Montenegro vs Serbia: Life expectancy

Life expectancy in 2023: 77.1 years in Montenegro and 76.8 years in Serbia, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Montenegro, by 0.3 years, or 1 times that in Serbia.

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What the numbers say

Montenegro has been higher since 1969, when it overtook Serbia.
In 2023, Montenegro ranked 88 and Serbia ranked 92 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Montenegro at 87.9 years and Serbia at 88.3 years in 2100.
The world as a whole: 73.2 years in 2023.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Montenegro	Serbia	World
2023	77.1	76.8	73.2
2022	75.9	75.5	72.6
2021	73.8	72.9	70.9
2020	75.9	74.5	71.9
2019	76.6	76.1	72.6
2018	76.9	76	72.4
2017	76.6	75.8	72.1
2016	76.6	75.7	71.9
2015	76.6	75.7	71.6
2014	76.5	75.5	71.4
2013	76.4	75.4	71.1
2012	76.2	75.1	70.8
2011	76	74.7	70.4
2010	75.7	74.4	70.1
2009	75.4	74.1	69.7
2008	75	73.9	69.3
2007	74.7	73.7	69
2006	74.7	73.4	68.6
2005	74.4	73.1	68.1
2004	74.4	72.9	67.7
2003	74.2	72.7	67.4
2002	74.1	72.6	67.1
2001	73.7	72.3	66.8
2000	73.6	72.3	66.4
1999	73.3	70	66
1998	73.4	72.3	65.7
1997	73.5	73	65.5
1996	73.6	72.9	65.2
1995	73.7	72.7	64.9
1994	73.8	72.3	64.3
1993	73.9	71.9	64.4
1992	73.8	71.6	64.3
1991	74	71.9	64.1
1990	73.9	72.2	64
1989	73.8	72.3	63.8
1988	73.4	72	63.4
1987	73.2	71.9	63.2
1986	72.8	71.6	62.7
1985	72.4	71.4	62.2
1984	72.3	71.2	61.9
1983	72.3	71.1	61.5
1982	72.3	71	61.3
1981	72.1	71.1	60.9
1980	72.2	71.1	60.5
1979	71.5	71.2	60.2
1978	71.9	71.4	59.5
1977	71.8	71.8	59.2
1976	72.1	71.9	58.6
1975	71.9	71.6	58.3
1974	71.6	71.1	58.1
1973	71.6	70.5	57.7
1972	71.3	70	57.2
1971	70.8	69.7	56
1970	70.4	69.7	56.3
1969	70.2	70	56
1968	69.8	70.1	55.6
1967	69.3	70.1	55.1
1966	68.6	69.4	54.6
1965	68.1	68.7	54
1964	67.4	68	54.3
1963	66.8	67.4	53.7
1962	66.4	67	53.2
1961	66.1	66.3	50.4
1960	65.7	65.7	47.8
1959	64.7	65.2	49.6
1958	63.8	64.3	51.6
1957	63	63.2	51.1
1956	62	61.9	50.7
1955	60.9	61.4	50.2
1954	60.8	60.7	49.7
1953	59.7	59.8	48.8
1952	59.1	57.4	48.2
1951	58.6	55.6	47.1
1950	58	55.1	46.4

