Macao SAR China
Life expectancy in Macao SAR China
Life expectancy in Macao SAR China: 58.3 years in 1950 and 83.1 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 83.1 years
- Since 1950
- +24.7 years
- Rank, 2023
- 20 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 92.7 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 92.7 years in 2100, between 85.6 years and 100.8 years (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 84.6 years in 2020, the lowest 58.3 years in 1950.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Macao SAR China | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 83.1 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 82.1 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 83.8 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 84.6 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 83.3 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 83.4 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 83.1 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 83 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 82.9 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 82.7 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 82.5 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 82.3 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 82 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 81.7 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 81.5 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 81.2 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 80.9 | 69 |
| 2006 | 80.7 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 80.5 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 80.4 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 80.2 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 80.1 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 79.8 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 79.4 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 79.1 | 66 |
| 1998 | 78.8 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 78.4 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 77.4 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 77.9 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 77.4 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 77.5 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 77.1 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 76.6 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 76.6 | 64 |
| 1989 | 76.2 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 75.5 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 75.2 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 75 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 74.7 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 74.2 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 74.1 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 73.9 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 73.4 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 73 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 72.6 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 72.2 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 71.8 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 71.9 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 71.2 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 71 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 70.1 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 69.7 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 69.2 | 56 |
| 1970 | 68.8 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 68.3 | 56 |
| 1968 | 68 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 67.4 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 66.8 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 66.3 | 54 |
| 1964 | 66 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 65.7 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 65.1 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 64.5 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 63.9 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 63.7 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 63.2 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 62.5 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 61 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 60.7 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 60.3 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 59.8 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 59.3 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 58.8 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 58.3 | 46.4 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Macao SAR China | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 83.282.3–84.1 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 83.482.1–84.6 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 83.682.1–85 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 83.882.1–85.5 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 8482–85.9 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 84.182–86.3 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 84.382.1–86.6 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 84.482.2–86.9 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 84.682.1–87.2 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 84.782.3–87.5 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 84.982.3–87.7 | 75 |
| 2035 | 8582.4–88 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 85.282.4–88.2 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 85.382.5–88.4 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 85.582.6–88.6 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 85.682.5–88.9 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 85.882.6–89.2 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 85.982.6–89.5 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 8682.6–89.7 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 86.282.8–89.9 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 86.383–90.2 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 86.483–90.5 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 86.683.1–90.7 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 86.783.1–90.9 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 86.983.2–91.2 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 8783.2–91.3 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 87.183.1–91.6 | 77 |
| 2051 | 87.283.3–91.9 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 87.483.3–92.1 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 87.583.3–92.2 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 87.683.5–92.4 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 87.783.4–92.7 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 87.983.6–92.7 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 8883.7–92.9 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 88.183.7–93.2 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 88.283.8–93.5 | 78 |
| 2060 | 88.383.8–93.7 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 88.483.8–94 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 88.583.9–94 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 88.784–94.3 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 88.884.2–94.5 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 88.984.2–94.8 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 8984.3–95.1 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 89.184.4–95.2 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 89.284.4–95.5 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 89.384.3–95.5 | 79 |
| 2070 | 89.584.4–95.7 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 89.684.5–96 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 89.784.5–96.2 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 89.884.7–96.5 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 89.984.7–96.7 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 9084.7–96.7 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 90.184.7–96.9 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 90.284.8–97 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 90.384.8–97.4 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 90.584.8–97.5 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 90.684.7–97.4 | 80 |
| 2081 | 90.784.8–97.6 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 90.884.7–97.8 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 90.984.8–98 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 9184.8–98.2 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 91.184.9–98.5 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 91.284.8–98.6 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 91.384.9–98.8 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 91.485–99 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 91.585–99.1 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 91.685.1–99.1 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 91.785.1–99.3 | 81 |
| 2092 | 91.885.1–99.4 | 81 |
| 2093 | 91.985.2–99.4 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 9285.2–99.8 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 92.185.2–100.1 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 92.385.5–100.2 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 92.485.5–100.3 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 92.485.6–100.5 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 92.585.6–100.7 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 92.785.6–100.8 | 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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