Benin vs Togo: Life expectancy

Life expectancy in 2023: 60.8 years in Benin and 62.7 years in Togo, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Togo, by 2 years, or 1.03 times that in Benin.

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What the numbers say

Togo has been higher since 2015, when it overtook Benin.
In 2023, Benin ranked 221 and Togo ranked 213 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Benin at 70.7 years and Togo at 73.9 years in 2100.
The world as a whole: 73.2 years in 2023.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Benin	Togo	World
2023	60.8	62.7	73.2
2022	60.5	62.3	72.6
2021	59.6	61.3	70.9
2020	60.2	61.1	71.9
2019	59.9	61.1	72.6
2018	59.7	60.6	72.4
2017	59.5	60.2	72.1
2016	59.3	59.7	71.9
2015	59.1	59.2	71.6
2014	59	58.8	71.4
2013	58.9	58.4	71.1
2012	58.6	58	70.8
2011	58.5	57.6	70.4
2010	58.4	57.2	70.1
2009	58.3	56.9	69.7
2008	58.1	56.7	69.3
2007	58.3	56.4	69
2006	58	56.2	68.6
2005	57.7	55.9	68.1
2004	57.4	55.6	67.7
2003	57.1	55.3	67.4
2002	56.9	55	67.1
2001	56.7	54.8	66.8
2000	56.6	54.6	66.4
1999	56.3	54.3	66
1998	56.2	54	65.7
1997	56	53.9	65.5
1996	55.7	53.8	65.2
1995	55.4	53.7	64.9
1994	55	53.7	64.3
1993	54.6	53.9	64.4
1992	54.1	54.1	64.3
1991	53.4	54.3	64.1
1990	53	54.6	64
1989	52.5	54.7	63.8
1988	52	54.9	63.4
1987	51.3	54.8	63.2
1986	50.6	54.6	62.7
1985	50	54.4	62.2
1984	49.4	54.1	61.9
1983	48.8	53.8	61.5
1982	48.5	53.3	61.3
1981	48.1	52.8	60.9
1980	47.8	52.2	60.5
1979	47.4	51.5	60.2
1978	46.9	50.9	59.5
1977	46.5	50.2	59.2
1976	46	49.5	58.6
1975	45.4	49.1	58.3
1974	44.9	48.6	58.1
1973	44.4	48.1	57.7
1972	43.9	47.7	57.2
1971	43.4	47.2	56
1970	43	46.8	56.3
1969	42.6	46.4	56
1968	42.2	46	55.6
1967	41.8	45.6	55.1
1966	41.3	45.2	54.6
1965	41	44.9	54
1964	40.5	44.6	54.3
1963	40.1	44.3	53.7
1962	39.6	44	53.2
1961	39.2	43.8	50.4
1960	38.8	43.5	47.8
1959	38.4	43.3	49.6
1958	38	43.1	51.6
1957	37.6	42.9	51.1
1956	37.3	42.8	50.7
1955	37	42.7	50.2
1954	36.7	42.5	49.7
1953	36.3	42.3	48.8
1952	36	42.2	48.2
1951	35.7	42.1	47.1
1950	35.4	41.9	46.4

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Benin	Togo	World
2024	6159.4–62.5	62.9	73.3
2025	61.159–63.2	63.1	73.5
2026	61.358.8–64	63.3	73.8
2027	61.558.6–64.7	63.5	73.9
2028	61.758.3–65.1	63.7	74.1
2029	61.858.1–65.6	63.9	74.2
2030	6257.8–65.9	64.1	74.4
2031	62.157.5–66.2	64.3	74.5
2032	62.357.5–66.7	64.5	74.7
2033	62.557.5–67.1	64.6	74.8
2034	62.657.3–67.4	64.8	75
2035	62.857.3–67.9	65	75.1
2036	62.957.1–68.1	65.2	75.3
2037	63.157.2–68.5	65.4	75.4
2038	63.257.2–68.7	65.5	75.5
2039	63.457–69.2	65.7	75.7
2040	63.557.1–69.5	65.9	75.8
2041	63.756.8–69.7	66	75.9
2042	63.856.7–70	66.2	76.1
2043	6456.9–70.2	66.4	76.2
2044	64.156.8–70.7	66.5	76.3
2045	64.256.7–70.9	66.7	76.5
2046	64.356.8–71.2	66.8	76.6
2047	64.556.8–71.7	67	76.7
2048	64.656.6–72	67.2	76.8
2049	64.756.5–72	67.3	76.9
2050	64.956.7–72.5	67.4	77
2051	6556.3–72.6	67.6	77.1
2052	65.156.7–73.1	67.7	77.2
2053	65.256.5–73.1	67.9	77.3
2054	65.456.5–73.3	68	77.4
2055	65.556.6–73.3	68.2	77.6
2056	65.656.5–73.7	68.3	77.7
2057	65.856.7–74	68.4	77.8
2058	65.956.6–74.4	68.6	77.9
2059	6656.7–74.6	68.7	78
2060	66.156.7–74.7	68.8	78.1
2061	66.356.8–75	69	78.2
2062	66.457–75.2	69.1	78.3
2063	66.556.8–75.3	69.2	78.4
2064	66.656.8–75.6	69.4	78.5
2065	66.756.9–75.7	69.5	78.6
2066	66.856.7–76	69.6	78.7
2067	6757–76	69.8	78.8
2068	67.157.1–76.2	69.9	78.9
2069	67.257.1–76.5	70	79
2070	67.357.2–76.5	70.1	79.1
2071	67.457.3–76.7	70.3	79.2
2072	67.557.3–77.1	70.4	79.3
2073	67.657.4–77.4	70.5	79.4
2074	67.857.3–77.6	70.7	79.4
2075	67.957.4–77.8	70.8	79.5
2076	6857.3–78	70.9	79.6
2077	68.157.2–78.3	71	79.7
2078	68.257.3–78.7	71.2	79.8
2079	68.357.4–79	71.3	79.9
2080	68.457.3–79	71.4	80
2081	68.657–79	71.5	80.1
2082	68.757.3–79.3	71.6	80.2
2083	68.857.2–79.5	71.8	80.3
2084	68.957.4–79.9	71.9	80.3
2085	6957.4–79.9	72	80.4
2086	69.157.4–80.3	72.1	80.5
2087	69.357.2–80.4	72.3	80.6
2088	69.457.7–80.7	72.4	80.7
2089	69.557.4–81	72.5	80.8
2090	69.657.6–81.2	72.6	80.9
2091	69.757.6–81.4	72.8	81
2092	69.857.9–81.2	72.9	81
2093	69.958.1–81.4	73	81.1
2094	7058–81.6	73.1	81.2
2095	70.158–81.8	73.3	81.3
2096	70.257.7–81.8	73.4	81.4
2097	70.357.7–82.3	73.5	81.5
2098	70.557.7–82.3	73.6	81.6
2099	70.658.1–82.5	73.8	81.7
2100	70.758.1–82.8	73.9	81.7

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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.
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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