Guyana vs Suriname: Life expectancy

Life expectancy in 2023: 70.2 years in Guyana and 73.6 years in Suriname, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Suriname, by 3.4 years, or 1.05 times that in Guyana.

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What the numbers say

Suriname has been higher since 1995, when it overtook Guyana.
In 2023, Guyana ranked 161 and Suriname ranked 127 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Guyana at 80.4 years and Suriname at 84.5 years in 2100.
The world as a whole: 73.2 years in 2023.

Every year

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Year	Guyana	Suriname	World
2023	70.2	73.6	73.2
2022	69.9	73.3	72.6
2021	64.3	68.9	70.9
2020	67.8	72.3	71.9
2019	69.1	71.8	72.6
2018	68.8	71.5	72.4
2017	68.5	71.3	72.1
2016	68.1	71	71.9
2015	67.7	70.6	71.6
2014	67.3	70.3	71.4
2013	66.7	70.1	71.1
2012	66.4	70	70.8
2011	66.5	69.8	70.4
2010	66.2	69.6	70.1
2009	66	69.3	69.7
2008	65.7	68.9	69.3
2007	65.5	68.3	69
2006	64.9	67.6	68.6
2005	64.4	67	68.1
2004	64.2	66.4	67.7
2003	64.1	65.8	67.4
2002	64.2	65.3	67.1
2001	64.4	64.8	66.8
2000	64.1	64.4	66.4
1999	63.8	64	66
1998	63.4	63.7	65.7
1997	62.9	63.4	65.5
1996	62.7	63.1	65.2
1995	62.7	62.8	64.9
1994	63	62.5	64.3
1993	63	62.4	64.4
1992	62.8	62.3	64.3
1991	62.5	62.2	64.1
1990	62.3	62.1	64
1989	62.1	62	63.8
1988	61.9	61.5	63.4
1987	61.7	61.3	63.2
1986	61.5	61.2	62.7
1985	61.4	61.4	62.2
1984	61.3	61.2	61.9
1983	61.2	61.1	61.5
1982	61	60.9	61.3
1981	60.9	60.8	60.9
1980	60.8	60.7	60.5
1979	60.7	60.5	60.2
1978	60.7	60.4	59.5
1977	60.6	60.3	59.2
1976	60.5	60.2	58.6
1975	60.4	60	58.3
1974	60.3	59.9	58.1
1973	60.2	59.8	57.7
1972	60.1	59.7	57.2
1971	60.1	59.6	56
1970	60	59.5	56.3
1969	59.8	59.4	56
1968	59.7	59.3	55.6
1967	59.5	59.2	55.1
1966	59.3	59.2	54.6
1965	59.1	59.1	54
1964	59	58.9	54.3
1963	58.6	58.5	53.7
1962	58.3	58	53.2
1961	57.9	57.3	50.4
1960	57.5	56.6	47.8
1959	57	55.9	49.6
1958	56.5	55.4	51.6
1957	56.1	54.7	51.1
1956	55.2	54.1	50.7
1955	54.1	53.5	50.2
1954	53.3	52.8	49.7
1953	52.4	52.1	48.8
1952	51.3	51.4	48.2
1951	50.2	51.1	47.1
1950	49.2	50.7	46.4
1930	41.4	–	–
1921	34.6	–	–
1911	31.1	–	–

