Life expectancy in Denmark

Life expectancy in Denmark: 70.3 years in 1950 and 81.9 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 81.9 years
Since 1950: +11.6 years
Rank, 2023: 35 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 73.2 years
Projected, 2100: 91.1 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 91.1 years in 2100, between 84.1 years and 98.6 years (95% prediction interval).
Older estimates from Our World in Data reach back to 1835: 38.4 years.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Denmark	World
2023	81.9	73.2
2022	81.3	72.6
2021	81.4	70.9
2020	81.6	71.9
2019	81.4	72.6
2018	81	72.4
2017	81.1	72.1
2016	80.9	71.9
2015	80.7	71.6
2014	80.6	71.4
2013	80.3	71.1
2012	80.1	70.8
2011	79.8	70.4
2010	79.3	70.1
2009	79	69.7
2008	78.7	69.3
2007	78.4	69
2006	78.2	68.6
2005	78.2	68.1
2004	77.8	67.7
2003	77.4	67.4
2002	77.1	67.1
2001	77	66.8
2000	76.8	66.4
1999	76.6	66
1998	76.4	65.7
1997	76	65.5
1996	75.7	65.2
1995	75.3	64.9
1994	75.4	64.3
1993	75.2	64.4
1992	75.3	64.3
1991	75.2	64.1
1990	74.9	64
1989	74.9	63.8
1988	74.8	63.4
1987	74.7	63.2
1986	74.6	62.7
1985	74.5	62.2
1984	74.6	61.9
1983	74.5	61.5
1982	74.6	61.3
1981	74.3	60.9
1980	74.1	60.5
1979	74.2	60.2
1978	74.4	59.5
1977	74.7	59.2
1976	73.8	58.6
1975	74.1	58.3
1974	73.8	58.1
1973	73.7	57.7
1972	73.5	57.2
1971	73.4	56
1970	73.4	56.3
1969	73.2	56
1968	73.2	55.6
1967	73	55.1
1966	72.5	54.6
1965	72.4	54
1964	72.5	54.3
1963	72.4	53.7
1962	72.4	53.2
1961	72.5	50.4
1960	72.2	47.8
1959	72.2	49.6
1958	72.2	51.6
1957	71.8	51.1
1956	72	50.7
1955	71.9	50.2
1954	71.3	49.7
1953	71.2	48.8
1952	70.8	48.2
1951	70.9	47.1
1950	70.3	46.4
1949	70.1	–
1948	70.1	–
1947	68.5	–
1946	67.2	–
1945	66.1	–
1944	66.4	–
1943	67.4	–
1942	67.1	–
1941	66	–
1940	66.3	–
1939	65.8	–
1938	65	–
1937	63.9	–
1936	63.4	–
1935	62.9	–
1934	64.1	–
1933	63.6	–
1932	62.7	–
1931	61.9	–
1930	62.2	–
1929	62	–
1928	61.8	–
1927	61.2	–
1926	61.7	–
1925	61.9	–
1924	61.1	–
1923	61.2	–
1922	60.6	–
1921	61.7	–
1920	57.7	–
1919	56.9	–
1918	56.2	–
1917	57.3	–
1916	56.9	–
1915	58.4	–
1914	58.5	–
1913	58.9	–
1912	58	–
1911	57	–
1910	58	–
1909	57.4	–
1908	55	–
1907	56.1	–
1906	56.5	–
1905	54.4	–
1904	55.7	–
1903	54.8	–
1902	54.7	–
1901	52.7	–
1900	51.9	–
1899	50.7	–
1898	53.1	–
1897	51.8	–
1896	52.9	–
1895	50.9	–
1894	49.4	–
1893	47.1	–
1892	47.4	–
1891	46.8	–
1890	47.3	–
1889	47.8	–
1888	46.7	–
1887	48.7	–
1886	49	–
1885	49.6	–
1884	48.5	–
1883	48.5	–
1882	46.7	–
1881	48.3	–
1880	44.8	–
1879	46.3	–
1878	47.6	–
1877	47.4	–
1876	45.9	–
1875	44.5	–
1874	46	–
1873	47.5	–
1872	47.4	–
1871	46.1	–
1870	46	–
1869	46.1	–
1868	45.6	–
1867	44.9	–
1866	42.9	–
1865	39.8	–
1864	40.2	–
1863	47.6	–
1862	47.6	–
1861	47.6	–
1860	45.1	–
1859	44.4	–
1858	40	–
1857	42.5	–
1856	46.8	–
1855	46.2	–
1854	44.7	–
1853	38.6	–
1852	43.1	–
1851	44.5	–
1850	43.5	–
1849	39.6	–
1848	40.8	–
1847	40.5	–
1846	40.4	–
1845	43.4	–
1844	44.1	–
1843	43.9	–
1842	42.5	–
1841	42.7	–
1840	41.1	–
1839	41.9	–
1838	43.1	–
1837	41.5	–
1836	40	–
1835	38.4	–

