Kenya
Life expectancy in Kenya
Life expectancy in Kenya: 36.9 years in 1950 and 63.7 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 63.7 years
- Since 1950
- +26.8 years
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 74.4 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 74.4 years in 2100, between 64.1 years and 85.2 years (95% prediction interval).
- Older estimates from Our World in Data reach back to 1927: 23.9 years.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Kenya | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 63.7 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 63.6 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 61.2 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 61.6 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 62.9 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 62.8 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 62.7 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 62.5 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 62.3 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 62 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 61.7 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 61.5 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 61.3 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 60.9 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 60.5 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 60 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 59.4 | 69 |
| 2006 | 59.1 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 58.5 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 58 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 57.4 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 56.8 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 56.5 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 56.1 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 55.9 | 66 |
| 1998 | 55.6 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 55.5 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 55.6 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 55.9 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 56.1 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 56.7 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 57.1 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 57.8 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 58.3 | 64 |
| 1989 | 60 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 60.3 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 60.7 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 60.8 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 60.9 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 60.6 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 60.3 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 59.9 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 59.6 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 59.2 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 58.7 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 58.2 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 57.7 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 57.2 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 56.6 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 56 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 55.5 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 55 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 54.5 | 56 |
| 1970 | 54.1 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 53.7 | 56 |
| 1968 | 53.3 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 52.8 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 52.4 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 51.9 | 54 |
| 1964 | 51.3 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 50.8 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 50.1 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 49.3 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 48.5 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 47.5 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 46.5 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 45.3 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 43.5 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 42.3 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 41 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 39.8 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 38.6 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 38 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 36.9 | 46.4 |
| 1945 | 28.8 | – |
| 1937 | 26.4 | – |
| 1927 | 23.9 | – |
- 12.3Estimates, Our World in Data
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Kenya | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 63.862.4–65.3 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 6461.9–66 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 64.261.7–66.6 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 64.461.5–67.2 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 64.561.4–67.6 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 64.761.1–68 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 64.961.1–68.4 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 65.160.9–68.9 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 65.260.8–69.3 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 65.460.9–69.7 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 65.560.9–69.9 | 75 |
| 2035 | 65.760.8–70.3 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 65.860.9–70.7 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 6660.8–70.9 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 66.260.9–71.2 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 66.360.7–71.6 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 66.561.2–71.9 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 66.661.1–72.2 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 66.761–72.3 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 66.961.1–72.8 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 6760.8–73 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 67.260.9–73.4 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 67.361–73.6 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 67.561.2–74.1 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 67.661.2–74.2 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 67.761.2–74.4 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 67.961.4–74.6 | 77 |
| 2051 | 6861.4–74.8 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 68.161.5–75.1 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 68.261.6–75.1 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 68.461.6–75.4 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 68.561.4–75.5 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 68.661.5–75.6 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 68.861.5–75.7 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 68.961.6–76 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 6961.3–76.2 | 78 |
| 2060 | 69.261.4–76.3 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 69.361.3–76.5 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 69.461.4–76.8 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 69.561.6–77 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 69.761.5–77.3 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 69.861.8–77.5 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 69.961.7–77.8 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 70.161.7–78 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 70.261.9–78.2 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 70.361.9–78.4 | 79 |
| 2070 | 70.461.8–78.6 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 70.662.1–78.8 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 70.762.3–78.9 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 70.862.4–79.1 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 70.962.5–79.7 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 71.162.5–79.7 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 71.262.5–80 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 71.362.4–80.1 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 71.462.5–80.4 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 71.662.4–80.6 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 71.762.7–80.8 | 80 |
| 2081 | 71.862.7–81.2 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 7262.6–81.3 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 72.162.7–81.6 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 72.262.8–81.7 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 72.462.7–82.1 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 72.562.9–82.1 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 72.663.1–82.4 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 72.863–82.6 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 72.963.2–82.8 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 7363.2–83.1 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 73.263.3–83.2 | 81 |
| 2092 | 73.363.6–83.5 | 81 |
| 2093 | 73.463.3–83.6 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 73.663.5–83.9 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 73.763.7–84.1 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 73.863.5–84.4 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 7463.7–84.5 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 74.163.7–84.6 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 74.263.7–84.8 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 74.464.1–85.2 | 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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- Military spending1.07% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$1.36B in 2025
- Military spending per person$26 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel24,000 people in 2020
- National power0.23% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.11% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports117 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports2 million TIV in 1993