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Montenegro	Serbia	World
2024	77.376.2–78.3	76.975.9–78	73.3
2025	77.475.9–78.9	77.175.7–78.6	73.5
2026	77.675.7–79.4	77.375.4–79.1	73.8
2027	77.875.6–79.8	77.575.4–79.5	73.9
2028	7875.5–80.1	77.775.3–79.9	74.1
2029	78.175.4–80.4	77.975.2–80.4	74.2
2030	78.375.4–80.7	78.175.1–80.7	74.4
2031	78.575.3–81.1	78.275.1–81.1	74.5
2032	78.675.3–81.4	78.475.2–81.5	74.7
2033	78.875.3–81.7	78.675.2–81.8	74.8
2034	7975.4–81.9	78.875.3–82	75
2035	79.175.4–82.2	7975.2–82.3	75.1
2036	79.375.5–82.5	79.175.2–82.5	75.3
2037	79.575.5–82.9	79.375.2–82.8	75.4
2038	79.675.6–83.2	79.575.3–83.1	75.5
2039	79.875.6–83.3	79.775.2–83.3	75.7
2040	8075.7–83.7	79.875.3–83.6	75.8
2041	80.175.7–83.8	8075.3–83.8	75.9
2042	80.375.7–84	80.275.4–84.2	76.1
2043	80.475.7–84.1	80.375.6–84.3	76.2
2044	80.675.7–84.6	80.575.7–84.5	76.3
2045	80.875.8–84.8	80.775.7–84.8	76.5
2046	80.975.9–85.1	80.975.7–84.8	76.6
2047	81.175.9–85.3	8175.8–85.1	76.7
2048	81.276–85.6	81.275.8–85.3	76.8
2049	81.475.9–85.8	81.475.8–85.6	76.9
2050	81.676.1–86	81.575.9–85.8	77
2051	81.776.1–86.3	81.776–86	77.1
2052	81.976.3–86.5	81.876–86.3	77.2
2053	8276.4–86.5	8276.1–86.4	77.3
2054	82.276.6–86.8	82.276.2–86.5	77.4
2055	82.376.7–87	82.376.2–86.8	77.6
2056	82.476.8–87.2	82.576.3–86.9	77.7
2057	82.676.7–87.4	82.676.4–87.1	77.8
2058	82.776.8–87.5	82.876.5–87.4	77.9
2059	82.977–87.9	82.976.6–87.6	78
2060	8377.2–88	83.176.8–87.8	78.1
2061	83.277.1–88.1	83.277–87.8	78.2
2062	83.377.1–88.3	83.477.1–88.1	78.3
2063	83.477.2–88.5	83.577.1–88.3	78.4
2064	83.677.3–88.7	83.777.2–88.6	78.5
2065	83.777.3–88.9	83.877.2–88.7	78.6
2066	83.877.2–89.1	83.977.2–88.9	78.7
2067	8477.2–89.2	84.177.3–89.1	78.8
2068	84.177.3–89.4	84.277.3–89.4	78.9
2069	84.277.5–89.5	84.377.5–89.6	79
2070	84.377.6–89.7	84.577.7–89.8	79.1
2071	84.577.5–90	84.677.9–90	79.2
2072	84.677.8–90.3	84.878.1–90	79.3
2073	84.777.7–90.6	84.978.1–90.2	79.4
2074	84.877.8–90.7	8578.2–90.6	79.4
2075	8577.8–91	85.278.3–90.9	79.5
2076	85.177.8–91	85.378.5–91	79.6
2077	85.278–91.1	85.478.7–91.1	79.7
2078	85.378.4–91.5	85.578.8–91.4	79.8
2079	85.478.4–91.7	85.778.8–91.5	79.9
2080	85.678.6–91.7	85.878.8–91.7	80
2081	85.778.7–92.1	85.978.8–91.9	80.1
2082	85.878.9–92.3	86.179.1–92.1	80.2
2083	85.979–92.3	86.279.4–92.4	80.3
2084	86.178.9–92.5	86.379.3–92.5	80.3
2085	86.279.2–92.7	86.579.4–92.6	80.4
2086	86.379.2–92.8	86.679.6–92.8	80.5
2087	86.479.5–93	86.779.7–92.9	80.6
2088	86.579.6–93.2	86.879.9–93.2	80.7
2089	86.679.7–93.3	8780.1–93.4	80.8
2090	86.879.7–93.4	87.180.2–93.7	80.9
2091	86.979.8–93.6	87.280.1–93.7	81
2092	8780.2–93.8	87.380.2–94	81
2093	87.180.3–94	87.580.6–94.1	81.1
2094	87.280.4–94.3	87.680.9–94.4	81.2
2095	87.380.3–94.1	87.780.9–94.5	81.3
2096	87.480.3–94.4	87.881.2–94.7	81.4
2097	87.580.4–94.8	87.981.1–95	81.5
2098	87.680.7–94.9	88.181.2–95.2	81.6
2099	87.880.7–95.1	88.281.4–95.2	81.7
2100	87.980.6–95.2	88.381.5–95.3	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.
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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