Life expectancy in Guatemala

Life expectancy in Guatemala: 37.8 years in 1950 and 72.6 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 72.6 years
Since 1950: +34.8 years
Rank, 2023: 138 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 73.2 years
Projected, 2100: 83.1 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 83.1 years in 2100, between 71.4 years and 90.3 years (95% prediction interval).
Older estimates from Our World in Data reach back to 1900: 24 years.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Guatemala	World
2023	72.6	73.2
2022	71.2	72.6
2021	67.9	70.9
2020	70	71.9
2019	71.6	72.6
2018	71.5	72.4
2017	71.6	72.1
2016	71.2	71.9
2015	70.9	71.6
2014	70.9	71.4
2013	70.9	71.1
2012	70.7	70.8
2011	70.3	70.4
2010	69.9	70.1
2009	69.7	69.7
2008	69.5	69.3
2007	69.3	69
2006	68.8	68.6
2005	68.2	68.1
2004	68.2	67.7
2003	68.2	67.4
2002	67.8	67.1
2001	67.4	66.8
2000	67.1	66.4
1999	66.6	66
1998	66	65.7
1997	65.3	65.5
1996	64.5	65.2
1995	63.7	64.9
1994	63	64.3
1993	62.4	64.4
1992	62	64.3
1991	61.9	64.1
1990	61.8	64
1989	61.8	63.8
1988	61.5	63.4
1987	61	63.2
1986	60.3	62.7
1985	59.8	62.2
1984	59.1	61.9
1983	57.9	61.5
1982	48.9	61.3
1981	54.7	60.9
1980	55.3	60.5
1979	56.6	60.2
1978	56.4	59.5
1977	55.2	59.2
1976	47.6	58.6
1975	52.8	58.3
1974	53	58.1
1973	52.9	57.7
1972	51.8	57.2
1971	50.3	56
1970	48.5	56.3
1969	47.5	56
1968	47.8	55.6
1967	47.7	55.1
1966	47.5	54.6
1965	47.2	54
1964	47.1	54.3
1963	46.6	53.7
1962	46.5	53.2
1961	46.1	50.4
1960	45.8	47.8
1959	44.3	49.6
1958	43.1	51.6
1957	41.9	51.1
1956	41.3	50.7
1955	40.7	50.2
1954	40.1	49.7
1953	39.5	48.8
1952	38.9	48.2
1951	38.3	47.1
1950	37.8	46.4
1940	29	–
1930	25	–
1921	25.8	–
1920	25	–
1910	24	–
1900	24	–

12.3Estimates, Our World in Data

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Guatemala	World
2024	72.871.5–74.1	73.3
2025	72.971.2–74.7	73.5
2026	7370.8–75.2	73.8
2027	73.270.7–75.7	73.9
2028	73.370.4–76.1	74.1
2029	73.570.3–76.6	74.2
2030	73.770.1–76.8	74.4
2031	73.870.1–77.2	74.5
2032	73.970.1–77.5	74.7
2033	74.169.9–77.8	74.8
2034	74.269.9–78.2	75
2035	74.469.9–78.4	75.1
2036	74.570.2–78.9	75.3
2037	74.769.9–79.1	75.4
2038	74.869.9–79.2	75.5
2039	74.969.9–79.7	75.7
2040	75.169.9–79.7	75.8
2041	75.270–80	75.9
2042	75.469.8–80.3	76.1
2043	75.569.6–80.4	76.2
2044	75.669.7–80.6	76.3
2045	75.869.7–81	76.5
2046	75.969.8–81.2	76.6
2047	7669.9–81.5	76.7
2048	76.270–81.9	76.8
2049	76.369.9–82	76.9
2050	76.470.1–82.3	77
2051	76.670.3–82.5	77.1
2052	76.770–82.7	77.2
2053	76.970–83.1	77.3
2054	7769.9–83.2	77.4
2055	77.270.2–83.4	77.6
2056	77.369.8–83.5	77.7
2057	77.470–83.7	77.8
2058	77.669.9–84.2	77.9
2059	77.770–84.4	78
2060	77.870–84.6	78.1
2061	7870.2–85	78.2
2062	78.170.3–84.9	78.3
2063	78.370.4–85.2	78.4
2064	78.470.3–85.3	78.5
2065	78.570.5–85.4	78.6
2066	78.770.5–85.5	78.7
2067	78.870.7–85.8	78.8
2068	78.970.5–86	78.9
2069	79.170.5–85.9	79
2070	79.270.5–86.2	79.1
2071	79.370.6–86.1	79.2
2072	79.570.6–86.3	79.3
2073	79.670.6–86.5	79.4
2074	79.870.6–86.6	79.4
2075	79.970.7–86.7	79.5
2076	8070.7–86.8	79.6
2077	80.270.7–86.9	79.7
2078	80.371–87	79.8
2079	80.470.9–87.2	79.9
2080	80.670.9–87.2	80
2081	80.770.6–87.4	80.1
2082	80.870.8–87.8	80.2
2083	8171.1–87.9	80.3
2084	81.171.3–88.1	80.3
2085	81.271.4–88.2	80.4
2086	81.371.3–88.4	80.5
2087	81.571.3–88.6	80.6
2088	81.671.3–88.7	80.7
2089	81.771.2–89	80.8
2090	81.871.2–89.2	80.9
2091	8270.9–89.3	81
2092	82.171.1–89.3	81
2093	82.271–89.2	81.1
2094	82.371.1–89.4	81.2
2095	82.571.2–89.6	81.3
2096	82.671.2–89.8	81.4
2097	82.771.4–90	81.5
2098	82.871.3–90.2	81.6
2099	8371.6–90.3	81.7
2100	83.171.4–90.3	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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