Bulgaria vs Romania: Life expectancy

Life expectancy in 2023: 75.6 years in Bulgaria and 75.9 years in Romania, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Romania, by 0.3 years, or 1 times that in Bulgaria.

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What the numbers say

Romania has been higher since 2013, when it overtook Bulgaria.
In 2023, Bulgaria ranked 108 and Romania ranked 105 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Bulgaria at 86.5 years and Romania at 86.9 years in 2100.
The world as a whole: 73.2 years in 2023.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Bulgaria	Romania	World
2023	75.6	75.9	73.2
2022	74	75.3	72.6
2021	71.4	72.7	70.9
2020	73.6	74.1	71.9
2019	75.1	75.3	72.6
2018	74.9	75.1	72.4
2017	74.8	75	72.1
2016	74.8	75	71.9
2015	74.6	74.7	71.6
2014	74.5	74.8	71.4
2013	74.8	74.9	71.1
2012	74.3	74.3	70.8
2011	74.2	74.3	70.4
2010	73.8	73.6	70.1
2009	73.7	73.5	69.7
2008	73.3	73.2	69.3
2007	73	72.8	69
2006	72.7	72.2	68.6
2005	72.6	71.6	68.1
2004	72.6	71.1	67.7
2003	72.4	70.8	67.4
2002	72.1	70.8	67.1
2001	71.9	71.1	66.8
2000	71.6	71.2	66.4
1999	71.6	70.6	66
1998	70.9	69.9	65.7
1997	70.3	69.1	65.5
1996	70.8	68.8	65.2
1995	71	69.3	64.9
1994	70.9	69.3	64.3
1993	71.2	69.5	64.4
1992	71.2	69.5	64.3
1991	71.2	70.1	64.1
1990	71.3	69.8	64
1989	71.5	69.6	63.8
1988	71.4	69.4	63.4
1987	71.3	69.1	63.2
1986	71.6	69.7	62.7
1985	71.1	69.4	62.2
1984	71.4	69.9	61.9
1983	71.2	69.8	61.5
1982	71.1	69.8	61.3
1981	71.5	69.5	60.9
1980	71.1	69.3	60.5
1979	71.2	69.5	60.2
1978	71.1	69.8	59.5
1977	70.8	69.5	59.2
1976	71.4	69.9	58.6
1975	71	69.6	58.3
1974	71.2	69.5	58.1
1973	71.3	68.7	57.7
1972	70.9	69	57.2
1971	70.9	68.4	56
1970	71.3	67.9	56.3
1969	70.5	67.2	56
1968	71.2	68	55.6
1967	70.4	68.1	55.1
1966	71.2	68.2	54.6
1965	71.3	68.4	54
1964	71.1	68.4	54.3
1963	70.3	67.8	53.7
1962	69.5	67.2	53.2
1961	70.2	66.4	50.4
1960	69.2	65.6	47.8
1959	66.6	64.9	49.6
1958	68.7	64.4	51.6
1957	66.6	64	51.1
1956	65.2	63.6	50.7
1955	64.8	63.3	50.2
1954	64.4	63	49.7
1953	64.2	62.5	48.8
1952	59.6	61.8	48.2
1951	60.7	61.2	47.1
1950	61.5	60.5	46.4
1949	58	–	–
1948	55.8	–	–
1947	54.1	–	–
1937	51.8	–	–
1932	–	42	–
1930	48.3	–	–
1926	45.3	–	–
1923	44.6	–	–
1905	43.3	–	–
1902	42.5	–	–
1900	40.2	–	–

