Liberia vs Sierra Leone: Life expectancy

Life expectancy in 2023: 62.2 years in Liberia and 61.8 years in Sierra Leone, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Liberia, by 0.4 years, or 1.01 times that in Sierra Leone.

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What the numbers say

Liberia has been higher since 1995, when it overtook Sierra Leone.
In 2023, Liberia ranked 214 and Sierra Leone ranked 218 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Liberia at 71.5 years and Sierra Leone at 72 years in 2100.
The world as a whole: 73.2 years in 2023.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Liberia	Sierra Leone	World
2023	62.2	61.8	73.2
2022	61.9	61.3	72.6
2021	61.2	60.3	70.9
2020	61.3	59.7	71.9
2019	61.2	59.6	72.6
2018	61	59.1	72.4
2017	60.8	57.8	72.1
2016	60.5	56.9	71.9
2015	59.3	55.5	71.6
2014	59.2	54.3	71.4
2013	60	54.1	71.1
2012	59.8	53.2	70.8
2011	59.5	52.6	70.4
2010	59.4	51.9	70.1
2009	59.1	51.3	69.7
2008	58.7	50.7	69.3
2007	58.2	50	69
2006	57.5	49.6	68.6
2005	56.8	48.3	68.1
2004	56	47.5	67.7
2003	53.1	46.8	67.4
2002	54.1	46.2	67.1
2001	53.1	45.5	66.8
2000	51.9	44.8	66.4
1999	50.4	42	66
1998	49.4	42.7	65.7
1997	48.3	43.7	65.5
1996	45	43.5	65.2
1995	44.6	42.6	64.9
1994	42.6	42.8	64.3
1993	43	43.4	64.4
1992	43.6	43.5	64.3
1991	43.6	43.3	64.1
1990	37.6	43.7	64
1989	43.9	43.7	63.8
1988	44.1	43.8	63.4
1987	44.3	43.8	63.2
1986	44.5	43.5	62.7
1985	44	43.6	62.2
1984	44.7	43.6	61.9
1983	44.6	43.5	61.5
1982	44.5	43.3	61.3
1981	44.3	43.1	60.9
1980	44.1	42.8	60.5
1979	43.9	42.5	60.2
1978	43.6	42.2	59.5
1977	43.2	41.8	59.2
1976	42.9	41.4	58.6
1975	42.5	41	58.3
1974	42.1	40.4	58.1
1973	41.6	40	57.7
1972	41.2	39.5	57.2
1971	40.7	39.1	56
1970	40.4	38.6	56.3
1969	40	38.2	56
1968	39.6	37.8	55.6
1967	39.3	37.3	55.1
1966	39	36.6	54.6
1965	38.7	35.9	54
1964	38.5	35.3	54.3
1963	38.3	34.7	53.7
1962	38.2	34.2	53.2
1961	38.1	33.6	50.4
1960	38.1	33.1	47.8
1959	38.1	32.6	49.6
1958	38.1	32.1	51.6
1957	38.1	31.8	51.1
1956	38.1	31.3	50.7
1955	38.1	30.9	50.2
1954	38.1	30.5	49.7
1953	38.1	30.1	48.8
1952	38.1	29.7	48.2
1951	38	29.3	47.1
1950	38	28.9	46.4
1931	–	24.5	–

