Life expectancy in Sierra Leone

Life expectancy in Sierra Leone: 28.9 years in 1950 and 61.8 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 61.8 years
Since 1950: +32.9 years
Rank, 2023: 218 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 73.2 years
Projected, 2100: 72 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 72 years in 2100, between 59.9 years and 83.2 years (95% prediction interval).
Older estimates from Our World in Data reach back to 1931: 24.5 years.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Sierra Leone	World
2023	61.8	73.2
2022	61.3	72.6
2021	60.3	70.9
2020	59.7	71.9
2019	59.6	72.6
2018	59.1	72.4
2017	57.8	72.1
2016	56.9	71.9
2015	55.5	71.6
2014	54.3	71.4
2013	54.1	71.1
2012	53.2	70.8
2011	52.6	70.4
2010	51.9	70.1
2009	51.3	69.7
2008	50.7	69.3
2007	50	69
2006	49.6	68.6
2005	48.3	68.1
2004	47.5	67.7
2003	46.8	67.4
2002	46.2	67.1
2001	45.5	66.8
2000	44.8	66.4
1999	42	66
1998	42.7	65.7
1997	43.7	65.5
1996	43.5	65.2
1995	42.6	64.9
1994	42.8	64.3
1993	43.4	64.4
1992	43.5	64.3
1991	43.3	64.1
1990	43.7	64
1989	43.7	63.8
1988	43.8	63.4
1987	43.8	63.2
1986	43.5	62.7
1985	43.6	62.2
1984	43.6	61.9
1983	43.5	61.5
1982	43.3	61.3
1981	43.1	60.9
1980	42.8	60.5
1979	42.5	60.2
1978	42.2	59.5
1977	41.8	59.2
1976	41.4	58.6
1975	41	58.3
1974	40.4	58.1
1973	40	57.7
1972	39.5	57.2
1971	39.1	56
1970	38.6	56.3
1969	38.2	56
1968	37.8	55.6
1967	37.3	55.1
1966	36.6	54.6
1965	35.9	54
1964	35.3	54.3
1963	34.7	53.7
1962	34.2	53.2
1961	33.6	50.4
1960	33.1	47.8
1959	32.6	49.6
1958	32.1	51.6
1957	31.8	51.1
1956	31.3	50.7
1955	30.9	50.2
1954	30.5	49.7
1953	30.1	48.8
1952	29.7	48.2
1951	29.3	47.1
1950	28.9	46.4
1931	24.5	–

12.3Estimates, Our World in Data

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Sierra Leone	World
2024	6260.5–63.5	73.3
2025	62.260.1–64.2	73.5
2026	62.359.7–64.9	73.8
2027	62.559.6–65.6	73.9
2028	62.759.2–65.9	74.1
2029	62.959–66.3	74.2
2030	6358.9–66.7	74.4
2031	63.258.9–67.2	74.5
2032	63.358.8–67.5	74.7
2033	63.558.8–67.8	74.8
2034	63.758.7–68.3	75
2035	63.858.6–68.5	75.1
2036	6458.6–68.9	75.3
2037	64.258.5–69.2	75.4
2038	64.358.5–69.5	75.5
2039	64.558.4–69.8	75.7
2040	64.658.3–69.9	75.8
2041	64.758.5–70.4	75.9
2042	64.958.3–70.7	76.1
2043	6558.2–70.9	76.2
2044	65.258.4–71.4	76.3
2045	65.358.5–71.7	76.5
2046	65.558.4–71.9	76.6
2047	65.658.3–72.1	76.7
2048	65.758.5–72.3	76.8
2049	65.958.3–72.6	76.9
2050	6658.4–72.8	77
2051	66.158.4–72.9	77.1
2052	66.258.3–73.3	77.2
2053	66.458.5–73.8	77.3
2054	66.558.4–73.9	77.4
2055	66.658.6–74.2	77.6
2056	66.858.8–74.4	77.7
2057	66.958.6–74.8	77.8
2058	6758.4–74.9	77.9
2059	67.258.6–75.2	78
2060	67.358.5–75.4	78.1
2061	67.458.6–75.7	78.2
2062	67.558.6–75.8	78.3
2063	67.758.7–76.3	78.4
2064	67.858.5–76.6	78.5
2065	67.958.5–76.7	78.6
2066	6858.5–76.8	78.7
2067	68.258.5–76.9	78.8
2068	68.358.8–77.1	78.9
2069	68.458.8–77.4	79
2070	68.558.8–77.6	79.1
2071	68.758.8–77.5	79.2
2072	68.858.7–77.7	79.3
2073	68.958.7–78	79.4
2074	6958.6–78.1	79.4
2075	69.258.8–78.4	79.5
2076	69.358.9–78.6	79.6
2077	69.459.2–78.9	79.7
2078	69.559.2–79	79.8
2079	69.658.9–79.4	79.9
2080	69.759.1–79.5	80
2081	69.859.1–79.6	80.1
2082	7059.1–80.1	80.2
2083	70.159.1–80.1	80.3
2084	70.259.1–80.2	80.3
2085	70.359.2–80.5	80.4
2086	70.459.3–80.6	80.5
2087	70.559.3–81	80.6
2088	70.659.4–81.1	80.7
2089	70.759.3–81.2	80.8
2090	70.959.6–81.5	80.9
2091	7159.6–81.5	81
2092	71.159.9–81.9	81
2093	71.260.2–82	81.1
2094	71.360.1–82.1	81.2
2095	71.559.7–82.3	81.3
2096	71.659.9–82.3	81.4
2097	71.759.9–82.4	81.5
2098	71.860.2–82.8	81.6
2099	71.960–82.9	81.7
2100	7259.9–83.2	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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