Life expectancy in Greece

Life expectancy in Greece: 66.2 years in 1950 and 81.9 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 81.9 years
Since 1950: +15.7 years
Rank, 2023: 37 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 73.2 years
Projected, 2100: 91.4 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 91.4 years in 2100, between 84.5 years and 98.4 years (95% prediction interval).
Older estimates from Our World in Data reach back to 1877: 36.6 years.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Greece	World
2023	81.9	73.2
2022	79.9	72.6
2021	80.5	70.9
2020	81.5	71.9
2019	81.4	72.6
2018	81.5	72.4
2017	81	72.1
2016	81.3	71.9
2015	80.8	71.6
2014	81.1	71.4
2013	81.1	71.1
2012	80.4	70.8
2011	80.6	70.4
2010	80.6	70.1
2009	80.4	69.7
2008	80.1	69.3
2007	79.7	69
2006	79.8	68.6
2005	79.7	68.1
2004	79.4	67.7
2003	79.1	67.4
2002	79	67.1
2001	78.9	66.8
2000	78.4	66.4
1999	78.4	66
1998	78.3	65.7
1997	78.4	65.5
1996	78	65.2
1995	77.9	64.9
1994	77.9	64.3
1993	77.7	64.4
1992	77.3	64.3
1991	77.4	64.1
1990	77.3	64
1989	77.1	63.8
1988	77	63.4
1987	76.1	63.2
1986	76.5	62.7
1985	76.1	62.2
1984	75.8	61.9
1983	75.5	61.5
1982	75.2	61.3
1981	74.9	60.9
1980	74.5	60.5
1979	74.7	60.2
1978	74.4	59.5
1977	73.8	59.2
1976	73.8	58.6
1975	73.5	58.3
1974	73.5	58.1
1973	73	57.7
1972	72.7	57.2
1971	72.9	56
1970	72.8	56.3
1969	72.1	56
1968	71.5	55.6
1967	71.4	55.1
1966	71.9	54.6
1965	71.5	54
1964	70.5	54.3
1963	70.7	53.7
1962	70.3	53.2
1961	70.4	50.4
1960	70.5	47.8
1959	69.6	49.6
1958	69.7	51.6
1957	68.4	51.1
1956	68.1	50.7
1955	68.6	50.2
1954	68.1	49.7
1953	67.5	48.8
1952	67.3	48.2
1951	66.7	47.1
1950	66.2	46.4
1940	54.3	–
1937	52.8	–
1932	50.5	–
1929	50	–
1928	46.2	–
1927	48.2	–
1922	45.2	–
1920	44.7	–
1907	41.2	–
1902	40.4	–
1897	39.4	–
1892	38.5	–
1887	37.7	–
1882	37.1	–
1877	36.6	–

12.3Estimates, Our World in Data

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Greece	World
2024	8281.1–82.9	73.3
2025	82.280.8–83.4	73.5
2026	82.480.8–83.9	73.8
2027	82.680.8–84.2	73.9
2028	82.780.7–84.5	74.1
2029	82.980.8–84.9	74.2
2030	83.180.8–85.2	74.4
2031	83.280.7–85.6	74.5
2032	83.480.8–86	74.7
2033	83.680.9–86.3	74.8
2034	83.780.9–86.5	75
2035	83.980.9–86.7	75.1
2036	8480.9–87	75.3
2037	84.181.1–87.3	75.4
2038	84.381.3–87.5	75.5
2039	84.481.3–87.6	75.7
2040	84.681.5–87.9	75.8
2041	84.781.4–88.2	75.9
2042	84.881.5–88.3	76.1
2043	8581.6–88.5	76.2
2044	85.181.6–88.7	76.3
2045	85.281.7–88.9	76.5
2046	85.481.9–89.3	76.6
2047	85.581.9–89.5	76.7
2048	85.682–89.7	76.8
2049	85.782–89.9	76.9
2050	85.882.1–90.1	77
2051	8682.2–90.3	77.1
2052	86.182.1–90.5	77.2
2053	86.282.1–90.7	77.3
2054	86.382.3–90.9	77.4
2055	86.482.5–91.1	77.6
2056	86.682.4–91.3	77.7
2057	86.782.5–91.5	77.8
2058	86.882.7–91.7	77.9
2059	86.982.6–91.7	78
2060	8782.6–92.2	78.1
2061	87.282.7–92.3	78.2
2062	87.382.9–92.4	78.3
2063	87.482.9–92.5	78.4
2064	87.583–92.7	78.5
2065	87.683–92.9	78.6
2066	87.783–93.3	78.7
2067	87.983.1–93.4	78.8
2068	8883.2–93.4	78.9
2069	88.183.2–93.5	79
2070	88.283.3–93.8	79.1
2071	88.383.2–93.9	79.2
2072	88.483.3–94.1	79.3
2073	88.583.4–94.2	79.4
2074	88.683.3–94.5	79.4
2075	88.783.5–94.6	79.5
2076	88.983.5–94.7	79.6
2077	8983.5–94.6	79.7
2078	89.183.6–95	79.8
2079	89.283.7–95.1	79.9
2080	89.383.8–95.3	80
2081	89.483.9–95.3	80.1
2082	89.583.8–95.5	80.2
2083	89.683.9–95.8	80.3
2084	89.783.9–95.8	80.3
2085	89.884–95.8	80.4
2086	89.984.1–96	80.5
2087	9084–96.3	80.6
2088	90.184.2–96.4	80.7
2089	90.284.2–96.4	80.8
2090	90.384.2–96.6	80.9
2091	90.484.2–97	81
2092	90.584.3–97.2	81
2093	90.684.4–97.4	81.1
2094	90.884.4–97.4	81.2
2095	90.984.3–97.4	81.3
2096	9184.5–97.7	81.4
2097	91.184.4–97.7	81.5
2098	91.284.5–98	81.6
2099	91.384.7–98.3	81.7
2100	91.484.5–98.4	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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