Life expectancy in Netherlands

Life expectancy in Netherlands: 71.4 years in 1950 and 82.2 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 82.2 years
Since 1950: +10.7 years
Rank, 2023: 31 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 73.2 years
Projected, 2100: 91.5 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 91.5 years in 2100, between 84.8 years and 98.6 years (95% prediction interval).
Older estimates from Our World in Data reach back to 1850: 39.8 years.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Netherlands	World
2023	82.2	73.2
2022	81.9	72.6
2021	81.4	70.9
2020	81.4	71.9
2019	82.1	72.6
2018	81.8	72.4
2017	81.7	72.1
2016	81.6	71.9
2015	81.5	71.6
2014	81.7	71.4
2013	81.3	71.1
2012	81.1	70.8
2011	81.1	70.4
2010	80.8	70.1
2009	80.7	69.7
2008	80.4	69.3
2007	80.3	69
2006	79.9	68.6
2005	79.5	68.1
2004	79.2	67.7
2003	78.7	67.4
2002	78.4	67.1
2001	78.3	66.8
2000	78.1	66.4
1999	78	66
1998	78	65.7
1997	77.9	65.5
1996	77.6	65.2
1995	77.6	64.9
1994	77.5	64.3
1993	77	64.4
1992	77.4	64.3
1991	77.2	64.1
1990	77	64
1989	76.8	63.8
1988	77	63.4
1987	76.8	63.2
1986	76.4	62.7
1985	76.4	62.2
1984	76.3	61.9
1983	76.3	61.5
1982	76.1	61.3
1981	76	60.9
1980	75.8	60.5
1979	75.7	60.2
1978	75.2	59.5
1977	75.3	59.2
1976	74.7	58.6
1975	74.6	58.3
1974	74.6	58.1
1973	74.2	57.7
1972	73.8	57.2
1971	73.9	56
1970	73.6	56.3
1969	73.6	56
1968	73.6	55.6
1967	73.8	55.1
1966	73.6	54.6
1965	73.6	54
1964	73.7	54.3
1963	73.4	53.7
1962	73.2	53.2
1961	73.6	50.4
1960	73.4	47.8
1959	73.2	49.6
1958	73.1	51.6
1957	73	51.1
1956	72.5	50.7
1955	72.5	50.2
1954	72.4	49.7
1953	71.7	48.8
1952	72.1	48.2
1951	71.5	47.1
1950	71.4	46.4
1949	70.3	–
1948	71	–
1947	69.6	–
1946	67.5	–
1945	55.6	–
1944	61.3	–
1943	64.4	–
1942	65.8	–
1941	65.3	–
1940	65.4	–
1939	67.7	–
1938	67.4	–
1937	67	–
1936	66.7	–
1935	66.5	–
1934	66.6	–
1933	66	–
1932	65.4	–
1931	64.3	–
1930	64.7	–
1929	62.2	–
1928	63.7	–
1927	62.6	–
1926	63	–
1925	63.1	–
1924	62.9	–
1923	62	–
1922	59.8	–
1921	59.7	–
1920	58	–
1919	54.8	–
1918	47.6	–
1917	55.7	–
1916	56.2	–
1915	57.2	–
1914	57.2	–
1913	57.4	–
1912	57.1	–
1911	53.2	–
1910	55.1	–
1909	54.9	–
1908	52.8	–
1907	53.5	–
1906	52.8	–
1905	52.1	–
1904	50.9	–
1903	51.5	–
1902	50.7	–
1901	48.8	–
1900	48.5	–
1899	49.4	–
1898	49.1	–
1897	49.4	–
1896	48.6	–
1895	46.7	–
1894	47	–
1893	45.9	–
1892	44	–
1891	44.3	–
1890	44.4	–
1889	44.4	–
1888	44.2	–
1887	45	–
1886	42	–
1885	43.3	–
1884	41.3	–
1883	42.4	–
1882	43.8	–
1881	42.9	–
1880	40.4	–
1879	42	–
1878	41.1	–
1877	42.1	–
1876	40.5	–
1875	38.3	–
1874	41.3	–
1873	39.3	–
1872	36.5	–
1871	33	–
1870	37.5	–
1869	40.4	–
1868	37.8	–
1867	39.3	–
1866	33.7	–
1865	36.5	–
1864	37.7	–
1863	38.3	–
1862	38.4	–
1861	36.5	–
1860	37	–
1859	30.9	–
1858	34.8	–
1857	35.4	–
1856	38.5	–
1855	34.6	–
1854	38.7	–
1853	38.7	–
1852	38.7	–
1851	40.1	–
1850	39.8	–

