Life expectancy in Puerto Rico

Life expectancy in Puerto Rico: 60.4 years in 1950 and 81.7 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 81.7 years
Since 1950: +21.3 years
Rank, 2023: 38 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

Estimates, UNUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

What the numbers say

The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 91 years in 2100, between 83.9 years and 98.7 years (95% prediction interval).
The highest was 81.7 years in 2023, the lowest 60.3 years in 1951.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Puerto Rico	World
2023	81.7	73.2
2022	79.4	72.6
2021	79.8	70.9
2020	80	71.9
2019	81.4	72.6
2018	81.1	72.4
2017	79.1	72.1
2016	80.4	71.9
2015	80.7	71.6
2014	80	71.4
2013	80.3	71.1
2012	79.3	70.8
2011	78.8	70.4
2010	78.7	70.1
2009	78.4	69.7
2008	78.1	69.3
2007	77.7	69
2006	77.6	68.6
2005	76.7	68.1
2004	76.9	67.7
2003	76.9	67.4
2002	76.8	67.1
2001	76	66.8
2000	75.5	66.4
1999	75.3	66
1998	74.6	65.7
1997	74.7	65.5
1996	74	65.2
1995	73.6	64.9
1994	73.6	64.3
1993	73.3	64.4
1992	73.4	64.3
1991	73.9	64.1
1990	72.8	64
1989	72.5	63.8
1988	73.2	63.4
1987	73.4	63.2
1986	73.3	62.7
1985	72.6	62.2
1984	73.4	61.9
1983	73.4	61.5
1982	73	61.3
1981	73	60.9
1980	73.1	60.5
1979	72.7	60.2
1978	72.5	59.5
1977	72.4	59.2
1976	72.1	58.6
1975	72	58.3
1974	71.3	58.1
1973	71	57.7
1972	70.8	57.2
1971	71.1	56
1970	70.4	56.3
1969	70.5	56
1968	70.6	55.6
1967	70.7	55.1
1966	70.2	54.6
1965	69.3	54
1964	68.2	54.3
1963	68.7	53.7
1962	68.9	53.2
1961	68.5	50.4
1960	68.6	47.8
1959	68.1	49.6
1958	67.2	51.6
1957	67.1	51.1
1956	66.4	50.7
1955	66.3	50.2
1954	65.6	49.7
1953	64.5	48.8
1952	61.8	48.2
1951	60.3	47.1
1950	60.4	46.4

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Puerto Rico	World
2024	81.981–82.8	73.3
2025	82.180.9–83.3	73.5
2026	82.380.7–83.7	73.8
2027	82.480.8–84.2	73.9
2028	82.680.6–84.4	74.1
2029	82.780.5–84.9	74.2
2030	82.980.6–85.3	74.4
2031	83.180.7–85.5	74.5
2032	83.280.8–85.9	74.7
2033	83.480.9–86.1	74.8
2034	83.581–86.3	75
2035	83.680.9–86.6	75.1
2036	83.880.9–86.9	75.3
2037	83.981–87.2	75.4
2038	8481.1–87.3	75.5
2039	84.281.2–87.7	75.7
2040	84.381.1–87.9	75.8
2041	84.481.2–88.1	75.9
2042	84.681.3–88.2	76.1
2043	84.781.5–88.4	76.2
2044	84.881.6–88.7	76.3
2045	84.981.6–88.8	76.5
2046	85.181.7–89.1	76.6
2047	85.281.7–89.4	76.7
2048	85.381.6–89.6	76.8
2049	85.481.7–89.8	76.9
2050	85.681.8–89.9	77
2051	85.781.9–90.2	77.1
2052	85.881.9–90.5	77.2
2053	85.982.1–90.6	77.3
2054	8682–91	77.4
2055	86.182.2–91.2	77.6
2056	86.282.2–91.2	77.7
2057	86.482.2–91.5	77.8
2058	86.582.2–91.7	77.9
2059	86.682.4–91.9	78
2060	86.782.5–92.3	78.1
2061	86.882.5–92.4	78.2
2062	86.982.5–92.5	78.3
2063	8782.6–92.8	78.4
2064	87.282.8–93	78.5
2065	87.382.5–93.1	78.6
2066	87.482.8–93.2	78.7
2067	87.582.8–93.5	78.8
2068	87.682.8–93.6	78.9
2069	87.782.7–93.6	79
2070	87.882.8–94	79.1
2071	87.982.9–94	79.2
2072	8882.9–94.1	79.3
2073	88.283–94.4	79.4
2074	88.383–94.5	79.4
2075	88.483.1–94.7	79.5
2076	88.583.1–94.8	79.6
2077	88.683–95	79.7
2078	88.783.2–95.3	79.8
2079	88.883–95.3	79.9
2080	88.983.1–95.5	80
2081	8983.2–95.7	80.1
2082	89.183.3–96	80.2
2083	89.383.3–96.1	80.3
2084	89.483.3–96.2	80.3
2085	89.583.4–96.3	80.4
2086	89.683.3–96.5	80.5
2087	89.783.3–96.8	80.6
2088	89.883.3–96.7	80.7
2089	89.983.3–96.9	80.8
2090	9083.6–97.1	80.9
2091	90.183.5–97.2	81
2092	90.283.6–97.4	81
2093	90.383.6–97.4	81.1
2094	90.483.7–97.7	81.2
2095	90.583.6–97.8	81.3
2096	90.683.6–97.9	81.4
2097	90.783.7–98.1	81.5
2098	90.883.8–98.1	81.6
2099	90.983.8–98.4	81.7
2100	9183.9–98.7	81.7

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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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