Life expectancy in France

Life expectancy in France: 66.4 years in 1950 and 83.3 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 83.3 years
Since 1950: +17 years
Rank, 2023: 15 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 73.2 years
Projected, 2100: 92.1 years; UN projection (medium variant)

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What the numbers say

The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 92.1 years in 2100, between 84.8 years and 99.9 years (95% prediction interval).
The highest was 83.3 years in 2023, the lowest 66.1 years in 1951.
Older estimates from Our World in Data reach back to 1816: 40.1 years.

Every year

years · UN

Year	France	World
2023	83.3	73.2
2022	82.5	72.6
2021	82.3	70.9
2020	82.2	71.9
2019	82.7	72.6
2018	82.6	72.4
2017	82.4	72.1
2016	82.4	71.9
2015	82.2	71.6
2014	82.4	71.4
2013	82	71.1
2012	81.7	70.8
2011	81.8	70.4
2010	81.4	70.1
2009	81.2	69.7
2008	81	69.3
2007	81	69
2006	80.7	68.6
2005	80.3	68.1
2004	80.3	67.7
2003	79.4	67.4
2002	79.4	67.1
2001	79.2	66.8
2000	79	66.4
1999	78.8	66
1998	78.6	65.7
1997	78.4	65.5
1996	78.1	65.2
1995	77.9	64.9
1994	77.8	64.3
1993	77.4	64.4
1992	77.3	64.3
1991	77	64.1
1990	76.8	64
1989	76.5	63.8
1988	76.4	63.4
1987	76.2	63.2
1986	75.6	62.7
1985	75.3	62.2
1984	75.2	61.9
1983	74.7	61.5
1982	74.8	61.3
1981	74.4	60.9
1980	74.2	60.5
1979	74.1	60.2
1978	73.8	59.5
1977	73.7	59.2
1976	73.1	58.6
1975	72.9	58.3
1974	72.8	58.1
1973	72.5	57.7
1972	72.3	57.2
1971	72.1	56
1970	72.1	56.3
1969	71.2	56
1968	71.5	55.6
1967	71.5	55.1
1966	71.5	54.6
1965	71.1	54
1964	71.3	54.3
1963	70.3	53.7
1962	70.5	53.2
1961	71	50.4
1960	70.4	47.8
1959	70.2	49.6
1958	70.1	51.6
1957	68.9	51.1
1956	68.5	50.7
1955	68.4	50.2
1954	68.2	49.7
1953	67.3	48.8
1952	67.4	48.2
1951	66.1	47.1
1950	66.4	46.4
1949	64.9	–
1948	65.8	–
1947	64	–
1946	62.4	–
1945	54.9	–
1944	47.2	–
1943	53.3	–
1942	57.4	–
1941	57.4	–
1940	49.6	–
1939	59.6	–
1938	58.9	–
1937	59.1	–
1936	58.8	–
1935	58.3	–
1934	58.3	–
1933	57.7	–
1932	57.2	–
1931	56.9	–
1930	56.8	–
1929	54.2	–
1928	55.4	–
1927	55.7	–
1926	54	–
1925	54.4	–
1924	55.2	–
1923	54.6	–
1922	54.9	–
1921	52.7	–
1920	51.8	–
1919	47.1	–
1918	34.8	–
1917	43	–
1916	39.8	–
1915	36.6	–
1914	38.2	–
1913	51.4	–
1912	51.6	–
1911	48.2	–
1910	51.4	–
1909	50	–
1908	49.3	–
1907	48.3	–
1906	47.7	–
1905	48.4	–
1904	48.1	–
1903	48.4	–
1902	48	–
1901	47	–
1900	45.1	–
1899	45.2	–
1898	46	–
1897	47.9	–
1896	47.5	–
1895	45.3	–
1894	45.5	–
1893	43.6	–
1892	43.6	–
1891	44.1	–
1890	43.4	–
1889	45.5	–
1888	44.2	–
1887	43.7	–
1886	43.2	–
1885	43.9	–
1884	42.5	–
1883	43.3	–
1882	43.1	–
1881	43.5	–
1880	42.8	–
1879	44	–
1878	43.4	–
1877	44.3	–
1876	43.6	–
1875	43.2	–
1874	44.3	–
1873	41.9	–
1872	42.5	–
1871	29.7	–
1870	36.5	–
1869	41.1	–
1868	40.3	–
1867	42.4	–
1866	41.8	–
1865	40.2	–
1864	42.1	–
1863	41.8	–
1862	42.7	–
1861	40.6	–
1860	43.4	–
1859	35.3	–
1858	39.7	–
1857	39.6	–
1856	40.2	–
1855	37.6	–
1854	36.2	–
1853	42.6	–
1852	41.4	–
1851	41.8	–
1850	43.3	–
1849	36	–
1848	40.3	–
1847	40.5	–
1846	40.7	–
1845	43.6	–
1844	42.3	–
1843	40.8	–
1842	40	–
1841	40.7	–
1840	40.4	–
1839	41	–
1838	39.4	–
1837	39.4	–
1836	42	–
1835	39.5	–
1834	35.1	–
1833	38.9	–
1832	35.9	–
1831	39.7	–
1830	39.6	–
1829	39.4	–
1828	37.6	–
1827	39.4	–
1826	37.8	–
1825	38.6	–
1824	39.2	–
1823	40	–
1822	38.4	–
1821	39.9	–
1820	39.3	–
1819	37.3	–
1818	38.6	–
1817	39.2	–
1816	40.1	–

