Syria vs Türkiye: Life expectancy

Life expectancy in 2023: 72.1 years in Syria and 77.2 years in Türkiye, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Türkiye, by 5 years, or 1.07 times that in Syria.

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What the numbers say

Türkiye has been higher since 1996, when it overtook Syria.
In 2023, Syria ranked 143 and Türkiye ranked 87 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Syria at 84 years and Türkiye at 88.6 years in 2100.
The world as a whole: 73.2 years in 2023.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Syria	Türkiye	World
2023	72.1	77.2	73.2
2022	72.8	77.6	72.6
2021	72.4	75.7	70.9
2020	71.9	76.5	71.9
2019	71	77.7	72.6
2018	67.4	77.5	72.4
2017	65.7	77	72.1
2016	65.2	76.6	71.9
2015	63.3	76.5	71.6
2014	65.5	76.5	71.4
2013	65.2	76.2	71.1
2012	66.2	75.6	70.8
2011	72.3	74.8	70.4
2010	73.5	75	70.1
2009	73.5	74.7	69.7
2008	73.4	74.4	69.3
2007	73.3	74.1	69
2006	73	73.8	68.6
2005	72.8	73.5	68.1
2004	72.5	73.2	67.7
2003	72.2	72.9	67.4
2002	71.7	72.6	67.1
2001	71.3	72.3	66.8
2000	70.9	71.9	66.4
1999	70.5	70.8	66
1998	70.2	71.1	65.7
1997	70.2	70.7	65.5
1996	70.2	70.3	65.2
1995	70.2	69.7	64.9
1994	70.3	69.4	64.3
1993	70.3	69	64.4
1992	70.2	68.6	64.3
1991	70.1	68.3	64.1
1990	69.8	67.8	64
1989	69.5	67.4	63.8
1988	69.2	66.9	63.4
1987	68.8	66.4	63.2
1986	68.4	65.9	62.7
1985	68.1	65.3	62.2
1984	67.7	64.8	61.9
1983	67.4	64.3	61.5
1982	60.8	63.7	61.3
1981	64.6	63.2	60.9
1980	66.5	62.7	60.5
1979	66.2	62.2	60.2
1978	65.9	61.6	59.5
1977	65.4	60.9	59.2
1976	64.8	60	58.6
1975	64.2	59.5	58.3
1974	63.4	59	58.1
1973	60.8	58.5	57.7
1972	62	58	57.2
1971	61.3	57.2	56
1970	60.6	56.7	56.3
1969	59.8	56.2	56
1968	59.1	55.6	55.6
1967	58	55.2	55.1
1966	57.6	54.6	54.6
1965	56.9	54.1	54
1964	56.2	53.6	54.3
1963	55.4	53.1	53.7
1962	54.6	52.4	53.2
1961	53.7	51.6	50.4
1960	52.7	50.8	47.8
1959	51.7	50.1	49.6
1958	50.7	49.2	51.6
1957	49.6	49.2	51.1
1956	48.5	49.5	50.7
1955	47.4	49.1	50.2
1954	46.4	48.8	49.7
1953	45.3	48.2	48.8
1952	44.3	48.1	48.2
1951	43.5	47.6	47.1
1950	42.5	47.3	46.4
1947	–	38.1	–
1942	–	31.3	–
1937	–	35.4	–

