Marshall Islands
Life expectancy in Marshall Islands
Life expectancy in Marshall Islands: 52.6 years in 1950 and 67 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 67 years
- Since 1950
- +14.3 years
- Rank, 2023
- 188 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 76 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 76 years in 2100, between 63.3 years and 86.3 years (95% prediction interval).
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Marshall Islands | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 67 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 66.7 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 65.4 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 65.4 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 66.1 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 65.9 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 65.7 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 65.5 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 65.3 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 65.1 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 65 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 64.8 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 64.6 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 64.5 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 64.4 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 64.3 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 64.3 | 69 |
| 2006 | 64.2 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 64.1 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 64 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 64 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 63.9 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 63.7 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 63.3 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 63.4 | 66 |
| 1998 | 63.2 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 63 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 62.8 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 62.5 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 62.3 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 62.1 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 61.9 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 61.8 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 61.8 | 64 |
| 1989 | 61.7 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 61.8 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 61.8 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 61.8 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 61.7 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 61.6 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 61.5 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 61.3 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 61.1 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 61 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 60.8 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 60.7 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 60.6 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 60.4 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 60.3 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 60.1 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 59.8 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 59.5 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 59.1 | 56 |
| 1970 | 58.8 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 58.5 | 56 |
| 1968 | 58.2 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 57.8 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 57.3 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 56.8 | 54 |
| 1964 | 56.3 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 55.7 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 55.2 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 54.7 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 54.4 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 54 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 53.6 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 53.4 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 53.2 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 53 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 52.9 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 52.8 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 52.7 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 52.7 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 52.6 | 46.4 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Marshall Islands | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 67.165.6–68.4 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 67.265.1–69.2 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 67.364.9–69.7 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 67.464.6–70.3 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 67.664.3–70.8 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 67.764.2–71.2 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 67.864–71.5 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 67.963.7–71.9 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 68.163.7–72.1 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 68.263.7–72.4 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 68.363.7–72.8 | 75 |
| 2035 | 68.463.6–73.1 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 68.663.4–73.3 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 68.763.4–73.6 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 68.863.2–73.8 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 68.963–73.9 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 69.163.1–74.4 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 69.263–74.6 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 69.363–74.9 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 69.462.9–75.1 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 69.562.8–75.2 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 69.662.8–75.2 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 69.762.7–75.5 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 69.862.7–75.8 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 69.962.8–76.3 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 7062.7–76.5 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 70.162.8–76.7 | 77 |
| 2051 | 70.263–77.1 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 70.363.1–77.3 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 70.463–77.5 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 70.562.9–77.7 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 70.662.9–78 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 70.762.8–78.4 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 70.863.1–78.5 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 70.962.7–78.8 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 7162.9–79.1 | 78 |
| 2060 | 7162.7–79.1 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 71.162.9–79.3 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 71.262.6–79.4 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 71.362.6–79.5 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 71.462.8–79.7 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 71.562.6–80 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 71.662.4–80.3 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 71.762.7–80.5 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 71.962.7–80.6 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 7262.8–80.8 | 79 |
| 2070 | 72.162.7–80.8 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 72.262.4–81 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 72.362.8–81.4 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 72.463–81.6 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 72.563.1–81.9 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 72.763–82.2 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 72.862.8–82.2 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 72.962.9–82.5 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 73.162.7–82.7 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 73.262.8–82.9 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 73.362.9–82.8 | 80 |
| 2081 | 73.562.8–83 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 73.663–83.1 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 73.763.2–83.5 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 73.963.1–83.6 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 7463.1–83.8 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 74.163.1–84.1 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 74.363–84.3 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 74.463.2–84.5 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 74.663–84.6 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 74.763.4–84.8 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 74.863.4–84.8 | 81 |
| 2092 | 7563.5–85.3 | 81 |
| 2093 | 75.163.3–85.3 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 75.263.2–85.4 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 75.363.6–85.6 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 75.563.4–85.8 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 75.663.5–86.2 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 75.763.5–86.1 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 75.963.5–86.1 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 7663.3–86.3 | 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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