12.3Estimates, Our World in Data

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	France	World
2024	83.582.6–84.4	73.3
2025	83.682.4–84.9	73.5
2026	83.782.3–85.3	73.8
2027	83.882.2–85.6	73.9
2028	8482.1–85.8	74.1
2029	84.182.1–86.1	74.2
2030	84.282–86.5	74.4
2031	84.382–86.7	74.5
2032	84.482.1–87	74.7
2033	84.681.9–87.3	74.8
2034	84.782–87.6	75
2035	84.882–87.8	75.1
2036	84.982.1–88.1	75.3
2037	85.182.1–88.4	75.4
2038	85.282–88.7	75.5
2039	85.382.1–88.9	75.7
2040	85.482.3–89.1	75.8
2041	85.582.3–89.4	75.9
2042	85.782.3–89.6	76.1
2043	85.882.3–89.8	76.2
2044	85.982.3–90	76.3
2045	8682.3–90.1	76.5
2046	86.182.4–90.2	76.6
2047	86.282.5–90.4	76.7
2048	86.482.6–90.9	76.8
2049	86.582.6–90.9	76.9
2050	86.682.5–91	77
2051	86.782.7–91.4	77.1
2052	86.882.6–91.6	77.2
2053	86.982.7–91.7	77.3
2054	87.182.7–92.1	77.4
2055	87.282.7–92.2	77.6
2056	87.382.7–92.5	77.7
2057	87.482.7–92.7	77.8
2058	87.582.9–92.9	77.9
2059	87.683–93.2	78
2060	87.783.1–93.4	78.1
2061	87.983–93.6	78.2
2062	8882.9–93.6	78.3
2063	88.183.1–93.7	78.4
2064	88.283.1–94.1	78.5
2065	88.383.2–94.2	78.6
2066	88.483.2–94.3	78.7
2067	88.583.2–94.4	78.8
2068	88.783.1–94.6	78.9
2069	88.883.1–95	79
2070	88.983.2–95.1	79.1
2071	8983.4–95.3	79.2
2072	89.183.3–95.6	79.3
2073	89.283.5–95.8	79.4
2074	89.383.5–95.8	79.4
2075	89.483.6–96	79.5
2076	89.583.5–96.1	79.6
2077	89.783.7–96.3	79.7
2078	89.883.7–96.3	79.8
2079	89.983.7–96.5	79.9
2080	9083.7–96.7	80
2081	90.183.8–97.1	80.1
2082	90.283.9–97.1	80.2
2083	90.383.8–97.3	80.3
2084	90.483.9–97.7	80.3
2085	90.583.9–97.7	80.4
2086	90.684–98	80.5
2087	90.784–97.9	80.6
2088	90.884.1–97.9	80.7
2089	90.984.1–98.2	80.8
2090	91.184.1–98.3	80.9
2091	91.284.1–98.6	81
2092	91.384.2–98.6	81
2093	91.484.3–98.8	81.1
2094	91.584.4–98.8	81.2
2095	91.684.5–99	81.3
2096	91.784.6–99.2	81.4
2097	91.884.5–99.5	81.5
2098	91.984.5–99.6	81.6
2099	9284.7–99.8	81.7
2100	92.184.8–99.9	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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