Brunei vs Malaysia: Life expectancy

Life expectancy in 2023: 75.3 years in Brunei and 76.7 years in Malaysia, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Malaysia, by 1.3 years, or 1.02 times that in Brunei.

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What the numbers say

Malaysia has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Brunei.
In 2023, Brunei ranked 110 and Malaysia ranked 94 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Brunei at 86.5 years and Malaysia at 87.9 years in 2100.
The world as a whole: 73.2 years in 2023.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Brunei	Malaysia	World
2023	75.3	76.7	73.2
2022	72.9	75.4	72.6
2021	74.9	73.9	70.9
2020	75.1	76.1	71.9
2019	75.1	75.9	72.6
2018	75	75.7	72.4
2017	74.9	75.5	72.1
2016	74.9	75.4	71.9
2015	74.9	75.3	71.6
2014	74.9	75.4	71.4
2013	74.9	75.5	71.1
2012	74.8	75.6	70.8
2011	74.8	75.5	70.4
2010	74.8	75.4	70.1
2009	74.8	75.3	69.7
2008	74.8	75.2	69.3
2007	74.8	75	69
2006	74.8	74.7	68.6
2005	74.7	74.4	68.1
2004	74.6	74	67.7
2003	74.5	73.7	67.4
2002	74.4	73.5	67.1
2001	74.2	73.1	66.8
2000	74	72.7	66.4
1999	73.8	72.4	66
1998	73.6	72.4	65.7
1997	73.3	72.3	65.5
1996	73.1	72.1	65.2
1995	72.8	72	64.9
1994	72.6	71.9	64.3
1993	72.3	71.7	64.4
1992	72.1	71.5	64.3
1991	71.9	71.2	64.1
1990	71.6	71	64
1989	71.4	70.8	63.8
1988	71.2	70.6	63.4
1987	71	70.4	63.2
1986	70.8	70.1	62.7
1985	70.5	69.9	62.2
1984	70.2	69.6	61.9
1983	70	69.2	61.5
1982	69.7	68.9	61.3
1981	69.3	68.5	60.9
1980	69	68.1	60.5
1979	68.6	67.6	60.2
1978	68.3	67.2	59.5
1977	67.8	66.7	59.2
1976	67.4	66.2	58.6
1975	67	65.7	58.3
1974	66.4	65.2	58.1
1973	66	64.7	57.7
1972	65.5	64.2	57.2
1971	65	63.8	56
1970	64.5	63.3	56.3
1969	64	62.9	56
1968	63.5	62.4	55.6
1967	62.9	62	55.1
1966	62.4	61.7	54.6
1965	61.7	61.1	54
1964	61.3	60.5	54.3
1963	60.6	59.7	53.7
1962	58.8	58.9	53.2
1961	59.4	58	50.4
1960	58.7	57.2	47.8
1959	58	56.3	49.6
1958	57.3	55.4	51.6
1957	56.5	54.5	51.1
1956	55.7	53.7	50.7
1955	55	52.8	50.2
1954	54.2	52	49.7
1953	53.3	51.1	48.8
1952	52.4	50.2	48.2
1951	51.5	49.2	47.1
1950	50.6	48.5	46.4

