Brazil vs Dominican Republic: Life expectancy

Life expectancy in 2023: 75.9 years in Brazil and 73.7 years in Dominican Republic, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Brazil, by 2.1 years, or 1.03 times that in Dominican Republic.

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What the numbers say

Brazil has been higher since 2003, when it overtook Dominican Republic.
In 2023, Brazil ranked 106 and Dominican Republic ranked 125 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Brazil at 86.8 years and Dominican Republic at 83.5 years in 2100.
The world as a whole: 73.2 years in 2023.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Brazil	Dominican Republic	World
2023	75.9	73.7	73.2
2022	74.9	74.2	72.6
2021	73	71.8	70.9
2020	74.5	72.6	71.9
2019	75.8	73.1	72.6
2018	75.6	73.6	72.4
2017	75.4	73.4	72.1
2016	75.1	72.9	71.9
2015	75.1	73	71.6
2014	74.8	73.1	71.4
2013	74.6	73	71.1
2012	74.3	72.8	70.8
2011	74.1	72.5	70.4
2010	73.8	72	70.1
2009	73.5	71.6	69.7
2008	73.1	71.3	69.3
2007	72.7	71.1	69
2006	72.3	71.1	68.6
2005	71.8	71	68.1
2004	71.4	70.7	67.7
2003	70.9	70.9	67.4
2002	70.4	70.7	67.1
2001	70	70.6	66.8
2000	69.6	70.4	66.4
1999	69.2	70.2	66
1998	68.9	69.9	65.7
1997	68.5	69.8	65.5
1996	68.1	69.6	65.2
1995	67.7	69.4	64.9
1994	67.3	69.2	64.3
1993	66.9	68.9	64.4
1992	66.5	68.5	64.3
1991	66.2	68.2	64.1
1990	65.9	67.8	64
1989	65.5	67.3	63.8
1988	65.2	66.9	63.4
1987	64.8	66.5	63.2
1986	64.4	66.1	62.7
1985	64	65.6	62.2
1984	63.6	65.1	61.9
1983	63.1	64.6	61.5
1982	62.7	64.2	61.3
1981	62.3	63.8	60.9
1980	61.8	63.4	60.5
1979	61.4	62.4	60.2
1978	60.9	62.6	59.5
1977	60.5	62.2	59.2
1976	60	61.7	58.6
1975	59.6	61.3	58.3
1974	59.1	60.8	58.1
1973	58.7	60.2	57.7
1972	58.3	59.7	57.2
1971	57.8	59.1	56
1970	57.3	58.5	56.3
1969	56.9	57.9	56
1968	56.5	57.3	55.6
1967	56	56.7	55.1
1966	55.6	56	54.6
1965	55.2	52.8	54
1964	54.9	54.7	54.3
1963	54.5	53.8	53.7
1962	54	53.2	53.2
1961	53.6	52.5	50.4
1960	53.2	51.7	47.8
1959	52.7	51	49.6
1958	52.3	50.2	51.6
1957	51.8	49.5	51.1
1956	51.3	48.7	50.7
1955	50.9	47.9	50.2
1954	50.4	47.1	49.7
1953	50	46.4	48.8
1952	49.6	45.6	48.2
1951	49	44.8	47.1
1950	48.5	44.1	46.4
1945	42.3	–	–
1940	37	34	–
1935	–	29.9	–
1930	34	26	–
1920	32	–	–
1910	31	–	–
1900	29	–	–

