Tonga
Life expectancy in Tonga
Life expectancy in Tonga: 48.4 years in 1950 and 72.9 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 72.9 years
- Since 1950
- +24.5 years
- Rank, 2023
- 133 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 83.5 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 83.5 years in 2100, between 72.5 years and 91.1 years (95% prediction interval).
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Tonga | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 72.9 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 72.6 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 72.1 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 72.4 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 72.3 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 72.2 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 72.1 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 72 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 71.9 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 71.7 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 71.7 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 71.6 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 71.4 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 71.3 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 71 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 71 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 70.9 | 69 |
| 2006 | 70.7 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 70.6 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 70.4 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 70.2 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 70 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 69.8 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 69.6 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 69.4 | 66 |
| 1998 | 69.2 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 69 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 68.8 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 68.6 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 68.4 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 68.2 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 67.9 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 67.8 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 67.5 | 64 |
| 1989 | 67.5 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 67.3 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 67.2 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 67.1 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 66.9 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 66.8 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 66.7 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 66.3 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 66.4 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 66.2 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 66 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 65.9 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 65.6 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 65.4 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 65.1 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 64.8 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 64.4 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 64.1 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 63.6 | 56 |
| 1970 | 63.2 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 62.7 | 56 |
| 1968 | 62.2 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 61.7 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 61.2 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 60.7 | 54 |
| 1964 | 60.3 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 59.8 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 59.3 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 58.8 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 58.3 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 57.8 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 57.2 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 56.5 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 55.7 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 54.7 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 53.6 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 52.5 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 51.2 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 49.8 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 48.4 | 46.4 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Tonga | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 73.171.9–74.3 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 73.271.4–74.9 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 73.471.2–75.5 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 73.571–75.8 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 73.771–76.2 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 73.970.9–76.6 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 7470.7–77 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 74.170.7–77.3 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 74.370.7–77.6 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 74.570.6–77.9 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 74.670.5–78.3 | 75 |
| 2035 | 74.870.6–78.6 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 74.970.5–78.8 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 75.170.7–79.2 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 75.270.4–79.4 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 75.470.4–79.7 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 75.670.6–80 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 75.770.6–80.2 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 75.970.8–80.4 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 7670.5–80.6 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 76.270.6–81 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 76.470.5–81.3 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 76.570.6–81.6 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 76.770.4–81.6 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 76.870.7–82 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 7770.7–82.3 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 77.270.8–82.4 | 77 |
| 2051 | 77.371–82.7 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 77.570.9–83 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 77.770.9–83.1 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 77.871.1–83.4 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 7871–83.7 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 78.171.2–83.8 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 78.371–84 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 78.471.1–84.3 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 78.571.1–84.5 | 78 |
| 2060 | 78.771.3–84.8 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 78.871.3–84.9 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 7971.3–85.1 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 79.171.4–85.4 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 79.271.6–85.5 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 79.471.5–85.6 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 79.571.6–85.9 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 79.671.7–86 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 79.771.7–86.2 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 79.971.6–86.3 | 79 |
| 2070 | 8071.6–86.5 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 80.171.8–86.6 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 80.271.7–86.9 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 80.371.5–86.9 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 80.571.7–87.1 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 80.671.6–87.3 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 80.771.7–87.4 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 80.871.8–87.5 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 80.971.8–87.6 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 8171.7–87.9 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 81.171.6–87.9 | 80 |
| 2081 | 81.271.7–88.1 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 81.471.8–88.2 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 81.571.9–88.3 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 81.672–88.6 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 81.771.8–88.4 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 81.872–88.8 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 81.972.1–88.8 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 82.172.2–89.1 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 82.272.3–89.3 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 82.372.2–89.3 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 82.472.3–89.4 | 81 |
| 2092 | 82.572.4–89.5 | 81 |
| 2093 | 82.772.4–89.5 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 82.872.4–89.6 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 82.972.2–89.9 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 8372.4–90.4 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 83.272.5–90.7 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 83.372.5–90.9 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 83.472.6–90.9 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 83.572.5–91.1 | 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.
- 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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