Life expectancy in Cape Verde

Life expectancy in Cape Verde: 44.9 years in 1950 and 76.1 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 76.1 years
Since 1950: +31.1 years
Rank, 2023: 103 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 73.2 years
Projected, 2100: 87.6 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 87.6 years in 2100, between 78.8 years and 95.2 years (95% prediction interval).

Every year

years · UN

Year	Cape Verde	World
2023	76.1	73.2
2022	75.9	72.6
2021	74.4	70.9
2020	73.8	71.9
2019	75.5	72.6
2018	74.8	72.4
2017	74.7	72.1
2016	74.4	71.9
2015	74.1	71.6
2014	73.8	71.4
2013	73.5	71.1
2012	73.3	70.8
2011	72.9	70.4
2010	72.5	70.1
2009	72.1	69.7
2008	71.9	69.3
2007	71.5	69
2006	71.3	68.6
2005	70.9	68.1
2004	70.5	67.7
2003	70	67.4
2002	69.5	67.1
2001	68.7	66.8
2000	68.1	66.4
1999	67.4	66
1998	66.7	65.7
1997	66.1	65.5
1996	65.5	65.2
1995	63.7	64.9
1994	64.7	64.3
1993	64.5	64.4
1992	64.3	64.3
1991	64.1	64.1
1990	63.9	64
1989	63.6	63.8
1988	63.2	63.4
1987	62.9	63.2
1986	62.6	62.7
1985	62.3	62.2
1984	61.8	61.9
1983	61.8	61.5
1982	61.5	61.3
1981	61.3	60.9
1980	61	60.5
1979	60.7	60.2
1978	60.4	59.5
1977	60	59.2
1976	59.4	58.6
1975	59	58.3
1974	58.4	58.1
1973	58	57.7
1972	57.5	57.2
1971	57	56
1970	56.6	56.3
1969	56	56
1968	55.4	55.6
1967	54.7	55.1
1966	53.9	54.6
1965	53	54
1964	52.1	54.3
1963	51.1	53.7
1962	50.2	53.2
1961	49.4	50.4
1960	48.7	47.8
1959	48.2	49.6
1958	47.7	51.6
1957	47.4	51.1
1956	47.1	50.7
1955	46.9	50.2
1954	46.6	49.7
1953	46.4	48.8
1952	46.2	48.2
1951	45.6	47.1
1950	44.9	46.4

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Cape Verde	World
2024	76.275.1–77.3	73.3
2025	76.474.8–78	73.5
2026	76.674.6–78.4	73.8
2027	76.774.5–78.8	73.9
2028	76.974.3–79.3	74.1
2029	77.174.3–79.6	74.2
2030	77.274.3–79.9	74.4
2031	77.474.1–80.3	74.5
2032	77.674.2–80.7	74.7
2033	77.874.1–81	74.8
2034	77.974.1–81.3	75
2035	78.174.1–81.7	75.1
2036	78.374.2–81.9	75.3
2037	78.574.2–82.3	75.4
2038	78.674.2–82.6	75.5
2039	78.874.4–82.9	75.7
2040	7974.3–83.1	75.8
2041	79.174.2–83.4	75.9
2042	79.374.6–83.6	76.1
2043	79.574.3–83.7	76.2
2044	79.674.1–84	76.3
2045	79.874.2–84.2	76.5
2046	8074.5–84.6	76.6
2047	80.274.6–84.8	76.7
2048	80.374.6–85	76.8
2049	80.574.7–85.2	76.9
2050	80.774.9–85.3	77
2051	80.874.9–85.6	77.1
2052	8174.9–86	77.2
2053	81.274.9–86	77.3
2054	81.374.8–86.3	77.4
2055	81.574.7–86.5	77.6
2056	81.674.9–86.7	77.7
2057	81.875–86.9	77.8
2058	8275.2–87.1	77.9
2059	82.175.4–87.3	78
2060	82.375.4–87.4	78.1
2061	82.475.4–87.6	78.2
2062	82.675.4–87.8	78.3
2063	82.775.4–88	78.4
2064	82.975.3–88.1	78.5
2065	8375.5–88.4	78.6
2066	83.275.6–88.6	78.7
2067	83.375.6–88.8	78.8
2068	83.475.8–88.9	78.9
2069	83.676–89.1	79
2070	83.776–89.3	79.1
2071	83.976.3–89.6	79.2
2072	8476.3–89.6	79.3
2073	84.276.3–90	79.4
2074	84.376.6–90.1	79.4
2075	84.476.4–90.4	79.5
2076	84.676.6–90.6	79.6
2077	84.776.7–90.8	79.7
2078	84.876.8–91	79.8
2079	8576.9–91	79.9
2080	85.176.8–91.2	80
2081	85.277.1–91.5	80.1
2082	85.477.4–91.8	80.2
2083	85.577.3–92	80.3
2084	85.677.4–92.2	80.3
2085	85.777.5–92.4	80.4
2086	85.977.6–92.5	80.5
2087	8677.8–92.8	80.6
2088	86.177.8–92.8	80.7
2089	86.278–93.2	80.8
2090	86.478–93.3	80.9
2091	86.577.9–93.6	81
2092	86.678.1–93.8	81
2093	86.778–93.9	81.1
2094	86.878.1–94.3	81.2
2095	8778.4–94.5	81.3
2096	87.178.8–94.7	81.4
2097	87.279.2–95	81.5
2098	87.379–95	81.6
2099	87.579–95	81.7
2100	87.678.8–95.2	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.
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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