Lebanon
Life expectancy in Lebanon
Life expectancy in Lebanon: 59.9 years in 1950 and 77.8 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 77.8 years
- Since 1950
- +17.9 years
- Rank, 2023
- 75 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 87.6 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 87.6 years in 2100, between 78.4 years and 95.1 years (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 78.3 years in 2016, the lowest 36.4 years in 1976.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Lebanon | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 77.8 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 78 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 73.7 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 76.3 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 78.2 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 78.3 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 78.2 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 78.3 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 78.3 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 78.2 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 78 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 77.9 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 77.8 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 77.5 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 77.3 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 77 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 76.7 | 69 |
| 2006 | 75.7 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 76.1 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 75.7 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 75.3 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 74.8 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 74.4 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 73.9 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 73.5 | 66 |
| 1998 | 73.2 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 72.9 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 72.6 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 72.4 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 72 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 71.6 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 71.2 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 70.9 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 65.5 | 64 |
| 1989 | 65.1 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 62.9 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 62.5 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 62 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 61.6 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 61.2 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 60.8 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 47.2 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 60.3 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 59.9 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 59.6 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 60 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 60.3 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 36.4 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 57.7 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 66.4 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 66.3 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 66.2 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 66.1 | 56 |
| 1970 | 66 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 65.9 | 56 |
| 1968 | 65.8 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 65.7 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 65.5 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 65.3 | 54 |
| 1964 | 65.1 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 64.9 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 64.6 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 64.3 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 63.9 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 63.6 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 61.2 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 62.8 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 62.2 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 61.5 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 61.6 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 61.2 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 60.8 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 60.3 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 59.9 | 46.4 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Lebanon | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7876.8–79 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 78.176.6–79.5 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 78.276.3–80 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 78.476.1–80.4 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 78.576–80.9 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 78.775.9–81.1 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 78.875.8–81.5 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 78.975.9–81.9 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 79.175.8–82.2 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 79.275.7–82.3 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 79.475.8–82.6 | 75 |
| 2035 | 79.575.7–82.9 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 79.675.7–83.3 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 79.875.6–83.4 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 79.975.5–83.7 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 80.175.6–84.1 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 80.275.7–84.3 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 80.375.7–84.5 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 80.575.7–84.8 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 80.675.7–85 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 80.875.5–85.3 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 80.975.4–85.4 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 81.175.7–85.5 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 81.275.8–85.8 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 81.376–86.1 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 81.575.8–86.2 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 81.675.8–86.4 | 77 |
| 2051 | 81.775.9–86.6 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 81.975.9–86.9 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 8275.9–87.1 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 82.175.8–87.1 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 82.375.8–87.4 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 82.476–87.5 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 82.675.9–87.6 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 82.776.1–87.9 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 82.875.9–88.1 | 78 |
| 2060 | 82.975.9–88.2 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 83.175.9–88.4 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 83.276–88.6 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 83.376.1–88.7 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 83.476.1–88.9 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 83.676.1–89.1 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 83.776.3–89.3 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 83.876.3–89.4 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 83.976.4–89.6 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 84.176.5–89.9 | 79 |
| 2070 | 84.276.4–90 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 84.376.5–90.4 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 84.476.5–90.5 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 84.676.6–90.5 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 84.776.8–90.6 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 84.876.9–90.8 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 84.977.1–91 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 8577.1–91.2 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 85.177–91.3 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 85.377.2–91.4 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 85.477.2–91.7 | 80 |
| 2081 | 85.577.4–91.9 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 85.677.2–91.9 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 85.777.3–92.2 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 85.877.4–92.5 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 85.977.6–92.5 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 8677.8–92.8 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 86.277.8–92.9 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 86.378–93 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 86.477.8–93.3 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 86.577.9–93.5 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 86.678.2–93.5 | 81 |
| 2092 | 86.778.2–93.9 | 81 |
| 2093 | 86.878.3–94 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 86.978.5–94.1 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 8778.4–94.2 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 87.278.3–94.5 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 87.378.6–94.8 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 87.478.4–94.7 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 87.578.5–94.8 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 87.678.4–95.1 | 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.
- 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 spending2.51% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$736M in 2025
- Military spending per person$142 in 2025
- Military share of state spending16.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel80,000 people in 2020
- National power0.08% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers4.1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports9 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exports48 million TIV in 2002