Life expectancy in Seychelles

Life expectancy in Seychelles: 57.8 years in 1950 and 72.9 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 72.9 years
Since 1950: +15 years
Rank, 2023: 135 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 73.2 years
Projected, 2100: 84.3 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 84.3 years in 2100, between 74 years and 91.8 years (95% prediction interval).
The highest was 74.1 years in 2020, the lowest 57.8 years in 1950.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Seychelles	World
2023	72.9	73.2
2022	71.3	72.6
2021	71.2	70.9
2020	74.1	71.9
2019	72.1	72.6
2018	72.2	72.4
2017	72.2	72.1
2016	72.3	71.9
2015	72.3	71.6
2014	72.4	71.4
2013	72.4	71.1
2012	72.5	70.8
2011	72.5	70.4
2010	72.5	70.1
2009	72.4	69.7
2008	72.3	69.3
2007	72.2	69
2006	72.1	68.6
2005	71.9	68.1
2004	71.7	67.7
2003	71.7	67.4
2002	71.6	67.1
2001	71.4	66.8
2000	71.3	66.4
1999	71.2	66
1998	71.1	65.7
1997	70.8	65.5
1996	70.8	65.2
1995	70.6	64.9
1994	70.5	64.3
1993	70.4	64.4
1992	70.4	64.3
1991	70.3	64.1
1990	70.2	64
1989	70.1	63.8
1988	70	63.4
1987	69.9	63.2
1986	69.8	62.7
1985	69.6	62.2
1984	69.5	61.9
1983	69.3	61.5
1982	69	61.3
1981	68.7	60.9
1980	68.5	60.5
1979	68.2	60.2
1978	67.9	59.5
1977	67.6	59.2
1976	67.2	58.6
1975	66.9	58.3
1974	66.4	58.1
1973	65.9	57.7
1972	65.4	57.2
1971	64.6	56
1970	64	56.3
1969	63.3	56
1968	62.6	55.6
1967	62.1	55.1
1966	61.7	54.6
1965	61.4	54
1964	61.2	54.3
1963	60.9	53.7
1962	60.7	53.2
1961	60.6	50.4
1960	60.5	47.8
1959	60.4	49.6
1958	60.4	51.6
1957	60.2	51.1
1956	59.8	50.7
1955	59.4	50.2
1954	59	49.7
1953	58.7	48.8
1952	58.4	48.2
1951	58	47.1
1950	57.8	46.4

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Seychelles	World
2024	7371.8–74.2	73.3
2025	73.171.3–74.7	73.5
2026	73.371–75.2	73.8
2027	73.470.9–75.7	73.9
2028	73.670.7–76.1	74.1
2029	73.770.5–76.4	74.2
2030	73.970.5–76.7	74.4
2031	7470.4–77.2	74.5
2032	74.270.4–77.6	74.7
2033	74.470.5–78.1	74.8
2034	74.570.6–78.4	75
2035	74.670.6–78.6	75.1
2036	74.870.5–78.8	75.3
2037	74.970.5–79.1	75.4
2038	75.170.4–79.2	75.5
2039	75.270.4–79.6	75.7
2040	75.470.5–79.9	75.8
2041	75.570.4–80.3	75.9
2042	75.770.4–80.5	76.1
2043	75.870.3–80.7	76.2
2044	7670.7–80.9	76.3
2045	76.170.5–81.4	76.5
2046	76.370.7–81.6	76.6
2047	76.470.7–81.9	76.7
2048	76.670.8–82.1	76.8
2049	76.770.8–82.4	76.9
2050	76.970.8–82.6	77
2051	7770.9–82.9	77.1
2052	77.270.7–83	77.2
2053	77.470.8–83.2	77.3
2054	77.571–83.3	77.4
2055	77.771.1–83.5	77.6
2056	77.871.1–83.9	77.7
2057	7871.1–84.1	77.8
2058	78.171.2–84.3	77.9
2059	78.371.2–84.4	78
2060	78.471.3–84.7	78.1
2061	78.671.2–84.6	78.2
2062	78.771.4–85	78.3
2063	78.971.3–85.2	78.4
2064	79.171.5–85.4	78.5
2065	79.271.5–85.5	78.6
2066	79.471.5–85.7	78.7
2067	79.671.5–86.1	78.8
2068	79.771.5–86.2	78.9
2069	79.971.5–86.3	79
2070	8071.5–86.6	79.1
2071	80.271.6–86.7	79.2
2072	80.371.7–86.9	79.3
2073	80.571.7–87	79.4
2074	80.672–87.2	79.4
2075	80.871.9–87.3	79.5
2076	80.971.9–87.5	79.6
2077	81.172.1–87.7	79.7
2078	81.272.4–88	79.8
2079	81.472.3–88.2	79.9
2080	81.672.3–88.2	80
2081	81.772.5–88.3	80.1
2082	81.872.5–88.5	80.2
2083	8272.5–88.7	80.3
2084	82.172.6–88.8	80.3
2085	82.372.6–89	80.4
2086	82.472.6–89.2	80.5
2087	82.672.7–89.3	80.6
2088	82.772.9–89.7	80.7
2089	82.872.9–89.7	80.8
2090	8373–89.7	80.9
2091	83.173.2–90	81
2092	83.273.1–90.2	81
2093	83.473.4–90.5	81.1
2094	83.573.3–90.5	81.2
2095	83.673.5–90.8	81.3
2096	83.873.7–91.1	81.4
2097	83.973.8–91.4	81.5
2098	8474–91.4	81.6
2099	84.173.9–91.4	81.7
2100	84.374–91.8	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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