Czechia vs Netherlands: Life expectancy
Life expectancy in 2023: 79.8 years in Czechia and 82.2 years in Netherlands, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 2.3 years, or 1.03 times that in Czechia.
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years · UN
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2023 | Projected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Czechia | 79.8 2023 | 78.2 | 54 of 229 | 89.4 2100 |
| Netherlands | 82.2 2023 | 81.3 | 31 of 229 | 91.5 2100 |
| World | 73.2 2023 | 71.1 | 81.7 2100 |
What the numbers say
- Netherlands has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
- In 2023, Czechia ranked 54 and Netherlands ranked 31 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts Czechia at 89.4 years and Netherlands at 91.5 years in 2100.
- The world as a whole: 73.2 years in 2023.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Czechia | Netherlands | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 79.8 | 82.2 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 79.2 | 81.9 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 77.2 | 81.4 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 78.2 | 81.4 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 79.2 | 82.1 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 79 | 81.8 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 78.9 | 81.7 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 79 | 81.6 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 78.6 | 81.5 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 78.7 | 81.7 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 78.2 | 81.3 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 78 | 81.1 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 77.8 | 81.1 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 77.6 | 80.8 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 77.3 | 80.7 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 77.2 | 80.4 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 76.9 | 80.3 | 69 |
| 2006 | 76.7 | 79.9 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 76.2 | 79.5 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 75.9 | 79.2 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 75.4 | 78.7 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 75.4 | 78.4 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 75.3 | 78.3 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 75 | 78.1 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 74.7 | 78 | 66 |
| 1998 | 74.6 | 78 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 74 | 77.9 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 73.8 | 77.6 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 73.2 | 77.6 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 73.1 | 77.5 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 72.9 | 77 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 72.3 | 77.4 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 72 | 77.2 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 71.4 | 77 | 64 |
| 1989 | 71.8 | 76.8 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 71.7 | 77 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 71.5 | 76.8 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 71.1 | 76.4 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 71.1 | 76.4 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 70.9 | 76.3 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 70.6 | 76.3 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 70.9 | 76.1 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 70.8 | 76 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 70.3 | 75.8 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 70.8 | 75.7 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 70.7 | 75.2 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 70.6 | 75.3 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 70.6 | 74.7 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 70.5 | 74.6 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 70.2 | 74.6 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 70.1 | 74.2 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 70.2 | 73.8 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 69.7 | 73.9 | 56 |
| 1970 | 69.5 | 73.6 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 69.4 | 73.6 | 56 |
| 1968 | 69.9 | 73.6 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 70.4 | 73.8 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 70.5 | 73.6 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 70.3 | 73.6 | 54 |
