Life expectancy in Jamaica

Life expectancy in Jamaica: 56.6 years in 1950 and 71.5 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 71.5 years
Since 1950: +14.9 years
World, 2023: 73.2 years
Projected, 2100: 81.7 years; UN projection (medium variant)

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What the numbers say

The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 81.7 years in 2100, between 69.5 years and 89.2 years (95% prediction interval).
The highest was 72.4 years in 2013, the lowest 56.6 years in 1950.
Older estimates from Our World in Data reach back to 1881: 34.2 years.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Jamaica	World
2023	71.5	73.2
2022	71.5	72.6
2021	69.1	70.9
2020	71.5	71.9
2019	71.5	72.6
2018	71.6	72.4
2017	71.9	72.1
2016	72.1	71.9
2015	72.2	71.6
2014	72.4	71.4
2013	72.4	71.1
2012	72.4	70.8
2011	72.3	70.4
2010	72	70.1
2009	71.7	69.7
2008	71.5	69.3
2007	71.4	69
2006	71.4	68.6
2005	71.5	68.1
2004	71.5	67.7
2003	71.6	67.4
2002	71.5	67.1
2001	71.3	66.8
2000	71.3	66.4
1999	71.2	66
1998	71.2	65.7
1997	71.2	65.5
1996	71.3	65.2
1995	71.5	64.9
1994	71.6	64.3
1993	71.8	64.4
1992	71.8	64.3
1991	71.8	64.1
1990	71.7	64
1989	71.5	63.8
1988	71.2	63.4
1987	70.9	63.2
1986	70.5	62.7
1985	70.1	62.2
1984	69.8	61.9
1983	69.6	61.5
1982	69.3	61.3
1981	69.1	60.9
1980	69	60.5
1979	68.8	60.2
1978	68.7	59.5
1977	68.6	59.2
1976	68.4	58.6
1975	68.2	58.3
1974	67.9	58.1
1973	67.6	57.7
1972	67.3	57.2
1971	67	56
1970	66.7	56.3
1969	66.5	56
1968	66.3	55.6
1967	66.1	55.1
1966	65.9	54.6
1965	65.7	54
1964	65.4	54.3
1963	65	53.7
1962	64.6	53.2
1961	64.3	50.4
1960	63.8	47.8
1959	63.3	49.6
1958	62.7	51.6
1957	62	51.1
1956	61.2	50.7
1955	60.4	50.2
1954	59.6	49.7
1953	58.9	48.8
1952	58.1	48.2
1951	57.1	47.1
1950	56.6	46.4
1949	53.9	–
1948	51.7	–
1947	50.4	–
1946	51.4	–
1945	49.1	–
1944	49.1	–
1943	50.3	–
1942	49.8	–
1941	49.4	–
1940	47.6	–
1939	48.5	–
1938	45.9	–
1937	47.2	–
1936	44.4	–
1935	44	–
1934	44.4	–
1933	41.6	–
1932	44.2	–
1931	42.7	–
1930	45.3	–
1929	43	–
1928	41.6	–
1927	39.4	–
1926	40.7	–
1925	38.9	–
1924	38.6	–
1923	38	–
1922	37	–
1921	30.7	–
1920	35.4	–
1919	36.6	–
1918	26.4	–
1917	31.7	–
1916	35.6	–
1915	37	–
1914	38.2	–
1913	37.5	–
1912	34.4	–
1911	37.9	–
1910	36.7	–
1909	37.3	–
1908	36.8	–
1907	29.5	–
1906	32.4	–
1905	37.6	–
1904	33.6	–
1903	34.6	–
1902	40.4	–
1901	38.1	–
1900	37.8	–
1899	37.6	–
1898	39.1	–
1897	37	–
1896	37.6	–
1895	37.4	–
1894	39	–
1893	38.6	–
1892	39.2	–
1891	37.3	–
1890	34.3	–
1889	37.6	–
1888	38.6	–
1887	35.5	–
1886	36.9	–
1885	37.8	–
1884	37.2	–
1883	38.1	–
1882	40.1	–
1881	34.2	–

12.3Estimates, Our World in Data

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Jamaica	World
2024	71.670.4–72.9	73.3
2025	71.770–73.5	73.5
2026	71.969.7–74.1	73.8
2027	7269.4–74.5	73.9
2028	72.169.2–74.9	74.1
2029	72.269–75.2	74.2
2030	72.468.9–75.7	74.4
2031	72.568.8–76	74.5
2032	72.668.9–76.3	74.7
2033	72.868.6–76.6	74.8
2034	72.968.6–76.9	75
2035	7368.6–77	75.1
2036	73.268.6–77.3	75.3
2037	73.368.5–77.6	75.4
2038	73.468.5–77.8	75.5
2039	73.668.4–78.1	75.7
2040	73.768.5–78.4	75.8
2041	73.868.5–78.8	75.9
2042	7468.5–79	76.1
2043	74.168.5–79.2	76.2
2044	74.268.4–79.5	76.3
2045	74.368.5–79.8	76.5
2046	74.568.3–79.9	76.6
2047	74.668.1–80.1	76.7
2048	74.768.1–80.5	76.8
2049	74.968.2–80.7	76.9
2050	7568.1–80.9	77
2051	75.168.1–81	77.1
2052	75.368–81.3	77.2
2053	75.468.2–81.4	77.3
2054	75.568.2–81.6	77.4
2055	75.768–81.7	77.6
2056	75.867.8–81.9	77.7
2057	75.968–82.2	77.8
2058	76.168–82.4	77.9
2059	76.268.1–82.7	78
2060	76.368.2–82.9	78.1
2061	76.568.1–83.1	78.2
2062	76.668.3–83.3	78.3
2063	76.768.2–83.5	78.4
2064	76.968.5–83.7	78.5
2065	7768.6–84	78.6
2066	77.168.7–84.1	78.7
2067	77.368.8–84.1	78.8
2068	77.468.7–84.4	78.9
2069	77.568.6–84.6	79
2070	77.768.7–84.7	79.1
2071	77.868.8–84.9	79.2
2072	7868.6–85.2	79.3
2073	78.168.8–85.3	79.4
2074	78.269–85.4	79.4
2075	78.468.8–85.7	79.5
2076	78.569–85.9	79.6
2077	78.769–86.1	79.7
2078	78.869.1–86.3	79.8
2079	78.969.1–86.5	79.9
2080	79.169.3–86.6	80
2081	79.269.2–86.8	80.1
2082	79.369.2–86.9	80.2
2083	79.569.3–87	80.3
2084	79.669.3–87	80.3
2085	79.769.4–87.4	80.4
2086	79.969.6–87.5	80.5
2087	8069.5–87.6	80.6
2088	80.169.5–87.6	80.7
2089	80.269.4–87.8	80.8
2090	80.469.3–88	80.9
2091	80.569.3–88	81
2092	80.769.5–88	81
2093	80.869.4–88.3	81.1
2094	80.969.2–88.3	81.2
2095	8169.3–88.3	81.3
2096	81.269.4–88.4	81.4
2097	81.369.4–88.6	81.5
2098	81.469.5–88.8	81.6
2099	81.669.5–89.1	81.7
2100	81.769.5–89.2	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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