Life expectancy in Sweden

Life expectancy in Sweden: 71.1 years in 1950 and 83.3 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 83.3 years
Since 1950: +12.1 years
Rank, 2023: 19 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 73.2 years
Projected, 2100: 92.2 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 92.2 years in 2100, between 84.9 years and 99.6 years (95% prediction interval).
Older estimates from Our World in Data reach back to 1800: 32.2 years.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Sweden	World
2023	83.3	73.2
2022	83.1	72.6
2021	83	70.9
2020	82.4	71.9
2019	83.1	72.6
2018	82.5	72.4
2017	82.4	72.1
2016	82.3	71.9
2015	82.2	71.6
2014	82.2	71.4
2013	81.9	71.1
2012	81.7	70.8
2011	81.8	70.4
2010	81.5	70.1
2009	81.4	69.7
2008	81.1	69.3
2007	81	69
2006	80.8	68.6
2005	80.6	68.1
2004	80.6	67.7
2003	80.2	67.4
2002	79.9	67.1
2001	79.8	66.8
2000	79.7	66.4
1999	79.5	66
1998	79.4	65.7
1997	79.3	65.5
1996	79	65.2
1995	78.8	64.9
1994	78.8	64.3
1993	78.1	64.4
1992	78.1	64.3
1991	77.7	64.1
1990	77.6	64
1989	77.7	63.8
1988	77	63.4
1987	77.1	63.2
1986	77	62.7
1985	76.7	62.2
1984	76.8	61.9
1983	76.6	61.5
1982	76.4	61.3
1981	76	60.9
1980	75.7	60.5
1979	75.5	60.2
1978	75.5	59.5
1977	75.4	59.2
1976	75	58.6
1975	75	58.3
1974	75	58.1
1973	74.9	57.7
1972	74.7	57.2
1971	74.6	56
1970	74.7	56.3
1969	74.1	56
1968	74	55.6
1967	74.2	55.1
1966	74.1	54.6
1965	73.9	54
1964	73.7	54.3
1963	73.5	53.7
1962	73.4	53.2
1961	73.5	50.4
1960	73	47.8
1959	73.4	49.6
1958	73.2	51.6
1957	72.5	51.1
1956	72.7	50.7
1955	72.6	50.2
1954	72.4	49.7
1953	71.9	48.8
1952	71.9	48.2
1951	71.4	47.1
1950	71.1	46.4
1949	70.8	–
1948	70.7	–
1947	69.5	–
1946	69.5	–
1945	68.3	–
1944	67.7	–
1943	68.7	–
1942	69	–
1941	67	–
1940	66.7	–
1939	66.4	–
1938	65.5	–
1937	64.6	–
1936	64.6	–
1935	64.9	–
1934	65	–
1933	64.8	–
1932	63.9	–
1931	62.7	–
1930	63.2	–
1929	62.3	–
1928	62.2	–
1927	61.6	–
1926	62.7	–
1925	62.5	–
1924	61.9	–
1923	62.9	–
1922	61.1	–
1921	61	–
1920	58.9	–
1919	56.4	–
1918	49.7	–
1917	58.8	–
1916	58.1	–
1915	57.1	–
1914	58.2	–
1913	58.6	–
1912	57.7	–
1911	58	–
1910	57.7	–
1909	58.3	–
1908	56.3	–
1907	56.9	–
1906	56.6	–
1905	54.4	–
1904	55.3	–
1903	55	–
1902	54.7	–
1901	52.9	–
1900	52.2	–
1899	50.9	–
1898	54.6	–
1897	54	–
1896	53.3	–
1895	54	–
1894	51.9	–
1893	51.2	–
1892	50.5	–
1891	51	–
1890	50.4	–
1889	52.2	–
1888	52.3	–
1887	51.4	–
1886	50.5	–
1885	48.8	–
1884	49	–
1883	48.8	–
1882	48.4	–
1881	48.4	–
1880	47.7	–
1879	49	–
1878	46.8	–
1877	46.1	–
1876	44.8	–
1875	44.5	–
1874	44.2	–
1873	48.6	–
1872	49.9	–
1871	48.9	–
1870	45	–
1869	41	–
1868	43.3	–
1867	46.3	–
1866	44.8	–
1865	45.5	–
1864	44.8	–
1863	45.5	–
1862	42.7	–
1861	47.2	–
1860	48.5	–
1859	44.3	–
1858	42	–
1857	34.6	–
1856	42.1	–
1855	43.1	–
1854	44.5	–
1853	40	–
1852	41.4	–
1851	43.6	–
1850	44.7	–
1849	44.5	–
1848	45.1	–
1847	40.1	–
1846	42	–
1845	46	–
1844	44	–
1843	42.8	–
1842	42.8	–
1841	45.1	–
1840	44	–
1839	39.9	–
1838	40	–
1837	39.6	–
1836	45.2	–
1835	47.2	–
1834	38.6	–
1833	42.5	–
1832	40.9	–
1831	39	–
1830	41	–
1829	36.2	–
1828	37.8	–
1827	42.7	–
1826	43.1	–
1825	45.3	–
1824	45	–
1823	45.2	–
1822	42.8	–
1821	38.2	–
1820	40.2	–
1819	37	–
1818	40	–
1817	40.3	–
1816	41.8	–
1815	40.5	–
1814	38.6	–
1813	36.5	–
1812	35.1	–
1811	34.6	–
1810	32	–
1809	26.9	–
1808	30.2	–
1807	38.8	–
1806	36.2	–
1805	41.1	–
1804	39.7	–
1803	40.2	–
1802	40.2	–
1801	36.9	–
1800	32.2	–

