Life expectancy in Dominica

Life expectancy in Dominica: 44.5 years in 1950 and 71.1 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 71.1 years
Since 1950: +26.6 years
Rank, 2023: 157 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 73.2 years
Projected, 2100: 82.6 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 82.6 years in 2100, between 72.1 years and 90 years (95% prediction interval).
The highest was 72 years in 2005, the lowest 44.5 years in 1950.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Dominica	World
2023	71.1	73.2
2022	71.1	72.6
2021	69.8	70.9
2020	71.3	71.9
2019	71.3	72.6
2018	71.4	72.4
2017	68.6	72.1
2016	71.2	71.9
2015	70	71.6
2014	71.2	71.4
2013	71.2	71.1
2012	71.4	70.8
2011	71.5	70.4
2010	71.7	70.1
2009	71.8	69.7
2008	71.9	69.3
2007	71.9	69
2006	72	68.6
2005	72	68.1
2004	72	67.7
2003	71.9	67.4
2002	71.9	67.1
2001	71.9	66.8
2000	71.7	66.4
1999	71.5	66
1998	71.4	65.7
1997	71.2	65.5
1996	71	65.2
1995	70.8	64.9
1994	70.8	64.3
1993	70.6	64.4
1992	70.5	64.3
1991	70.4	64.1
1990	70.5	64
1989	70.7	63.8
1988	71	63.4
1987	71.4	63.2
1986	71.7	62.7
1985	71.9	62.2
1984	71.9	61.9
1983	72	61.5
1982	71.8	61.3
1981	71.5	60.9
1980	71	60.5
1979	69.2	60.2
1978	70.1	59.5
1977	69.7	59.2
1976	69.4	58.6
1975	69.1	58.3
1974	68.6	58.1
1973	68.1	57.7
1972	67.5	57.2
1971	66.8	56
1970	66.2	56.3
1969	65.7	56
1968	65.3	55.6
1967	64.9	55.1
1966	64.5	54.6
1965	63.9	54
1964	63.3	54.3
1963	62.6	53.7
1962	61.9	53.2
1961	61	50.4
1960	60.1	47.8
1959	59.1	49.6
1958	57.9	51.6
1957	56.5	51.1
1956	55	50.7
1955	53.4	50.2
1954	51.7	49.7
1953	50	48.8
1952	48.2	48.2
1951	46.3	47.1
1950	44.5	46.4

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Dominica	World
2024	71.370–72.5	73.3
2025	71.569.6–73.2	73.5
2026	71.669.4–73.8	73.8
2027	71.869.2–74.2	73.9
2028	7269.2–74.6	74.1
2029	72.169–75	74.2
2030	72.369–75.3	74.4
2031	72.569–75.7	74.5
2032	72.669–76	74.7
2033	72.868.9–76.3	74.8
2034	72.969–76.6	75
2035	73.169–76.8	75.1
2036	73.368.8–77.4	75.3
2037	73.468.9–77.7	75.4
2038	73.668.9–78	75.5
2039	73.768.9–78.2	75.7
2040	73.969.2–78.6	75.8
2041	7469–79	75.9
2042	74.269–79.1	76.1
2043	74.469.1–79.4	76.2
2044	74.569–79.6	76.3
2045	74.769.1–79.9	76.5
2046	74.869.1–80.1	76.6
2047	74.969–80.3	76.7
2048	75.169.2–80.6	76.8
2049	75.269.1–80.7	76.9
2050	75.469.4–81	77
2051	75.669.4–81.1	77.1
2052	75.769.5–81.5	77.2
2053	75.969.6–81.7	77.3
2054	7669.6–81.9	77.4
2055	76.269.8–82.2	77.6
2056	76.469.8–82.3	77.7
2057	76.569.6–82.3	77.8
2058	76.669.8–82.7	77.9
2059	76.869.9–83	78
2060	76.970.1–83.2	78.1
2061	77.170.3–83.5	78.2
2062	77.270.4–83.7	78.3
2063	77.470.3–83.7	78.4
2064	77.570.2–84	78.5
2065	77.770.3–84.2	78.6
2066	77.870.4–84.3	78.7
2067	7870.4–84.7	78.8
2068	78.170.4–84.8	78.9
2069	78.370.7–85	79
2070	78.470.8–85.2	79.1
2071	78.670.8–85.3	79.2
2072	78.770.7–85.5	79.3
2073	78.970.7–85.7	79.4
2074	7970.8–85.9	79.4
2075	79.270.7–86	79.5
2076	79.371–86.3	79.6
2077	79.570.8–86.3	79.7
2078	79.670.9–86.5	79.8
2079	79.871.1–86.5	79.9
2080	79.970.9–86.6	80
2081	80.170.8–86.7	80.1
2082	80.271.1–86.9	80.2
2083	80.371.3–87.3	80.3
2084	80.571–87.5	80.3
2085	80.671.5–87.7	80.4
2086	80.771.4–88	80.5
2087	80.971.4–88	80.6
2088	8171.5–88.4	80.7
2089	81.271.7–88.4	80.8
2090	81.371.7–88.6	80.9
2091	81.471.9–88.7	81
2092	81.672.2–88.8	81
2093	81.772.1–89	81.1
2094	81.871.9–88.9	81.2
2095	8272.3–89.1	81.3
2096	82.172.3–89.4	81.4
2097	82.272.2–89.5	81.5
2098	82.372.2–89.8	81.6
2099	82.572–90	81.7
2100	82.672.1–90	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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