Life expectancy in Cyprus

Life expectancy in Cyprus: 55.8 years in 1950 and 81.7 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 81.7 years
Since 1950: +25.8 years
Rank, 2023: 39 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 73.2 years
Projected, 2100: 91.4 years; UN projection (medium variant)

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What the numbers say

The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 91.4 years in 2100, between 84.8 years and 99.1 years (95% prediction interval).
The highest was 81.7 years in 2023, the lowest 54.6 years in 1974.
Older estimates from Our World in Data reach back to 1895: 38.5 years.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Cyprus	World
2023	81.7	73.2
2022	80.4	72.6
2021	80.6	70.9
2020	81.2	71.9
2019	81.5	72.6
2018	81.6	72.4
2017	81.5	72.1
2016	81.5	71.9
2015	81.5	71.6
2014	81.3	71.4
2013	81.3	71.1
2012	81.1	70.8
2011	80.9	70.4
2010	80.6	70.1
2009	80.4	69.7
2008	79.9	69.3
2007	79.8	69
2006	79.5	68.6
2005	79.2	68.1
2004	79	67.7
2003	78.9	67.4
2002	78.8	67.1
2001	78.2	66.8
2000	77.9	66.4
1999	77.6	66
1998	77.2	65.7
1997	77.1	65.5
1996	76.9	65.2
1995	76.6	64.9
1994	76.4	64.3
1993	76.3	64.4
1992	76.3	64.3
1991	76.3	64.1
1990	76	64
1989	75.8	63.8
1988	75.4	63.4
1987	75.3	63.2
1986	74.9	62.7
1985	74.6	62.2
1984	74	61.9
1983	73.7	61.5
1982	73.5	61.3
1981	73.1	60.9
1980	72.8	60.5
1979	72.2	60.2
1978	71.7	59.5
1977	71.3	59.2
1976	70.8	58.6
1975	70.3	58.3
1974	54.6	58.1
1973	69	57.7
1972	68.6	57.2
1971	68.4	56
1970	68.1	56.3
1969	67.6	56
1968	67.3	55.6
1967	66.9	55.1
1966	66.5	54.6
1965	66.1	54
1964	62.2	54.3
1963	61.8	53.7
1962	64.7	53.2
1961	64.1	50.4
1960	63.3	47.8
1959	62.3	49.6
1958	61.6	51.6
1957	61	51.1
1956	60.4	50.7
1955	59.7	50.2
1954	59.3	49.7
1953	58.4	48.8
1952	57.7	48.2
1951	56.8	47.1
1950	55.8	46.4
1943	53.5	–
1937	48.5	–
1925	48.5	–
1915	47.5	–
1905	45	–
1895	38.5	–

12.3Estimates, Our World in Data

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Cyprus	World
2024	81.880.9–82.7	73.3
2025	8280.6–83.2	73.5
2026	82.280.5–83.6	73.8
2027	82.380.4–84	73.9
2028	82.580.4–84.4	74.1
2029	82.780.4–84.6	74.2
2030	82.880.3–85	74.4
2031	8380.3–85.3	74.5
2032	83.180.4–85.6	74.7
2033	83.380.4–85.9	74.8
2034	83.580.4–86.2	75
2035	83.680.4–86.5	75.1
2036	83.880.5–86.8	75.3
2037	83.980.5–86.9	75.4
2038	84.180.5–87.1	75.5
2039	84.280.7–87.4	75.7
2040	84.380.8–87.7	75.8
2041	84.580.7–87.9	75.9
2042	84.680.8–88.1	76.1
2043	84.881–88.3	76.2
2044	84.981.1–88.5	76.3
2045	8581.1–88.9	76.5
2046	85.281.2–89	76.6
2047	85.381.2–89.1	76.7
2048	85.481.3–89.4	76.8
2049	85.581.4–89.8	76.9
2050	85.781.4–90	77
2051	85.881.4–90.2	77.1
2052	85.981.5–90.4	77.2
2053	86.181.7–90.6	77.3
2054	86.281.8–90.9	77.4
2055	86.381.8–91	77.6
2056	86.481.8–91.4	77.7
2057	86.682–91.6	77.8
2058	86.782.1–91.6	77.9
2059	86.882.1–91.7	78
2060	86.982.1–91.9	78.1
2061	8782.3–92.1	78.2
2062	87.282.2–92.2	78.3
2063	87.382.4–92.4	78.4
2064	87.482.3–92.6	78.5
2065	87.582.3–92.9	78.6
2066	87.682.5–93	78.7
2067	87.782.6–93.3	78.8
2068	87.982.6–93.4	78.9
2069	8882.6–93.6	79
2070	88.182.8–93.9	79.1
2071	88.282.9–93.9	79.2
2072	88.382.8–94	79.3
2073	88.483–94.2	79.4
2074	88.583–94.5	79.4
2075	88.783.2–94.6	79.5
2076	88.883.1–94.7	79.6
2077	88.983.1–95.1	79.7
2078	8983.3–95.3	79.8
2079	89.183.5–95.5	79.9
2080	89.283.6–95.6	80
2081	89.383.6–95.9	80.1
2082	89.483.9–96.1	80.2
2083	89.583.9–96.1	80.3
2084	89.783.9–96.5	80.3
2085	89.884–96.6	80.4
2086	89.984.2–96.7	80.5
2087	9084.4–97	80.6
2088	90.184.3–97.2	80.7
2089	90.284.4–97.3	80.8
2090	90.384.3–97.4	80.9
2091	90.484.6–97.7	81
2092	90.584.5–97.9	81
2093	90.684.5–98	81.1
2094	90.784.4–98.1	81.2
2095	90.884.6–98.3	81.3
2096	90.984.5–98.4	81.4
2097	9184.6–98.4	81.5
2098	91.184.6–98.7	81.6
2099	91.384.7–98.8	81.7
2100	91.484.8–99.1	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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