Life expectancy in Canada

Life expectancy in Canada: 68.2 years in 1950 and 82.6 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 82.6 years
Since 1950: +14.4 years
Rank, 2023: 24 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 73.2 years
Projected, 2100: 91.8 years; UN projection (medium variant)

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years · UN

Estimates, UNEstimates, Our World in DataUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

What the numbers say

The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 91.8 years in 2100, between 85 years and 99.3 years (95% prediction interval).
Older estimates from Our World in Data reach back to 1831: 39.1 years.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Canada	World
2023	82.6	73.2
2022	81.3	72.6
2021	82	70.9
2020	81.7	71.9
2019	82.3	72.6
2018	81.9	72.4
2017	81.9	72.1
2016	82	71.9
2015	81.9	71.6
2014	81.8	71.4
2013	81.8	71.1
2012	81.7	70.8
2011	81.5	70.4
2010	81.3	70.1
2009	81.1	69.7
2008	80.7	69.3
2007	80.5	69
2006	80.5	68.6
2005	80.1	68.1
2004	80	67.7
2003	79.7	67.4
2002	79.6	67.1
2001	79.5	66.8
2000	79.2	66.4
1999	78.9	66
1998	78.7	65.7
1997	78.5	65.5
1996	78.3	65.2
1995	78	64.9
1994	77.9	64.3
1993	77.7	64.4
1992	77.9	64.3
1991	77.6	64.1
1990	77.4	64
1989	77.1	63.8
1988	76.9	63.4
1987	76.8	63.2
1986	76.5	62.7
1985	76.4	62.2
1984	76.4	61.9
1983	76.1	61.5
1982	75.7	61.3
1981	75.5	60.9
1980	75.1	60.5
1979	74.8	60.2
1978	74.5	59.5
1977	74.2	59.2
1976	73.9	58.6
1975	73.5	58.3
1974	73.1	58.1
1973	73.1	57.7
1972	72.8	57.2
1971	73	56
1970	72.6	56.3
1969	72.4	56
1968	72.2	55.6
1967	72.1	55.1
1966	71.9	54.6
1965	71.8	54
1964	71.6	54.3
1963	71.3	53.7
1962	71.2	53.2
1961	71.2	50.4
1960	71	47.8
1959	70.6	49.6
1958	70.6	51.6
1957	69.9	51.1
1956	70	50.7
1955	70	50.2
1954	69.9	49.7
1953	69.1	48.8
1952	68.7	48.2
1951	68.5	47.1
1950	68.2	46.4
1949	67.6	–
1948	67.3	–
1947	66.8	–
1946	66.4	–
1945	66.3	–
1944	65.3	–
1943	64.6	–
1942	64.6	–
1941	63.7	–
1940	63.9	–
1939	63.7	–
1938	63.2	–
1937	61.3	–
1936	62.7	–
1935	62.4	–
1934	62.6	–
1933	62.3	–
1932	61.3	–
1931	60.3	–
1930	59	–
1929	57.9	–
1928	58.6	–
1927	58.6	–
1926	58	–
1925	59.3	–
1924	58.8	–
1923	57	–
1922	57.1	–
1921	57.1	–
1911	52.5	–
1901	48.6	–
1891	45.2	–
1881	44.7	–
1871	42.6	–
1861	41.6	–
1851	41.1	–
1841	40.3	–
1831	39.1	–

12.3Estimates, Our World in Data

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Canada	World
2024	82.781.8–83.6	73.3
2025	82.981.7–84.1	73.5
2026	83.181.6–84.5	73.8
2027	83.281.5–84.9	73.9
2028	83.481.5–85.3	74.1
2029	83.581.4–85.7	74.2
2030	83.781.3–85.9	74.4
2031	83.881.4–86.2	74.5
2032	8481.3–86.5	74.7
2033	84.181.3–86.8	74.8
2034	84.281.4–87.1	75
2035	84.481.4–87.5	75.1
2036	84.581.4–87.6	75.3
2037	84.681.5–87.9	75.4
2038	84.881.5–88.1	75.5
2039	84.981.5–88.4	75.7
2040	8581.7–88.6	75.8
2041	85.281.7–88.7	75.9
2042	85.381.8–89	76.1
2043	85.481.9–89.3	76.2
2044	85.581.9–89.6	76.3
2045	85.681.9–89.7	76.5
2046	85.881.9–89.8	76.6
2047	85.981.9–90.2	76.7
2048	8681.9–90.2	76.8
2049	86.182.1–90.3	76.9
2050	86.282.2–90.6	77
2051	86.482.4–90.8	77.1
2052	86.582.4–91	77.2
2053	86.682.5–91.2	77.3
2054	86.782.5–91.5	77.4
2055	86.882.6–91.7	77.6
2056	8782.6–91.8	77.7
2057	87.182.7–92.1	77.8
2058	87.282.7–92.2	77.9
2059	87.382.8–92.3	78
2060	87.482.7–92.6	78.1
2061	87.582.7–92.9	78.2
2062	87.782.7–93	78.3
2063	87.882.8–93.3	78.4
2064	87.982.8–93.5	78.5
2065	8882.8–93.8	78.6
2066	88.182.8–93.9	78.7
2067	88.282.9–93.9	78.8
2068	88.382.9–94.2	78.9
2069	88.483–94.3	79
2070	88.583.1–94.5	79.1
2071	88.683.2–94.6	79.2
2072	88.783.4–94.6	79.3
2073	88.983.4–94.8	79.4
2074	8983.4–95	79.4
2075	89.183.5–95.2	79.5
2076	89.283.6–95.4	79.6
2077	89.383.7–95.4	79.7
2078	89.483.8–95.6	79.8
2079	89.583.9–95.8	79.9
2080	89.683.9–95.9	80
2081	89.783.8–96	80.1
2082	89.883.9–96.3	80.2
2083	89.984–96.5	80.3
2084	9084.1–96.7	80.3
2085	90.184.3–96.9	80.4
2086	90.284.3–97	80.5
2087	90.384.1–96.9	80.6
2088	90.484.4–97.2	80.7
2089	90.684.5–97.4	80.8
2090	90.784.5–97.4	80.9
2091	90.884.5–97.7	81
2092	90.984.7–98.1	81
2093	9184.8–98.1	81.1
2094	91.184.7–98.3	81.2
2095	91.284.7–98.5	81.3
2096	91.384.8–98.5	81.4
2097	91.484.9–98.7	81.5
2098	91.584.7–99	81.6
2099	91.684.8–99.1	81.7
2100	91.885–99.3	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.
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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