Latvia vs Lithuania: Life expectancy

Life expectancy in 2023: 76.2 years in Latvia and 76 years in Lithuania, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Latvia, by 0.2 years, or 1 times that in Lithuania.

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What the numbers say

Latvia has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Lithuania.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Latvia at 86.6 years and Lithuania at 86.8 years in 2100.
The world as a whole: 73.2 years in 2023.

Every year

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Year	Latvia	Lithuania	World
2023	76.2	76	73.2
2022	74.9	74.7	72.6
2021	73.2	74.3	70.9
2020	75.5	75.1	71.9
2019	75.6	76.4	72.6
2018	75	75.9	72.4
2017	74.8	75.7	72.1
2016	74.8	74.8	71.9
2015	74.7	74.5	71.6
2014	74.3	74.6	71.4
2013	74.2	74	71.1
2012	73.9	74	70.8
2011	73.7	73.6	70.4
2010	73	73.2	70.1
2009	72.7	72.9	69.7
2008	72	71.7	69.3
2007	70.8	70.7	69
2006	70.6	71	68.6
2005	70.6	71.3	68.1
2004	70.9	72	67.7
2003	70.6	72.1	67.4
2002	70.2	71.8	67.1
2001	69.9	71.7	66.8
2000	70.2	72.1	66.4
1999	69.7	71.7	66
1998	68.9	71.3	65.7
1997	69.2	71	65.5
1996	68.6	70.2	65.2
1995	66	69	64.9
1994	65.2	68.5	64.3
1993	66.6	68.9	64.4
1992	68.5	70.3	64.3
1991	69.2	70.5	64.1
1990	69.5	71.4	64
1989	70.4	71.6	63.8
1988	70.9	72	63.4
1987	71	72.2	63.2
1986	71	72.4	62.7
1985	69.6	70.7	62.2
1984	69.4	70.5	61.9
1983	69.4	71	61.5
1982	69.6	71.1	61.3
1981	69.1	70.7	60.9
1980	69.1	70.7	60.5
1979	68.8	70.7	60.2
1978	69.3	70.9	59.5
1977	69.5	71.1	59.2
1976	69.4	71.2	58.6
1975	69.3	71.1	58.3
1974	70.1	71.5	58.1
1973	70.2	71.6	57.7
1972	70.3	71.3	57.2
1971	70.6	72	56
1970	70.2	71.1	56.3
1969	70.2	71.2	56
1968	70.5	71.6	55.6
1967	70.9	72	55.1
1966	71.2	71.9	54.6
1965	71.2	71.7	54
1964	71.5	71.9	54.3
1963	70.3	70.6	53.7
1962	69.9	69.4	53.2
1961	70.5	70.5	50.4
1960	70.3	70.3	47.8
1959	69.5	69.4	49.6
1958	68.9	68.6	51.6
1957	68.3	67.7	51.1
1956	67.6	66.9	50.7
1955	67.2	66.6	50.2
1954	66.7	66.5	49.7
1953	66.2	66.3	48.8
1952	65.7	66.2	48.2
1951	65.2	66.2	47.1
1950	64.6	66.1	46.4
1935	58.1	–	–
1925	–	50.5	–
1924	53.7	–	–
1900	–	41.7	–
1896	45	–	–

