Czechia vs Poland: Life expectancy

Life expectancy in 2023: 79.8 years in Czechia and 78.6 years in Poland, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Czechia, by 1.2 years, or 1.02 times that in Poland.

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What the numbers say

Czechia has been higher since 1984, when it overtook Poland.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Czechia at 89.4 years and Poland at 89 years in 2100.
The world as a whole: 73.2 years in 2023.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Czechia	Poland	World
2023	79.8	78.6	73.2
2022	79.2	77.9	72.6
2021	77.2	75.6	70.9
2020	78.2	76.6	71.9
2019	79.2	77.9	72.6
2018	79	77.6	72.4
2017	78.9	77.7	72.1
2016	79	77.6	71.9
2015	78.6	77.6	71.6
2014	78.7	77.3	71.4
2013	78.2	77.1	71.1
2012	78	76.8	70.8
2011	77.8	76.6	70.4
2010	77.6	76.3	70.1
2009	77.3	75.9	69.7
2008	77.2	75.6	69.3
2007	76.9	75.4	69
2006	76.7	75.3	68.6
2005	76.2	75.1	68.1
2004	75.9	74.9	67.7
2003	75.4	74.8	67.4
2002	75.4	74.5	67.1
2001	75.3	74.2	66.8
2000	75	73.7	66.4
1999	74.7	73.2	66
1998	74.6	72.9	65.7
1997	74	72.6	65.5
1996	73.8	72.3	65.2
1995	73.2	72	64.9
1994	73.1	71.7	64.3
1993	72.9	71.3	64.4
1992	72.3	70.9	64.3
1991	72	70.7	64.1
1990	71.4	70.6	64
1989	71.8	70.8	63.8
1988	71.7	70.8	63.4
1987	71.5	70.8	63.2
1986	71.1	70.6	62.7
1985	71.1	70.5	62.2
1984	70.9	70.6	61.9
1983	70.6	70.8	61.5
1982	70.9	70.9	61.3
1981	70.8	70.6	60.9
1980	70.3	70.5	60.5
1979	70.8	70.3	60.2
1978	70.7	70.4	59.5
1977	70.6	70.3	59.2
1976	70.6	70.4	58.6
1975	70.5	70.6	58.3
1974	70.2	70.7	58.1
1973	70.1	70.7	57.7
1972	70.2	70.1	57.2
1971	69.7	69.8	56
1970	69.5	69.6	56.3
1969	69.4	69.8	56
1968	69.9	69.8	55.6
1967	70.4	69.9	55.1
1966	70.5	69.7	54.6
1965	70.3	69.4	54
1964	70.6	68.9	54.3
1963	70.4	68.3	53.7
1962	69.9	68	53.2
1961	70.6	67.8	50.4
1960	70.5	67.1	47.8
1959	69.9	66.4	49.6
1958	70	64.9	51.6
1957	69	64.4	51.1
1956	69.4	63.4	50.7
1955	69	63.1	50.2
1954	68.1	62.3	49.7
1953	67.6	61.3	48.8
1952	66.9	59.7	48.2
1951	65.3	58.9	47.1
1950	64.4	58.3	46.4
1937	58.5	–	–
1931	–	49.8	–
1930	55.6	–	–
1910	44.3	–	–
1900	40.3	–	–
1875	35	–	–

