Sri Lanka
Life expectancy in Sri Lanka
Life expectancy in Sri Lanka: 53.2 years in 1950 and 77.5 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 77.5 years
- Since 1950
- +24.3 years
- Rank, 2023
- 81 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 88.7 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 88.7 years in 2100, between 82.2 years and 95.8 years (95% prediction interval).
- Older estimates from Our World in Data reach back to 1901: 32.6 years.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Sri Lanka | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 77.5 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 77.3 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 76.3 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 76.9 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 76.7 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 76.5 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 76.2 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 76.1 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 76 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 75.8 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 75.6 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 75.2 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 74.7 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 74.5 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 70.3 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 72.6 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 73 | 69 |
| 2006 | 72.8 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 73.1 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 68 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 72.4 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 72.3 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 71.8 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 71.2 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 70.4 | 66 |
| 1998 | 70.1 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 69.9 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 69.8 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 69.8 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 70.2 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 70.1 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 69.6 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 69.1 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 69.2 | 64 |
| 1989 | 67.3 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 69 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 69 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 69 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 68.9 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 68.8 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 68.7 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 68.7 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 68.4 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 68 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 67.5 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 66.8 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 66.4 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 65.8 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 65.4 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 65 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 64.8 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 64.6 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 64.2 | 56 |
| 1970 | 64.4 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 64.1 | 56 |
| 1968 | 63.9 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 63.6 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 63.2 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 62.8 | 54 |
| 1964 | 62.4 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 62 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 61.6 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 61.2 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 60.6 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 60 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 59.3 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 58.5 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 57.9 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 57.2 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 56.4 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 55.7 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 54.9 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 54 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 53.2 | 46.4 |
| 1949 | 55.5 | – |
| 1948 | 54 | – |
| 1946 | 45.8 | – |
| 1940 | 45.2 | – |
| 1935 | 46.3 | – |
| 1921 | 32 | – |
| 1911 | 29.9 | – |
| 1901 | 32.6 | – |
- 12.3Estimates, Our World in Data
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Sri Lanka | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 77.776.6–78.7 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 77.976.4–79.3 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 7876.3–79.7 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 78.276.1–80.1 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 78.476–80.6 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 78.676–80.9 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 78.775.9–81.3 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 78.975.8–81.6 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 79.175.9–81.9 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 79.275.8–82.2 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 79.475.8–82.5 | 75 |
| 2035 | 79.675.9–82.8 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 79.875.9–83.2 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 79.975.9–83.4 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 80.176.1–83.7 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 80.376–84.1 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 80.576.2–84.4 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 80.676.2–84.5 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 80.876.2–84.8 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 8176.2–85 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 81.176.3–85.1 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 81.376.3–85.5 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 81.576.3–85.7 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 81.676.3–85.8 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 81.876.3–86 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 81.976.4–86.4 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 82.176.5–86.4 | 77 |
| 2051 | 82.276.4–86.5 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 82.476.5–86.8 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 82.676.9–87 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 82.776.7–87.1 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 82.976.8–87.3 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 8376.8–87.5 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 83.276.9–87.7 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 83.376.9–87.9 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 83.577.1–88.1 | 78 |
| 2060 | 83.677.2–88.2 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 83.777.2–88.5 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 83.977.2–88.8 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 8477.4–88.9 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 84.277.7–89.2 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 84.377.8–89.3 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 84.477.8–89.6 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 84.677.9–89.8 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 84.778.2–89.9 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 84.878.4–90.2 | 79 |
| 2070 | 8578.4–90.6 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 85.178.5–90.8 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 85.378.6–90.9 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 85.478.6–91.2 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 85.578.8–91.2 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 85.778.7–91.5 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 85.878.8–91.6 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 85.978.9–91.8 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 8679–92 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 86.279.4–92.3 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 86.379.6–92.4 | 80 |
| 2081 | 86.479.7–92.5 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 86.579.9–92.8 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 86.780.1–93 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 86.880.1–93.2 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 86.980.3–93.6 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 8780.3–93.6 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 87.280.3–93.8 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 87.380.5–93.9 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 87.480.7–94 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 87.581–94.1 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 87.681–94.2 | 81 |
| 2092 | 87.881.2–94.4 | 81 |
| 2093 | 87.981.3–94.7 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 8881.6–94.7 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 88.181.7–95 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 88.281.7–95.3 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 88.481.9–95.5 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 88.582–95.8 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 88.682–95.8 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 88.782.2–95.8 | 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.
- 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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- Military spending1.31% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$1.36B in 2025
- Military spending per person$60 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel317,000 people in 2020
- National power0.31% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers3.74% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports11 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports8 million TIV in 1998