Belarus
Life expectancy in Belarus
Life expectancy in Belarus: 58.6 years in 1950 and 74.4 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 74.4 years
- Since 1950
- +15.8 years
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 85.9 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 85.9 years in 2100, between 78 years and 93.2 years (95% prediction interval).
- Older estimates from Our World in Data reach back to 1900: 36.2 years.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Belarus | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 74.4 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 74.4 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 72.2 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 72.3 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 74.3 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 74.3 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 74.4 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 74.2 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 73.8 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 73.3 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 72.7 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 71.8 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 71.1 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 70.5 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 70.4 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 70.4 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 70 | 69 |
| 2006 | 69.4 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 69 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 68.7 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 68.4 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 68.3 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 68.4 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 68.5 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 68.4 | 66 |
| 1998 | 68.3 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 68.5 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 68.6 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 68.8 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 69 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 69.5 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 70.1 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 70.7 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 71.1 | 64 |
| 1989 | 71.5 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 71.8 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 72 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 71.7 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 71.2 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 70.8 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 70.7 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 70.8 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 70.8 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 70.8 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 70.8 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 71 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 71.1 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 71.2 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 71.4 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 71.7 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 71.7 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 71.8 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 71.6 | 56 |
| 1970 | 71.7 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 71.7 | 56 |
| 1968 | 71.9 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 71.9 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 71.8 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 71.6 | 54 |
| 1964 | 71.3 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 70.8 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 70.5 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 70 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 69.3 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 68 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 66.6 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 65.4 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 64.5 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 63.5 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 62.5 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 61.5 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 60.5 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 59.4 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 58.6 | 46.4 |
| 1900 | 36.2 | – |
- 12.3Estimates, Our World in Data
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Belarus | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 74.673.6–75.8 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 74.873.2–76.4 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 7573–76.9 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 75.272.9–77.3 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 75.372.8–77.7 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 75.572.6–78.2 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 75.772.7–78.6 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 75.872.6–78.9 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 7672.6–79.1 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 76.272.5–79.5 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 76.372.6–79.8 | 75 |
| 2035 | 76.572.4–80.3 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 76.772.5–80.6 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 76.872.6–80.8 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 7772.6–81.1 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 77.272.6–81.3 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 77.472.8–81.6 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 77.572.8–82 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 77.772.9–82.1 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 77.972.7–82.3 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 7872.8–82.3 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 78.272.7–82.6 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 78.472.9–82.8 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 78.573.1–83 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 78.773.2–83.3 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 78.873.1–83.4 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 7973.1–83.5 | 77 |
| 2051 | 79.173.3–83.8 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 79.373.3–83.9 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 79.573.4–84.1 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 79.673.4–84.3 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 79.873.5–84.6 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 79.973.6–84.9 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 80.173.6–85 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 80.273.8–85.1 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 80.474–85.2 | 78 |
| 2060 | 80.573.9–85.4 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 80.774–85.8 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 80.874–86 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 8174.2–86 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 81.174.2–86.2 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 81.374.4–86.5 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 81.474.5–86.8 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 81.674.6–86.9 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 81.774.6–87.2 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 81.974.7–87.3 | 79 |
| 2070 | 8274.8–87.5 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 82.274.8–87.7 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 82.375–87.8 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 82.475.2–88.1 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 82.675.2–88.3 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 82.775.4–88.5 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 82.875.4–88.6 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 8375.3–88.7 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 83.175.6–89 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 83.275.7–89.2 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 83.475.8–89.4 | 80 |
| 2081 | 83.575.8–89.6 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 83.676.1–89.8 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 83.876.1–90 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 83.976.2–90.3 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 8476.3–90.5 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 84.176.8–90.8 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 84.376.7–90.9 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 84.476.9–91 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 84.576.9–91.1 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 84.777–91.2 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 84.877–91.2 | 81 |
| 2092 | 84.977.2–91.4 | 81 |
| 2093 | 8577.3–91.7 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 85.177.6–92 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 85.377.6–92.1 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 85.477.7–92.3 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 85.577.7–92.4 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 85.677.8–92.6 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 85.778–93.1 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 85.978–93.2 | 81.7 |
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.
- 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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- Military spending2.4% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$1.83B in 2025
- Military spending per person$215 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel158,000 people in 2020
- National power0.14% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers3.17% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports466 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports1 million TIV in 2025