Bosnia & Herzegovina vs Serbia: Life expectancy

Life expectancy in 2023: 77.9 years in Bosnia & Herzegovina and 76.8 years in Serbia, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Bosnia & Herzegovina, by 1.1 years, or 1.01 times that in Serbia.

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What the numbers say

Bosnia & Herzegovina has been higher since 1996, when it overtook Serbia.
In 2023, Bosnia & Herzegovina ranked 74 and Serbia ranked 92 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Bosnia & Herzegovina at 88.8 years and Serbia at 88.3 years in 2100.
The world as a whole: 73.2 years in 2023.

Every year

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Year	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Serbia	World
2023	77.9	76.8	73.2
2022	76.8	75.5	72.6
2021	74.6	72.9	70.9
2020	76	74.5	71.9
2019	77.4	76.1	72.6
2018	77.9	76	72.4
2017	77.4	75.8	72.1
2016	77.1	75.7	71.9
2015	77.1	75.7	71.6
2014	77.1	75.5	71.4
2013	77.1	75.4	71.1
2012	77	75.1	70.8
2011	77	74.7	70.4
2010	76.8	74.4	70.1
2009	76.7	74.1	69.7
2008	76.3	73.9	69.3
2007	76.2	73.7	69
2006	76	73.4	68.6
2005	76.4	73.1	68.1
2004	76.5	72.9	67.7
2003	76.5	72.7	67.4
2002	76	72.6	67.1
2001	75.6	72.3	66.8
2000	75.3	72.3	66.4
1999	75	70	66
1998	74.5	72.3	65.7
1997	73.9	73	65.5
1996	73.5	72.9	65.2
1995	70.2	72.7	64.9
1994	66.6	72.3	64.3
1993	50.9	71.9	64.4
1992	52	71.6	64.3
1991	71.8	71.9	64.1
1990	71.5	72.2	64
1989	71.4	72.3	63.8
1988	71	72	63.4
1987	70.9	71.9	63.2
1986	70.8	71.6	62.7
1985	70.6	71.4	62.2
1984	70.2	71.2	61.9
1983	70.1	71.1	61.5
1982	70.1	71	61.3
1981	70.1	71.1	60.9
1980	69.6	71.1	60.5
1979	69.1	71.2	60.2
1978	68.8	71.4	59.5
1977	68.8	71.8	59.2
1976	68.6	71.9	58.6
1975	68.3	71.6	58.3
1974	67.6	71.1	58.1
1973	66.6	70.5	57.7
1972	65.7	70	57.2
1971	65.2	69.7	56
1970	64.8	69.7	56.3
1969	64.5	70	56
1968	64	70.1	55.6
1967	63.7	70.1	55.1
1966	63.1	69.4	54.6
1965	62.2	68.7	54
1964	61.5	68	54.3
1963	60.5	67.4	53.7
1962	60.1	67	53.2
1961	59.3	66.3	50.4
1960	58.5	65.7	47.8
1959	57.6	65.2	49.6
1958	56.2	64.3	51.6
1957	55.1	63.2	51.1
1956	53.9	61.9	50.7
1955	53	61.4	50.2
1954	51.9	60.7	49.7
1953	51.1	59.8	48.8
1952	49.4	57.4	48.2
1951	48.4	55.6	47.1
1950	47.3	55.1	46.4

