Morocco vs Western Sahara: Life expectancy

Life expectancy in 2023: 75.3 years in Morocco and 71.4 years in Western Sahara, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Morocco, by 3.9 years, or 1.05 times that in Western Sahara.

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What the numbers say

Morocco has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
In 2023, Morocco ranked 111 and Western Sahara ranked 153 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Morocco at 86.3 years and Western Sahara at 83 years in 2100.
The world as a whole: 73.2 years in 2023.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Morocco	Western Sahara	World
2023	75.3	71.4	73.2
2022	75.2	71.1	72.6
2021	73.4	70.9	70.9
2020	73.1	70.6	71.9
2019	74.2	70.4	72.6
2018	74	70.1	72.4
2017	73.6	69.9	72.1
2016	73.2	69.6	71.9
2015	72.9	69.3	71.6
2014	72.5	69	71.4
2013	72.1	68.6	71.1
2012	71.7	68.2	70.8
2011	71.3	67.9	70.4
2010	70.8	67.5	70.1
2009	70.5	67.1	69.7
2008	70.1	66.6	69.3
2007	69.6	66.1	69
2006	69.2	65.7	68.6
2005	68.8	65.2	68.1
2004	68.3	64.7	67.7
2003	68	64.2	67.4
2002	67.6	63.7	67.1
2001	67.2	63.2	66.8
2000	66.8	62.7	66.4
1999	66.4	62.2	66
1998	66	61.7	65.7
1997	65.6	61.2	65.5
1996	65.2	60.7	65.2
1995	64.7	60.2	64.9
1994	64.4	59.7	64.3
1993	63.9	59.2	64.4
1992	63.4	58.7	64.3
1991	62.9	58.2	64.1
1990	62.4	57.7	64
1989	61.8	51.5	63.8
1988	61.2	52.1	63.4
1987	60.6	48.9	63.2
1986	60	48.5	62.7
1985	59.2	47.8	62.2
1984	58.4	46.9	61.9
1983	57.7	46.1	61.5
1982	56.9	45.2	61.3
1981	56	44.2	60.9
1980	55.2	39.4	60.5
1979	54.4	37.6	60.2
1978	53.6	40.4	59.5
1977	52.8	38.3	59.2
1976	52.1	36.3	58.6
1975	51.4	36	58.3
1974	50.8	45	58.1
1973	50.2	44.2	57.7
1972	49.7	43.5	57.2
1971	49.2	42.9	56
1970	48.7	42.7	56.3
1969	48.2	42.2	56
1968	47.7	41.8	55.6
1967	47.1	41.4	55.1
1966	46.5	41	54.6
1965	45.9	40.6	54
1964	45.4	40.2	54.3
1963	44.8	39.8	53.7
1962	44.2	39.5	53.2
1961	43.7	39.1	50.4
1960	41.7	38.7	47.8
1959	42.7	38.3	49.6
1958	42.2	37.9	51.6
1957	41.7	37.6	51.1
1956	41.2	37.2	50.7
1955	40.8	36.8	50.2
1954	40.4	36.4	49.7
1953	40	36	48.8
1952	39.6	35.7	48.2
1951	39.2	35.3	47.1
1950	38.8	34.9	46.4

