51.5	63.8
1988	66.9	52.1	63.4
1987	66.1	48.9	63.2
1986	65.3	48.5	62.7
1985	64.2	47.8	62.2
1984	62.7	46.9	61.9
1983	61.3	46.1	61.5
1982	59.6	45.2	61.3
1981	57.4	44.2	60.9
1980	54.5	39.4	60.5
1979	52.4	37.6	60.2
1978	50.6	40.4	59.5
1977	49.3	38.3	59.2
1976	48	36.3	58.6
1975	46.9	36	58.3
1974	46	45	58.1
1973	45.1	44.2	57.7
1972	44.4	43.5	57.2
1971	43.8	42.9	56
1970	43.3	42.7	56.3
1969	43	42.2	56
1968	42.8	41.8	55.6
1967	42.7	41.4	55.1
1966	42.8	41	54.6
1965	42.9	40.6	54
1964	43	40.2	54.3
1963	43.1	39.8	53.7
1962	39.5	39.5	53.2
1961	40.8	39.1	50.4
1960	40.8	38.7	47.8
1959	40.9	38.3	49.6
1958	40.9	37.9	51.6
1957	40.9	37.6	51.1
1956	40.9	37.2	50.7
1955	40.9	36.8	50.2
1954	40.6	36.4	49.7
1953	43.6	36	48.8
1952	43.5	35.7	48.2
1951	43.3	35.3	47.1
1950	42.7	34.9	46.4
1943	33.7	–	–
1933	31.2	–	–
1923	28.8	–	–

12.3Estimates, Our World in Data

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Algeria	Western Sahara	World
2024	76.575.3–77.6	71.670.3–72.9	73.3
2025	76.775–78.2	71.870–73.6	73.5
2026	76.974.9–78.8	7269.6–74.2	73.8
2027	77.174.7–79.3	72.269.4–74.5	73.9
2028	77.374.6–79.7	72.369.4–74.9	74.1
2029	77.574.4–80.1	72.569.4–75.4	74.2
2030	77.774.6–80.5	72.769.2–75.9	74.4
2031	77.974.6–80.8	72.969.1–76.2	74.5
2032	78.174.6–81.2	7369–76.6	74.7
2033	78.374.7–81.5	73.269–76.8	74.8
2034	78.474.7–81.9	73.469–77.4	75
2035	78.674.6–82.3	73.568.9–77.8	75.1
2036	78.874.6–82.6	73.769–78.1	75.3
2037	7974.7–82.9	73.869.2–78.5	75.4
2038	79.274.7–83.1	7469.3–78.7	75.5
2039	79.474.8–83.4	74.169.2–78.9	75.7
2040	79.674.9–83.6	74.369.2–79.4	75.8
2041	79.775–84	74.569.3–79.6	75.9
2042	79.975.1–84.3	74.669.2–79.8	76.1
2043	80.175.1–84.5	74.869.2–80.2	76.2
2044	80.375.2–84.6	74.969.2–80.4	76.3
2045	80.575.2–85	75.169–80.6	76.5
2046	80.675.3–85.3	75.269.2–81	76.6
2047	80.875.3–85.4	75.469.4–81.3	76.7
2048	8175.5–85.6	75.669.3–81.5	76.8
2049	81.275.7–86	75.769.3–81.8	76.9
2050	81.375.8–86	75.969.4–81.9	77
2051	81.575.7–86.3	7669.5–82.3	77.1
2052	81.775.7–86.4	76.269.6–82.4	77.2
2053	81.875.9–86.5	76.369.4–82.7	77.3
2054	8276–86.9	76.569.5–82.8	77.4
2055	82.276–87	76.669.5–83.1	77.6
2056	82.376.2–87.3	76.869.5–83.1	77.7
2057	82.576.1–87.4	76.969.4–83.5	77.8
2058	82.776.2–87.7	77.169.3–83.7	77.9
2059	82.876.1–87.9	77.369.4–84	78
2060	8376.3–88.1	77.469.5–84.1	78.1
2061	83.176.3–88.3	77.669.5–84.3	78.2
2062	83.376.3–88.4	77.769.7–84.4	78.3
2063	83.476.4–88.6	77.969.9–84.6	78.4
2064	83.676.5–88.8	7870.1–84.9	78.5
2065	83.776.6–89.1	78.270.1–85.1	78.6
2066	83.976.6–89.3	78.369.9–85.3	78.7
2067	8476.6–89.4	78.570.2–85.5	78.8
2068	84.276.8–89.7	78.670.2–85.8	78.9
2069	84.377–90	78.870.4–85.8	79
2070	84.476.9–90.1	78.970.4–86.1	79.1
2071	84.677.1–90.2	79.170.5–86.3	79.2
2072	84.777.5–90.4	79.270.6–86.5	79.3
2073	84.877.4–90.5	79.470.5–86.6	79.4
2074	8577.6–90.6	79.570.5–86.9	79.4
2075	85.177.6–90.8	79.770.6–86.8	79.5
2076	85.377.6–91.1	79.870.7–86.8	79.6
2077	85.478–91.2	79.970.8–87.2	79.7
2078	85.578.1–91.3	80.170.7–87.3	79.8
2079	85.678.2–91.5	80.270.8–87.5	79.9
2080	85.878.4–91.7	80.470.9–87.5	80
2081	85.978.5–91.8	80.570.8–87.5	80.1
2082	8678.5–92	80.671–87.7	80.2
2083	86.178.6–92.3	80.871–87.8	80.3
2084	86.378.8–92.5	80.970.8–88	80.3
2085	86.478.8–92.6	81.171–88.2	80.4
2086	86.578.9–93	81.271.3–88.4	80.5
2087	86.679–93.2	81.371–88.5	80.6
2088	86.879.2–93.3	81.571.1–88.7	80.7
2089	86.979.3–93.5	81.671.4–88.9	80.8
2090	8779.5–93.8	81.771.1–89	80.9
2091	87.179.4–93.8	81.971.1–89.1	81
2092	87.279.6–94	8271.1–89.2	81
2093	87.380–94.2	82.171.4–89.2	81.1
2094	87.480.1–94.3	82.271.4–89.3	81.2
2095	87.680–94.4	82.471.7–89.5	81.3
2096	87.780.2–94.7	82.571.7–89.6	81.4
2097	87.880.2–94.8	82.671.8–89.6	81.5
2098	87.980.5–95.1	82.772.1–90	81.6
2099	8880.5–95.1	82.972.1–90.1	81.7
2100	88.180.5–95.2	8372.1–90.3	81.7

Each country on its own

Good to know

How long a newborn would live on average if the year’s death rates held all its life.
Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
Before 1950: Our World in Data, long-run life expectancy.
The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time

Algeria vs Western Sahara

Health

Infant mortalityAlgeria: 17.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Western Sahara: 23.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023

People

Conflict

Deaths in conflictsAlgeria: 10 deaths in 2022Western Sahara: 0 deaths in 2022