| 1964 | 70.6 | 73.7 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 70.4 | 73.4 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 69.9 | 73.2 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 70.6 | 73.6 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 70.5 | 73.4 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 69.9 | 73.2 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 70 | 73.1 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 69 | 73 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 69.4 | 72.5 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 69 | 72.5 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 68.1 | 72.4 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 67.6 | 71.7 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 66.9 | 72.1 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 65.3 | 71.5 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 64.4 | 71.4 | 46.4 |
| 1949 | – | 70.3 | – |
| 1948 | – | 71 | – |
| 1947 | – | 69.6 | – |
| 1946 | – | 67.5 | – |
| 1945 | – | 55.6 | – |
| 1944 | – | 61.3 | – |
| 1943 | – | 64.4 | – |
| 1942 | – | 65.8 | – |
| 1941 | – | 65.3 | – |
| 1940 | – | 65.4 | – |
| 1939 | – | 67.7 | – |
| 1938 | – | 67.4 | – |
| 1937 | 58.5 | 67 | – |
| 1936 | – | 66.7 | – |
| 1935 | – | 66.5 | – |
| 1934 | – | 66.6 | – |
| 1933 | – | 66 | – |
| 1932 | – | 65.4 | – |
| 1931 | – | 64.3 | – |
| 1930 | 55.6 | 64.7 | – |
| 1929 | – | 62.2 | – |
| 1928 | – | 63.7 | – |
| 1927 | – | 62.6 | – |
| 1926 | – | 63 | – |
| 1925 | – | 63.1 | – |
| 1924 | – | 62.9 | – |
| 1923 | – | 62 | – |
| 1922 | – | 59.8 | – |
| 1921 | – | 59.7 | – |
| 1920 | – | 58 | – |
| 1919 | – | 54.8 | – |
| 1918 | – | 47.6 | – |
| 1917 | – | 55.7 | – |
| 1916 | – | 56.2 | – |
| 1915 | – | 57.2 | – |
| 1914 | – | 57.2 | – |
| 1913 | – | 57.4 | – |
| 1912 | – | 57.1 | – |
| 1911 | – | 53.2 | – |
| 1910 | 44.3 | 55.1 | – |
| 1909 | – | 54.9 | – |
| 1908 | – | 52.8 | – |
| 1907 | – | 53.5 | – |
| 1906 | – | 52.8 | – |
| 1905 | – | 52.1 | – |
| 1904 | – | 50.9 | – |
| 1903 | – | 51.5 | – |
| 1902 | – | 50.7 | – |
| 1901 | – | 48.8 | – |
| 1900 | 40.3 | 48.5 | – |
| 1899 | – | 49.4 | – |
| 1898 | – | 49.1 | – |
| 1897 | – | 49.4 | – |
| 1896 | – | 48.6 | – |
| 1895 | – | 46.7 | – |
| 1894 | – | 47 | – |
| 1893 | – | 45.9 | – |
| 1892 | – | 44 | – |
| 1891 | – | 44.3 | – |
| 1890 | – | 44.4 | – |
| 1889 | – | 44.4 | – |
| 1888 | – | 44.2 | – |
| 1887 | – | 45 | – |
| 1886 | – | 42 | – |
| 1885 | – | 43.3 | – |
| 1884 | – | 41.3 | – |
| 1883 | – | 42.4 | – |
| 1882 | – | 43.8 | – |
| 1881 | – | 42.9 | – |
| 1880 | – | 40.4 | – |
| 1879 | – | 42 | – |
| 1878 | – | 41.1 | – |
| 1877 | – | 42.1 | – |
| 1876 | – | 40.5 | – |
| 1875 | 35 | 38.3 | – |
| 1874 | – | 41.3 | – |
| 1873 | – | 39.3 | – |
| 1872 | – | 36.5 | – |
| 1871 | – | 33 | – |
| 1870 | – | 37.5 | – |
| 1869 | – | 40.4 | – |
| 1868 | – | 37.8 | – |
| 1867 | – | 39.3 | – |
| 1866 | – | 33.7 | – |
| 1865 | – | 36.5 | – |
| 1864 | – | 37.7 | – |
| 1863 | – | 38.3 | – |
| 1862 | – | 38.4 | – |
| 1861 | – | 36.5 | – |
| 1860 | – | 37 | – |
| 1859 | – | 30.9 | – |
| 1858 | – | 34.8 | – |
| 1857 | – | 35.4 | – |
| 1856 | – | 38.5 | – |
| 1855 | – | 34.6 | – |
| 1854 | – | 38.7 | – |
| 1853 | – | 38.7 | – |
| 1852 | – | 38.7 | – |
| 1851 | – | 40.1 | – |
| 1850 | – | 39.8 | – |
- 12.3Estimates, Our World in Data
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Czechia | Netherlands | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8079–80.9 | 82.381.5–83.2 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 80.178.7–81.4 | 82.581.3–83.7 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 80.378.5–81.9 | 82.681.1–84.1 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 80.478.4–82.2 | 82.881–84.5 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 80.578.3–82.6 | 82.980.8–84.8 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 80.778.3–82.9 | 8380.8–85.1 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 80.878.3–83.2 | 83.280.7–85.5 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 8178.3–83.5 | 83.380.8–85.7 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 81.178.3–83.7 | 83.580.6–85.9 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 81.378.2–84 | 83.680.7–86.3 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 81.478–84.2 | 83.880.6–86.6 | 75 |
