Bhutan
Life expectancy in Bhutan
Life expectancy in Bhutan: 35.3 years in 1950 and 73 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 73 years
- Since 1950
- +37.7 years
- Rank, 2023
- 132 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 86.9 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 86.9 years in 2100, between 78.7 years and 94.3 years (95% prediction interval).
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Bhutan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 73 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 72.8 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 72.5 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 72.3 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 72 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 71.7 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 71.4 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 71.1 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 70.8 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 70.5 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 70.2 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 69.8 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 69.3 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 68.8 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 68.2 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 67.7 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 67.2 | 69 |
| 2006 | 66.5 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 65.9 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 65.3 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 64.7 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 64 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 63.3 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 61.8 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 62 | 66 |
| 1998 | 61.3 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 60.6 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 60 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 59.3 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 58.4 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 57.9 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 57.2 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 56.5 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 55.8 | 64 |
| 1989 | 55.1 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 54.4 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 53.6 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 52.8 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 52 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 51.3 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 50.6 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 49.8 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 49 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 48.2 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 47.5 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 46.7 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 46 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 45.2 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 44.5 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 43.8 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 43.1 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 42.5 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 41.8 | 56 |
| 1970 | 41.2 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 40.6 | 56 |
| 1968 | 40 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 39.4 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 38.8 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 38.3 | 54 |
| 1964 | 37.8 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 37.4 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 37 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 36.7 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 36.4 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 36.1 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 35.9 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 35.8 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 35.6 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 35.5 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 35.4 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 35.4 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 35.4 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 35.3 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 35.3 | 46.4 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Bhutan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 73.372–74.5 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 73.571.7–75.2 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 73.871.5–75.8 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 74.171.3–76.4 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 74.371.3–77 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 74.671.3–77.5 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 74.871.4–78 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 7571.5–78.4 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 75.371.5–78.8 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 75.571.7–79 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 75.771.7–79.4 | 75 |
| 2035 | 7671.7–79.9 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 76.271.8–80.3 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 76.471.7–80.6 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 76.671.9–81 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 76.871.9–81.3 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 77.172.1–81.7 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 77.372.1–81.9 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 77.572.4–82.4 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 77.772.5–82.7 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 77.972.5–83 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 78.172.8–83.4 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 78.372.8–83.6 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 78.572.9–83.8 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 78.772.8–83.9 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 78.972.9–84.2 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 79.172.9–84.4 | 77 |
| 2051 | 79.373–84.7 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 79.573.1–85 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 79.773.5–85.3 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 79.973.6–85.4 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 8073.4–85.7 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 80.273.4–85.9 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 80.473.6–86.2 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 80.673.8–86.4 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 80.873.8–86.6 | 78 |
| 2060 | 8174.1–86.6 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 81.273.9–87 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 81.374.2–87.3 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 81.574.3–87.4 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 81.774.4–87.6 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 81.974.6–87.8 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 8274.5–88 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 82.274.7–88.1 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 82.474.7–88.3 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 82.674.9–88.5 | 79 |
| 2070 | 82.775.1–88.8 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 82.975.3–89.1 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 83.175.5–89.4 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 83.275.5–89.3 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 83.475.4–89.5 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 83.575.6–89.7 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 83.775.7–90 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 83.876.1–90.2 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 8476–90.3 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 84.176.3–90.4 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 84.376.4–90.5 | 80 |
| 2081 | 84.476.6–90.6 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 84.676.6–90.6 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 84.776.7–91 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 84.976.8–91.1 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 8576.9–91.4 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 85.177.2–91.4 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 85.377.5–91.5 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 85.477.6–91.8 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 85.677.5–91.9 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 85.777.8–92.2 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 85.877.7–92.3 | 81 |
| 2092 | 85.977.9–92.7 | 81 |
| 2093 | 86.178–92.9 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 86.277.8–93.2 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 86.377.9–93.2 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 86.478–93.3 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 86.678.2–93.4 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 86.778.4–93.7 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 86.878.5–93.8 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 86.978.7–94.3 | 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.
- 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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