Dominican Republic vs Honduras: Life expectancy

Life expectancy in 2023: 73.7 years in Dominican Republic and 72.9 years in Honduras, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Dominican Republic, by 0.8 years, or 1.01 times that in Honduras.

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What the numbers say

Dominican Republic has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
In 2023, Dominican Republic ranked 125 and Honduras ranked 134 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Dominican Republic at 83.5 years and Honduras at 84.6 years in 2100.
The world as a whole: 73.2 years in 2023.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Dominican Republic	Honduras	World
2023	73.7	72.9	73.2
2022	74.2	72.7	72.6
2021	71.8	69.5	70.9
2020	72.6	70.9	71.9
2019	73.1	72.1	72.6
2018	73.6	72	72.4
2017	73.4	71.8	72.1
2016	72.9	71.6	71.9
2015	73	71.3	71.6
2014	73.1	71	71.4
2013	73	70.8	71.1
2012	72.8	70.5	70.8
2011	72.5	70.1	70.4
2010	72	69.8	70.1
2009	71.6	69.8	69.7
2008	71.3	69.7	69.3
2007	71.1	69.5	69
2006	71.1	69.4	68.6
2005	71	69.2	68.1
2004	70.7	69.1	67.7
2003	70.9	68.9	67.4
2002	70.7	68.7	67.1
2001	70.6	68.5	66.8
2000	70.4	68.3	66.4
1999	70.2	68	66
1998	69.9	62.4	65.7
1997	69.8	67.5	65.5
1996	69.6	67.3	65.2
1995	69.4	66.9	64.9
1994	69.2	66.5	64.3
1993	68.9	66.1	64.4
1992	68.5	65.9	64.3
1991	68.2	65.6	64.1
1990	67.8	65.2	64
1989	67.3	64.8	63.8
1988	66.9	64.4	63.4
1987	66.5	64.1	63.2
1986	66.1	63.7	62.7
1985	65.6	63.2	62.2
1984	65.1	62.8	61.9
1983	64.6	62.4	61.5
1982	64.2	61.7	61.3
1981	63.8	61	60.9
1980	63.4	60.4	60.5
1979	62.4	59.8	60.2
1978	62.6	59.3	59.5
1977	62.2	58.7	59.2
1976	61.7	58.2	58.6
1975	61.3	57.5	58.3
1974	60.8	52.5	58.1
1973	60.2	54.6	57.7
1972	59.7	55.7	57.2
1971	59.1	55	56
1970	58.5	54.4	56.3
1969	57.9	53.7	56
1968	57.3	53	55.6
1967	56.7	52.3	55.1
1966	56	51.6	54.6
1965	52.8	50.9	54
1964	54.7	50.2	54.3
1963	53.8	49.4	53.7
1962	53.2	48.7	53.2
1961	52.5	47.7	50.4
1960	51.7	47.2	47.8
1959	51	46.4	49.6
1958	50.2	45.6	51.6
1957	49.5	44.9	51.1
1956	48.7	44.3	50.7
1955	47.9	43.7	50.2
1954	47.1	43	49.7
1953	46.4	42.5	48.8
1952	45.6	42	48.2
1951	44.8	41.6	47.1
1950	44.1	41.1	46.4
1940	34	36	–
1935	29.9	–	–
1930	26	34	–
1920	–	29	–