| 2035 | 81.578.1–84.5 | 83.980.6–86.8 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 81.778.1–84.8 | 84.180.7–87.2 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 81.878–85 | 84.280.6–87.4 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 8278–85.2 | 84.380.6–87.6 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 82.178.1–85.5 | 84.480.6–87.8 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 82.278.1–85.7 | 84.680.7–88.1 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 82.478.2–86 | 84.780.8–88.4 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 82.578.1–86.1 | 84.980.9–88.6 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 82.778.1–86.3 | 8581–88.7 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 82.878.1–86.5 | 85.181.1–89 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 82.978.1–86.8 | 85.281.1–89.1 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 8378–87 | 85.481.3–89.3 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 83.278.1–87.5 | 85.581.4–89.4 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 83.378.1–87.4 | 85.681.5–89.7 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 83.478.2–87.8 | 85.781.6–89.8 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 83.678.3–87.9 | 85.981.7–90.1 | 77 |
| 2051 | 83.778.4–88.1 | 8681.8–90.3 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 83.878.6–88.3 | 86.182–90.6 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 8478.5–88.5 | 86.282–90.8 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 84.178.5–88.6 | 86.482.2–91 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 84.278.4–88.8 | 86.582.2–91.2 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 84.378.5–89 | 86.682.2–91.5 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 84.578.7–89.3 | 86.782.3–91.6 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 84.678.8–89.4 | 86.882.4–91.8 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 84.778.7–89.6 | 8782.3–92.1 | 78 |
| 2060 | 84.878.7–89.8 | 87.182.3–92.2 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 8579–90.3 | 87.282.4–92.4 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 85.178.9–90.5 | 87.382.6–92.7 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 85.278.9–90.6 | 87.482.7–92.8 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 85.379.3–90.8 | 87.582.6–93 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 85.479.4–91 | 87.782.7–93.2 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 85.679.3–91.1 | 87.882.7–93.4 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 85.779.4–91.4 | 87.982.8–93.5 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 85.879.6–91.7 | 8882.9–93.8 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 85.979.5–91.9 | 88.182.9–94 | 79 |
| 2070 | 8679.5–92.2 | 88.282.9–94 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 86.279.6–92.5 | 88.383.1–94.3 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 86.379.8–92.5 | 88.483.2–94.4 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 86.480–92.8 | 88.583.4–94.8 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 86.580.1–92.8 | 88.783.4–94.8 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 86.680.3–93.1 | 88.883.3–94.9 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 86.880.5–93 | 88.983.6–95.1 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 86.980.3–93.3 | 8983.5–95.1 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 8780.5–93.4 | 89.183.5–95.2 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 87.180.5–93.7 | 89.283.7–95.3 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 87.280.8–93.9 | 89.383.7–95.6 | 80 |
| 2081 | 87.380.7–94.2 | 89.483.7–95.7 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 87.580.9–94.2 | 89.583.8–95.9 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 87.681–94.3 | 89.783.8–96.2 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 87.781.1–94.4 | 89.883.9–96.2 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 87.881.1–94.6 | 89.984–96.5 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 87.981.1–94.8 | 9084–96.6 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 8881–95.1 | 90.184.2–96.7 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 88.181.1–95.3 | 90.284.4–97.1 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 88.281.4–95.3 | 90.384.4–97.1 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 88.481.4–95.4 | 90.484.5–97.4 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 88.581.5–95.8 | 90.584.5–97.5 | 81 |
| 2092 | 88.681.6–95.7 | 90.784.6–97.7 | 81 |
| 2093 | 88.781.6–96.1 | 90.884.8–97.6 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 88.881.6–96.2 | 90.984.7–97.8 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 88.981.5–96.1 | 9184.7–98 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 8981.5–96.3 | 91.184.8–98.1 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 89.181.4–96.5 | 91.284.8–98.1 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 89.281.5–96.7 | 91.384.7–98.2 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 89.381.7–97 | 91.484.8–98.4 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 89.481.6–97.3 | 91.584.8–98.6 | 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time