Life expectancy in Serbia

Life expectancy in Serbia: 55.1 years in 1950 and 76.8 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 76.8 years
Since 1950: +21.7 years
Rank, 2023: 92 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 73.2 years
Projected, 2100: 88.3 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 88.3 years in 2100, between 81.5 years and 95.3 years (95% prediction interval).

Every year

years · UN

Year	Serbia	World
2023	76.8	73.2
2022	75.5	72.6
2021	72.9	70.9
2020	74.5	71.9
2019	76.1	72.6
2018	76	72.4
2017	75.8	72.1
2016	75.7	71.9
2015	75.7	71.6
2014	75.5	71.4
2013	75.4	71.1
2012	75.1	70.8
2011	74.7	70.4
2010	74.4	70.1
2009	74.1	69.7
2008	73.9	69.3
2007	73.7	69
2006	73.4	68.6
2005	73.1	68.1
2004	72.9	67.7
2003	72.7	67.4
2002	72.6	67.1
2001	72.3	66.8
2000	72.3	66.4
1999	70	66
1998	72.3	65.7
1997	73	65.5
1996	72.9	65.2
1995	72.7	64.9
1994	72.3	64.3
1993	71.9	64.4
1992	71.6	64.3
1991	71.9	64.1
1990	72.2	64
1989	72.3	63.8
1988	72	63.4
1987	71.9	63.2
1986	71.6	62.7
1985	71.4	62.2
1984	71.2	61.9
1983	71.1	61.5
1982	71	61.3
1981	71.1	60.9
1980	71.1	60.5
1979	71.2	60.2
1978	71.4	59.5
1977	71.8	59.2
1976	71.9	58.6
1975	71.6	58.3
1974	71.1	58.1
1973	70.5	57.7
1972	70	57.2
1971	69.7	56
1970	69.7	56.3
1969	70	56
1968	70.1	55.6
1967	70.1	55.1
1966	69.4	54.6
1965	68.7	54
1964	68	54.3
1963	67.4	53.7
1962	67	53.2
1961	66.3	50.4
1960	65.7	47.8
1959	65.2	49.6
1958	64.3	51.6
1957	63.2	51.1
1956	61.9	50.7
1955	61.4	50.2
1954	60.7	49.7
1953	59.8	48.8
1952	57.4	48.2
1951	55.6	47.1
1950	55.1	46.4

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Serbia	World
2024	76.975.9–78	73.3
2025	77.175.7–78.6	73.5
2026	77.375.4–79.1	73.8
2027	77.575.4–79.5	73.9
2028	77.775.3–79.9	74.1
2029	77.975.2–80.4	74.2
2030	78.175.1–80.7	74.4
2031	78.275.1–81.1	74.5
2032	78.475.2–81.5	74.7
2033	78.675.2–81.8	74.8
2034	78.875.3–82	75
2035	7975.2–82.3	75.1
2036	79.175.2–82.5	75.3
2037	79.375.2–82.8	75.4
2038	79.575.3–83.1	75.5
2039	79.775.2–83.3	75.7
2040	79.875.3–83.6	75.8
2041	8075.3–83.8	75.9
2042	80.275.4–84.2	76.1
2043	80.375.6–84.3	76.2
2044	80.575.7–84.5	76.3
2045	80.775.7–84.8	76.5
2046	80.975.7–84.8	76.6
2047	8175.8–85.1	76.7
2048	81.275.8–85.3	76.8
2049	81.475.8–85.6	76.9
2050	81.575.9–85.8	77
2051	81.776–86	77.1
2052	81.876–86.3	77.2
2053	8276.1–86.4	77.3
2054	82.276.2–86.5	77.4
2055	82.376.2–86.8	77.6
2056	82.576.3–86.9	77.7
2057	82.676.4–87.1	77.8
2058	82.876.5–87.4	77.9
2059	82.976.6–87.6	78
2060	83.176.8–87.8	78.1
2061	83.277–87.8	78.2
2062	83.477.1–88.1	78.3
2063	83.577.1–88.3	78.4
2064	83.777.2–88.6	78.5
2065	83.877.2–88.7	78.6
2066	83.977.2–88.9	78.7
2067	84.177.3–89.1	78.8
2068	84.277.3–89.4	78.9
2069	84.377.5–89.6	79
2070	84.577.7–89.8	79.1
2071	84.677.9–90	79.2
2072	84.878.1–90	79.3
2073	84.978.1–90.2	79.4
2074	8578.2–90.6	79.4
2075	85.278.3–90.9	79.5
2076	85.378.5–91	79.6
2077	85.478.7–91.1	79.7
2078	85.578.8–91.4	79.8
2079	85.778.8–91.5	79.9
2080	85.878.8–91.7	80
2081	85.978.8–91.9	80.1
2082	86.179.1–92.1	80.2
2083	86.279.4–92.4	80.3
2084	86.379.3–92.5	80.3
2085	86.579.4–92.6	80.4
2086	86.679.6–92.8	80.5
2087	86.779.7–92.9	80.6
2088	86.879.9–93.2	80.7
2089	8780.1–93.4	80.8
2090	87.180.2–93.7	80.9
2091	87.280.1–93.7	81
2092	87.380.2–94	81
2093	87.580.6–94.1	81.1
2094	87.680.9–94.4	81.2
2095	87.780.9–94.5	81.3
2096	87.881.2–94.7	81.4
2097	87.981.1–95	81.5
2098	88.181.2–95.2	81.6
2099	88.281.4–95.2	81.7
2100	88.381.5–95.3	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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