12.3Estimates, Our World in Data

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Dominican Republic	Honduras	World
2024	73.972.6–75	7371.8–74.3	73.3
2025	7472.3–75.7	73.271.4–74.9	73.5
2026	74.171.9–76.1	73.471.3–75.5	73.8
2027	74.372–76.6	73.671–75.9	73.9
2028	74.471.7–77	73.770.8–76.3	74.1
2029	74.571.6–77.4	73.970.7–76.8	74.2
2030	74.671.4–77.7	74.170.9–77	74.4
2031	74.871.4–78.1	74.270.7–77.5	74.5
2032	74.971.2–78.3	74.470.6–77.7	74.7
2033	7571.1–78.7	74.570.4–77.9	74.8
2034	75.270.8–78.9	74.770.5–78.4	75
2035	75.370.6–79.1	74.970.6–78.7	75.1
2036	75.470.5–79.3	7570.4–78.9	75.3
2037	75.570.6–79.7	75.270.6–79.4	75.4
2038	75.770.3–79.8	75.370.6–79.8	75.5
2039	75.870.4–80.2	75.570.5–79.8	75.7
2040	75.970.4–80.3	75.770.6–80.1	75.8
2041	76.170.2–80.6	75.870.7–80.5	75.9
2042	76.270.1–80.9	7670.5–80.8	76.1
2043	76.370.2–81	76.270.6–81.2	76.2
2044	76.570.2–81.4	76.370.7–81.3	76.3
2045	76.670.4–81.7	76.570.7–81.6	76.5
2046	76.770.3–81.9	76.670.6–81.9	76.6
2047	76.970.4–82.2	76.870.7–81.9	76.7
2048	7770.3–82.4	7770.8–82.4	76.8
2049	77.170.4–82.5	77.170.9–82.6	76.9
2050	77.370.4–82.8	77.370.8–83	77
2051	77.470.6–83.2	77.470.7–83.2	77.1
2052	77.570.6–83.4	77.670.9–83.3	77.2
2053	77.670.2–83.4	77.871–83.5	77.3
2054	77.870.2–83.8	77.971–83.8	77.4
2055	77.970.3–84	78.171.4–84	77.6
2056	7870.4–84	78.271.4–84.3	77.7
2057	78.270.5–84.2	78.471.5–84.5	77.8
2058	78.370.3–84.3	78.671.2–84.6	77.9
2059	78.470.3–84.5	78.771.4–84.8	78
2060	78.570.2–84.8	78.971.3–85.1	78.1
2061	78.770.2–85	7971.3–85.3	78.2
2062	78.870.4–85	79.271.4–85.4	78.3
2063	78.970.3–85.1	79.371.5–85.7	78.4
2064	79.170.6–85.5	79.571.6–85.9	78.5
2065	79.270.5–85.6	79.671.6–85.9	78.6
2066	79.370.5–85.8	79.871.7–86.3	78.7
2067	79.470.4–85.8	8071.6–86.4	78.8
2068	79.670.4–86.1	80.171.7–86.7	78.9
2069	79.770.7–86.3	80.371.8–86.7	79
2070	79.870.5–86.6	80.471.8–86.7	79.1
2071	8070.5–86.7	80.671.6–86.9	79.2
2072	80.170.7–86.9	80.771.7–87.2	79.3
2073	80.270.7–87.1	80.972–87.2	79.4
2074	80.370.7–87.3	8171.8–87.3	79.4
2075	80.570.8–87.3	81.271.8–87.5	79.5
2076	80.670.8–87.6	81.371.8–87.6	79.6
2077	80.770.9–87.8	81.571.8–87.8	79.7
2078	80.971–87.9	81.671.8–87.9	79.8
2079	8171.2–88	81.871.7–88.1	79.9
2080	81.171.2–88.1	81.971.8–88.4	80
2081	81.271–88.3	82.172.1–88.5	80.1
2082	81.471–88.5	82.272.3–88.8	80.2
2083	81.571.2–88.5	82.472.4–88.8	80.3
2084	81.671.4–88.6	82.572.6–89	80.3
2085	81.771.3–88.8	82.672.5–89.1	80.4
2086	81.871.3–89	82.872.8–89.2	80.5
2087	81.971.3–89	82.972.7–89.3	80.6
2088	82.171.4–89.1	8372.9–89.7	80.7
2089	82.271.5–89.4	83.272.9–89.9	80.8
2090	82.371.5–89.5	83.373–90.1	80.9
2091	82.471.5–89.7	83.473.3–90.3	81
2092	82.571.5–89.8	83.673.4–90.6	81
2093	82.771.2–89.9	83.773.4–90.7	81.1
2094	82.871.5–90.1	83.973.4–90.9	81.2
2095	82.971.5–90.2	8473.7–91	81.3
2096	8371.5–90.5	84.173.5–91.1	81.4
2097	83.171.4–90.5	84.273.8–91.4	81.5
2098	83.271.8–90.5	84.474–91.7	81.6
2099	83.371.6–90.6	84.574–92.1	81.7
2100	83.571.8–90.8	84.673.7–92	81.7

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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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