Life expectancy in Iceland

Life expectancy in Iceland: 71 years in 1950 and 82.7 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 82.7 years
Since 1950: +11.7 years
Rank, 2023: 23 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 73.2 years
Projected, 2100: 92 years; UN projection (medium variant)

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years · UN

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What the numbers say

The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 92 years in 2100, between 84.9 years and 98.1 years (95% prediction interval).
The highest was 82.9 years in 2019, the lowest 71 years in 1951.
Older estimates from Our World in Data reach back to 1838: 32.5 years.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Iceland	World
2023	82.7	73.2
2022	81.6	72.6
2021	82.8	70.9
2020	82.7	71.9
2019	82.9	72.6
2018	82.5	72.4
2017	82.2	72.1
2016	81.8	71.9
2015	82.2	71.6
2014	82.4	71.4
2013	81.7	71.1
2012	82.4	70.8
2011	82	70.4
2010	81.6	70.1
2009	81.4	69.7
2008	81.2	69.3
2007	81.1	69
2006	80.9	68.6
2005	81.2	68.1
2004	80.7	67.7
2003	80.8	67.4
2002	80.3	67.1
2001	80.4	66.8
2000	79.6	66.4
1999	79.2	66
1998	79.4	65.7
1997	78.7	65.5
1996	78.7	65.2
1995	77.5	64.9
1994	79	64.3
1993	78.8	64.4
1992	78.6	64.3
1991	77.8	64.1
1990	77.7	64
1989	77.9	63.8
1988	76.9	63.4
1987	77.1	63.2
1986	77.9	62.7
1985	77.4	62.2
1984	77.3	61.9
1983	76.4	61.5
1982	76.8	61.3
1981	76.2	60.9
1980	76.6	60.5
1979	76.5	60.2
1978	76.4	59.5
1977	76.1	59.2
1976	76.6	58.6
1975	75.3	58.3
1974	74.1	58.1
1973	74.3	57.7
1972	74.4	57.2
1971	73.5	56
1970	73.8	56.3
1969	73.7	56
1968	73.9	55.6
1967	73.7	55.1
1966	73.1	54.6
1965	73.8	54
1964	73.5	54.3
1963	72.9	53.7
1962	73.6	53.2
1961	73.4	50.4
1960	74.1	47.8
1959	72.6	49.6
1958	73.4	51.6
1957	73.4	51.1
1956	72.9	50.7
1955	73.3	50.2
1954	73.3	49.7
1953	72.3	48.8
1952	72.4	48.2
1951	71	47.1
1950	71	46.4
1949	71.4	–
1948	70.2	–
1947	69.3	–
1946	68.5	–
1945	67.6	–
1944	66.7	–
1943	65.2	–
1942	64.1	–
1941	63.1	–
1940	65.8	–
1939	66	–
1938	65	–
1937	63.5	–
1936	62.7	–
1935	59.5	–
1934	63.4	–
1933	62.9	–
1932	62.1	–
1931	60.8	–
1930	60.2	–
1929	60.5	–
1928	61.7	–
1927	58.1	–
1926	60.7	–
1925	58.2	–
1924	54.1	–
1923	57.7	–
1922	56.9	–
1921	54.1	–
1920	54.6	–
1919	58.5	–
1918	51.1	–
1917	59	–
1916	54.4	–
1915	53.5	–
1914	51.9	–
1913	58.9	–
1912	56	–
1911	55.4	–
1910	52.6	–
1909	52.5	–
1908	45.7	–
1907	49.8	–
1906	53.5	–
1905	49.5	–
1904	52.7	–
1903	48.7	–
1902	50.9	–
1901	52.9	–
1900	46.6	–
1899	49.8	–
1898	44.4	–
1897	48.6	–
1896	53.2	–
1895	52.4	–
1894	44.8	–
1893	52.6	–
1892	52.8	–
1891	47.3	–
1890	36.8	–
1889	52.5	–
1888	46.8	–
1887	40.7	–
1886	45.1	–
1885	45.6	–
1884	42.1	–
1883	29.8	–
1882	17.9	–
1881	36	–
1880	42.4	–
1879	39.5	–
1878	41.4	–
1877	44.7	–
1876	40.3	–
1875	36.6	–
1874	39.6	–
1873	36.7	–
1872	25.3	–
1871	35.1	–
1870	38.4	–
1869	28.2	–
1868	34.8	–
1867	37.7	–
1866	27.3	–
1865	34.2	–
1864	35	–
1863	35.2	–
1862	27.1	–
1861	27.2	–
1860	19.8	–
1859	29.8	–
1858	34.9	–
1857	39.5	–
1856	42.4	–
1855	38.2	–
1854	43.2	–
1853	48.7	–
1852	42.2	–
1851	30.1	–
1850	36.7	–
1849	37.3	–
1848	41.8	–
1847	33.4	–
1846	18.7	–
1845	41.5	–
1844	43	–
1843	25.5	–
1842	40.2	–
1841	40.4	–
1840	32.1	–
1839	28.1	–
1838	32.5	–