12.3Estimates, Our World in Data

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Netherlands	World
2024	82.381.5–83.2	73.3
2025	82.581.3–83.7	73.5
2026	82.681.1–84.1	73.8
2027	82.881–84.5	73.9
2028	82.980.8–84.8	74.1
2029	8380.8–85.1	74.2
2030	83.280.7–85.5	74.4
2031	83.380.8–85.7	74.5
2032	83.580.6–85.9	74.7
2033	83.680.7–86.3	74.8
2034	83.880.6–86.6	75
2035	83.980.6–86.8	75.1
2036	84.180.7–87.2	75.3
2037	84.280.6–87.4	75.4
2038	84.380.6–87.6	75.5
2039	84.480.6–87.8	75.7
2040	84.680.7–88.1	75.8
2041	84.780.8–88.4	75.9
2042	84.980.9–88.6	76.1
2043	8581–88.7	76.2
2044	85.181.1–89	76.3
2045	85.281.1–89.1	76.5
2046	85.481.3–89.3	76.6
2047	85.581.4–89.4	76.7
2048	85.681.5–89.7	76.8
2049	85.781.6–89.8	76.9
2050	85.981.7–90.1	77
2051	8681.8–90.3	77.1
2052	86.182–90.6	77.2
2053	86.282–90.8	77.3
2054	86.482.2–91	77.4
2055	86.582.2–91.2	77.6
2056	86.682.2–91.5	77.7
2057	86.782.3–91.6	77.8
2058	86.882.4–91.8	77.9
2059	8782.3–92.1	78
2060	87.182.3–92.2	78.1
2061	87.282.4–92.4	78.2
2062	87.382.6–92.7	78.3
2063	87.482.7–92.8	78.4
2064	87.582.6–93	78.5
2065	87.782.7–93.2	78.6
2066	87.882.7–93.4	78.7
2067	87.982.8–93.5	78.8
2068	8882.9–93.8	78.9
2069	88.182.9–94	79
2070	88.282.9–94	79.1
2071	88.383.1–94.3	79.2
2072	88.483.2–94.4	79.3
2073	88.583.4–94.8	79.4
2074	88.783.4–94.8	79.4
2075	88.883.3–94.9	79.5
2076	88.983.6–95.1	79.6
2077	8983.5–95.1	79.7
2078	89.183.5–95.2	79.8
2079	89.283.7–95.3	79.9
2080	89.383.7–95.6	80
2081	89.483.7–95.7	80.1
2082	89.583.8–95.9	80.2
2083	89.783.8–96.2	80.3
2084	89.883.9–96.2	80.3
2085	89.984–96.5	80.4
2086	9084–96.6	80.5
2087	90.184.2–96.7	80.6
2088	90.284.4–97.1	80.7
2089	90.384.4–97.1	80.8
2090	90.484.5–97.4	80.9
2091	90.584.5–97.5	81
2092	90.784.6–97.7	81
2093	90.884.8–97.6	81.1
2094	90.984.7–97.8	81.2
2095	9184.7–98	81.3
2096	91.184.8–98.1	81.4
2097	91.284.8–98.1	81.5
2098	91.384.7–98.2	81.6
2099	91.484.8–98.4	81.7
2100	91.584.8–98.6	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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