Honduras vs Nicaragua: Life expectancy

Life expectancy in 2023: 72.9 years in Honduras and 75 years in Nicaragua, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Nicaragua, by 2.1 years, or 1.03 times that in Honduras.

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What the numbers say

Nicaragua has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Honduras.
In 2023, Honduras ranked 134 and Nicaragua ranked 115 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Honduras at 84.6 years and Nicaragua at 85.9 years in 2100.
The world as a whole: 73.2 years in 2023.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Honduras	Nicaragua	World
2023	72.9	75	73.2
2022	72.7	74.5	72.6
2021	69.5	70.5	70.9
2020	70.9	70.8	71.9
2019	72.1	73.8	72.6
2018	72	73.9	72.4
2017	71.8	73.4	72.1
2016	71.6	73.2	71.9
2015	71.3	72.9	71.6
2014	71	72.8	71.4
2013	70.8	72.6	71.1
2012	70.5	72.4	70.8
2011	70.1	72	70.4
2010	69.8	71.8	70.1
2009	69.8	71.5	69.7
2008	69.7	71.4	69.3
2007	69.5	71.2	69
2006	69.4	71	68.6
2005	69.2	70.4	68.1
2004	69.1	69.5	67.7
2003	68.9	68.8	67.4
2002	68.7	68	67.1
2001	68.5	67	66.8
2000	68.3	66.4	66.4
1999	68	65.9	66
1998	62.4	64.1	65.7
1997	67.5	65.5	65.5
1996	67.3	65.2	65.2
1995	66.9	64.9	64.9
1994	66.5	64.6	64.3
1993	66.1	64.1	64.4
1992	65.9	63.7	64.3
1991	65.6	63.3	64.1
1990	65.2	62.5	64
1989	64.8	61.9	63.8
1988	64.4	59.8	63.4
1987	64.1	57.3	63.2
1986	63.7	57.6	62.7
1985	63.2	56.4	62.2
1984	62.8	56.1	61.9
1983	62.4	56.9	61.5
1982	61.7	58.7	61.3
1981	61	58.3	60.9
1980	60.4	58	60.5
1979	59.8	50.8	60.2
1978	59.3	53.5	59.5
1977	58.7	56.1	59.2
1976	58.2	56.1	58.6
1975	57.5	55.8	58.3
1974	52.5	55.4	58.1
1973	54.6	55	57.7
1972	55.7	48	57.2
1971	55	54.2	56
1970	54.4	53.8	56.3
1969	53.7	53.4	56
1968	53	52.9	55.6
1967	52.3	52.4	55.1
1966	51.6	51.6	54.6
1965	50.9	50.7	54
1964	50.2	49.6	54.3
1963	49.4	48.8	53.7
1962	48.7	48	53.2
1961	47.7	47.3	50.4
1960	47.2	46.4	47.8
1959	46.4	46.1	49.6
1958	45.6	45.5	51.6
1957	44.9	44.9	51.1
1956	44.3	44.3	50.7
1955	43.7	43.7	50.2
1954	43	43.1	49.7
1953	42.5	42.5	48.8
1952	42	41.9	48.2
1951	41.6	40.8	47.1
1950	41.1	40.6	46.4
1940	36	34	–
1930	34	28	–
1920	29	24	–

