Belarus vs Ukraine: Life expectancy

Life expectancy in 2023: 74.4 years in Belarus and 73.4 years in Ukraine, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Belarus, by 1 years, or 1.01 times that in Ukraine.

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What the numbers say

Belarus has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Ukraine.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Belarus at 85.9 years and Ukraine at 85.6 years in 2100.
The world as a whole: 73.2 years in 2023.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Belarus	Ukraine	World
2023	74.4	73.4	73.2
2022	74.4	72.7	72.6
2021	72.2	71.6	70.9
2020	72.3	73.3	71.9
2019	74.3	73.9	72.6
2018	74.3	73.6	72.4
2017	74.4	74	72.1
2016	74.2	73.4	71.9
2015	73.8	72.7	71.6
2014	73.3	71.8	71.4
2013	72.7	71.5	71.1
2012	71.8	71.1	70.8
2011	71.1	70.7	70.4
2010	70.5	70.2	70.1
2009	70.4	69.2	69.7
2008	70.4	68.3	69.3
2007	70	67.7	69
2006	69.4	67.5	68.6
2005	69	67.5	68.1
2004	68.7	67.5	67.7
2003	68.4	67.6	67.4
2002	68.3	67.7	67.1
2001	68.4	67.7	66.8
2000	68.5	67.8	66.4
1999	68.4	68	66
1998	68.3	68	65.7
1997	68.5	67.7	65.5
1996	68.6	67.1	65.2
1995	68.8	67.1	64.9
1994	69	67.5	64.3
1993	69.5	68.3	64.4
1992	70.1	69	64.3
1991	70.7	69.7	64.1
1990	71.1	70.4	64
1989	71.5	70.8	63.8
1988	71.8	71	63.4
1987	72	71.2	63.2
1986	71.7	70.8	62.7
1985	71.2	70.4	62.2
1984	70.8	70	61.9
1983	70.7	70	61.5
1982	70.8	69.9	61.3
1981	70.8	69.8	60.9
1980	70.8	69.8	60.5
1979	70.8	69.8	60.2
1978	71	69.8	59.5
1977	71.1	70	59.2
1976	71.2	70.1	58.6
1975	71.4	70.4	58.3
1974	71.7	70.6	58.1
1973	71.7	70.8	57.7
1972	71.8	71	57.2
1971	71.6	70.9	56
1970	71.7	70.8	56.3
1969	71.7	70.8	56
1968	71.9	71	55.6
1967	71.9	71.1	55.1
1966	71.8	71.2	54.6
1965	71.6	71.1	54
1964	71.3	71	54.3
1963	70.8	70.7	53.7
1962	70.5	70.4	53.2
1961	70	70	50.4
1960	69.3	69.4	47.8
1959	68	68.7	49.6
1958	66.6	67.7	51.6
1957	65.4	67.2	51.1
1956	64.5	66.3	50.7
1955	63.5	65.3	50.2
1954	62.5	64.1	49.7
1953	61.5	63	48.8
1952	60.5	62.1	48.2
1951	59.4	61.4	47.1
1950	58.6	61.2	46.4
1949	–	60.6	–
1948	–	57.8	–
1947	–	45.1	–
1946	–	55.2	–
1945	–	35.3	–
1944	–	28.7	–
1943	–	18.2	–
1942	–	19.4	–
1941	–	24.7	–
1940	–	49.8	–
1939	–	50	–
1926	–	47	–
1900	36.2	36.6	–