12.3Estimates, Our World in Data

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Iceland	World
2024	8382.1–83.9	73.3
2025	83.281.8–84.5	73.5
2026	83.381.6–84.9	73.8
2027	83.481.6–85.3	73.9
2028	83.681.4–85.6	74.1
2029	83.781.4–86	74.2
2030	83.981.3–86.4	74.4
2031	8481.2–86.7	74.5
2032	84.181.3–86.9	74.7
2033	84.381.1–87.3	74.8
2034	84.481.2–87.5	75
2035	84.581.1–87.7	75.1
2036	84.781.2–88	75.3
2037	84.881.2–88.2	75.4
2038	84.981.1–88.4	75.5
2039	8581.1–88.6	75.7
2040	85.181.2–88.7	75.8
2041	85.381.2–88.9	75.9
2042	85.481.1–89	76.1
2043	85.581.2–89.2	76.2
2044	85.681.3–89.4	76.3
2045	85.781.3–89.5	76.5
2046	85.981.2–89.8	76.6
2047	8681.3–90	76.7
2048	86.181.3–90.3	76.8
2049	86.281.3–90.4	76.9
2050	86.381.4–90.6	77
2051	86.581.3–91	77.1
2052	86.681.5–91.1	77.2
2053	86.781.6–91.3	77.3
2054	86.881.5–91.3	77.4
2055	86.981.5–91.6	77.6
2056	8781.8–92	77.7
2057	87.181.7–92.1	77.8
2058	87.381.9–92.4	77.9
2059	87.481.9–92.5	78
2060	87.582.1–92.7	78.1
2061	87.682.1–92.8	78.2
2062	87.782.1–93.1	78.3
2063	87.882.2–93.2	78.4
2064	87.982.5–93.5	78.5
2065	8882.5–93.7	78.6
2066	88.282.5–94	78.7
2067	88.382.7–94.1	78.8
2068	88.482.8–94.2	78.9
2069	88.582.9–94.2	79
2070	88.682.8–94.4	79.1
2071	88.783–94.4	79.2
2072	88.882.9–94.7	79.3
2073	8983.1–94.7	79.4
2074	89.183.1–95.2	79.4
2075	89.283.1–95.3	79.5
2076	89.383.2–95.5	79.6
2077	89.483.4–95.7	79.7
2078	89.583.3–95.9	79.8
2079	89.683.3–95.9	79.9
2080	89.883.3–96.2	80
2081	89.983.5–96.1	80.1
2082	9083.8–96.5	80.2
2083	90.183.7–96.5	80.3
2084	90.283.8–96.7	80.3
2085	90.384–97	80.4
2086	90.483.9–97.2	80.5
2087	90.684.1–97.3	80.6
2088	90.784–97.5	80.7
2089	90.884–97.7	80.8
2090	90.984–97.7	80.9
2091	9184.2–97.8	81
2092	91.184.4–97.9	81
2093	91.284.3–98.1	81.1
2094	91.384.6–98.2	81.2
2095	91.484.6–98.1	81.3
2096	91.684.5–98.1	81.4
2097	91.784.7–98.1	81.5
2098	91.884.7–98.1	81.6
2099	91.984.7–98.1	81.7
2100	9284.9–98.1	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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