12.3Estimates, Our World in Data

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Liberia	Sierra Leone	World
2024	62.360.8–63.9	6260.5–63.5	73.3
2025	62.560.4–64.5	62.260.1–64.2	73.5
2026	62.659.9–65.2	62.359.7–64.9	73.8
2027	62.859.8–65.8	62.559.6–65.6	73.9
2028	62.959.7–66.2	62.759.2–65.9	74.1
2029	63.159.3–66.7	62.959–66.3	74.2
2030	63.259.3–67.2	6358.9–66.7	74.4
2031	63.359.1–67.6	63.258.9–67.2	74.5
2032	63.559.2–68	63.358.8–67.5	74.7
2033	63.658.8–68.2	63.558.8–67.8	74.8
2034	63.758.7–68.3	63.758.7–68.3	75
2035	63.958.6–68.6	63.858.6–68.5	75.1
2036	6458.6–69.1	6458.6–68.9	75.3
2037	64.258.7–69.2	64.258.5–69.2	75.4
2038	64.358.6–69.6	64.358.5–69.5	75.5
2039	64.458.3–69.9	64.558.4–69.8	75.7
2040	64.658.3–70.1	64.658.3–69.9	75.8
2041	64.758.3–70.5	64.758.5–70.4	75.9
2042	64.858.4–70.8	64.958.3–70.7	76.1
2043	64.958.4–71	6558.2–70.9	76.2
2044	65.158.4–71.2	65.258.4–71.4	76.3
2045	65.258.4–71.4	65.358.5–71.7	76.5
2046	65.358.2–71.8	65.558.4–71.9	76.6
2047	65.558–72	65.658.3–72.1	76.7
2048	65.658.1–72.4	65.758.5–72.3	76.8
2049	65.758.2–72.5	65.958.3–72.6	76.9
2050	65.958.2–72.8	6658.4–72.8	77
2051	6658.4–73	66.158.4–72.9	77.1
2052	66.158.4–73.3	66.258.3–73.3	77.2
2053	66.258.3–73.5	66.458.5–73.8	77.3
2054	66.458.2–73.7	66.558.4–73.9	77.4
2055	66.558.2–73.8	66.658.6–74.2	77.6
2056	66.658.1–74	66.858.8–74.4	77.7
2057	66.758.1–74.1	66.958.6–74.8	77.8
2058	66.858.1–74.3	6758.4–74.9	77.9
2059	6757.9–74.6	67.258.6–75.2	78
2060	67.158–74.8	67.358.5–75.4	78.1
2061	67.257.9–74.8	67.458.6–75.7	78.2
2062	67.358.1–75.2	67.558.6–75.8	78.3
2063	67.458.2–75.5	67.758.7–76.3	78.4
2064	67.658.2–76	67.858.5–76.6	78.5
2065	67.758.3–76	67.958.5–76.7	78.6
2066	67.858.2–76.1	6858.5–76.8	78.7
2067	67.958–76.4	68.258.5–76.9	78.8
2068	6858–76.8	68.358.8–77.1	78.9
2069	68.158–76.7	68.458.8–77.4	79
2070	68.258.2–77.1	68.558.8–77.6	79.1
2071	68.458.2–77.1	68.758.8–77.5	79.2
2072	68.558.4–77.5	68.858.7–77.7	79.3
2073	68.658.3–77.5	68.958.7–78	79.4
2074	68.758.2–77.8	6958.6–78.1	79.4
2075	68.858.4–78	69.258.8–78.4	79.5
2076	68.958.3–78.3	69.358.9–78.6	79.6
2077	6958.2–78.3	69.459.2–78.9	79.7
2078	69.158.1–78.6	69.559.2–79	79.8
2079	69.358–78.9	69.658.9–79.4	79.9
2080	69.458.1–79.1	69.759.1–79.5	80
2081	69.558.3–79.3	69.859.1–79.6	80.1
2082	69.658.5–79.4	7059.1–80.1	80.2
2083	69.758.7–79.4	70.159.1–80.1	80.3
2084	69.858.6–80	70.259.1–80.2	80.3
2085	69.958.7–80.2	70.359.2–80.5	80.4
2086	7058.9–80.2	70.459.3–80.6	80.5
2087	70.158.9–80.3	70.559.3–81	80.6
2088	70.259.2–80.5	70.659.4–81.1	80.7
2089	70.459.4–80.6	70.759.3–81.2	80.8
2090	70.559.3–80.9	70.959.6–81.5	80.9
2091	70.659.1–81.1	7159.6–81.5	81
2092	70.758.9–81	71.159.9–81.9	81
2093	70.859–81.3	71.260.2–82	81.1
2094	70.959–81.5	71.360.1–82.1	81.2
2095	7158.8–81.8	71.559.7–82.3	81.3
2096	71.158.6–82.2	71.659.9–82.3	81.4
2097	71.258.6–82.5	71.759.9–82.4	81.5
2098	71.358.8–83	71.860.2–82.8	81.6
2099	71.458.7–83	71.960–82.9	81.7
2100	71.558.9–82.8	7259.9–83.2	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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