Ecuador vs Peru: Life expectancy

Life expectancy in 2023: 77.4 years in Ecuador and 77.7 years in Peru, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Peru, by 0.3 years, or 1 times that in Ecuador.

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What the numbers say

Peru has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Ecuador.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Ecuador at 88 years and Peru at 88.4 years in 2100.
The world as a whole: 73.2 years in 2023.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Ecuador	Peru	World
2023	77.4	77.7	73.2
2022	76.6	76.8	72.6
2021	72.8	71.6	70.9
2020	72	73.8	71.9
2019	77.3	76.3	72.6
2018	77.3	76	72.4
2017	76.2	76	72.1
2016	76.1	76	71.9
2015	76.2	75.7	71.6
2014	76.1	75.3	71.4
2013	75.8	74.6	71.1
2012	75.5	74	70.8
2011	75.2	73.3	70.4
2010	75.2	72.9	70.1
2009	74.9	72.6	69.7
2008	74.7	72.7	69.3
2007	74.2	72.8	69
2006	74	72.3	68.6
2005	73.9	72	68.1
2004	73.9	71.5	67.7
2003	73.6	71.3	67.4
2002	73.2	70.8	67.1
2001	72.6	70.3	66.8
2000	72.1	69.8	66.4
1999	71.9	69.3	66
1998	72	68.7	65.7
1997	72	68.3	65.5
1996	71.8	67.9	65.2
1995	71.4	67.2	64.9
1994	70.9	66.5	64.3
1993	70.1	65.7	64.4
1992	69.5	65	64.3
1991	69	64.3	64.1
1990	68.4	64	64
1989	67.8	63.4	63.8
1988	67	63	63.4
1987	66.6	62.5	63.2
1986	66.1	62.2	62.7
1985	65.6	61.7	62.2
1984	65.2	61.1	61.9
1983	64.7	60.8	61.5
1982	64.3	60.6	61.3
1981	63.8	60.3	60.9
1980	63.3	60	60.5
1979	62.9	59.6	60.2
1978	62.4	59.3	59.5
1977	61.9	58.9	59.2
1976	61.4	58.6	58.6
1975	61.1	58.2	58.3
1974	60.7	57.8	58.1
1973	60.3	57.3	57.7
1972	59.8	57	57.2
1971	59.3	56.5	56
1970	58.9	47.7	56.3
1969	58.3	55.8	56
1968	58	55.4	55.6
1967	57.5	54.9	55.1
1966	57	54.4	54.6
1965	56.5	53.9	54
1964	56	53.3	54.3
1963	55.3	52.6	53.7
1962	54.7	51.5	53.2
1961	54.1	51.2	50.4
1960	53.4	50.6	47.8
1959	52.7	50	49.6
1958	52.1	49.5	51.6
1957	51.5	48.9	51.1
1956	50.9	48.4	50.7
1955	50.4	47.9	50.2
1954	50	47.5	49.7
1953	49.6	47.1	48.8
1952	49.2	46.8	48.2
1951	48.9	46.5	47.1
1950	48.5	46	46.4
1940	–	37	–

