Thailand vs Vietnam: Life expectancy

Life expectancy in 2023: 76.4 years in Thailand and 74.6 years in Vietnam, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Thailand, by 1.8 years, or 1.02 times that in Vietnam.

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What the numbers say

Thailand has been higher since 2006, when it overtook Vietnam.
In 2023, Thailand ranked 96 and Vietnam ranked 118 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Thailand at 88.4 years and Vietnam at 86.1 years in 2100.
The world as a whole: 73.2 years in 2023.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Thailand	Vietnam	World
2023	76.4	74.6	73.2
2022	75.3	74.5	72.6
2021	77.6	74.1	70.9
2020	77.3	75.4	71.9
2019	77.2	74.2	72.6
2018	77.2	74.1	72.4
2017	77	74	72.1
2016	76.8	74	71.9
2015	76.6	74	71.6
2014	76.3	73.9	71.4
2013	76	73.8	71.1
2012	75.6	73.8	70.8
2011	75.3	73.7	70.4
2010	75	73.6	70.1
2009	74.7	73.5	69.7
2008	74.2	73.5	69.3
2007	73.8	73.4	69
2006	73.3	73.3	68.6
2005	72.9	73.2	68.1
2004	72.1	73.1	67.7
2003	72.1	73.2	67.4
2002	71.8	73.1	67.1
2001	71.5	73	66.8
2000	71.2	72.8	66.4
1999	71	72.6	66
1998	70.7	72.3	65.7
1997	70.4	71.7	65.5
1996	69.9	71.3	65.2
1995	69.8	70.9	64.9
1994	69.7	70.4	64.3
1993	69.6	70	64.4
1992	69.4	69.6	64.3
1991	69.1	69.3	64.1
1990	68.9	69	64
1989	68.6	68.8	63.8
1988	68.2	68.6	63.4
1987	67.8	68	63.2
1986	67.3	67.6	62.7
1985	66.5	67.2	62.2
1984	65.6	66.9	61.9
1983	64.5	66.5	61.5
1982	63.6	66.2	61.3
1981	62.9	65.8	60.9
1980	62.2	65.3	60.5
1979	61.7	65	60.2
1978	61.3	64.5	59.5
1977	60.9	64.1	59.2
1976	60.4	63.7	58.6
1975	59.7	61.9	58.3
1974	59	54.8	58.1
1973	58.3	55.7	57.7
1972	57.8	51.9	57.2
1971	57.1	55.6	56
1970	56.5	54.9	56.3
1969	55.7	54.8	56
1968	55	52.7	55.6
1967	54.3	56.7	55.1
1966	53.7	56.9	54.6
1965	53.1	57	54
1964	52.5	57.5	54.3
1963	52	56.9	53.7
1962	51.4	58.2	53.2
1961	51.1	58.5	50.4
1960	50.6	58.1	47.8
1959	50.1	57.4	49.6
1958	49.6	56.8	51.6
1957	49.1	56.2	51.1
1956	48.6	55.5	50.7
1955	48.1	54.8	50.2
1954	47.6	52	49.7
1953	47.1	50	48.8
1952	46.5	49.4	48.2
1951	45.9	48.7	47.1
1950	45.2	48	46.4
1948	49.9	–	–
1947	41.8	–	–
1941	38.3	–	–
1937	40.3	–	–

