Greenland
Life expectancy in Greenland
Life expectancy in Greenland: 39.5 years in 1950 and 70.1 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 70.1 years
- Since 1950
- +30.6 years
- Rank, 2023
- 163 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 79.7 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 79.7 years in 2100, between 68.6 years and 88.4 years (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 70.4 years in 2016, the lowest 39.5 years in 1950.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Greenland | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 70.1 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 70.1 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 70.1 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 70.2 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 70.3 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 70.4 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 70.4 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 70.4 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 70.2 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 70.1 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 69.8 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 69.4 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 68.8 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 68.5 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 68.4 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 68.4 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 68.3 | 69 |
| 2006 | 68.1 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 67.8 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 67.6 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 67.6 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 67 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 66.3 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 65.6 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 65.1 | 66 |
| 1998 | 64.7 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 64.5 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 64.3 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 64.2 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 63.9 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 64.1 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 63.8 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 63.5 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 63.2 | 64 |
| 1989 | 63.1 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 63 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 62.9 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 62.9 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 62.8 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 62.8 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 62.6 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 62.5 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 62.3 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 62.2 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 62 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 61.8 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 61.7 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 61.7 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 61.8 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 62 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 62.4 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 62.7 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 63 | 56 |
| 1970 | 63 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 63 | 56 |
| 1968 | 62.7 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 62.2 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 61.7 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 61.2 | 54 |
| 1964 | 60.7 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 60.3 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 59.9 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 59.4 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 58.6 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 57.3 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 55.6 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 53.5 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 51.1 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 48.8 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 46.7 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 44.7 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 42.9 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 41.1 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 39.5 | 46.4 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Greenland | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 70.268.9–71.6 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 70.368.4–72.2 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 70.468.1–72.6 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 70.668–73 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 70.767.8–73.4 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 70.867.5–73.9 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 70.967.5–74.1 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 7167.2–74.3 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 71.167.2–74.6 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 71.367.2–74.8 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 71.466.9–75.2 | 75 |
| 2035 | 71.567–75.5 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 71.666.8–75.7 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 71.766.7–76.1 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 71.966.7–76.3 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 7266.8–76.6 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 72.166.9–77 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 72.266.7–77.1 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 72.366.8–77.4 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 72.566.8–77.7 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 72.666.7–78 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 72.766.8–78.2 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 72.966.7–78.5 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 7366.7–78.8 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 73.166.7–79.1 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 73.266.8–79.4 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 73.467–79.7 | 77 |
| 2051 | 73.566.9–79.9 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 73.666.9–80.1 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 73.766.9–80.5 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 73.967.1–80.8 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 7467–81 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 74.167.4–81.2 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 74.267.2–81.5 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 74.467.3–81.5 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 74.567.2–81.7 | 78 |
| 2060 | 74.667.4–82 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 74.867.6–82.1 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 74.967.3–82.4 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 7567.5–82.5 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 75.167.7–82.8 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 75.367.7–82.9 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 75.467.8–83.1 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 75.568–83.2 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 75.768–83.5 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 75.867.8–83.7 | 79 |
| 2070 | 75.968–84 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 7667.9–84.2 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 76.268–84.3 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 76.368.2–84.5 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 76.468.2–84.8 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 76.668.3–84.8 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 76.768–84.9 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 76.868.2–85.2 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 76.968.3–85.4 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 77.168.4–85.3 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 77.268.2–85.5 | 80 |
| 2081 | 77.368.1–85.7 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 77.568.3–85.9 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 77.668.2–86.1 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 77.768.2–86.1 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 77.868.3–86.3 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 7868.3–86.5 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 78.168.6–86.6 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 78.268.7–86.8 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 78.368.9–86.9 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 78.568.5–87 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 78.668.8–87 | 81 |
| 2092 | 78.768.5–87.2 | 81 |
| 2093 | 78.968.8–87.2 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 7968.7–87.5 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 79.168.7–87.7 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 79.268.6–87.7 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 79.468.6–88.1 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 79.568.7–88.2 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 79.668.7–88.2 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 79.768.6–88.4 | 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.
- 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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