São Tomé & Príncipe
Life expectancy in São Tomé & Príncipe
Life expectancy in São Tomé & Príncipe: 39.1 years in 1950 and 69.7 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 69.7 years
- Since 1950
- +30.6 years
- Rank, 2023
- 166 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 81.6 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 81.6 years in 2100, between 69.1 years and 89.4 years (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 69.7 years in 2023, the lowest 39.1 years in 1953.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | São Tomé & Príncipe | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 69.7 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 69.2 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 68 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 68 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 68 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 67.6 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 67.1 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 66.6 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 66 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 65.5 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 64.9 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 64.5 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 64.1 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 63.9 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 63.7 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 63.5 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 63.3 | 69 |
| 2006 | 63 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 62.4 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 62.6 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 62.2 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 61.8 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 61.5 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 61.2 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 61 | 66 |
| 1998 | 60.8 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 60.7 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 60.6 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 60.5 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 60.6 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 60.6 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 60.7 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 60.8 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 60.7 | 64 |
| 1989 | 59.7 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 60.8 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 60.7 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 57.6 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 60.1 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 59.9 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 59.7 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 59.5 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 59.4 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 59.4 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 59.3 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 59.1 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 59 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 58.8 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 58.6 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 58.3 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 57.9 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 57.5 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 57 | 56 |
| 1970 | 56.3 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 55.4 | 56 |
| 1968 | 54.5 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 53.5 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 52.3 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 51.1 | 54 |
| 1964 | 49.7 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 48.4 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 46.8 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 45.2 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 43.6 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 42.1 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 41 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 40.1 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 39.5 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 39.3 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 39.2 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 39.1 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 39.1 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 39.1 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 39.1 | 46.4 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | São Tomé & Príncipe | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 69.968.6–71.2 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 70.168.3–71.9 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 70.368–72.6 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 70.567.8–73 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 70.667.6–73.5 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 70.867.5–74 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 7167.4–74.3 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 71.167.1–74.6 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 71.367.2–74.9 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 71.567.2–75.5 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 71.667.2–75.8 | 75 |
| 2035 | 71.867.2–76.2 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 7267.1–76.7 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 72.267–76.9 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 72.367.1–77.3 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 72.567.1–77.5 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 72.667.4–77.7 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 72.867.2–78.1 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 7367.2–78.3 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 73.167.3–78.8 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 73.367.2–78.9 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 73.467.3–79.2 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 73.667.6–79.6 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 73.867.5–79.7 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 73.967.4–79.9 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 74.167.5–80.2 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 74.367.3–80.4 | 77 |
| 2051 | 74.467.6–80.8 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 74.667.4–80.9 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 74.767.5–81.1 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 74.967.6–81.5 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 7567.5–81.6 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 75.267.4–81.8 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 75.367.5–81.9 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 75.567.6–82.1 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 75.767.7–82.4 | 78 |
| 2060 | 75.867.6–82.7 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 7667.9–83.1 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 76.167.9–83.3 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 76.367.9–83.3 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 76.467.9–83.5 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 76.667.9–83.7 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 76.768.2–83.9 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 76.968.1–84.1 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 7768–84.4 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 77.268.2–84.6 | 79 |
| 2070 | 77.368–84.8 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 77.568.1–85 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 77.668.1–85.2 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 77.868.1–85.2 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 77.968.4–85.5 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 78.168.4–85.6 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 78.268.4–85.9 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 78.468.2–85.8 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 78.568.5–86.1 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 78.768.4–86.4 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 78.868.7–86.5 | 80 |
| 2081 | 7968.7–86.7 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 79.168.6–86.9 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 79.268.5–87 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 79.468.7–87.2 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 79.568.8–87.3 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 79.768.9–87.4 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 79.868.9–87.5 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 8069.1–87.8 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 80.169.1–87.7 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 80.369.2–88 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 80.469–88.1 | 81 |
| 2092 | 80.569.1–88.2 | 81 |
| 2093 | 80.769.2–88.8 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 80.868.9–88.9 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 8169–88.9 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 81.168.8–89 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 81.268.8–89.2 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 81.468.7–89.2 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 81.568.8–89.4 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 81.669.1–89.4 | 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.
- 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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