Cuba
Life expectancy in Cuba
Life expectancy in Cuba: 59 years in 1950 and 78.1 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 78.1 years
- Since 1950
- +19.1 years
- Rank, 2023
- 70 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 88.8 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 88.8 years in 2100, between 82 years and 95.9 years (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 78.2 years in 2012, the lowest 59 years in 1950.
- Older estimates from Our World in Data reach back to 1899: 18.9 years.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Cuba | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 78.1 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 77.6 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 73.2 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 77.4 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 77.4 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 77.4 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 77.3 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 77.6 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 77.8 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 77.8 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 78 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 78.2 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 78.1 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 77.9 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 77.6 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 77.6 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 77.6 | 69 |
| 2006 | 77.4 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 77.5 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 77.3 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 77.4 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 76.8 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 76.4 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 75.9 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 75.7 | 66 |
| 1998 | 75.4 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 75.1 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 74.7 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 74.4 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 74.1 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 73.9 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 73.9 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 73.8 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 73.8 | 64 |
| 1989 | 73.7 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 73.7 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 73.6 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 73.6 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 73.5 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 73.6 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 73.6 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 73.4 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 73 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 72.6 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 72.3 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 71.9 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 71.4 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 70.9 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 70.4 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 69.9 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 69.4 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 69 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 68.4 | 56 |
| 1970 | 67.9 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 67.4 | 56 |
| 1968 | 66.9 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 66.5 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 66.1 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 65.6 | 54 |
| 1964 | 65.3 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 64.4 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 64.4 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 63.7 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 63.3 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 62.8 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 62.3 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 61.9 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 61.5 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 61.2 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 60.7 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 60.2 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 59.8 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 59.4 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 59 | 46.4 |
| 1945 | 50.9 | – |
| 1940 | 45 | – |
| 1935 | 44.6 | – |
| 1930 | 42 | – |
| 1925 | 38.8 | – |
| 1920 | 39 | – |
| 1915 | 36.3 | – |
| 1910 | 36 | – |
| 1905 | 34.2 | – |
| 1900 | 32 | – |
| 1899 | 18.9 | – |
- 12.3Estimates, Our World in Data
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Cuba | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 78.377.3–79.3 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 78.576.9–79.9 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 78.676.8–80.3 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 78.876.7–80.8 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 7976.6–81.2 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 79.276.5–81.5 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 79.376.5–81.9 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 79.576.5–82.3 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 79.776.5–82.5 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 79.876.6–82.9 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 8076.5–83.3 | 75 |
| 2035 | 80.276.5–83.6 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 80.476.5–83.9 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 80.576.6–84.1 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 80.776.7–84.3 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 80.876.7–84.7 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 8176.8–84.9 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 81.276.8–85.1 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 81.377–85.3 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 81.576.9–85.7 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 81.677–85.8 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 81.877.1–86.1 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 8277.2–86.2 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 82.177.3–86.4 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 82.377.3–86.7 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 82.477.4–86.8 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 82.677.4–87 | 77 |
| 2051 | 82.777.4–87.2 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 82.977.6–87.4 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 8377.7–87.6 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 83.277.8–87.8 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 83.378–88.1 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 83.577.9–88.1 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 83.677.9–88.2 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 83.778.1–88.7 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 83.978.2–88.8 | 78 |
| 2060 | 8478.3–89 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 84.178.3–89.1 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 84.378.4–89.5 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 84.478.4–89.7 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 84.678.5–90 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 84.778.6–90.1 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 84.878.7–90.3 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 84.978.8–90.4 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 85.178.9–90.7 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 85.279.2–90.9 | 79 |
| 2070 | 85.379.1–91.2 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 85.579.2–91.4 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 85.679–91.6 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 85.779.2–91.8 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 85.879.2–92 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 8679.4–92.1 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 86.179.5–92.3 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 86.279.8–92.4 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 86.379.9–92.5 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 86.480.1–92.7 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 86.680.2–92.9 | 80 |
| 2081 | 86.780.2–93 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 86.880.3–93.1 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 86.980.5–93.2 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 8780.3–93.4 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 87.280.5–93.6 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 87.380.5–93.9 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 87.480.8–94.1 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 87.580.9–94.2 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 87.681.1–94.4 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 87.781.2–94.5 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 87.981.3–94.7 | 81 |
| 2092 | 8881.3–94.8 | 81 |
| 2093 | 88.181.4–95 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 88.281.6–95.2 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 88.381.7–95.4 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 88.481.9–95.8 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 88.581.9–95.8 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 88.681.8–95.6 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 88.781.9–95.9 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 88.882–95.9 | 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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