Life expectancy in New Zealand

Life expectancy in New Zealand: 69.3 years in 1950 and 82.1 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 82.1 years
Since 1950: +12.8 years
Rank, 2023: 33 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 73.2 years
Projected, 2100: 91 years; UN projection (medium variant)

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years · UN

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What the numbers say

The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 91 years in 2100, between 84.3 years and 98.9 years (95% prediction interval).
The highest was 82.7 years in 2020, the lowest 69.1 years in 1951.
Older estimates from Our World in Data reach back to 1948: 68.8 years.

Every year

years · UN

Year	New Zealand	World
2023	82.1	73.2
2022	81	72.6
2021	82.3	70.9
2020	82.7	71.9
2019	81.8	72.6
2018	81.9	72.4
2017	81.6	72.1
2016	82	71.9
2015	81.6	71.6
2014	81.4	71.4
2013	81.6	71.1
2012	81.2	70.8
2011	80.8	70.4
2010	81.1	70.1
2009	80.6	69.7
2008	80.3	69.3
2007	80.1	69
2006	80	68.6
2005	80	68.1
2004	79.4	67.7
2003	79.1	67.4
2002	78.9	67.1
2001	78.7	66.8
2000	78.7	66.4
1999	77.9	66
1998	78.2	65.7
1997	77.3	65.5
1996	76.8	65.2
1995	76.8	64.9
1994	76.9	64.3
1993	76.5	64.4
1992	76.2	64.3
1991	76.1	64.1
1990	75.4	64
1989	74.9	63.8
1988	74.5	63.4
1987	74.2	63.2
1986	74.1	62.7
1985	73.9	62.2
1984	74.4	61.9
1983	73.8	61.5
1982	73.7	61.3
1981	73.6	60.9
1980	72.9	60.5
1979	73.1	60.2
1978	73	59.5
1977	72.1	59.2
1976	72.4	58.6
1975	72.2	58.3
1974	71.9	58.1
1973	71.7	57.7
1972	71.8	57.2
1971	71.7	56
1970	71.2	56.3
1969	71.5	56
1968	71.1	55.6
1967	71.4	55.1
1966	71.1	54.6
1965	71.2	54
1964	71.3	54.3
1963	71.3	53.7
1962	71.2	53.2
1961	70.9	50.4
1960	71.2	47.8
1959	70.8	49.6
1958	70.9	51.6
1957	70.3	51.1
1956	70.7	50.7
1955	70.5	50.2
1954	70.3	49.7
1953	70.2	48.8
1952	69.4	48.2
1951	69.1	47.1
1950	69.3	46.4
1949	69	–
1948	68.8	–

12.3Estimates, Our World in Data

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	New Zealand	World
2024	82.281.4–83.1	73.3
2025	82.481.3–83.7	73.5
2026	82.581–84.1	73.8
2027	82.780.9–84.5	73.9
2028	82.880.8–84.8	74.1
2029	8380.6–85.1	74.2
2030	83.180.5–85.5	74.4
2031	83.380.5–85.7	74.5
2032	83.480.5–86	74.7
2033	83.580.5–86.2	74.8
2034	83.780.5–86.4	75
2035	83.880.5–86.7	75.1
2036	83.980.6–86.9	75.3
2037	84.180.7–87.1	75.4
2038	84.280.6–87.5	75.5
2039	84.380.5–87.8	75.7
2040	84.480.6–88	75.8
2041	84.680.6–88.2	75.9
2042	84.780.9–88.5	76.1
2043	84.880.9–88.7	76.2
2044	8580.8–89	76.3
2045	85.180.8–89.1	76.5
2046	85.280.9–89.3	76.6
2047	85.381–89.5	76.7
2048	85.481.1–89.8	76.8
2049	85.581.2–90.1	76.9
2050	85.781.3–90.2	77
2051	85.881.4–90.5	77.1
2052	85.981.3–90.7	77.2
2053	8681.5–91	77.3
2054	86.181.5–91.1	77.4
2055	86.281.6–91.2	77.6
2056	86.381.6–91.4	77.7
2057	86.581.7–91.7	77.8
2058	86.681.6–91.8	77.9
2059	86.781.9–92	78
2060	86.881.9–92.3	78.1
2061	86.981.9–92.5	78.2
2062	8782.1–92.7	78.3
2063	87.182–92.7	78.4
2064	87.282–93	78.5
2065	87.482.2–93.2	78.6
2066	87.582.1–93.4	78.7
2067	87.682–93.5	78.8
2068	87.782.2–93.7	78.9
2069	87.882.2–93.9	79
2070	87.982–93.9	79.1
2071	8882–94.2	79.2
2072	88.182.3–94.5	79.3
2073	88.282.5–94.7	79.4
2074	88.382.4–94.7	79.4
2075	88.482.4–95.2	79.5
2076	88.582.6–95.3	79.6
2077	88.682.6–95.5	79.7
2078	88.782.6–95.8	79.8
2079	88.882.6–95.9	79.9
2080	88.982.8–96.2	80
2081	8983.1–96.2	80.1
2082	89.183–96.2	80.2
2083	89.283–96.4	80.3
2084	89.383.2–96.5	80.3
2085	89.483.2–96.7	80.4
2086	89.583–96.8	80.5
2087	89.783.3–96.9	80.6
2088	89.883.2–97.1	80.7
2089	89.983.5–97.4	80.8
2090	9083.5–97.5	80.9
2091	90.183.7–97.7	81
2092	90.283.7–97.7	81
2093	90.383.7–97.9	81.1
2094	90.483.7–98.1	81.2
2095	90.583.8–98.2	81.3
2096	90.683.9–98.3	81.4
2097	90.784–98.6	81.5
2098	90.884–98.7	81.6
2099	90.984.2–98.8	81.7
2100	9184.3–98.9	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.
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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