12.3Estimates, Our World in Data

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Guyana	Suriname	World
2024	70.369–71.6	73.872.6–74.9	73.3
2025	70.568.6–72.2	73.972.1–75.5	73.5
2026	70.668.4–72.8	7471.9–76.1	73.8
2027	70.768.2–73.2	74.271.8–76.4	73.9
2028	70.867.9–73.7	74.371.6–76.7	74.1
2029	7167.8–74	74.571.4–77.2	74.2
2030	71.167.7–74.3	74.671.3–77.5	74.4
2031	71.267.7–74.8	74.871.3–77.9	74.5
2032	71.467.7–75.1	74.971.3–78.2	74.7
2033	71.567.5–75.4	75.171.2–78.4	74.8
2034	71.667.5–75.9	75.271–78.7	75
2035	71.867.5–76.1	75.371.1–79.2	75.1
2036	71.967.4–76.4	75.571.1–79.5	75.3
2037	7267.3–76.8	75.671–79.7	75.4
2038	72.267.1–77.2	75.870.9–79.9	75.5
2039	72.367.3–77.6	75.970.9–80.2	75.7
2040	72.467.2–77.7	76.171–80.6	75.8
2041	72.667.1–77.9	76.270.8–80.7	75.9
2042	72.767–78.1	76.470.8–81	76.1
2043	72.867.1–78.4	76.570.7–81.3	76.2
2044	7367.2–78.7	76.770.6–81.7	76.3
2045	73.167.2–79.1	76.870.8–82	76.5
2046	73.267.1–79.2	7770.7–82.2	76.6
2047	73.467.3–79.6	77.170.4–82.2	76.7
2048	73.567.1–79.8	77.370.6–82.5	76.8
2049	73.667.3–80.2	77.470.6–82.6	76.9
2050	73.767.1–80.4	77.570.5–83	77
2051	73.966.9–80.6	77.770.7–83.3	77.1
2052	7467.1–80.9	77.870.9–83.5	77.2
2053	74.267.1–81	7870.7–83.5	77.3
2054	74.367.3–81.3	78.271.1–83.7	77.4
2055	74.467.3–81.4	78.371.1–84	77.6
2056	74.567–81.7	78.571.3–84.2	77.7
2057	74.767.2–81.8	78.671–84.5	77.8
2058	74.867.1–82	78.871.1–84.6	77.9
2059	74.966.9–82.1	78.971.1–84.9	78
2060	75.167.1–82.4	79.171–85.1	78.1
2061	75.267.1–82.4	79.271.1–85.4	78.2
2062	75.367–82.9	79.470.9–85.5	78.3
2063	75.566.9–83.1	79.571–85.7	78.4
2064	75.667.4–83.3	79.771.2–85.9	78.5
2065	75.867.4–83.5	79.871.2–86.3	78.6
2066	75.967.2–83.7	8071–86.3	78.7
2067	7667.2–83.9	80.171.1–86.6	78.8
2068	76.267.2–84.1	80.371.3–86.8	78.9
2069	76.367.2–84.2	80.471.3–87.1	79
2070	76.467.1–84.3	80.571–87.4	79.1
2071	76.667.5–84.5	80.771.1–87.3	79.2
2072	76.767.3–84.7	80.871–87.6	79.3
2073	76.967.5–84.7	8171.4–87.9	79.4
2074	7767.5–85	81.171.3–87.9	79.4
2075	77.167.4–85.1	81.271.4–88.2	79.5
2076	77.267.2–85.4	81.471.3–88.5	79.6
2077	77.467.3–85.6	81.571.6–88.6	79.7
2078	77.567.5–85.6	81.771.5–88.8	79.8
2079	77.667.4–85.9	81.871.6–88.8	79.9
2080	77.867.2–86	81.971.6–89	80
2081	77.967.3–86.1	82.171.7–89	80.1
2082	7867.3–86.1	82.271.6–89.3	80.2
2083	78.267–86.4	82.371.7–89.3	80.3
2084	78.367.3–86.6	82.571.9–89.7	80.3
2085	78.467.2–86.8	82.671.9–89.6	80.4
2086	78.667.3–87.2	82.771.9–90	80.5
2087	78.767.2–87.2	82.971.8–90.1	80.6
2088	78.867.5–87.4	8372.3–90.4	80.7
2089	7967.4–87.7	83.172.1–90.5	80.8
2090	79.167.7–87.7	83.372.3–90.6	80.9
2091	79.267.8–87.7	83.472.4–90.6	81
2092	79.467.4–88.1	83.572.3–90.9	81
2093	79.567.5–88.1	83.672.7–91.1	81.1
2094	79.667.4–88.4	83.872.6–91.2	81.2
2095	79.867.6–88.3	83.972.8–91.4	81.3
2096	79.967.5–88.6	8472.9–91.5	81.4
2097	8067.1–88.6	84.172.9–91.7	81.5
2098	80.267.1–88.8	84.373.1–92	81.6
2099	80.367.2–89	84.473.2–92.3	81.7
2100	80.467.5–89	84.573.3–92.5	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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