Life expectancy in Paraguay

Life expectancy in Paraguay: 58.1 years in 1950 and 73.8 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 73.8 years
Since 1950: +15.8 years
Rank, 2023: 124 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 73.2 years
Projected, 2100: 84.2 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 84.2 years in 2100, between 72.3 years and 91.6 years (95% prediction interval).
Older estimates from Our World in Data reach back to 1900: 25 years.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Paraguay	World
2023	73.8	73.2
2022	72.3	72.6
2021	68.1	70.9
2020	72.7	71.9
2019	73.7	72.6
2018	73.6	72.4
2017	73.5	72.1
2016	73.5	71.9
2015	73.5	71.6
2014	73.4	71.4
2013	73.3	71.1
2012	73.1	70.8
2011	72.8	70.4
2010	72.6	70.1
2009	72.3	69.7
2008	72.1	69.3
2007	71.8	69
2006	71.6	68.6
2005	71.3	68.1
2004	71.1	67.7
2003	70.8	67.4
2002	70.5	67.1
2001	70.3	66.8
2000	70	66.4
1999	69.8	66
1998	69.5	65.7
1997	69.3	65.5
1996	69.1	65.2
1995	68.8	64.9
1994	68.5	64.3
1993	68.2	64.4
1992	68	64.3
1991	67.7	64.1
1990	67.3	64
1989	66.9	63.8
1988	66.7	63.4
1987	66.5	63.2
1986	66.2	62.7
1985	65.9	62.2
1984	65.6	61.9
1983	65.3	61.5
1982	65.1	61.3
1981	64.8	60.9
1980	64.6	60.5
1979	64.3	60.2
1978	64.1	59.5
1977	63.9	59.2
1976	63.7	58.6
1975	63.4	58.3
1974	63.2	58.1
1973	63.1	57.7
1972	62.9	57.2
1971	62.7	56
1970	62.6	56.3
1969	62.4	56
1968	62.2	55.6
1967	62	55.1
1966	61.8	54.6
1965	61.6	54
1964	61.4	54.3
1963	61.1	53.7
1962	60.8	53.2
1961	60.5	50.4
1960	60.2	47.8
1959	59.9	49.6
1958	59.6	51.6
1957	59.3	51.1
1956	59	50.7
1955	58.8	50.2
1954	58.6	49.7
1953	58.5	48.8
1952	58.4	48.2
1951	58.3	47.1
1950	58.1	46.4
1940	42	–
1932	35.5	–
1930	38	–
1920	33	–
1910	29	–
1900	25	–

12.3Estimates, Our World in Data

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Paraguay	World
2024	7472.8–75.2	73.3
2025	74.172.5–75.8	73.5
2026	74.272.1–76.3	73.8
2027	74.472–76.7	73.9
2028	74.571.9–77.1	74.1
2029	74.671.8–77.6	74.2
2030	74.871.6–78	74.4
2031	74.971.4–78.3	74.5
2032	7571.4–78.6	74.7
2033	75.271.3–79	74.8
2034	75.371.2–79.2	75
2035	75.471.2–79.5	75.1
2036	75.671.2–79.9	75.3
2037	75.771.2–80.1	75.4
2038	75.971.2–80.4	75.5
2039	7671.1–80.7	75.7
2040	76.271–80.9	75.8
2041	76.371.2–81.2	75.9
2042	76.471.2–81.4	76.1
2043	76.671–81.7	76.2
2044	76.770.9–81.8	76.3
2045	76.870.8–82	76.5
2046	7770.7–82.4	76.6
2047	77.170.8–82.6	76.7
2048	77.270.8–82.7	76.8
2049	77.470.8–82.9	76.9
2050	77.571–83.2	77
2051	77.770.9–83.3	77.1
2052	77.870.9–83.4	77.2
2053	7870.7–83.6	77.3
2054	78.170.8–83.8	77.4
2055	78.370.9–84.1	77.6
2056	78.471.1–84.3	77.7
2057	78.571.1–84.5	77.8
2058	78.770.9–84.5	77.9
2059	78.871.1–84.9	78
2060	7970.9–85.1	78.1
2061	79.171–85.2	78.2
2062	79.370.7–85.5	78.3
2063	79.470.8–85.6	78.4
2064	79.570.7–85.8	78.5
2065	79.770.6–86	78.6
2066	79.871–86.3	78.7
2067	8071.1–86.3	78.8
2068	80.171.2–86.5	78.9
2069	80.371.2–86.7	79
2070	80.471.2–86.8	79.1
2071	80.571.1–87.2	79.2
2072	80.771–87.3	79.3
2073	80.871.4–87.4	79.4
2074	80.971.4–87.5	79.4
2075	81.171.5–87.7	79.5
2076	81.271.5–87.7	79.6
2077	81.371.2–87.9	79.7
2078	81.571–87.9	79.8
2079	81.671.5–88.3	79.9
2080	81.771.4–88.5	80
2081	81.971.3–88.5	80.1
2082	8271.2–88.8	80.2
2083	82.171.2–88.7	80.3
2084	82.271.5–89.1	80.3
2085	82.471.4–89.2	80.4
2086	82.571.7–89.4	80.5
2087	82.671.7–89.4	80.6
2088	82.871.6–89.8	80.7
2089	82.971.7–89.9	80.8
2090	8371.6–90.1	80.9
2091	83.171.6–90.2	81
2092	83.371.7–90.5	81
2093	83.471.8–90.5	81.1
2094	83.572–90.7	81.2
2095	83.672.1–90.8	81.3
2096	83.871.7–90.8	81.4
2097	83.972.1–91	81.5
2098	8471.8–91.2	81.6
2099	84.172.2–91.6	81.7
2100	84.272.3–91.6	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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