12.3Estimates, Our World in Data

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Syria	Türkiye	World
2024	72.670.8–74.2	77.476–78.9	73.3
2025	7370.8–75	77.876.1–79.5	73.5
2026	73.470.9–75.7	78.476.4–80.4	73.8
2027	73.670.9–76.1	78.676.2–80.8	73.9
2028	73.770.8–76.5	78.876.2–81.2	74.1
2029	73.970.7–76.9	7976.1–81.5	74.2
2030	7470.7–77.3	79.176.1–81.7	74.4
2031	74.270.6–77.5	79.376.1–82.2	74.5
2032	74.470.5–78	79.576.1–82.5	74.7
2033	74.570.5–78.3	79.776.1–82.9	74.8
2034	74.770.3–78.7	79.976.1–83.2	75
2035	74.870.1–79	8076.3–83.4	75.1
2036	7570.1–79.1	80.276.3–83.7	75.3
2037	75.170.5–79.4	80.476.2–83.9	75.4
2038	75.370.3–79.8	80.576.3–84	75.5
2039	75.470.3–79.9	80.776.3–84.4	75.7
2040	75.670.4–80.2	80.976.3–84.6	75.8
2041	75.770.4–80.5	8176.4–84.7	75.9
2042	75.970.6–80.7	81.276.6–85	76.1
2043	7670.5–80.9	81.476.6–85.3	76.2
2044	76.270.5–81.2	81.576.7–85.6	76.3
2045	76.370.6–81.4	81.776.8–85.8	76.5
2046	76.570.5–81.6	81.977.1–86.1	76.6
2047	76.670.6–81.8	8277.1–86.2	76.7
2048	76.770.7–82.2	82.277–86.4	76.8
2049	76.970.7–82.3	82.377.1–86.7	76.9
2050	7770.6–82.4	82.577.2–86.9	77
2051	77.270.9–82.6	82.677.2–87	77.1
2052	77.370.9–82.9	82.877.3–87.3	77.2
2053	77.571–83.1	82.977.4–87.4	77.3
2054	77.671.1–83.4	83.177.5–87.6	77.4
2055	77.871–83.6	83.277.6–87.8	77.6
2056	77.971–83.7	83.477.6–87.9	77.7
2057	7871–83.9	83.577.7–88.2	77.8
2058	78.270.9–84	83.677.9–88.4	77.9
2059	78.370.8–84.2	83.878–88.6	78
2060	78.571.1–84.2	83.978–88.8	78.1
2061	78.670.8–84.4	8477.9–89	78.2
2062	78.771.1–84.7	84.278.1–89.2	78.3
2063	78.971.2–84.9	84.378–89.3	78.4
2064	7971.2–84.9	84.478–89.5	78.5
2065	79.271.3–85.2	84.678.3–89.7	78.6
2066	79.371.4–85.3	84.778.3–89.7	78.7
2067	79.571.5–85.6	84.878.4–90	78.8
2068	79.671.6–85.8	84.978.4–90.5	78.9
2069	79.871.7–86.1	85.178.7–90.6	79
2070	79.971.6–86.2	85.278.8–90.7	79.1
2071	8071.6–86.4	85.378.9–90.8	79.2
2072	80.271.7–86.8	85.478.8–91	79.3
2073	80.471.7–86.9	85.678.9–91.1	79.4
2074	80.571.8–87.1	85.779.1–91.2	79.4
2075	80.671.8–87.4	85.879.4–91.6	79.5
2076	80.872.1–87.4	85.979.3–91.8	79.6
2077	80.972.1–87.6	86.179.3–91.9	79.7
2078	81.172.1–87.6	86.279.6–92.1	79.8
2079	81.272.5–87.7	86.379.5–92.3	79.9
2080	81.472.2–87.9	86.479.6–92.4	80
2081	81.572.5–88.2	86.579.9–92.7	80.1
2082	81.672.5–88.2	86.680.1–92.7	80.2
2083	81.872.5–88.3	86.780.1–93	80.3
2084	81.972.6–88.3	86.980.1–93	80.3
2085	8272.8–88.5	8780–93.2	80.4
2086	82.272.8–88.6	87.180.3–93.5	80.5
2087	82.372.9–88.6	87.280.4–93.6	80.6
2088	82.472.9–88.8	87.380.7–93.8	80.7
2089	82.673.1–89.1	87.480.7–94	80.8
2090	82.772.9–89.3	87.580.9–94	80.9
2091	82.873.2–89.5	87.680.9–94.2	81
2092	8373.1–89.7	87.880.9–94.4	81
2093	83.173–89.7	87.981.2–94.7	81.1
2094	83.273.1–90	8881.1–94.6	81.2
2095	83.473.2–90.1	88.181.1–94.8	81.3
2096	83.573.3–90.6	88.281.2–95	81.4
2097	83.673.5–90.6	88.381.4–95.3	81.5
2098	83.773.5–90.8	88.481.5–95.3	81.6
2099	83.973.5–90.8	88.581.4–95.6	81.7
2100	8473.3–91	88.681.6–95.9	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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