12.3Estimates, Our World in Data

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Ecuador	Peru	World
2024	77.676.5–78.7	77.976.9–79	73.3
2025	77.876.2–79.2	78.176.6–79.6	73.5
2026	77.976.1–79.7	78.376.5–80.1	73.8
2027	78.176–80.2	78.576.4–80.6	73.9
2028	78.375.9–80.6	78.776.2–80.9	74.1
2029	78.575.9–81	78.976.2–81.3	74.2
2030	78.776–81.2	7976.2–81.8	74.4
2031	78.875.9–81.6	79.276.1–82	74.5
2032	7975.9–82	79.476–82.2	74.7
2033	79.275.9–82.1	79.676–82.7	74.8
2034	79.375.8–82.5	79.776.1–82.9	75
2035	79.575.9–82.7	79.975.9–83.1	75.1
2036	79.776–83	80.176.1–83.5	75.3
2037	79.875.8–83.4	80.276.2–83.8	75.4
2038	8075.8–83.5	80.476.1–83.9	75.5
2039	80.275.7–83.9	80.676.1–84.3	75.7
2040	80.375.9–84.1	80.776.1–84.5	75.8
2041	80.576–84.4	80.976.3–84.7	75.9
2042	80.776.1–84.5	81.176.3–85	76.1
2043	80.876.1–84.7	81.276.2–85.1	76.2
2044	8176.2–84.9	81.476.5–85.5	76.3
2045	81.176.2–85.1	81.576.4–85.7	76.5
2046	81.376.4–85.2	81.776.6–86	76.6
2047	81.576.4–85.4	81.976.8–86.1	76.7
2048	81.676.5–85.6	8276.9–86.3	76.8
2049	81.876.6–85.8	82.276.9–86.6	76.9
2050	81.976.5–86.1	82.377–86.9	77
2051	82.176.6–86.1	82.576.9–87.1	77.1
2052	82.276.6–86.3	82.677.1–87.4	77.2
2053	82.476.6–86.6	82.877.2–87.4	77.3
2054	82.576.8–86.8	82.977.2–87.7	77.4
2055	82.776.8–86.9	83.177.3–87.8	77.6
2056	82.876.9–87	83.277.3–88.1	77.7
2057	82.977.1–87.3	83.477.2–88.1	77.8
2058	83.177.2–87.6	83.577.4–88.3	77.9
2059	83.277.4–87.8	83.677.4–88.6	78
2060	83.477.5–88	83.877.5–88.8	78.1
2061	83.577.5–88.3	83.977.4–89	78.2
2062	83.677.5–88.4	84.177.4–89.3	78.3
2063	83.877.7–88.6	84.277.7–89.4	78.4
2064	83.977.7–88.7	84.377.7–89.7	78.5
2065	8477.8–88.9	84.577.8–89.7	78.6
2066	84.277.9–89.2	84.677.8–89.9	78.7
2067	84.378.1–89.5	84.777.9–90.2	78.8
2068	84.478.1–89.6	84.877.9–90.4	78.9
2069	84.578.2–89.7	8577.9–90.4	79
2070	84.778.3–89.9	85.178.2–90.6	79.1
2071	84.878.3–90.1	85.278.3–90.7	79.2
2072	84.978.5–90.3	85.378.3–90.8	79.3
2073	8578.7–90.5	85.578.6–91	79.4
2074	85.278.8–90.8	85.678.4–91.3	79.4
2075	85.378.7–90.9	85.778.6–91.6	79.5
2076	85.478.9–90.9	85.878.6–91.8	79.6
2077	85.578.8–91.2	85.978.7–91.9	79.7
2078	85.679–91.2	8678.9–92	79.8
2079	85.779–91.5	86.179.1–92.3	79.9
2080	85.979.2–91.7	86.379.3–92.5	80
2081	8679.3–91.8	86.479.3–92.6	80.1
2082	86.179.7–92.1	86.579.3–92.9	80.2
2083	86.279.6–92.3	86.679.6–93.2	80.3
2084	86.379.8–92.6	86.779.7–93.3	80.3
2085	86.479.9–92.6	86.879.5–93.5	80.4
2086	86.579.9–92.6	86.979.7–93.5	80.5
2087	86.780–92.9	8779.8–93.7	80.6
2088	86.880–93	87.180–93.9	80.7
2089	86.980.2–93	87.280.1–94	80.8
2090	8780.2–93.1	87.380.2–94.2	80.9
2091	87.180.4–93.4	87.480.3–94.5	81
2092	87.280.4–93.6	87.580.4–94.6	81
2093	87.380.6–93.9	87.680.5–94.7	81.1
2094	87.480.5–94.1	87.780.6–94.7	81.2
2095	87.580.7–94.2	87.880.7–94.9	81.3
2096	87.680.9–94.3	87.980.7–95.1	81.4
2097	87.781–94.3	8880.8–95.2	81.5
2098	87.880.9–94.5	88.180.9–95.3	81.6
2099	87.981.2–94.6	88.381.2–95.5	81.7
2100	8881.3–94.8	88.481.4–95.6	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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