North Macedonia vs Serbia: Life expectancy

Life expectancy in 2023: 77.4 years in North Macedonia and 76.8 years in Serbia, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in North Macedonia, by 0.6 years, or 1.01 times that in Serbia.

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What the numbers say

North Macedonia has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Serbia.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts North Macedonia at 87.5 years and Serbia at 88.3 years in 2100.
The world as a whole: 73.2 years in 2023.

Every year

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Year	North Macedonia	Serbia	World
2023	77.4	76.8	73.2
2022	76.7	75.5	72.6
2021	73.3	72.9	70.9
2020	74.5	74.5	71.9
2019	76.8	76.1	72.6
2018	76.9	76	72.4
2017	76.2	75.8	72.1
2016	75.6	75.7	71.9
2015	75.6	75.7	71.6
2014	75.6	75.5	71.4
2013	75.6	75.4	71.1
2012	75	75.1	70.8
2011	75.1	74.7	70.4
2010	75	74.4	70.1
2009	74.5	74.1	69.7
2008	74.4	73.9	69.3
2007	73.7	73.7	69
2006	73.8	73.4	68.6
2005	73.6	73.1	68.1
2004	73.5	72.9	67.7
2003	73.1	72.7	67.4
2002	72.7	72.6	67.1
2001	73	72.3	66.8
2000	72.6	72.3	66.4
1999	72.3	70	66
1998	71.8	72.3	65.7
1997	71.9	73	65.5
1996	71.9	72.9	65.2
1995	72	72.7	64.9
1994	71.5	72.3	64.3
1993	71.7	71.9	64.4
1992	71.3	71.6	64.3
1991	71.8	71.9	64.1
1990	71.3	72.2	64
1989	71.1	72.3	63.8
1988	70.5	72	63.4
1987	70.4	71.9	63.2
1986	70.3	71.6	62.7
1985	70.2	71.4	62.2
1984	70.2	71.2	61.9
1983	69.7	71.1	61.5
1982	69.8	71	61.3
1981	69.4	71.1	60.9
1980	69.1	71.1	60.5
1979	69.2	71.2	60.2
1978	69.1	71.4	59.5
1977	68.2	71.8	59.2
1976	67.9	71.9	58.6
1975	67.3	71.6	58.3
1974	67.1	71.1	58.1
1973	67.1	70.5	57.7
1972	65.6	70	57.2
1971	65.2	69.7	56
1970	65	69.7	56.3
1969	64	70	56
1968	64.6	70.1	55.6
1967	63.8	70.1	55.1
1966	63.5	69.4	54.6
1965	62.6	68.7	54
1964	61.5	68	54.3
1963	61.4	67.4	53.7
1962	59.3	67	53.2
1961	61.8	66.3	50.4
1960	60.5	65.7	47.8
1959	59.5	65.2	49.6
1958	60.3	64.3	51.6
1957	55.7	63.2	51.1
1956	58.5	61.9	50.7
1955	55.4	61.4	50.2
1954	55.7	60.7	49.7
1953	53.2	59.8	48.8
1952	52.5	57.4	48.2
1951	48.5	55.6	47.1
1950	50.6	55.1	46.4

