Life expectancy in St. Lucia

Life expectancy in St. Lucia: 48.3 years in 1950 and 72.7 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 72.7 years
Since 1950: +24.4 years
Rank, 2023: 137 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 73.2 years
Projected, 2100: 83.8 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 83.8 years in 2100, between 73.6 years and 91 years (95% prediction interval).
The highest was 73 years in 2008, the lowest 48.3 years in 1950.

Every year

years · UN

Year	St. Lucia	World
2023	72.7	73.2
2022	72.7	72.6
2021	69.1	70.9
2020	72.3	71.9
2019	72.3	72.6
2018	72.7	72.4
2017	72.5	72.1
2016	72.6	71.9
2015	72.9	71.6
2014	72.7	71.4
2013	72.7	71.1
2012	72.9	70.8
2011	73	70.4
2010	72.8	70.1
2009	73	69.7
2008	73	69.3
2007	72.9	69
2006	72.8	68.6
2005	72.5	68.1
2004	72.5	67.7
2003	72.2	67.4
2002	71.7	67.1
2001	71.4	66.8
2000	70.8	66.4
1999	70.7	66
1998	70.7	65.7
1997	70.8	65.5
1996	71	65.2
1995	71.2	64.9
1994	71.1	64.3
1993	71.1	64.4
1992	70.7	64.3
1991	70.3	64.1
1990	70	64
1989	70	63.8
1988	69.7	63.4
1987	69.7	63.2
1986	70.2	62.7
1985	70.3	62.2
1984	70.5	61.9
1983	70	61.5
1982	69	61.3
1981	68.7	60.9
1980	67.8	60.5
1979	67.4	60.2
1978	67.4	59.5
1977	67	59.2
1976	66.2	58.6
1975	65.9	58.3
1974	65.4	58.1
1973	64.6	57.7
1972	64.6	57.2
1971	64.5	56
1970	64.3	56.3
1969	64	56
1968	63.8	55.6
1967	63.2	55.1
1966	62.5	54.6
1965	61.9	54
1964	61.3	54.3
1963	60.5	53.7
1962	59.9	53.2
1961	59.1	50.4
1960	57.9	47.8
1959	57.3	49.6
1958	56.6	51.6
1957	55.9	51.1
1956	55.9	50.7
1955	55.4	50.2
1954	54.5	49.7
1953	53.2	48.8
1952	52.4	48.2
1951	49.8	47.1
1950	48.3	46.4

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	St. Lucia	World
2024	72.971.7–74.1	73.3
2025	7371.2–74.6	73.5
2026	73.271–75.1	73.8
2027	73.370.8–75.6	73.9
2028	73.470.8–76	74.1
2029	73.670.5–76.3	74.2
2030	73.870.5–76.8	74.4
2031	73.970.4–77.1	74.5
2032	74.170.2–77.4	74.7
2033	74.270.2–77.7	74.8
2034	74.470.1–78	75
2035	74.570.2–78.5	75.1
2036	74.770.2–78.7	75.3
2037	74.870.2–79	75.4
2038	7570.1–79.2	75.5
2039	75.170.3–79.7	75.7
2040	75.370.2–79.8	75.8
2041	75.470–80.1	75.9
2042	75.670–80.3	76.1
2043	75.770.1–80.7	76.2
2044	75.970.3–81	76.3
2045	7670.3–81.2	76.5
2046	76.270.4–81.4	76.6
2047	76.370.4–81.6	76.7
2048	76.570.5–81.9	76.8
2049	76.670.7–82.2	76.9
2050	76.870.6–82.3	77
2051	76.970.5–82.6	77.1
2052	77.170.7–83	77.2
2053	77.270.8–83	77.3
2054	77.470.7–83.2	77.4
2055	77.570.7–83.5	77.6
2056	77.770.8–83.9	77.7
2057	77.870.8–84	77.8
2058	7870.9–84.2	77.9
2059	78.170.9–84.4	78
2060	78.370.9–84.8	78.1
2061	78.470.8–84.8	78.2
2062	78.570.9–85	78.3
2063	78.771–85	78.4
2064	78.871–85.2	78.5
2065	7971.1–85.4	78.6
2066	79.171.1–85.4	78.7
2067	79.371–85.7	78.8
2068	79.471.3–85.9	78.9
2069	79.571.3–86.2	79
2070	79.771.2–86.4	79.1
2071	79.871.5–86.5	79.2
2072	8071.5–86.5	79.3
2073	80.171.7–86.8	79.4
2074	80.371.8–86.9	79.4
2075	80.471.9–87.1	79.5
2076	80.571.7–87.1	79.6
2077	80.771.7–87.3	79.7
2078	80.871.7–87.4	79.8
2079	80.971.7–87.6	79.9
2080	81.171.7–87.8	80
2081	81.272.2–88	80.1
2082	81.472.3–88.3	80.2
2083	81.572.2–88.2	80.3
2084	81.672.6–88.3	80.3
2085	81.872.4–88.6	80.4
2086	81.972.5–88.6	80.5
2087	8272.8–88.9	80.6
2088	82.272.9–88.9	80.7
2089	82.372.6–89.3	80.8
2090	82.472.7–89.6	80.9
2091	82.672.8–89.8	81
2092	82.772.8–89.9	81
2093	82.972.8–90	81.1
2094	8373.1–90.1	81.2
2095	83.173–90.2	81.3
2096	83.373.1–90.4	81.4
2097	83.473.3–90.6	81.5
2098	83.573.3–90.8	81.6
2099	83.673.4–90.8	81.7
2100	83.873.6–91	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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