12.3Estimates, Our World in Data

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Latvia	Lithuania	World
2024	76.375.4–77.4	76.275.1–77.2	73.3
2025	76.575–77.9	76.374.9–77.8	73.5
2026	76.674.8–78.4	76.574.6–78.2	73.8
2027	76.874.8–78.8	76.674.6–78.6	73.9
2028	76.974.6–79.2	76.874.4–79	74.1
2029	77.174.5–79.6	76.974.4–79.3	74.2
2030	77.274.4–79.9	77.174.2–79.6	74.4
2031	77.474.3–80.3	77.374.1–79.8	74.5
2032	77.574.2–80.5	77.474.1–80.1	74.7
2033	77.774.4–80.9	77.674.1–80.4	74.8
2034	77.874.2–81.1	77.774.2–80.9	75
2035	7874.2–81.5	77.974.2–81.2	75.1
2036	78.174.3–81.7	7874–81.4	75.3
2037	78.374.4–81.9	78.274.2–81.7	75.4
2038	78.474.4–82.3	78.374.2–82	75.5
2039	78.674.4–82.6	78.574.3–82.3	75.7
2040	78.774.4–82.8	78.774.3–82.4	75.8
2041	78.974.3–82.9	78.874.3–82.6	75.9
2042	7974.3–83.1	7974.3–82.8	76.1
2043	79.274.3–83.3	79.174.3–83.1	76.2
2044	79.374.2–83.7	79.374.2–83.4	76.3
2045	79.574.2–83.9	79.474.3–83.5	76.5
2046	79.674.2–84	79.674.4–83.6	76.6
2047	79.874.3–84.3	79.874.5–83.9	76.7
2048	79.974.3–84.4	79.974.5–84	76.8
2049	80.174.3–84.5	8074.5–84.2	76.9
2050	80.274.4–84.6	80.274.5–84.6	77
2051	80.474.5–85	80.474.5–84.7	77.1
2052	80.574.6–85.1	80.574.5–84.9	77.2
2053	80.774.6–85.3	80.774.5–84.9	77.3
2054	80.874.7–85.6	80.874.7–85.2	77.4
2055	80.974.6–85.6	80.974.8–85.3	77.6
2056	81.174.8–85.8	81.174.9–85.6	77.7
2057	81.274.9–85.9	81.274.8–85.9	77.8
2058	81.475–86.2	81.475–85.9	77.9
2059	81.575–86.5	81.575.3–86.3	78
2060	81.674.9–86.6	81.775.3–86.5	78.1
2061	81.875.1–86.8	81.875.2–86.6	78.2
2062	81.975.1–87.1	8275.4–86.8	78.3
2063	82.175.2–87.4	82.175.4–86.9	78.4
2064	82.275.4–87.6	82.275.6–87.1	78.5
2065	82.375.6–87.8	82.475.6–87.2	78.6
2066	82.575.6–88	82.575.8–87.6	78.7
2067	82.675.6–88.1	82.775.7–87.9	78.8
2068	82.775.7–88.3	82.875.7–88.1	78.9
2069	82.975.7–88.5	82.975.9–88.2	79
2070	8376–88.7	83.176.2–88.5	79.1
2071	83.175.9–89	83.276.3–88.7	79.2
2072	83.276.1–89.2	83.376.5–88.9	79.3
2073	83.476.3–89.4	83.576.7–88.9	79.4
2074	83.576.1–89.6	83.676.8–89.1	79.4
2075	83.676.2–89.7	83.776.8–89.2	79.5
2076	83.876.3–89.9	83.977–89.5	79.6
2077	83.976.5–89.9	8477–89.6	79.7
2078	8476.6–90.1	84.177–89.9	79.8
2079	84.176.7–90.2	84.277.3–89.9	79.9
2080	84.376.8–90.4	84.477.3–90.3	80
2081	84.476.7–90.6	84.577.2–90.4	80.1
2082	84.576.9–90.7	84.677.3–90.6	80.2
2083	84.677–91	84.777.4–90.8	80.3
2084	84.777.1–91.2	84.977.3–91.1	80.3
2085	84.977.1–91.3	8577.4–91.3	80.4
2086	8577.4–91.4	85.177.8–91.4	80.5
2087	85.177.3–91.7	85.277.7–91.6	80.6
2088	85.277.4–92.1	85.477.6–91.8	80.7
2089	85.377.6–92.2	85.578–92	80.8
2090	85.577.6–92.4	85.677.9–92	80.9
2091	85.677.8–92.7	85.778–92.3	81
2092	85.777.6–92.8	85.878–92.4	81
2093	85.877.6–93	85.977.9–92.6	81.1
2094	85.977.9–93.1	86.178.2–93	81.2
2095	8678.2–93.2	86.278.3–93.1	81.3
2096	86.178.1–93.4	86.378.4–93.3	81.4
2097	86.378.3–93.7	86.478.7–93.5	81.5
2098	86.478.3–93.8	86.578.8–93.6	81.6
2099	86.578.4–93.9	86.678.7–93.9	81.7
2100	86.678.5–94.2	86.878.7–94	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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