Maldives
Life expectancy in Maldives
Life expectancy in Maldives: 36.5 years in 1950 and 81 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 81 years
- Since 1950
- +44.6 years
- Rank, 2023
- 45 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 91.6 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 91.6 years in 2100, between 85.3 years and 98.9 years (95% prediction interval).
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Maldives | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 81 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 80.8 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 78.1 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 78.7 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 79.7 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 79.4 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 79.2 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 78.9 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 78.6 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 78.2 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 77.9 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 77.5 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 77.1 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 76.8 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 76.4 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 76 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 75.7 | 69 |
| 2006 | 75.3 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 74.8 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 73 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 73.3 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 72.4 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 71.7 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 70.9 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 70.2 | 66 |
| 1998 | 69.3 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 68.5 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 67.7 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 67 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 66.2 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 65.4 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 64.7 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 63.9 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 63.2 | 64 |
| 1989 | 62.4 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 61.6 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 60.8 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 60 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 59.2 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 58.3 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 57.5 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 56.6 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 55.7 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 54.8 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 53.9 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 50.5 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 51.8 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 50.8 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 49.7 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 48.5 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 47.5 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 46.4 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 45.5 | 56 |
| 1970 | 44.5 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 43.7 | 56 |
| 1968 | 42.9 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 42.1 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 41.4 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 40.8 | 54 |
| 1964 | 40.2 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 39.6 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 39.1 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 38.7 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 38.2 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 37.9 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 37.6 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 37.3 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 37.2 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 37 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 37 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 37 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 37 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 37.1 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 36.5 | 46.4 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Maldives | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 81.380.4–82.2 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 81.580.2–82.8 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 81.780.1–83.3 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 8280–83.8 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 82.280–84.1 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 82.480–84.5 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 82.680.1–84.9 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 82.880–85.1 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 8380.2–85.5 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 83.280.3–85.9 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 83.480.3–86.1 | 75 |
| 2035 | 83.680.3–86.2 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 83.880.4–86.5 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 83.980.4–86.8 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 84.180.6–87.1 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 84.380.7–87.3 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 84.580.9–87.4 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 84.680.9–87.7 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 84.881–88 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 84.981–88.3 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 85.181–88.6 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 85.281.1–88.8 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 85.481.2–89 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 85.581.3–89.2 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 85.681.5–89.4 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 85.881.7–89.6 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 85.981.7–89.8 | 77 |
| 2051 | 86.181.9–90.1 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 86.282–90.4 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 86.382.2–90.5 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 86.482.1–90.7 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 86.682.2–91 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 86.782.3–91.3 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 86.882.6–91.4 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 86.982.6–91.7 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 87.182.4–91.9 | 78 |
| 2060 | 87.282.6–92.1 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 87.382.8–92.3 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 87.482.9–92.3 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 87.583.1–92.5 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 87.683.2–92.9 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 87.783.2–92.8 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 87.883.4–93.1 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 87.983.5–93.3 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 88.183.6–93.4 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 88.283.5–93.6 | 79 |
| 2070 | 88.383.6–94 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 88.483.7–94.1 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 88.583.8–94.3 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 88.683.9–94.4 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 88.784.1–94.7 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 88.884–94.8 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 88.984–95 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 8984.1–95.2 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 89.284.1–95.4 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 89.384–95.4 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 89.484.1–95.6 | 80 |
| 2081 | 89.584.3–95.9 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 89.684.5–96.1 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 89.784.5–96.2 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 89.884.5–96.2 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 89.984.7–96.5 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 9084.7–96.7 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 90.284.8–96.7 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 90.385–96.9 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 90.485–97 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 90.584.9–97.1 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 90.684.9–97.4 | 81 |
| 2092 | 90.785–97.4 | 81 |
| 2093 | 90.985–97.7 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 9185.2–97.7 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 91.185.2–98 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 91.285.2–98.4 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 91.385.3–98.3 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 91.485.3–98.5 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 91.585.4–98.9 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 91.685.3–98.9 | 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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