12.3Estimates, Our World in Data

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Sweden	World
2024	83.482.6–84.3	73.3
2025	83.682.3–84.8	73.5
2026	83.782.2–85.3	73.8
2027	83.982.1–85.6	73.9
2028	8482.1–85.9	74.1
2029	84.282.1–86.2	74.2
2030	84.382.2–86.5	74.4
2031	84.482.2–86.8	74.5
2032	84.582.1–87.1	74.7
2033	84.782.2–87.4	74.8
2034	84.882.2–87.7	75
2035	84.982.1–88	75.1
2036	85.182.1–88.1	75.3
2037	85.282.3–88.4	75.4
2038	85.382.4–88.7	75.5
2039	85.482.3–88.9	75.7
2040	85.682.4–89.2	75.8
2041	85.782.4–89.4	75.9
2042	85.882.5–89.6	76.1
2043	85.982.5–89.7	76.2
2044	86.182.5–90.1	76.3
2045	86.282.5–90.3	76.5
2046	86.382.6–90.6	76.6
2047	86.482.7–90.8	76.7
2048	86.582.6–90.9	76.8
2049	86.782.7–91.1	76.9
2050	86.882.6–91.2	77
2051	86.982.6–91.5	77.1
2052	8782.8–91.8	77.2
2053	87.182.8–91.9	77.3
2054	87.282.9–92.1	77.4
2055	87.382.8–92.2	77.6
2056	87.482.9–92.5	77.7
2057	87.583–92.5	77.8
2058	87.783.1–92.6	77.9
2059	87.883.3–92.9	78
2060	87.983.2–93.1	78.1
2061	8883.2–93.3	78.2
2062	88.183–93.5	78.3
2063	88.283.1–93.5	78.4
2064	88.383.2–93.8	78.5
2065	88.483.3–94.1	78.6
2066	88.583.2–94	78.7
2067	88.683.2–94.2	78.8
2068	88.883.2–94.3	78.9
2069	88.983.2–94.4	79
2070	8983.3–94.7	79.1
2071	89.183.3–94.9	79.2
2072	89.283.4–95	79.3
2073	89.383.5–95.1	79.4
2074	89.483.7–95.3	79.4
2075	89.683.7–95.5	79.5
2076	89.783.8–95.9	79.6
2077	89.883.9–95.9	79.7
2078	89.983.9–96.1	79.8
2079	9084–96.3	79.9
2080	90.184.1–96.6	80
2081	90.284.2–96.6	80.1
2082	90.384.1–96.8	80.2
2083	90.484.2–96.9	80.3
2084	90.584.3–97.1	80.3
2085	90.684.4–97.5	80.4
2086	90.784.4–97.6	80.5
2087	90.884.3–97.6	80.6
2088	90.984.6–97.6	80.7
2089	9184.5–97.9	80.8
2090	91.284.4–98.1	80.9
2091	91.384.4–98.3	81
2092	91.384.5–98.5	81
2093	91.484.3–98.5	81.1
2094	91.684.4–98.6	81.2
2095	91.784.5–98.7	81.3
2096	91.884.8–99.1	81.4
2097	91.984.7–99.2	81.5
2098	9284.6–99.3	81.6
2099	92.184.8–99.4	81.7
2100	92.284.9–99.6	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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