12.3Estimates, Our World in Data

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Thailand	Vietnam	World
2024	76.675.6–77.6	74.773.7–75.9	73.3
2025	76.875.3–78.2	74.973.3–76.5	73.5
2026	77.175.3–78.8	75.173.1–76.9	73.8
2027	77.375.3–79.3	75.272.9–77.3	73.9
2028	77.575.2–79.7	75.472.8–77.7	74.1
2029	77.775.2–80.1	75.572.7–78.1	74.2
2030	77.975.2–80.5	75.772.6–78.5	74.4
2031	78.175.2–80.9	75.872.5–78.7	74.5
2032	78.375–81.2	7672.7–79	74.7
2033	78.575.1–81.7	76.272.4–79.2	74.8
2034	78.775.2–81.9	76.372.4–79.6	75
2035	78.975.2–82.2	76.572.4–79.9	75.1
2036	79.175.2–82.6	76.772.3–80.2	75.3
2037	79.375.3–82.9	76.872.5–80.5	75.4
2038	79.575.4–83.2	7772.4–80.9	75.5
2039	79.775.3–83.4	77.172.5–81.1	75.7
2040	79.975.5–83.7	77.372.6–81.4	75.8
2041	80.175.7–84	77.572.6–81.7	75.9
2042	80.375.7–84.2	77.672.7–81.9	76.1
2043	80.576–84.4	77.872.6–82.1	76.2
2044	80.775.9–84.6	77.972.6–82.4	76.3
2045	80.976–84.9	78.172.8–82.6	76.5
2046	8176–85	78.372.7–82.8	76.6
2047	81.276–85.2	78.472.6–83	76.7
2048	81.476.3–85.3	78.672.7–83.3	76.8
2049	81.676.3–85.6	78.872.7–83.5	76.9
2050	81.776.3–85.9	78.972.9–83.8	77
2051	81.976.4–86.1	79.172.8–84	77.1
2052	82.176.6–86.5	79.272.9–84.3	77.2
2053	82.276.4–86.6	79.473–84.5	77.3
2054	82.476.5–86.8	79.672.8–84.5	77.4
2055	82.576.7–87.2	79.772.9–84.8	77.6
2056	82.776.8–87.3	79.972.8–84.9	77.7
2057	82.876.8–87.5	8072.8–85.2	77.8
2058	8377–87.8	80.273–85.4	77.9
2059	83.177.2–88	80.373.2–85.6	78
2060	83.377.4–88.3	80.573.2–85.9	78.1
2061	83.477.5–88.4	80.673.2–86	78.2
2062	83.677.7–88.5	80.873.5–86.2	78.3
2063	83.777.7–88.7	8173.4–86.2	78.4
2064	83.977.6–89	81.173.6–86.3	78.5
2065	8477.8–89.1	81.373.6–86.5	78.6
2066	84.178–89.3	81.473.3–86.6	78.7
2067	84.378.2–89.6	81.573.5–86.7	78.8
2068	84.478.4–89.7	81.773.7–87	78.9
2069	84.678.3–89.8	81.873.7–87	79
2070	84.778.4–90	8274–87.3	79.1
2071	84.878.6–90.3	82.174–87.5	79.2
2072	8578.7–90.6	82.374.1–87.8	79.3
2073	85.178.6–90.7	82.474.2–88	79.4
2074	85.279–91.1	82.674.3–88.2	79.4
2075	85.479–91.3	82.774.4–88.4	79.5
2076	85.579.1–91.3	82.974.5–88.7	79.6
2077	85.679.1–91.6	8374.5–88.8	79.7
2078	85.779.2–91.7	83.174.4–89.1	79.8
2079	85.979.4–91.9	83.374.8–89.4	79.9
2080	8679.4–92	83.474.8–89.6	80
2081	86.179.6–92.2	83.675–89.8	80.1
2082	86.279.7–92.3	83.775.2–90.1	80.2
2083	86.480–92.6	83.875.4–90.4	80.3
2084	86.580–92.7	8475.6–90.7	80.3
2085	86.680–93	84.175.8–90.9	80.4
2086	86.780.1–93.1	84.375.6–90.8	80.5
2087	86.980.1–93.2	84.475.8–91.2	80.6
2088	8780.3–93.5	84.575.9–91.1	80.7
2089	87.180.5–93.5	84.776–91.3	80.8
2090	87.280.5–93.9	84.876.2–91.6	80.9
2091	87.480.8–93.9	84.976.2–91.5	81
2092	87.580.9–94	8576.4–91.8	81
2093	87.681.1–94.1	85.276.4–91.9	81.1
2094	87.781.1–94.5	85.376.8–92.1	81.2
2095	87.881.2–94.7	85.476.8–92.4	81.3
2096	8881.3–94.9	85.676.9–92.7	81.4
2097	88.181.2–95.1	85.777.1–92.8	81.5
2098	88.281.3–95.2	85.877.1–93	81.6
2099	88.381.7–95.5	8677.1–93	81.7
2100	88.481.5–95.5	86.177.5–93.2	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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