12.3Estimates, Our World in Data

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Belarus	Ukraine	World
2024	74.673.6–75.8	74.772.1–77.1	73.3
2025	74.873.2–76.4	74.972.2–77.5	73.5
2026	7573–76.9	7572.1–77.7	73.8
2027	75.272.9–77.3	75.271.9–78.2	73.9
2028	75.372.8–77.7	75.371.8–78.3	74.1
2029	75.572.6–78.2	75.571.8–78.6	74.2
2030	75.772.7–78.6	75.771.8–79	74.4
2031	75.872.6–78.9	75.871.7–79.3	74.5
2032	7672.6–79.1	7671.6–79.6	74.7
2033	76.272.5–79.5	76.171.7–80	74.8
2034	76.372.6–79.8	76.371.6–80.4	75
2035	76.572.4–80.3	76.471.6–80.7	75.1
2036	76.772.5–80.6	76.671.7–80.9	75.3
2037	76.872.6–80.8	76.871.7–81.2	75.4
2038	7772.6–81.1	76.971.6–81.4	75.5
2039	77.272.6–81.3	77.171.7–81.6	75.7
2040	77.472.8–81.6	77.271.7–81.7	75.8
2041	77.572.8–82	77.471.8–82.1	75.9
2042	77.772.9–82.1	77.671.8–82.3	76.1
2043	77.972.7–82.3	77.771.7–82.6	76.2
2044	7872.8–82.3	77.971.8–82.7	76.3
2045	78.272.7–82.6	7871.8–82.9	76.5
2046	78.472.9–82.8	78.271.9–83.1	76.6
2047	78.573.1–83	78.371.9–83.2	76.7
2048	78.773.2–83.3	78.571.9–83.5	76.8
2049	78.873.1–83.4	78.771.7–83.6	76.9
2050	7973.1–83.5	78.871.8–83.9	77
2051	79.173.3–83.8	7972–84.2	77.1
2052	79.373.3–83.9	79.172.3–84.4	77.2
2053	79.573.4–84.1	79.372.3–84.6	77.3
2054	79.673.4–84.3	79.472.3–84.7	77.4
2055	79.873.5–84.6	79.672.2–85	77.6
2056	79.973.6–84.9	79.772.3–85.2	77.7
2057	80.173.6–85	79.972.3–85.3	77.8
2058	80.273.8–85.1	8072.1–85.4	77.9
2059	80.474–85.2	80.272.3–85.4	78
2060	80.573.9–85.4	80.372.5–85.7	78.1
2061	80.774–85.8	80.572.5–86	78.2
2062	80.874–86	80.672.6–86.1	78.3
2063	8174.2–86	80.773–86.3	78.4
2064	81.174.2–86.2	80.972.9–86.5	78.5
2065	81.374.4–86.5	8173.1–86.7	78.6
2066	81.474.5–86.8	81.273–86.9	78.7
2067	81.674.6–86.9	81.373.2–87.1	78.8
2068	81.774.6–87.2	81.473.2–87.3	78.9
2069	81.974.7–87.3	81.673.4–87.5	79
2070	8274.8–87.5	81.773.4–87.7	79.1
2071	82.274.8–87.7	81.973.4–87.9	79.2
2072	82.375–87.8	8273.6–88	79.3
2073	82.475.2–88.1	82.173.8–88.1	79.4
2074	82.675.2–88.3	82.373.7–88.3	79.4
2075	82.775.4–88.5	82.473.9–88.4	79.5
2076	82.875.4–88.6	82.674–88.6	79.6
2077	8375.3–88.7	82.774–88.8	79.7
2078	83.175.6–89	82.874.2–89	79.8
2079	83.275.7–89.2	8374.2–89.3	79.9
2080	83.475.8–89.4	83.174.2–89.3	80
2081	83.575.8–89.6	83.274.3–89.6	80.1
2082	83.676.1–89.8	83.374.3–89.7	80.2
2083	83.876.1–90	83.574.3–89.9	80.3
2084	83.976.2–90.3	83.674.5–90.1	80.3
2085	8476.3–90.5	83.774.6–90.3	80.4
2086	84.176.8–90.8	83.974.8–90.5	80.5
2087	84.376.7–90.9	8475.1–90.8	80.6
2088	84.476.9–91	84.175.1–90.9	80.7
2089	84.576.9–91.1	84.375.3–91	80.8
2090	84.777–91.2	84.475.5–91.2	80.9
2091	84.877–91.2	84.575.4–91.5	81
2092	84.977.2–91.4	84.675.3–91.6	81
2093	8577.3–91.7	84.775.4–91.9	81.1
2094	85.177.6–92	84.975.7–92.2	81.2
2095	85.377.6–92.1	8576–92.2	81.3
2096	85.477.7–92.3	85.176–92.3	81.4
2097	85.577.7–92.4	85.276.3–92.5	81.5
2098	85.677.8–92.6	85.376–92.6	81.6
2099	85.778–93.1	85.576.2–92.9	81.7
2100	85.978–93.2	85.676.1–92.9	81.7

Each country on its own

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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.

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