Hong Kong SAR China
Life expectancy in Hong Kong SAR China
Life expectancy in Hong Kong SAR China: 57.8 years in 1950 and 85.5 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 85.5 years
- Since 1950
- +27.7 years
- Rank, 2023
- 3 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 94.4 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 94.4 years in 2100, between 86.3 years and 102.7 years (95% prediction interval).
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Hong Kong SAR China | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 85.5 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 83.5 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 85.1 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 84.7 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 85.3 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 85 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 84.7 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 84.4 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 84.2 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 83.9 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 83.7 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 83.4 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 83.2 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 82.9 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 82.6 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 82.3 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 82.1 | 69 |
| 2006 | 82 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 81.7 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 81.5 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 81.1 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 81.2 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 81 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 80.7 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 80.4 | 66 |
| 1998 | 80.1 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 79.7 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 79.5 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 79.1 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 78.7 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 78.3 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 78 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 77.7 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 77.5 | 64 |
| 1989 | 77.2 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 77.1 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 77.1 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 76.7 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 76.3 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 75.7 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 75.3 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 74.9 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 74.6 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 74.3 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 73.9 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 73.6 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 73.3 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 73 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 72.8 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 72.5 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 72.2 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 71.7 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 71.5 | 56 |
| 1970 | 71.3 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 71 | 56 |
| 1968 | 70.7 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 69.9 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 69.3 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 68.9 | 54 |
| 1964 | 68.6 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 68 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 67.3 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 66.9 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 66.2 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 65.4 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 64.7 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 64.1 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 63.5 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 62.8 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 61.9 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 60.9 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 59.8 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 58.7 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 57.8 | 46.4 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Hong Kong SAR China | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 85.684.7–86.6 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 85.884.5–87.1 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 85.984.2–87.6 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 8684.2–88 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 86.284.1–88.3 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 86.384–88.7 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 86.484–88.9 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 86.684–89.3 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 86.784–89.4 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 86.983.9–89.7 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 8783.9–90 | 75 |
| 2035 | 87.183.9–90.2 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 87.383.9–90.4 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 87.483.8–90.7 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 87.583.9–90.8 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 87.783.8–91.2 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 87.883.7–91.4 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 87.983.8–91.6 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 88.184–91.9 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 88.284.1–92.3 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 88.384.1–92.6 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 88.584.1–92.8 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 88.684.2–92.9 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 88.784.2–93.2 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 88.884.3–93.3 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 8984.3–93.5 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 89.184.4–93.7 | 77 |
| 2051 | 89.284.4–93.9 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 89.384.4–94.3 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 89.584.6–94.4 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 89.684.5–94.6 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 89.784.7–94.9 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 89.884.6–95.1 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 89.984.7–95.3 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 90.184.7–95.4 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 90.284.8–95.7 | 78 |
| 2060 | 90.384.9–95.9 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 90.485–96.2 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 90.584.8–96.2 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 90.685–96.5 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 90.785–96.8 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 90.985.2–96.8 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 9185.1–97 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 91.185.2–97.2 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 91.285.2–97.3 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 91.385.2–97.4 | 79 |
| 2070 | 91.485.2–97.6 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 91.585–97.8 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 91.685.1–98.1 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 91.785.1–98.3 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 91.885.2–98.5 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 91.985.1–98.6 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 9285.4–98.8 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 92.185.4–98.9 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 92.285.4–99 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 92.385.4–99 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 92.485.4–99.2 | 80 |
| 2081 | 92.585.5–99.4 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 92.685.6–99.5 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 92.785.7–99.7 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 92.885.6–99.9 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 92.985.5–100.1 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 9385.4–100.4 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 93.185.6–100.4 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 93.285.7–100.6 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 93.385.8–100.9 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 93.485.9–101.1 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 93.586–101.2 | 81 |
| 2092 | 93.686–101.3 | 81 |
| 2093 | 93.785.8–101.5 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 93.886–101.5 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 93.986.1–101.8 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 9486–102.3 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 94.186.2–102.3 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 94.286.3–102.7 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 94.386.2–102.5 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 94.486.3–102.7 | 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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