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Brunei	Malaysia	World
2024	75.574.4–76.6	76.875.8–77.9	73.3
2025	75.774.1–77.3	7775.5–78.4	73.5
2026	75.873.8–77.7	77.275.3–78.9	73.8
2027	7673.6–78.1	77.375.2–79.4	73.9
2028	76.273.4–78.6	77.575.1–79.8	74.1
2029	76.373.4–78.9	77.775.1–80.2	74.2
2030	76.573.5–79.3	77.875–80.5	74.4
2031	76.673.2–79.6	7875–80.9	74.5
2032	76.873.3–80	78.275.1–81.1	74.7
2033	7773.1–80.3	78.375.1–81.5	74.8
2034	77.173.3–80.7	78.574.9–81.8	75
2035	77.373.1–80.9	78.775.1–82	75.1
2036	77.473.1–81.3	78.875.2–82.3	75.3
2037	77.673–81.6	7975.3–82.5	75.4
2038	77.772.9–81.7	79.275.2–82.9	75.5
2039	77.973–82.1	79.375.2–83.3	75.7
2040	7873.3–82.5	79.575.3–83.3	75.8
2041	78.273.1–82.7	79.775.3–83.6	75.9
2042	78.473.1–83.1	79.875.3–83.9	76.1
2043	78.573.2–83.2	8075.4–84.2	76.2
2044	78.773.2–83.5	80.275.3–84.4	76.3
2045	78.873.2–83.9	80.375.4–84.6	76.5
2046	7973–84.1	80.575.5–84.9	76.6
2047	79.173–84.2	80.775.5–85.1	76.7
2048	79.373.2–84.5	80.875.5–85.2	76.8
2049	79.473.1–84.6	8175.5–85.6	76.9
2050	79.673.4–84.8	81.175.6–85.9	77
2051	79.873.4–85	81.375.7–86.1	77.1
2052	79.973.4–85.3	81.575.9–86.3	77.2
2053	80.173.5–85.5	81.675.9–86.6	77.3
2054	80.273.7–85.6	81.876.1–86.7	77.4
2055	80.473.6–85.8	81.976.2–87.1	77.6
2056	80.573.5–85.8	82.176.3–87.1	77.7
2057	80.773.4–86.1	82.276.2–87.3	77.8
2058	80.873.6–86.4	82.476.2–87.5	77.9
2059	8173.6–86.6	82.576.4–87.7	78
2060	81.173.8–86.9	82.776.3–87.8	78.1
2061	81.373.9–87	82.876.6–88	78.2
2062	81.473.9–87.2	8376.6–88	78.3
2063	81.674.1–87.4	83.176.7–88.3	78.4
2064	81.774.2–87.6	83.376.8–88.6	78.5
2065	81.974.1–87.7	83.476.7–88.6	78.6
2066	8274.2–87.9	83.676.9–88.8	78.7
2067	82.274.5–88.1	83.777.2–89.1	78.8
2068	82.374.5–88.3	83.977–89.2	78.9
2069	82.574.5–88.4	8477.1–89.3	79
2070	82.674.7–88.6	84.177.1–89.6	79.1
2071	82.774.7–88.6	84.377–89.9	79.2
2072	82.974.6–88.8	84.477.3–90	79.3
2073	8374.6–89	84.577.5–90.3	79.4
2074	83.274.5–89.1	84.777.6–90.5	79.4
2075	83.374.7–89.3	84.877.6–90.9	79.5
2076	83.574.9–89.5	84.977.8–91	79.6
2077	83.675–89.9	85.177.9–91.2	79.7
2078	83.775–90	85.278–91.4	79.8
2079	83.975.1–90.2	85.378.3–91.4	79.9
2080	8475.4–90.3	85.578.5–91.6	80
2081	84.175.7–90.4	85.678.5–91.8	80.1
2082	84.375.7–90.6	85.778.4–92.1	80.2
2083	84.475.8–90.8	85.878.9–92.4	80.3
2084	84.575.7–91	8678.8–92.3	80.3
2085	84.776–91.3	86.178.9–92.8	80.4
2086	84.875.9–91.4	86.278.8–92.8	80.5
2087	8575.7–91.3	86.379–93	80.6
2088	85.175.8–91.5	86.479–93.1	80.7
2089	85.275.9–91.5	86.679–93.3	80.8
2090	85.376–91.9	86.779.2–93.6	80.9
2091	85.575.9–92	86.879.1–93.5	81
2092	85.675.9–92	86.979.3–93.8	81
2093	85.776.3–92.2	87.179.4–94	81.1
2094	85.876.5–92.5	87.279.6–94.2	81.2
2095	8676.5–92.6	87.379.7–94.5	81.3
2096	86.176.7–92.8	87.479.8–94.5	81.4
2097	86.276.7–93	87.579.7–94.7	81.5
2098	86.376.7–93.1	87.679.9–94.7	81.6
2099	86.477.1–93.3	87.880–95	81.7
2100	86.577.2–93.3	87.979.9–95.1	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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