Thailand
Life expectancy in Thailand
Life expectancy in Thailand: 45.2 years in 1950 and 76.4 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 76.4 years
- Since 1950
- +31.2 years
- Rank, 2023
- 96 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 88.4 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 88.4 years in 2100, between 81.5 years and 95.5 years (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 77.6 years in 2021, the lowest 45.2 years in 1950.
- Older estimates from Our World in Data reach back to 1937: 40.3 years.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Thailand | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 76.4 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 75.3 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 77.6 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 77.3 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 77.2 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 77.2 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 77 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 76.8 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 76.6 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 76.3 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 76 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 75.6 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 75.3 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 75 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 74.7 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 74.2 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 73.8 | 69 |
| 2006 | 73.3 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 72.9 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 72.1 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 72.1 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 71.8 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 71.5 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 71.2 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 71 | 66 |
| 1998 | 70.7 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 70.4 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 69.9 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 69.8 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 69.7 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 69.6 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 69.4 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 69.1 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 68.9 | 64 |
| 1989 | 68.6 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 68.2 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 67.8 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 67.3 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 66.5 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 65.6 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 64.5 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 63.6 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 62.9 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 62.2 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 61.7 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 61.3 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 60.9 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 60.4 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 59.7 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 59 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 58.3 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 57.8 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 57.1 | 56 |
| 1970 | 56.5 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 55.7 | 56 |
| 1968 | 55 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 54.3 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 53.7 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 53.1 | 54 |
| 1964 | 52.5 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 52 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 51.4 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 51.1 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 50.6 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 50.1 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 49.6 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 49.1 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 48.6 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 48.1 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 47.6 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 47.1 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 46.5 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 45.9 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 45.2 | 46.4 |
| 1948 | 49.9 | – |
| 1947 | 41.8 | – |
| 1941 | 38.3 | – |
| 1937 | 40.3 | – |
- 12.3Estimates, Our World in Data
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Thailand | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 76.675.6–77.6 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 76.875.3–78.2 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 77.175.3–78.8 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 77.375.3–79.3 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 77.575.2–79.7 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 77.775.2–80.1 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 77.975.2–80.5 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 78.175.2–80.9 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 78.375–81.2 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 78.575.1–81.7 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 78.775.2–81.9 | 75 |
| 2035 | 78.975.2–82.2 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 79.175.2–82.6 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 79.375.3–82.9 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 79.575.4–83.2 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 79.775.3–83.4 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 79.975.5–83.7 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 80.175.7–84 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 80.375.7–84.2 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 80.576–84.4 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 80.775.9–84.6 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 80.976–84.9 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 8176–85 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 81.276–85.2 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 81.476.3–85.3 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 81.676.3–85.6 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 81.776.3–85.9 | 77 |
| 2051 | 81.976.4–86.1 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 82.176.6–86.5 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 82.276.4–86.6 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 82.476.5–86.8 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 82.576.7–87.2 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 82.776.8–87.3 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 82.876.8–87.5 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 8377–87.8 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 83.177.2–88 | 78 |
| 2060 | 83.377.4–88.3 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 83.477.5–88.4 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 83.677.7–88.5 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 83.777.7–88.7 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 83.977.6–89 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 8477.8–89.1 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 84.178–89.3 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 84.378.2–89.6 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 84.478.4–89.7 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 84.678.3–89.8 | 79 |
| 2070 | 84.778.4–90 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 84.878.6–90.3 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 8578.7–90.6 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 85.178.6–90.7 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 85.279–91.1 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 85.479–91.3 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 85.579.1–91.3 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 85.679.1–91.6 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 85.779.2–91.7 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 85.979.4–91.9 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 8679.4–92 | 80 |
| 2081 | 86.179.6–92.2 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 86.279.7–92.3 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 86.480–92.6 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 86.580–92.7 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 86.680–93 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 86.780.1–93.1 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 86.980.1–93.2 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 8780.3–93.5 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 87.180.5–93.5 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 87.280.5–93.9 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 87.480.8–93.9 | 81 |
| 2092 | 87.580.9–94 | 81 |
| 2093 | 87.681.1–94.1 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 87.781.1–94.5 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 87.881.2–94.7 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 8881.3–94.9 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 88.181.2–95.1 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 88.281.3–95.2 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 88.381.7–95.5 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 88.481.5–95.5 | 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 spending1.04% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$5.57B in 2025
- Military spending per person$84 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel455,000 people in 2020
- National power0.79% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.13% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports33 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports15 million TIV in 2024