12.3Estimates, Our World in Data

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Bulgaria	Romania	World
2024	75.874.7–76.9	76.175–77.1	73.3
2025	7674.4–77.5	76.374.7–77.7	73.5
2026	76.174.1–78	76.474.4–78.2	73.8
2027	76.374–78.4	76.674.3–78.7	73.9
2028	76.473.8–78.9	76.774.2–79.1	74.1
2029	76.673.8–79.2	76.974.1–79.5	74.2
2030	76.873.7–79.5	7774.1–79.7	74.4
2031	76.973.7–79.9	77.273.9–80.1	74.5
2032	77.173.7–80.3	77.373.9–80.4	74.7
2033	77.273.6–80.6	77.573.9–80.7	74.8
2034	77.473.5–80.9	77.673.9–80.9	75
2035	77.573.4–81.1	77.873.8–81.1	75.1
2036	77.773.5–81.3	77.973.8–81.4	75.3
2037	77.973.6–81.6	78.173.8–81.7	75.4
2038	7873.6–81.8	78.273.6–82.1	75.5
2039	78.273.7–82	78.473.8–82.3	75.7
2040	78.373.8–82.3	78.673.7–82.5	75.8
2041	78.573.6–82.6	78.773.6–82.9	75.9
2042	78.773.7–82.8	78.973.8–83.1	76.1
2043	78.873.8–83.2	7973.8–83.3	76.2
2044	7973.8–83.2	79.273.9–83.5	76.3
2045	79.173.6–83.5	79.373.8–83.6	76.5
2046	79.373.7–83.6	79.573.9–83.9	76.6
2047	79.473.8–84	79.674–84.1	76.7
2048	79.673.9–84.2	79.874.1–84.6	76.8
2049	79.773.9–84.4	79.974.1–84.7	76.9
2050	79.973.8–84.6	80.174–85	77
2051	8074.1–84.9	80.274.3–85.1	77.1
2052	80.274.1–85.1	80.474.3–85.3	77.2
2053	80.374.2–85.2	80.674.4–85.4	77.3
2054	80.574.4–85.5	80.774.2–85.7	77.4
2055	80.674.2–85.7	80.974.3–85.8	77.6
2056	80.874.5–86	8174.3–85.8	77.7
2057	80.974.5–86	81.274.3–86.1	77.8
2058	81.174.7–86.2	81.374.5–86.2	77.9
2059	81.274.7–86.3	81.574.4–86.3	78
2060	81.474.5–86.6	81.674.4–86.3	78.1
2061	81.574.6–86.6	81.874.5–86.7	78.2
2062	81.774.7–86.8	81.974.4–86.9	78.3
2063	81.874.9–87.1	82.174.4–87	78.4
2064	8274.9–87.5	82.274.7–87.3	78.5
2065	82.174.8–87.6	82.474.6–87.4	78.6
2066	82.274.7–87.6	82.574.7–87.8	78.7
2067	82.475–87.8	82.674.8–88.1	78.8
2068	82.575–88	82.874.8–88.3	78.9
2069	82.675.1–88.1	82.974.7–88.5	79
2070	82.875.3–88.5	83.175.1–88.7	79.1
2071	82.975.4–88.6	83.275.1–88.9	79.2
2072	8375.6–88.6	83.375.2–89.2	79.3
2073	83.275.7–88.9	83.575.2–89.2	79.4
2074	83.375.9–89.1	83.675.4–89.3	79.4
2075	83.575.9–89.4	83.875.4–89.6	79.5
2076	83.676.1–89.6	83.975.6–89.8	79.6
2077	83.776.1–90	8475.7–90	79.7
2078	83.976.1–90	84.276–90	79.8
2079	8476.4–90.1	84.376–90.4	79.9
2080	84.176.2–90.5	84.476–90.5	80
2081	84.276.6–90.6	84.675.9–90.7	80.1
2082	84.476.8–90.8	84.776–90.8	80.2
2083	84.577–91	84.876.3–91.1	80.3
2084	84.677–91.1	84.976.5–91.4	80.3
2085	84.777.2–91.3	85.176.8–91.6	80.4
2086	84.977.2–91.5	85.276.8–91.6	80.5
2087	8577.4–91.8	85.376.9–91.7	80.6
2088	85.177.5–92	85.477.1–91.9	80.7
2089	85.277.5–92	85.677–92.2	80.8
2090	85.377.5–92.2	85.777.1–92.4	80.9
2091	85.577.6–92.3	85.877.3–92.5	81
2092	85.677.6–92.5	8677.5–92.7	81
2093	85.777.8–92.7	86.177.6–92.7	81.1
2094	85.877.9–92.9	86.278–93	81.2
2095	85.978–92.9	86.377.8–93	81.3
2096	8678–93.1	86.478–93.3	81.4
2097	86.278–93.2	86.678.1–93.4	81.5
2098	86.378.2–93.6	86.778.4–93.5	81.6
2099	86.478.2–94	86.878.4–93.8	81.7
2100	86.578.4–94.1	86.978.3–93.9	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.
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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