Guyana
Life expectancy in Guyana
Life expectancy in Guyana: 49.2 years in 1950 and 70.2 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 70.2 years
- Since 1950
- +21 years
- Rank, 2023
- 161 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 80.4 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 80.4 years in 2100, between 67.5 years and 89 years (95% prediction interval).
- Older estimates from Our World in Data reach back to 1911: 31.1 years.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Guyana | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 70.2 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 69.9 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 64.3 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 67.8 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 69.1 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 68.8 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 68.5 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 68.1 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 67.7 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 67.3 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 66.7 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 66.4 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 66.5 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 66.2 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 66 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 65.7 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 65.5 | 69 |
| 2006 | 64.9 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 64.4 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 64.2 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 64.1 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 64.2 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 64.4 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 64.1 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 63.8 | 66 |
| 1998 | 63.4 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 62.9 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 62.7 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 62.7 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 63 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 63 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 62.8 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 62.5 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 62.3 | 64 |
| 1989 | 62.1 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 61.9 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 61.7 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 61.5 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 61.4 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 61.3 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 61.2 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 61 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 60.9 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 60.8 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 60.7 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 60.7 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 60.6 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 60.5 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 60.4 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 60.3 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 60.2 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 60.1 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 60.1 | 56 |
| 1970 | 60 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 59.8 | 56 |
| 1968 | 59.7 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 59.5 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 59.3 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 59.1 | 54 |
| 1964 | 59 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 58.6 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 58.3 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 57.9 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 57.5 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 57 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 56.5 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 56.1 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 55.2 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 54.1 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 53.3 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 52.4 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 51.3 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 50.2 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 49.2 | 46.4 |
| 1930 | 41.4 | – |
| 1921 | 34.6 | – |
| 1911 | 31.1 | – |
- 12.3Estimates, Our World in Data
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Guyana | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 70.369–71.6 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 70.568.6–72.2 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 70.668.4–72.8 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 70.768.2–73.2 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 70.867.9–73.7 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 7167.8–74 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 71.167.7–74.3 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 71.267.7–74.8 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 71.467.7–75.1 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 71.567.5–75.4 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 71.667.5–75.9 | 75 |
| 2035 | 71.867.5–76.1 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 71.967.4–76.4 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 7267.3–76.8 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 72.267.1–77.2 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 72.367.3–77.6 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 72.467.2–77.7 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 72.667.1–77.9 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 72.767–78.1 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 72.867.1–78.4 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 7367.2–78.7 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 73.167.2–79.1 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 73.267.1–79.2 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 73.467.3–79.6 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 73.567.1–79.8 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 73.667.3–80.2 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 73.767.1–80.4 | 77 |
| 2051 | 73.966.9–80.6 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 7467.1–80.9 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 74.267.1–81 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 74.367.3–81.3 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 74.467.3–81.4 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 74.567–81.7 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 74.767.2–81.8 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 74.867.1–82 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 74.966.9–82.1 | 78 |
| 2060 | 75.167.1–82.4 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 75.267.1–82.4 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 75.367–82.9 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 75.566.9–83.1 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 75.667.4–83.3 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 75.867.4–83.5 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 75.967.2–83.7 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 7667.2–83.9 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 76.267.2–84.1 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 76.367.2–84.2 | 79 |
| 2070 | 76.467.1–84.3 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 76.667.5–84.5 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 76.767.3–84.7 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 76.967.5–84.7 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 7767.5–85 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 77.167.4–85.1 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 77.267.2–85.4 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 77.467.3–85.6 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 77.567.5–85.6 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 77.667.4–85.9 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 77.867.2–86 | 80 |
| 2081 | 77.967.3–86.1 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 7867.3–86.1 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 78.267–86.4 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 78.367.3–86.6 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 78.467.2–86.8 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 78.667.3–87.2 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 78.767.2–87.2 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 78.867.5–87.4 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 7967.4–87.7 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 79.167.7–87.7 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 79.267.8–87.7 | 81 |
| 2092 | 79.467.4–88.1 | 81 |
| 2093 | 79.567.5–88.1 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 79.667.4–88.4 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 79.867.6–88.3 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 79.967.5–88.6 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 8067.1–88.6 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 80.267.1–88.8 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 80.367.2–89 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 80.467.5–89 | 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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- Military spending0.99% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$240M in 2025
- Military spending per person$297 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel3,000 people in 2020
- National power0.01% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.04% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports5 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports2 million TIV in 1976