12.3Estimates, Our World in Data

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Denmark	World
2024	82.181.2–83	73.3
2025	82.381–83.5	73.5
2026	82.480.8–83.9	73.8
2027	82.580.7–84.3	73.9
2028	82.780.6–84.7	74.1
2029	82.880.5–85	74.2
2030	8380.5–85.3	74.4
2031	83.180.4–85.6	74.5
2032	83.380.4–85.9	74.7
2033	83.480.4–86	74.8
2034	83.680.3–86.4	75
2035	83.780.4–86.7	75.1
2036	83.880.4–86.9	75.3
2037	8480.5–87.1	75.4
2038	84.180.4–87.5	75.5
2039	84.280.4–87.7	75.7
2040	84.480.5–87.9	75.8
2041	84.580.5–88.2	75.9
2042	84.680.7–88.4	76.1
2043	84.880.7–88.7	76.2
2044	84.980.6–88.8	76.3
2045	8580.6–89	76.5
2046	85.180.6–89.1	76.6
2047	85.280.7–89.4	76.7
2048	85.480.9–89.7	76.8
2049	85.580.9–89.8	76.9
2050	85.681.1–90	77
2051	85.781.1–90.2	77.1
2052	85.881.2–90.4	77.2
2053	8681.3–90.8	77.3
2054	86.181.4–90.9	77.4
2055	86.281.4–91.1	77.6
2056	86.381.5–91.3	77.7
2057	86.481.5–91.4	77.8
2058	86.681.7–91.6	77.9
2059	86.781.8–91.9	78
2060	86.882–92.2	78.1
2061	86.981.9–92.4	78.2
2062	8782–92.4	78.3
2063	87.182.1–92.6	78.4
2064	87.282.2–92.8	78.5
2065	87.482.2–92.8	78.6
2066	87.582.4–93	78.7
2067	87.682.4–93.1	78.8
2068	87.782.5–93.2	78.9
2069	87.882.6–93.4	79
2070	87.982.7–93.6	79.1
2071	8882.7–93.8	79.2
2072	88.182.7–93.9	79.3
2073	88.282.8–94	79.4
2074	88.382.9–94.3	79.4
2075	88.582.9–94.3	79.5
2076	88.682.9–94.6	79.6
2077	88.783–94.9	79.7
2078	88.883.2–95	79.8
2079	88.983.3–95.2	79.9
2080	8983–95.2	80
2081	89.183.2–95.6	80.1
2082	89.283.2–95.8	80.2
2083	89.383.4–95.9	80.3
2084	89.483.5–96	80.3
2085	89.583.3–96.2	80.4
2086	89.683.4–96.2	80.5
2087	89.883.5–96.5	80.6
2088	89.983.5–96.6	80.7
2089	9083.5–96.7	80.8
2090	90.183.6–96.9	80.9
2091	90.283.8–97.2	81
2092	90.383.9–97.3	81
2093	90.483.9–97.5	81.1
2094	90.584–97.6	81.2
2095	90.684–97.7	81.3
2096	90.783.9–97.7	81.4
2097	90.883.9–98.1	81.5
2098	90.984–98.1	81.6
2099	9184–98.2	81.7
2100	91.184.1–98.6	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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