Egypt vs Iraq: Life expectancy

Life expectancy in 2023: 71.6 years in Egypt and 72.3 years in Iraq, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Iraq, by 0.7 years, or 1.01 times that in Egypt.

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What the numbers say

Iraq has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Egypt.
In 2023, Egypt ranked 150 and Iraq ranked 141 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Egypt at 83.5 years and Iraq at 81.6 years in 2100.
The world as a whole: 73.2 years in 2023.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Egypt	Iraq	World
2023	71.6	72.3	73.2
2022	71	72	72.6
2021	69	70.7	70.9
2020	69.8	69.7	71.9
2019	71.2	71.3	72.6
2018	71	71.1	72.4
2017	70.7	69.8	72.1
2016	70.4	68.7	71.9
2015	70.1	70	71.6
2014	69.9	69.7	71.4
2013	69.6	69.1	71.1
2012	69.5	68.8	70.8
2011	69.2	68.4	70.4
2010	69.1	68.1	70.1
2009	68.9	67.8	69.7
2008	68.8	66.5	69.3
2007	68.6	64.4	69
2006	68.5	64	68.6
2005	68.4	64.9	68.1
2004	68.2	64.6	67.7
2003	68.1	64.8	67.4
2002	67.9	65.7	67.1
2001	67.6	65.3	66.8
2000	67.3	64.9	66.4
1999	67	64.5	66
1998	66.6	64.4	65.7
1997	66.2	64.2	65.5
1996	65.7	64.6	65.2
1995	65.2	64.8	64.9
1994	64.7	65	64.3
1993	64.2	65.3	64.4
1992	63.6	65.3	64.3
1991	63.1	61.3	64.1
1990	62.5	57.6	64
1989	62	57.5	63.8
1988	61.4	56.7	63.4
1987	60.7	60.3	63.2
1986	60.1	60	62.7
1985	59.4	59.8	62.2
1984	58.7	59.5	61.9
1983	58	59.3	61.5
1982	57.2	59	61.3
1981	56.5	58.7	60.9
1980	55.7	60.9	60.5
1979	54.9	64.4	60.2
1978	54.1	64.2	59.5
1977	53.3	63.9	59.2
1976	52.5	63.6	58.6
1975	51.7	61.4	58.3
1974	51	61	58.1
1973	50.1	62.3	57.7
1972	49.9	61.8	57.2
1971	49.5	61.3	56
1970	49	60.5	56.3
1969	48.7	59.6	56
1968	48.6	59	55.6
1967	48.1	58.4	55.1
1966	48	57.3	54.6
1965	47.6	56.4	54
1964	47.1	55.2	54.3
1963	46.5	54.4	53.7
1962	45.8	53.5	53.2
1961	45.2	52.3	50.4
1960	44.4	51.5	47.8
1959	43.7	49.7	49.6
1958	42.9	49	51.6
1957	42.1	47.7	51.1
1956	41	46.4	50.7
1955	40.2	45	50.2
1954	39.1	43.5	49.7
1953	37.9	42.1	48.8
1952	36.6	40.5	48.2
1951	35.3	39	47.1
1950	34	37.4	46.4
1949	36.7	–	–
1948	36.2	–	–
1947	36.1	–	–
1946	34.4	–	–
1945	32.3	–	–
1944	33.4	–	–
1943	29.8	–	–
1942	30.5	–	–
1941	35.7	–	–
1940	34.4	–	–
1939	36	–	–
1938	34.8	–	–
1937	34.5	–	–
1936	31.3	–	–
1935	33.2	–	–
1934	31.5	–	–
1933	32.3	–	–
1932	31	–	–
1931	32.5	–	–
1930	35.4	–	–
1929	30.6	–	–
1928	30.7	–	–
1927	33	–	–

