Life expectancy in Barbados

Life expectancy in Barbados: 53.6 years in 1950 and 76.2 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 76.2 years
Since 1950: +22.6 years
Rank, 2023: 102 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 73.2 years
Projected, 2100: 86.9 years; UN projection (medium variant)

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years · UN

Estimates, UNUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

What the numbers say

The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 86.9 years in 2100, between 78.5 years and 94.4 years (95% prediction interval).
The highest was 76.7 years in 2020, the lowest 53.6 years in 1950.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Barbados	World
2023	76.2	73.2
2022	75.7	72.6
2021	76.6	70.9
2020	76.7	71.9
2019	76.5	72.6
2018	76.4	72.4
2017	76.2	72.1
2016	76.2	71.9
2015	76.1	71.6
2014	75.9	71.4
2013	75.8	71.1
2012	75.7	70.8
2011	75.6	70.4
2010	75.5	70.1
2009	75.5	69.7
2008	75.3	69.3
2007	75.3	69
2006	75.1	68.6
2005	75	68.1
2004	75.2	67.7
2003	74.9	67.4
2002	74.8	67.1
2001	74.7	66.8
2000	74.6	66.4
1999	74.6	66
1998	74.5	65.7
1997	74	65.5
1996	74.1	65.2
1995	73.9	64.9
1994	73.8	64.3
1993	73.7	64.4
1992	73.6	64.3
1991	73.5	64.1
1990	73.5	64
1989	73.4	63.8
1988	73.4	63.4
1987	73.5	63.2
1986	73.4	62.7
1985	73.3	62.2
1984	73.3	61.9
1983	73.2	61.5
1982	72.9	61.3
1981	72.6	60.9
1980	72.1	60.5
1979	71.6	60.2
1978	71.1	59.5
1977	70.6	59.2
1976	70.1	58.6
1975	69.8	58.3
1974	69.4	58.1
1973	69.1	57.7
1972	69.1	57.2
1971	68.8	56
1970	68.5	56.3
1969	68.5	56
1968	68.2	55.6
1967	67.9	55.1
1966	67.7	54.6
1965	67.2	54
1964	66.7	54.3
1963	66.2	53.7
1962	65.7	53.2
1961	65	50.4
1960	64.2	47.8
1959	63.3	49.6
1958	62.5	51.6
1957	61.7	51.1
1956	60.5	50.7
1955	59	50.2
1954	58.3	49.7
1953	57	48.8
1952	55.9	48.2
1951	54.7	47.1
1950	53.6	46.4

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Barbados	World
2024	76.375.2–77.4	73.3
2025	76.574.9–78	73.5
2026	76.674.7–78.6	73.8
2027	76.874.6–79	73.9
2028	7774.5–79.3	74.1
2029	77.174.4–79.7	74.2
2030	77.374.4–80.2	74.4
2031	77.474.3–80.5	74.5
2032	77.674.3–80.8	74.7
2033	77.774.3–81.1	74.8
2034	77.974.2–81.3	75
2035	7874.1–81.5	75.1
2036	78.274.1–81.7	75.3
2037	78.374.1–82	75.4
2038	78.574.2–82.4	75.5
2039	78.674.1–82.6	75.7
2040	78.874.1–82.8	75.8
2041	78.974.2–83.1	75.9
2042	79.174–83.4	76.1
2043	79.374.1–83.7	76.2
2044	79.474.1–83.9	76.3
2045	79.674.2–84.1	76.5
2046	79.774.2–84.4	76.6
2047	79.974.1–84.5	76.7
2048	8074–84.7	76.8
2049	80.274.1–84.8	76.9
2050	80.374.3–85	77
2051	80.574.2–85.3	77.1
2052	80.674.2–85.6	77.2
2053	80.874.1–85.7	77.3
2054	80.974.4–85.9	77.4
2055	81.174.1–85.9	77.6
2056	81.274.2–86.2	77.7
2057	81.474.4–86.4	77.8
2058	81.574.2–86.6	77.9
2059	81.774.3–86.9	78
2060	81.874.4–87	78.1
2061	8274.7–87.2	78.2
2062	82.174.6–87.5	78.3
2063	82.274.9–87.7	78.4
2064	82.474.9–87.8	78.5
2065	82.574.9–88	78.6
2066	82.674.9–88.1	78.7
2067	82.875.2–88.3	78.8
2068	82.975.3–88.3	78.9
2069	8375.2–88.6	79
2070	83.275.2–88.6	79.1
2071	83.375.5–89	79.2
2072	83.475.6–89.1	79.3
2073	83.675.6–89.2	79.4
2074	83.775.8–89.5	79.4
2075	83.875.9–89.6	79.5
2076	8476–90	79.6
2077	84.176–90.1	79.7
2078	84.276.1–90.3	79.8
2079	84.376–90.4	79.9
2080	84.576.2–90.7	80
2081	84.676.3–90.8	80.1
2082	84.776.2–91	80.2
2083	84.976.4–91.4	80.3
2084	8576.6–91.6	80.3
2085	85.176.8–91.7	80.4
2086	85.277–91.9	80.5
2087	85.477.1–92	80.6
2088	85.577.1–92.2	80.7
2089	85.677.2–92.5	80.8
2090	85.777.3–92.6	80.9
2091	85.877.5–92.7	81
2092	85.977.7–92.9	81
2093	86.177.7–93.1	81.1
2094	86.277.7–93.2	81.2
2095	86.377.6–93.5	81.3
2096	86.478.1–93.7	81.4
2097	86.578.4–93.8	81.5
2098	86.678–94.1	81.6
2099	86.878.3–94.3	81.7
2100	86.978.5–94.4	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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