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Morocco	Western Sahara	World
2024	75.574.3–76.6	71.670.3–72.9	73.3
2025	75.774–77.2	71.870–73.6	73.5
2026	75.973.8–77.8	7269.6–74.2	73.8
2027	7673.6–78.3	72.269.4–74.5	73.9
2028	76.273.4–78.8	72.369.4–74.9	74.1
2029	76.473.4–79.1	72.569.4–75.4	74.2
2030	76.573.5–79.5	72.769.2–75.9	74.4
2031	76.773.5–79.8	72.969.1–76.2	74.5
2032	76.973.5–80.3	7369–76.6	74.7
2033	7773.4–80.5	73.269–76.8	74.8
2034	77.273.1–80.7	73.469–77.4	75
2035	77.473.3–81	73.568.9–77.8	75.1
2036	77.573.3–81.3	73.769–78.1	75.3
2037	77.773.3–81.7	73.869.2–78.5	75.4
2038	77.873.4–82.1	7469.3–78.7	75.5
2039	7873.4–82.2	74.169.2–78.9	75.7
2040	78.273.5–82.4	74.369.2–79.4	75.8
2041	78.373.5–82.7	74.569.3–79.6	75.9
2042	78.573.4–82.9	74.669.2–79.8	76.1
2043	78.773.6–83.2	74.869.2–80.2	76.2
2044	78.873.4–83.3	74.969.2–80.4	76.3
2045	7973.5–83.6	75.169–80.6	76.5
2046	79.173.7–83.9	75.269.2–81	76.6
2047	79.373.8–84.2	75.469.4–81.3	76.7
2048	79.573.7–84.3	75.669.3–81.5	76.8
2049	79.673.7–84.4	75.769.3–81.8	76.9
2050	79.873.8–84.6	75.969.4–81.9	77
2051	79.973.7–84.9	7669.5–82.3	77.1
2052	80.174–85.1	76.269.6–82.4	77.2
2053	80.274–85.4	76.369.4–82.7	77.3
2054	80.474.1–85.7	76.569.5–82.8	77.4
2055	80.573.9–85.9	76.669.5–83.1	77.6
2056	80.774.1–85.9	76.869.5–83.1	77.7
2057	80.873.8–86.3	76.969.4–83.5	77.8
2058	8173.9–86.3	77.169.3–83.7	77.9
2059	81.173.9–86.6	77.369.4–84	78
2060	81.373.9–86.7	77.469.5–84.1	78.1
2061	81.474–87	77.669.5–84.3	78.2
2062	81.674.3–87.1	77.769.7–84.4	78.3
2063	81.774.3–87.2	77.969.9–84.6	78.4
2064	81.874.3–87.5	7870.1–84.9	78.5
2065	8274.6–87.6	78.270.1–85.1	78.6
2066	82.174.5–87.8	78.369.9–85.3	78.7
2067	82.274.6–87.9	78.570.2–85.5	78.8
2068	82.474.6–88.2	78.670.2–85.8	78.9
2069	82.574.8–88.3	78.870.4–85.8	79
2070	82.674.7–88.2	78.970.4–86.1	79.1
2071	82.875–88.5	79.170.5–86.3	79.2
2072	82.975.1–88.6	79.270.6–86.5	79.3
2073	83.175–88.7	79.470.5–86.6	79.4
2074	83.275.2–88.9	79.570.5–86.9	79.4
2075	83.375.2–89.1	79.770.6–86.8	79.5
2076	83.475.3–89.4	79.870.7–86.8	79.6
2077	83.675.2–89.5	79.970.8–87.2	79.7
2078	83.775.4–89.8	80.170.7–87.3	79.8
2079	83.875.5–89.7	80.270.8–87.5	79.9
2080	83.975.4–90	80.470.9–87.5	80
2081	84.175.9–90.1	80.570.8–87.5	80.1
2082	84.275.8–90.3	80.671–87.7	80.2
2083	84.376.1–90.7	80.871–87.8	80.3
2084	84.476.1–90.6	80.970.8–88	80.3
2085	84.676–90.8	81.171–88.2	80.4
2086	84.776.1–91	81.271.3–88.4	80.5
2087	84.876.2–91.3	81.371–88.5	80.6
2088	84.976.5–91.4	81.571.1–88.7	80.7
2089	8576.4–91.4	81.671.4–88.9	80.8
2090	85.176.4–91.7	81.771.1–89	80.9
2091	85.376.4–91.7	81.971.1–89.1	81
2092	85.476.6–92	8271.1–89.2	81
2093	85.576.5–92	82.171.4–89.2	81.1
2094	85.676.7–92.1	82.271.4–89.3	81.2
2095	85.776.8–92.3	82.471.7–89.5	81.3
2096	85.877–92.3	82.571.7–89.6	81.4
2097	85.977–92.3	82.671.8–89.6	81.5
2098	8677.1–92.7	82.772.1–90	81.6
2099	86.177.2–92.7	82.972.1–90.1	81.7
2100	86.377.1–92.9	8372.1–90.3	81.7

Each country on its own

Good to know

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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time

Morocco vs Western Sahara

Health

Infant mortalityMorocco: 14.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Western Sahara: 23.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023

People

Conflict

Deaths in conflictsMorocco: 0 deaths in 2022Western Sahara: 0 deaths in 2022