12.3Estimates, Our World in Data

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Egypt	Iraq	World
2024	71.870.5–73.1	72.471.1–73.7	73.3
2025	7270.2–73.7	72.570.8–74.3	73.5
2026	72.270–74.3	72.670.5–74.8	73.8
2027	72.369.9–74.8	72.770.2–75.2	73.9
2028	72.569.6–75.2	72.869.9–75.6	74.1
2029	72.769.5–75.6	72.969.9–75.9	74.2
2030	72.969.4–75.9	73.169.8–76.2	74.4
2031	7369.2–76.3	73.269.8–76.4	74.5
2032	73.269.2–76.7	73.369.6–76.7	74.7
2033	73.469.3–77	73.469.4–77	74.8
2034	73.569.1–77.4	73.569.2–77.4	75
2035	73.769.2–77.7	73.669.2–77.7	75.1
2036	73.969.1–78	73.769–77.7	75.3
2037	7469.1–78.2	73.869–78	75.4
2038	74.269.2–78.5	73.968.9–78.2	75.5
2039	74.369.2–78.8	7469–78.6	75.7
2040	74.569.1–79	74.168.8–78.8	75.8
2041	74.769.1–79.3	74.269–79	75.9
2042	74.869.1–79.7	74.368.9–79.3	76.1
2043	7568.9–79.9	74.569–79.7	76.2
2044	75.169.1–80.2	74.668.9–79.9	76.3
2045	75.369.1–80.5	74.768.9–80.1	76.5
2046	75.469.1–80.7	74.868.9–80.5	76.6
2047	75.669.1–80.9	74.968.7–80.7	76.7
2048	75.869.4–81.4	7568.7–81	76.8
2049	75.969.3–81.5	75.268.8–81.2	76.9
2050	76.169.2–81.7	75.368.9–81.4	77
2051	76.269.4–81.8	75.468.7–81.8	77.1
2052	76.469.6–82.3	75.568.9–82	77.2
2053	76.569.6–82.6	75.668.8–82.2	77.3
2054	76.769.5–82.6	75.868.8–82.4	77.4
2055	76.969.7–83.1	75.968.6–82.4	77.6
2056	7769.7–83.3	7668.8–82.7	77.7
2057	77.269.6–83.6	76.168.8–82.8	77.8
2058	77.369.7–83.8	76.368.9–83	77.9
2059	77.569.8–83.9	76.468.8–83.2	78
2060	77.669.6–84.1	76.568.7–83.3	78.1
2061	77.869.7–84.3	76.668.9–83.5	78.2
2062	77.969.9–84.6	76.869–83.7	78.3
2063	78.169.8–84.8	76.968.9–83.8	78.4
2064	78.369.8–84.8	7769–84	78.5
2065	78.470–85.1	77.168.9–84	78.6
2066	78.670–85.3	77.368.9–84.4	78.7
2067	78.770–85.4	77.469–84.7	78.8
2068	78.969.9–85.6	77.569.1–84.9	78.9
2069	7970.2–85.9	77.669.3–85.1	79
2070	79.270.1–86.1	77.869–85.1	79.1
2071	79.470.1–86.1	77.969.1–85.3	79.2
2072	79.570.4–86.4	7869–85.5	79.3
2073	79.770.6–86.6	78.169.3–85.8	79.4
2074	79.870.5–86.8	78.369–85.7	79.4
2075	8070.6–87.1	78.469–85.9	79.5
2076	80.170.5–87	78.569.4–86.2	79.6
2077	80.270.4–87.1	78.769.4–86.5	79.7
2078	80.470.6–87.3	78.869.2–86.5	79.8
2079	80.570.7–87.5	78.969.4–86.8	79.9
2080	80.770.9–87.7	7969.3–86.9	80
2081	80.870.7–87.9	79.269.3–87.2	80.1
2082	8170.7–87.8	79.369.4–87.2	80.2
2083	81.170.9–88	79.469.6–87.4	80.3
2084	81.370.9–88.2	79.669.4–87.6	80.3
2085	81.470.8–88.3	79.769.6–87.6	80.4
2086	81.570.8–88.5	79.869.4–87.9	80.5
2087	81.770.8–88.7	8069.6–88.1	80.6
2088	81.870.7–89	80.169.7–88.2	80.7
2089	8271–89.3	80.270–88.3	80.8
2090	82.171.2–89.5	80.369.9–88.4	80.9
2091	82.371.2–89.6	80.570–88.7	81
2092	82.471.2–89.6	80.669.9–88.7	81
2093	82.571.1–89.8	80.770.1–89	81.1
2094	82.771.2–90.2	80.870.1–89	81.2
2095	82.871.2–90.2	8170–89.2	81.3
2096	82.971.3–90.4	81.170–89.4	81.4
2097	83.171.4–90.5	81.269.8–89.3	81.5
2098	83.271.6–90.6	81.369.9–89.6	81.6
2099	83.371.5–90.9	81.569.6–89.6	81.7
2100	83.571.8–90.9	81.669.7–89.8	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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