12.3Estimates, Our World in Data

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Honduras	Nicaragua	World
2024	7371.8–74.3	75.173.9–76.3	73.3
2025	73.271.4–74.9	75.373.6–77	73.5
2026	73.471.3–75.5	75.473.3–77.5	73.8
2027	73.671–75.9	75.673.1–77.9	73.9
2028	73.770.8–76.3	75.773.1–78.3	74.1
2029	73.970.7–76.8	75.973.1–78.6	74.2
2030	74.170.9–77	76.173.1–79.2	74.4
2031	74.270.7–77.5	76.273–79.4	74.5
2032	74.470.6–77.7	76.472.8–79.8	74.7
2033	74.570.4–77.9	76.672.9–80	74.8
2034	74.770.5–78.4	76.773–80.3	75
2035	74.970.6–78.7	76.972.8–80.6	75.1
2036	7570.4–78.9	7772.8–81	75.3
2037	75.270.6–79.4	77.272.8–81.3	75.4
2038	75.370.6–79.8	77.372.9–81.7	75.5
2039	75.570.5–79.8	77.572.9–81.8	75.7
2040	75.770.6–80.1	77.673–82	75.8
2041	75.870.7–80.5	77.872.8–82.2	75.9
2042	7670.5–80.8	77.972.8–82.4	76.1
2043	76.270.6–81.2	78.172.9–82.6	76.2
2044	76.370.7–81.3	78.372.8–82.7	76.3
2045	76.570.7–81.6	78.472.9–83.2	76.5
2046	76.670.6–81.9	78.673–83.4	76.6
2047	76.870.7–81.9	78.773–83.7	76.7
2048	7770.8–82.4	78.973–84	76.8
2049	77.170.9–82.6	7973–84.1	76.9
2050	77.370.8–83	79.273–84.3	77
2051	77.470.7–83.2	79.373.2–84.5	77.1
2052	77.670.9–83.3	79.573.1–84.8	77.2
2053	77.871–83.5	79.673.3–85.1	77.3
2054	77.971–83.8	79.873.2–85.4	77.4
2055	78.171.4–84	79.973.4–85.6	77.6
2056	78.271.4–84.3	80.173.4–85.7	77.7
2057	78.471.5–84.5	80.273.4–85.8	77.8
2058	78.671.2–84.6	80.473.6–86	77.9
2059	78.771.4–84.8	80.573.7–86.4	78
2060	78.971.3–85.1	80.773.7–86.5	78.1
2061	7971.3–85.3	80.873.8–86.7	78.2
2062	79.271.4–85.4	8173.9–86.8	78.3
2063	79.371.5–85.7	81.173.8–87.2	78.4
2064	79.571.6–85.9	81.373.8–87.2	78.5
2065	79.671.6–85.9	81.473.9–87.4	78.6
2066	79.871.7–86.3	81.574.1–87.7	78.7
2067	8071.6–86.4	81.774–87.8	78.8
2068	80.171.7–86.7	81.874.4–87.9	78.9
2069	80.371.8–86.7	8274.6–88	79
2070	80.471.8–86.7	82.174.6–88.2	79.1
2071	80.671.6–86.9	82.274.5–88.2	79.2
2072	80.771.7–87.2	82.474.7–88.3	79.3
2073	80.972–87.2	82.574.7–88.5	79.4
2074	8171.8–87.3	82.674.7–88.6	79.4
2075	81.271.8–87.5	82.874.8–88.8	79.5
2076	81.371.8–87.6	82.975–89.1	79.6
2077	81.571.8–87.8	8375.2–89	79.7
2078	81.671.8–87.9	83.275.3–89	79.8
2079	81.871.7–88.1	83.375.3–89.3	79.9
2080	81.971.8–88.4	83.475.1–89.4	80
2081	82.172.1–88.5	83.675.2–89.5	80.1
2082	82.272.3–88.8	83.775.3–89.7	80.2
2083	82.472.4–88.8	83.875.3–90	80.3
2084	82.572.6–89	83.975.3–90.1	80.3
2085	82.672.5–89.1	84.175.3–90.3	80.4
2086	82.872.8–89.2	84.275.4–90.5	80.5
2087	82.972.7–89.3	84.375.4–90.6	80.6
2088	8372.9–89.7	84.475.6–90.9	80.7
2089	83.272.9–89.9	84.575.9–91	80.8
2090	83.373–90.1	84.775.7–91.1	80.9
2091	83.473.3–90.3	84.875.8–91.4	81
2092	83.673.4–90.6	84.976–91.4	81
2093	83.773.4–90.7	8576–91.4	81.1
2094	83.973.4–90.9	85.175.9–91.5	81.2
2095	8473.7–91	85.376.2–91.7	81.3
2096	84.173.5–91.1	85.476.3–91.9	81.4
2097	84.273.8–91.4	85.576.5–92.3	81.5
2098	84.474–91.7	85.676.5–92.3	81.6
2099	84.574–92.1	85.776.6–92.3	81.7
2100	84.673.7–92	85.976.7–92.6	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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