Life expectancy in Russia

Life expectancy in Russia: 55.5 years in 1950 and 73.2 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 73.2 years
Since 1950: +17.7 years
Rank, 2023: 131 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 73.2 years
Projected, 2100: 85 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 85 years in 2100, between 77.1 years and 92.1 years (95% prediction interval).
The highest was 73.2 years in 2023, the lowest 55.3 years in 1951.
Older estimates from Our World in Data reach back to 1896: 31.9 years.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Russia	World
2023	73.2	73.2
2022	72.5	72.6
2021	69.8	70.9
2020	71.2	71.9
2019	73.1	72.6
2018	72.9	72.4
2017	72.8	72.1
2016	71.9	71.9
2015	71.3	71.6
2014	70.8	71.4
2013	70.6	71.1
2012	70.1	70.8
2011	69.7	70.4
2010	68.2	70.1
2009	68.7	69.7
2008	67.9	69.3
2007	67.5	69
2006	66.6	68.6
2005	65.2	68.1
2004	65.2	67.7
2003	64.7	67.4
2002	64.7	67.1
2001	65	66.8
2000	65	66.4
1999	65.6	66
1998	66.9	65.7
1997	66.6	65.5
1996	65.5	65.2
1995	64	64.9
1994	63.8	64.3
1993	65	64.4
1992	67.8	64.3
1991	69	64.1
1990	69.3	64
1989	69.7	63.8
1988	69.9	63.4
1987	70.1	63.2
1986	70	62.7
1985	68.3	62.2
1984	67.6	61.9
1983	68	61.5
1982	68.1	61.3
1981	67.6	60.9
1980	67.5	60.5
1979	67.6	60.2
1978	67.8	59.5
1977	67.9	59.2
1976	68.1	58.6
1975	68.3	58.3
1974	68.7	58.1
1973	69	57.7
1972	68.9	57.2
1971	68.9	56
1970	68.7	56.3
1969	68.6	56
1968	69.1	55.6
1967	69.2	55.1
1966	69.4	54.6
1965	69.3	54
1964	69.5	54.3
1963	69.1	53.7
1962	68.5	53.2
1961	68.6	50.4
1960	68.3	47.8
1959	67.4	49.6
1958	67.7	51.6
1957	66.1	51.1
1956	66.5	50.7
1955	62.1	50.2
1954	59.9	49.7
1953	58.8	48.8
1952	57.6	48.2
1951	55.3	47.1
1950	55.5	46.4
1949	55	–
1948	52.2	–
1947	40.4	–
1946	46.1	–
1940	41.2	–
1939	43.6	–
1938	41.4	–
1937	39.9	–
1936	41.1	–
1935	39.6	–
1934	38.2	–
1932	32.8	–
1931	35	–
1930	36.5	–
1929	37.4	–
1928	38.9	–
1927	37.5	–
1926	38.4	–
1925	35.2	–
1924	36.1	–
1923	33.6	–
1922	24.7	–
1921	23.8	–
1920	20.5	–
1900	30.5	–
1896	31.9	–

12.3Estimates, Our World in Data

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Russia	World
2024	73.372.2–74.5	73.3
2025	73.571.9–75	73.5
2026	73.771.7–75.7	73.8
2027	73.971.5–76.1	73.9
2028	74.171.3–76.4	74.1
2029	74.271.4–76.8	74.2
2030	74.471.2–77.2	74.4
2031	74.671.2–77.5	74.5
2032	74.871.2–77.9	74.7
2033	7571.1–78.1	74.8
2034	75.171.2–78.6	75
2035	75.371.5–78.9	75.1
2036	75.571.4–79.3	75.3
2037	75.771.3–79.6	75.4
2038	75.971.2–79.8	75.5
2039	7671.3–80	75.7
2040	76.271.5–80.4	75.8
2041	76.471.4–80.7	75.9
2042	76.671.5–80.8	76.1
2043	76.771.5–81.1	76.2
2044	76.971.6–81.4	76.3
2045	77.171.9–81.7	76.5
2046	77.371.8–81.9	76.6
2047	77.472–82.2	76.7
2048	77.671.8–82.1	76.8
2049	77.871.8–82.4	76.9
2050	77.971.9–82.6	77
2051	78.172–82.8	77.1
2052	78.372.1–83.1	77.2
2053	78.472.1–83.2	77.3
2054	78.672.2–83.7	77.4
2055	78.872.2–83.8	77.6
2056	78.972.4–84	77.7
2057	79.172.4–84.5	77.8
2058	79.272.4–84.4	77.9
2059	79.472.5–84.7	78
2060	79.672.5–84.8	78.1
2061	79.772.6–85	78.2
2062	79.972.7–85.3	78.3
2063	8072.9–85.6	78.4
2064	80.272.9–85.7	78.5
2065	80.373.1–85.7	78.6
2066	80.573.1–86.1	78.7
2067	80.673–86.3	78.8
2068	80.873–86.3	78.9
2069	80.973.3–86.5	79
2070	81.173.4–86.8	79.1
2071	81.273.5–86.9	79.2
2072	81.473.5–87	79.3
2073	81.573.7–87.2	79.4
2074	81.673.7–87.4	79.4
2075	81.874–87.5	79.5
2076	81.974.1–87.7	79.6
2077	8274.2–87.9	79.7
2078	82.274.3–88	79.8
2079	82.374.5–88.1	79.9
2080	82.474.5–88.4	80
2081	82.674.6–88.5	80.1
2082	82.774.6–88.7	80.2
2083	82.874.9–88.9	80.3
2084	8375.2–89.1	80.3
2085	83.175.3–89.3	80.4
2086	83.275.2–89.4	80.5
2087	83.475.5–89.4	80.6
2088	83.575.6–89.9	80.7
2089	83.675.7–90	80.8
2090	83.875.9–90.2	80.9
2091	83.975.8–90.4	81
2092	8476–90.6	81
2093	84.176.2–90.6	81.1
2094	84.376.3–90.8	81.2
2095	84.476.3–90.9	81.3
2096	84.576.3–91.2	81.4
2097	84.676.6–91.4	81.5
2098	84.776.6–91.6	81.6
2099	84.977–91.7	81.7
2100	8577.1–92.1	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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