12.3Estimates, Our World in Data

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Brazil	Dominican Republic	World
2024	7675–77.2	73.972.6–75	73.3
2025	76.274.7–77.7	7472.3–75.7	73.5
2026	76.474.5–78.2	74.171.9–76.1	73.8
2027	76.674.3–78.6	74.372–76.6	73.9
2028	76.774.2–79	74.471.7–77	74.1
2029	76.974.1–79.3	74.571.6–77.4	74.2
2030	77.174–79.7	74.671.4–77.7	74.4
2031	77.274–80.1	74.871.4–78.1	74.5
2032	77.473.9–80.3	74.971.2–78.3	74.7
2033	77.674–80.6	7571.1–78.7	74.8
2034	77.773.9–81	75.270.8–78.9	75
2035	77.974.1–81.3	75.370.6–79.1	75.1
2036	78.174.1–81.6	75.470.5–79.3	75.3
2037	78.274.3–81.9	75.570.6–79.7	75.4
2038	78.474.3–82.1	75.770.3–79.8	75.5
2039	78.674.3–82.3	75.870.4–80.2	75.7
2040	78.774.3–82.7	75.970.4–80.3	75.8
2041	78.974.3–83	76.170.2–80.6	75.9
2042	79.174.1–83.1	76.270.1–80.9	76.1
2043	79.274–83.3	76.370.2–81	76.2
2044	79.473.9–83.6	76.570.2–81.4	76.3
2045	79.574.1–84	76.670.4–81.7	76.5
2046	79.774.2–84.3	76.770.3–81.9	76.6
2047	79.874.3–84.6	76.970.4–82.2	76.7
2048	8074.5–84.7	7770.3–82.4	76.8
2049	80.174.3–84.8	77.170.4–82.5	76.9
2050	80.374.4–85	77.370.4–82.8	77
2051	80.574.5–85.2	77.470.6–83.2	77.1
2052	80.674.7–85.5	77.570.6–83.4	77.2
2053	80.874.6–85.6	77.670.2–83.4	77.3
2054	80.974.8–85.7	77.870.2–83.8	77.4
2055	81.174.8–85.9	77.970.3–84	77.6
2056	81.274.9–86.1	7870.4–84	77.7
2057	81.474.9–86.4	78.270.5–84.2	77.8
2058	81.574.8–86.5	78.370.3–84.3	77.9
2059	81.775.1–86.7	78.470.3–84.5	78
2060	81.875.4–86.9	78.570.2–84.8	78.1
2061	81.975.1–87	78.770.2–85	78.2
2062	82.175.3–87.3	78.870.4–85	78.3
2063	82.275.2–87.4	78.970.3–85.1	78.4
2064	82.475.6–87.6	79.170.6–85.5	78.5
2065	82.575.7–87.7	79.270.5–85.6	78.6
2066	82.675.7–87.9	79.370.5–85.8	78.7
2067	82.875.7–88.1	79.470.4–85.8	78.8
2068	82.975.7–88.2	79.670.4–86.1	78.9
2069	83.175.7–88.3	79.770.7–86.3	79
2070	83.275.8–88.4	79.870.5–86.6	79.1
2071	83.375.9–88.6	8070.5–86.7	79.2
2072	83.476–88.9	80.170.7–86.9	79.3
2073	83.676.1–89.1	80.270.7–87.1	79.4
2074	83.776.2–89.3	80.370.7–87.3	79.4
2075	83.876.2–89.4	80.570.8–87.3	79.5
2076	8476.3–89.5	80.670.8–87.6	79.6
2077	84.176.4–89.7	80.770.9–87.8	79.7
2078	84.276.6–89.9	80.971–87.9	79.8
2079	84.376.6–90.1	8171.2–88	79.9
2080	84.576.6–90.2	81.171.2–88.1	80
2081	84.676.7–90.3	81.271–88.3	80.1
2082	84.776.7–90.5	81.471–88.5	80.2
2083	84.876.7–90.7	81.571.2–88.5	80.3
2084	8576.9–91	81.671.4–88.6	80.3
2085	85.177–91.2	81.771.3–88.8	80.4
2086	85.277.1–91.4	81.871.3–89	80.5
2087	85.377.3–91.6	81.971.3–89	80.6
2088	85.477.4–91.7	82.171.4–89.1	80.7
2089	85.677.7–92	82.271.5–89.4	80.8
2090	85.777.6–92.1	82.371.5–89.5	80.9
2091	85.877.7–92.3	82.471.5–89.7	81
2092	85.977.7–92.5	82.571.5–89.8	81
2093	8677.8–92.8	82.771.2–89.9	81.1
2094	86.177.9–92.9	82.871.5–90.1	81.2
2095	86.277.9–93.1	82.971.5–90.2	81.3
2096	86.478.1–93.3	8371.5–90.5	81.4
2097	86.578.2–93.4	83.171.4–90.5	81.5
2098	86.678.2–93.7	83.271.8–90.5	81.6
2099	86.778.3–93.9	83.371.6–90.6	81.7
2100	86.878.4–94.1	83.571.8–90.8	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.

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Deaths in conflictsBrazil: 1,480 deaths in 2022Dominican Republic: 0 deaths in 2022