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Serbia	World
2024	7877–79.2	76.975.9–78	73.3
2025	78.276.8–79.7	77.175.7–78.6	73.5
2026	78.476.7–80.3	77.375.4–79.1	73.8
2027	78.676.5–80.7	77.575.4–79.5	73.9
2028	78.876.4–81	77.775.3–79.9	74.1
2029	7976.5–81.4	77.975.2–80.4	74.2
2030	79.176.6–81.8	78.175.1–80.7	74.4
2031	79.376.5–82.1	78.275.1–81.1	74.5
2032	79.576.5–82.4	78.475.2–81.5	74.7
2033	79.776.4–82.8	78.675.2–81.8	74.8
2034	79.876.3–83	78.875.3–82	75
2035	8076.2–83.3	7975.2–82.3	75.1
2036	80.276.4–83.6	79.175.2–82.5	75.3
2037	80.476.4–83.8	79.375.2–82.8	75.4
2038	80.576.3–84.1	79.575.3–83.1	75.5
2039	80.776.5–84.3	79.775.2–83.3	75.7
2040	80.976.6–84.5	79.875.3–83.6	75.8
2041	8176.6–84.8	8075.3–83.8	75.9
2042	81.276.7–84.9	80.275.4–84.2	76.1
2043	81.476.7–85.2	80.375.6–84.3	76.2
2044	81.576.8–85.7	80.575.7–84.5	76.3
2045	81.776.8–85.9	80.775.7–84.8	76.5
2046	81.876.7–86	80.975.7–84.8	76.6
2047	8276.9–86.4	8175.8–85.1	76.7
2048	82.276.9–86.5	81.275.8–85.3	76.8
2049	82.377–86.7	81.475.8–85.6	76.9
2050	82.577–87	81.575.9–85.8	77
2051	82.677–87.1	81.776–86	77.1
2052	82.877.1–87.3	81.876–86.3	77.2
2053	82.977.1–87.3	8276.1–86.4	77.3
2054	83.177.2–87.6	82.276.2–86.5	77.4
2055	83.277.3–87.8	82.376.2–86.8	77.6
2056	83.477.5–88	82.576.3–86.9	77.7
2057	83.577.8–88.3	82.676.4–87.1	77.8
2058	83.677.8–88.6	82.876.5–87.4	77.9
2059	83.877.9–88.5	82.976.6–87.6	78
2060	83.977.9–88.9	83.176.8–87.8	78.1
2061	84.177.8–89	83.277–87.8	78.2
2062	84.277.7–89.3	83.477.1–88.1	78.3
2063	84.378–89.5	83.577.1–88.3	78.4
2064	84.578.2–89.7	83.777.2–88.6	78.5
2065	84.678.2–90	83.877.2–88.7	78.6
2066	84.778.5–90.1	83.977.2–88.9	78.7
2067	84.978.7–90.3	84.177.3–89.1	78.8
2068	8578.8–90.5	84.277.3–89.4	78.9
2069	85.178.8–90.6	84.377.5–89.6	79
2070	85.278.9–90.9	84.577.7–89.8	79.1
2071	85.479.2–91.2	84.677.9–90	79.2
2072	85.579.4–91.4	84.878.1–90	79.3
2073	85.679.5–91.6	84.978.1–90.2	79.4
2074	85.779.4–91.8	8578.2–90.6	79.4
2075	85.979.6–91.8	85.278.3–90.9	79.5
2076	8679.7–92.2	85.378.5–91	79.6
2077	86.179.7–92.1	85.478.7–91.1	79.7
2078	86.279.9–92.3	85.578.8–91.4	79.8
2079	86.479.8–92.4	85.778.8–91.5	79.9
2080	86.580–92.8	85.878.8–91.7	80
2081	86.680.1–93	85.978.8–91.9	80.1
2082	86.780.3–93	86.179.1–92.1	80.2
2083	86.880.3–93.3	86.279.4–92.4	80.3
2084	8780.2–93.3	86.379.3–92.5	80.3
2085	87.180.8–93.6	86.579.4–92.6	80.4
2086	87.280.7–93.7	86.679.6–92.8	80.5
2087	87.380.8–93.9	86.779.7–92.9	80.6
2088	87.480.9–94.2	86.879.9–93.2	80.7
2089	87.681.3–94.3	8780.1–93.4	80.8
2090	87.781.2–94.4	87.180.2–93.7	80.9
2091	87.881.3–94.6	87.280.1–93.7	81
2092	87.981.4–94.7	87.380.2–94	81
2093	8881.3–95.2	87.580.6–94.1	81.1
2094	88.181.4–95.1	87.680.9–94.4	81.2
2095	88.381.4–95.3	87.780.9–94.5	81.3
2096	88.481.7–95.5	87.881.2–94.7	81.4
2097	88.581.7–95.8	87.981.1–95	81.5
2098	88.681.8–96.1	88.181.2–95.2	81.6
2099	88.781.9–96.4	88.281.4–95.2	81.7
2100	88.882–96.5	88.381.5–95.3	81.7

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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.
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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