Life expectancy in Mauritius

Life expectancy in Mauritius: 51.9 years in 1950 and 74.9 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 74.9 years
Since 1950: +23 years
Rank, 2023: 116 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 73.2 years
Projected, 2100: 87 years; UN projection (medium variant)

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years · UN

Estimates, UNEstimates, Our World in DataUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

What the numbers say

The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 87 years in 2100, between 78.5 years and 94.2 years (95% prediction interval).
The highest was 75 years in 2017, the lowest 51.5 years in 1953.
Older estimates from Our World in Data reach back to 1924: 31.2 years.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Mauritius	World
2023	74.9	73.2
2022	73.5	72.6
2021	72.9	70.9
2020	74.7	71.9
2019	74.2	72.6
2018	74.5	72.4
2017	75	72.1
2016	74.9	71.9
2015	74.7	71.6
2014	74.6	71.4
2013	74.4	71.1
2012	74.3	70.8
2011	74.1	70.4
2010	73.7	70.1
2009	73.3	69.7
2008	73.1	69.3
2007	72.9	69
2006	72.8	68.6
2005	72.6	68.1
2004	72.6	67.7
2003	72.3	67.4
2002	72.1	67.1
2001	72	66.8
2000	71.8	66.4
1999	71.4	66
1998	70.9	65.7
1997	70.7	65.5
1996	70.5	65.2
1995	70.6	64.9
1994	70.4	64.3
1993	70.4	64.4
1992	70.2	64.3
1991	70.1	64.1
1990	69.8	64
1989	69.5	63.8
1988	69.4	63.4
1987	69.2	63.2
1986	68.9	62.7
1985	68.7	62.2
1984	68.6	61.9
1983	68.4	61.5
1982	68	61.3
1981	67.2	60.9
1980	66.5	60.5
1979	66	60.2
1978	65.3	59.5
1977	64.8	59.2
1976	64	58.6
1975	64.4	58.3
1974	64.2	58.1
1973	64.3	57.7
1972	63.8	57.2
1971	63.8	56
1970	63.7	56.3
1969	62.7	56
1968	62.1	55.6
1967	61.7	55.1
1966	62.1	54.6
1965	62.1	54
1964	61.5	54.3
1963	61.2	53.7
1962	60.5	53.2
1961	59.5	50.4
1960	58.4	47.8
1959	57.4	49.6
1958	56.4	51.6
1957	55.7	51.1
1956	55.1	50.7
1955	53.8	50.2
1954	52.2	49.7
1953	51.5	48.8
1952	52.1	48.2
1951	52.5	47.1
1950	51.9	46.4
1947	38.6	–
1944	33.3	–
1941	36.2	–
1934	33.9	–
1924	31.2	–

12.3Estimates, Our World in Data

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Mauritius	World
2024	75.174–76.2	73.3
2025	75.373.6–76.9	73.5
2026	75.473.5–77.4	73.8
2027	75.673.4–77.9	73.9
2028	75.873.3–78.3	74.1
2029	7673.1–78.7	74.2
2030	76.173–79	74.4
2031	76.372.8–79.4	74.5
2032	76.572.8–79.7	74.7
2033	76.672.9–80.1	74.8
2034	76.873–80.5	75
2035	7773–80.7	75.1
2036	77.172.9–81	75.3
2037	77.372.9–81.3	75.4
2038	77.572.9–81.5	75.5
2039	77.772.9–81.9	75.7
2040	77.873–82.1	75.8
2041	7873.2–82.3	75.9
2042	78.273.1–82.7	76.1
2043	78.373.3–82.9	76.2
2044	78.573–83.1	76.3
2045	78.773.2–83.4	76.5
2046	78.873.3–83.7	76.6
2047	7973.3–83.8	76.7
2048	79.273.5–84.3	76.8
2049	79.473.3–84.5	76.9
2050	79.573.3–84.5	77
2051	79.773.5–84.8	77.1
2052	79.973.5–84.9	77.2
2053	8073.6–85.3	77.3
2054	80.273.6–85.4	77.4
2055	80.473.7–85.7	77.6
2056	80.573.6–86	77.7
2057	80.773.8–85.9	77.8
2058	80.973.8–86	77.9
2059	8174–86.2	78
2060	81.274.1–86.4	78.1
2061	81.374–86.5	78.2
2062	81.574.2–86.7	78.3
2063	81.774.3–86.9	78.4
2064	81.874.3–87.1	78.5
2065	8274.5–87.3	78.6
2066	82.274.6–87.5	78.7
2067	82.374.7–87.8	78.8
2068	82.574.8–88.1	78.9
2069	82.674.8–88.2	79
2070	82.874.9–88.4	79.1
2071	82.974.8–88.8	79.2
2072	83.174.9–88.6	79.3
2073	83.375–88.9	79.4
2074	83.475.3–89	79.4
2075	83.675.3–89.3	79.5
2076	83.775.2–89.5	79.6
2077	83.975.5–89.6	79.7
2078	8475.5–89.9	79.8
2079	84.275.6–90	79.9
2080	84.375.9–90.1	80
2081	84.476–90.3	80.1
2082	84.676.1–90.6	80.2
2083	84.776.1–90.8	80.3
2084	84.976.2–91	80.3
2085	8576.2–91.1	80.4
2086	85.176.4–91.3	80.5
2087	85.376.6–91.5	80.6
2088	85.476.6–91.8	80.7
2089	85.576.8–91.9	80.8
2090	85.777–92.3	80.9
2091	85.877.4–92.5	81
2092	85.977–92.7	81
2093	86.177.3–92.8	81.1
2094	86.277.5–93	81.2
2095	86.377.7–93.2	81.3
2096	86.578–93.5	81.4
2097	86.678.2–93.6	81.5
2098	86.778.4–93.8	81.6
2099	86.978.4–94	81.7
2100	8778.5–94.2	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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