12.3Estimates, Our World in Data

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Czechia	Poland	World
2024	8079–80.9	78.877.9–79.7	73.3
2025	80.178.7–81.4	7977.6–80.4	73.5
2026	80.378.5–81.9	79.277.5–80.8	73.8
2027	80.478.4–82.2	79.377.4–81.2	73.9
2028	80.578.3–82.6	79.577.4–81.6	74.1
2029	80.778.3–82.9	79.777.3–82	74.2
2030	80.878.3–83.2	79.977.2–82.2	74.4
2031	8178.3–83.5	8077.2–82.6	74.5
2032	81.178.3–83.7	80.277.1–82.9	74.7
2033	81.378.2–84	80.477.1–83.1	74.8
2034	81.478–84.2	80.577.2–83.4	75
2035	81.578.1–84.5	80.777.3–83.7	75.1
2036	81.778.1–84.8	80.977.3–84	75.3
2037	81.878–85	8177.3–84.3	75.4
2038	8278–85.2	81.277.3–84.5	75.5
2039	82.178.1–85.5	81.377.5–84.8	75.7
2040	82.278.1–85.7	81.577.5–85	75.8
2041	82.478.2–86	81.777.5–85.1	75.9
2042	82.578.1–86.1	81.877.6–85.5	76.1
2043	82.778.1–86.3	8277.6–85.6	76.2
2044	82.878.1–86.5	82.177.7–85.8	76.3
2045	82.978.1–86.8	82.377.6–86	76.5
2046	8378–87	82.477.7–86.3	76.6
2047	83.278.1–87.5	82.677.9–86.6	76.7
2048	83.378.1–87.4	82.777.9–86.6	76.8
2049	83.478.2–87.8	82.978–86.8	76.9
2050	83.678.3–87.9	8378–87	77
2051	83.778.4–88.1	83.278.2–87.3	77.1
2052	83.878.6–88.3	83.378.3–87.6	77.2
2053	8478.5–88.5	83.478.5–87.7	77.3
2054	84.178.5–88.6	83.678.6–88	77.4
2055	84.278.4–88.8	83.778.6–88.3	77.6
2056	84.378.5–89	83.878.8–88.5	77.7
2057	84.578.7–89.3	8478.7–88.6	77.8
2058	84.678.8–89.4	84.178.9–88.9	77.9
2059	84.778.7–89.6	84.278.9–89	78
2060	84.878.7–89.8	84.479.1–89.1	78.1
2061	8579–90.3	84.579.2–89.3	78.2
2062	85.178.9–90.5	84.679.2–89.6	78.3
2063	85.278.9–90.6	84.779.3–89.9	78.4
2064	85.379.3–90.8	84.979.4–89.9	78.5
2065	85.479.4–91	8579.5–90.2	78.6
2066	85.679.3–91.1	85.179.7–90.4	78.7
2067	85.779.4–91.4	85.279.7–90.4	78.8
2068	85.879.6–91.7	85.479.9–90.8	78.9
2069	85.979.5–91.9	85.580–91.1	79
2070	8679.5–92.2	85.680.2–91.2	79.1
2071	86.279.6–92.5	85.780.1–91.4	79.2
2072	86.379.8–92.5	85.880.3–91.5	79.3
2073	86.480–92.8	8680.2–91.8	79.4
2074	86.580.1–92.8	86.180.4–92	79.4
2075	86.680.3–93.1	86.280.5–91.9	79.5
2076	86.880.5–93	86.380.4–92.1	79.6
2077	86.980.3–93.3	86.580.6–92.4	79.7
2078	8780.5–93.4	86.680.7–92.6	79.8
2079	87.180.5–93.7	86.780.8–92.7	79.9
2080	87.280.8–93.9	86.880.8–93	80
2081	87.380.7–94.2	86.981–93	80.1
2082	87.580.9–94.2	8781–93.5	80.2
2083	87.681–94.3	87.281–93.5	80.3
2084	87.781.1–94.4	87.381.2–93.7	80.3
2085	87.881.1–94.6	87.481.3–94	80.4
2086	87.981.1–94.8	87.581.2–94.1	80.5
2087	8881–95.1	87.681.4–94.1	80.6
2088	88.181.1–95.3	87.781.2–94.3	80.7
2089	88.281.4–95.3	87.881.2–94.6	80.8
2090	88.481.4–95.4	87.981.5–94.7	80.9
2091	88.581.5–95.8	8881.3–94.8	81
2092	88.681.6–95.7	88.181.5–94.9	81
2093	88.781.6–96.1	88.381.5–95.1	81.1
2094	88.881.6–96.2	88.481.6–95.5	81.2
2095	88.981.5–96.1	88.581.7–95.5	81.3
2096	8981.5–96.3	88.681.7–95.8	81.4
2097	89.181.4–96.5	88.781.7–95.9	81.5
2098	89.281.5–96.7	88.881.5–96.2	81.6
2099	89.381.7–97	88.981.8–96.2	81.7
2100	89.481.6–97.3	8981.8–96.3	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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