Philippines
Life expectancy in Philippines
Life expectancy in Philippines: 53.6 years in 1950 and 69.8 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 69.8 years
- Since 1950
- +16.3 years
- Rank, 2023
- 165 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 80.4 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 80.4 years in 2100, between 68.4 years and 88.8 years (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 70.1 years in 2020, the lowest 53.6 years in 1950.
- Older estimates from Our World in Data reach back to 1938: 40 years.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Philippines | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 69.8 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 69.5 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 66.7 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 70.1 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 69.7 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 69.8 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 70 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 69.5 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 69.5 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 69.3 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 69.3 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 69.2 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 69.1 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 68.9 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 68.6 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 68.6 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 68.6 | 69 |
| 2006 | 68.2 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 68.4 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 68.3 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 68.1 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 67.9 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 67.8 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 67.8 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 67.5 | 66 |
| 1998 | 67.2 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 67 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 66.7 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 66.3 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 66 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 65.7 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 65.4 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 64.6 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 64.4 | 64 |
| 1989 | 64.1 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 63.7 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 63.3 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 62.9 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 62.7 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 62.4 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 62.4 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 62.2 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 61.9 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 61.9 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 61.7 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 61.5 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 61.4 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 60.9 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 60.9 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 60.8 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 60.7 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 60.9 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 61.1 | 56 |
| 1970 | 60.8 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 61 | 56 |
| 1968 | 60.9 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 60.8 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 60.6 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 60.4 | 54 |
| 1964 | 60.1 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 60 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 59.8 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 59.5 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 59.2 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 58.8 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 58.3 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 57.8 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 57.3 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 56.6 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 56 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 55.4 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 54.7 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 54.1 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 53.6 | 46.4 |
| 1938 | 40 | – |
- 12.3Estimates, Our World in Data
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Philippines | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7068.5–71.2 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 70.168.2–72 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 70.267.9–72.5 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 70.367.6–73 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 70.467.3–73.3 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 70.667.2–73.7 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 70.767.4–74 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 70.867.1–74.4 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 70.967.1–74.5 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 71.167.1–74.8 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 71.266.8–75.1 | 75 |
| 2035 | 71.366.7–75.5 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 71.466.8–75.8 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 71.666.6–76 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 71.766.5–76.3 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 71.866.5–76.6 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 71.966.4–76.8 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 72.166.3–76.9 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 72.266.2–77.2 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 72.366.4–77.4 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 72.466.4–77.6 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 72.666.1–78 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 72.766.3–78.1 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 72.866.3–78.6 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 7366.4–78.8 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 73.166.5–79 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 73.266.3–79.3 | 77 |
| 2051 | 73.466.6–79.7 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 73.566.5–79.9 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 73.666.5–80.1 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 73.866.5–80.3 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 73.966.3–80.7 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 7466.6–80.9 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 74.266.4–81.1 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 74.366.6–81.1 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 74.466.3–81.5 | 78 |
| 2060 | 74.666.7–81.6 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 74.766.6–81.8 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 74.966.6–82.1 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 7566.5–82.3 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 75.166.4–82.4 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 75.366.6–82.7 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 75.466.7–83.1 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 75.666.9–83.3 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 75.767–83.5 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 75.867.1–83.7 | 79 |
| 2070 | 7666.8–83.9 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 76.166.9–84.1 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 76.367–84.2 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 76.467.1–84.4 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 76.667.3–84.8 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 76.767.3–84.9 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 76.867.4–85 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 7767.2–85.2 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 77.167.2–85.1 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 77.367.3–85.4 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 77.467.1–85.5 | 80 |
| 2081 | 77.667.3–85.7 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 77.767.3–85.7 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 77.967.6–86 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 7867.6–86.1 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 78.267.5–86.2 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 78.367.7–86.5 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 78.467.7–86.6 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 78.667.6–86.9 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 78.867.9–87.1 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 78.968.1–87.3 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 79.168.3–87.5 | 81 |
| 2092 | 79.268.3–87.4 | 81 |
| 2093 | 79.468.2–87.6 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 79.568.2–87.7 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 79.668.1–87.9 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 79.868.1–88 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 79.968.3–88.1 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 80.168.4–88.3 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 80.268.6–88.6 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 80.468.4–88.8 | 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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- Military spending1.3% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$6.3B in 2025
- Military spending per person$55 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel157,000 people in 2020
- National power0.68% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.37% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports846 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports4 million TIV in 2007