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	North Macedonia	Serbia	World
2024	77.576.4–78.6	76.975.9–78	73.3
2025	77.776.2–79.2	77.175.7–78.6	73.5
2026	77.875.9–79.6	77.375.4–79.1	73.8
2027	7875.7–80	77.575.4–79.5	73.9
2028	78.175.7–80.4	77.775.3–79.9	74.1
2029	78.275.6–80.7	77.975.2–80.4	74.2
2030	78.475.3–81.1	78.175.1–80.7	74.4
2031	78.575.3–81.3	78.275.1–81.1	74.5
2032	78.775.3–81.6	78.475.2–81.5	74.7
2033	78.875.2–81.9	78.675.2–81.8	74.8
2034	78.975.2–82.1	78.875.3–82	75
2035	79.175.1–82.4	7975.2–82.3	75.1
2036	79.274.9–82.7	79.175.2–82.5	75.3
2037	79.474.9–83	79.375.2–82.8	75.4
2038	79.574.9–83.2	79.575.3–83.1	75.5
2039	79.674.9–83.5	79.775.2–83.3	75.7
2040	79.875–83.6	79.875.3–83.6	75.8
2041	79.975.1–83.9	8075.3–83.8	75.9
2042	80.175.1–84.2	80.275.4–84.2	76.1
2043	80.275–84.4	80.375.6–84.3	76.2
2044	80.475–84.5	80.575.7–84.5	76.3
2045	80.574.8–84.7	80.775.7–84.8	76.5
2046	80.775.1–84.9	80.975.7–84.8	76.6
2047	80.875.1–85.1	8175.8–85.1	76.7
2048	8175.3–85.3	81.275.8–85.3	76.8
2049	81.175.3–85.5	81.475.8–85.6	76.9
2050	81.375.4–85.7	81.575.9–85.8	77
2051	81.475.1–85.9	81.776–86	77.1
2052	81.575.1–86.1	81.876–86.3	77.2
2053	81.775.1–86.4	8276.1–86.4	77.3
2054	81.875.1–86.6	82.276.2–86.5	77.4
2055	8275–86.7	82.376.2–86.8	77.6
2056	82.175–86.8	82.576.3–86.9	77.7
2057	82.275.1–87.1	82.676.4–87.1	77.8
2058	82.474.9–87.3	82.876.5–87.4	77.9
2059	82.574.9–87.3	82.976.6–87.6	78
2060	82.674.9–87.3	83.176.8–87.8	78.1
2061	82.875.1–87.6	83.277–87.8	78.2
2062	82.975.3–87.9	83.477.1–88.1	78.3
2063	8375.3–88.1	83.577.1–88.3	78.4
2064	83.275.5–88.3	83.777.2–88.6	78.5
2065	83.375.5–88.4	83.877.2–88.7	78.6
2066	83.475.5–88.5	83.977.2–88.9	78.7
2067	83.575.7–88.8	84.177.3–89.1	78.8
2068	83.775.8–88.9	84.277.3–89.4	78.9
2069	83.875.6–89.2	84.377.5–89.6	79
2070	83.975.8–89.4	84.577.7–89.8	79.1
2071	84.176–89.4	84.677.9–90	79.2
2072	84.275.9–89.7	84.878.1–90	79.3
2073	84.375.9–90	84.978.1–90.2	79.4
2074	84.576.3–90.2	8578.2–90.6	79.4
2075	84.676.4–90.6	85.278.3–90.9	79.5
2076	84.776.6–90.6	85.378.5–91	79.6
2077	84.876.6–90.8	85.478.7–91.1	79.7
2078	8576.7–90.8	85.578.8–91.4	79.8
2079	85.176.8–90.7	85.778.8–91.5	79.9
2080	85.276.9–90.8	85.878.8–91.7	80
2081	85.377–91	85.978.8–91.9	80.1
2082	85.477.1–91.4	86.179.1–92.1	80.2
2083	85.577.3–91.5	86.279.4–92.4	80.3
2084	85.777.2–91.6	86.379.3–92.5	80.3
2085	85.877.3–91.8	86.579.4–92.6	80.4
2086	85.977.4–91.9	86.679.6–92.8	80.5
2087	8677.4–92.1	86.779.7–92.9	80.6
2088	86.177.4–92.3	86.879.9–93.2	80.7
2089	86.277.6–92.6	8780.1–93.4	80.8
2090	86.477.8–92.8	87.180.2–93.7	80.9
2091	86.577.9–93	87.280.1–93.7	81
2092	86.677.7–93.2	87.380.2–94	81
2093	86.778.2–93.4	87.580.6–94.1	81.1
2094	86.878.2–93.7	87.680.9–94.4	81.2
2095	86.978.1–94	87.780.9–94.5	81.3
2096	87.178.5–94.1	87.881.2–94.7	81.4
2097	87.278.4–94.1	87.981.1–95	81.5
2098	87.378.5–94.4	88.181.2–95.2	81.6
2099	87.478.7–94.4	88.281.4–95.2	81.7
2100	87.579–94.6	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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