Indonesia
Life expectancy in Indonesia
Life expectancy in Indonesia: 40.2 years in 1950 and 71.2 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 71.2 years
- Since 1950
- +30.9 years
- Rank, 2023
- 156 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 81.9 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 81.9 years in 2100, between 71.3 years and 90.1 years (95% prediction interval).
- Older estimates from Our World in Data reach back to 1927: 30 years.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Indonesia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 71.2 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 70.9 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 67.5 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 68.8 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 70.4 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 70.1 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 70 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 69.7 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 69.5 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 69.3 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 69.1 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 68.9 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 68.6 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 68.4 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 68.3 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 68.1 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 67.9 | 69 |
| 2006 | 67.7 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 67.5 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 65.5 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 67.1 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 67 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 66.6 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 66.3 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 66 | 66 |
| 1998 | 65.9 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 65.8 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 65.5 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 65.3 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 65 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 64.9 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 64.2 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 63.7 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 63.3 | 64 |
| 1989 | 62.9 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 62.4 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 62.1 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 61.7 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 61.4 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 60.9 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 60.3 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 59.7 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 59.1 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 58.7 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 58.2 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 57.6 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 57.1 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 56.5 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 56 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 55.4 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 54.9 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 54.4 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 53.8 | 56 |
| 1970 | 53.3 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 52.6 | 56 |
| 1968 | 51.9 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 51.3 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 48.4 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 42.8 | 54 |
| 1964 | 49.4 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 48.7 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 48.1 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 47.4 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 46.8 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 46.2 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 45.4 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 45 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 44.3 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 43.6 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 42.9 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 42.2 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 41.5 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 40.8 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 40.2 | 46.4 |
| 1947 | 27.5 | – |
| 1942 | 27.5 | – |
| 1937 | 35 | – |
| 1932 | 32.5 | – |
| 1927 | 30 | – |
- 12.3Estimates, Our World in Data
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Indonesia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 71.370–72.5 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 71.469.5–73.2 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 71.669.2–73.7 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 71.769.1–74.1 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 71.969–74.7 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 7269–75 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 72.268.8–75.3 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 72.368.7–75.7 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 72.468.6–76.1 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 72.668.7–76.4 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 72.768.7–76.6 | 75 |
| 2035 | 72.968.7–77 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 7368.6–77.3 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 73.168.8–77.5 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 73.368.7–77.7 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 73.468.6–77.9 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 73.568.6–78.2 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 73.768.4–78.5 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 73.868.5–78.9 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 7468.6–79.2 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 74.168.6–79.3 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 74.368.4–79.7 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 74.468.6–79.8 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 74.568.6–79.9 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 74.768.7–80.4 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 74.868.6–80.6 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 7568.5–80.7 | 77 |
| 2051 | 75.168.6–80.8 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 75.268.6–81.1 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 75.468.8–81.2 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 75.568.7–81.3 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 75.768.7–81.7 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 75.868.6–82.1 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 75.968.8–82.3 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 76.168.7–82.6 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 76.268.7–82.8 | 78 |
| 2060 | 76.368.7–82.9 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 76.569–83.1 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 76.669.1–83.4 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 76.868.9–83.7 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 76.969.1–83.8 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 7769.2–84 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 77.269.3–84.2 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 77.369.3–84.4 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 77.569.5–84.8 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 77.669.6–84.9 | 79 |
| 2070 | 77.769.6–85 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 77.969.7–85.2 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 7869.4–85.4 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 78.269.3–85.7 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 78.369.4–85.7 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 78.569.2–85.9 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 78.669.5–86.2 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 78.769.6–86.3 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 78.969.9–86.6 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 7969.8–86.8 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 79.269.9–86.8 | 80 |
| 2081 | 79.370–86.9 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 79.470.1–87.2 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 79.670.1–87.3 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 79.770.2–87.5 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 79.970.3–87.8 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 8070.2–87.7 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 80.170.3–88.1 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 80.370.5–88.2 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 80.470.7–88.5 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 80.570.7–88.5 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 80.770.6–88.7 | 81 |
| 2092 | 80.870.5–88.9 | 81 |
| 2093 | 80.970.7–89.1 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 81.170.6–89.2 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 81.270.6–89.4 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 81.370.9–89.6 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 81.570.5–89.7 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 81.670.7–89.8 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 81.771–90.1 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 81.971.3–90.1 | 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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- Military spending1.05% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$15.3B in 2025
- Military spending per person$53 in 2025
- Military share of state spending6.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel676,000 people in 2020
- National power2.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.49% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports1.28 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exports17 million TIV in 2021