Tunisia
Life expectancy in Tunisia
Life expectancy in Tunisia: 38.2 years in 1950 and 76.5 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 76.5 years
- Since 1950
- +38.3 years
- Rank, 2023
- 95 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 88.3 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 88.3 years in 2100, between 81.2 years and 95.4 years (95% prediction interval).
- Older estimates from Our World in Data reach back to 1923: 28.8 years.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Tunisia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 76.5 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 76.1 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 72.9 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 75 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 75.6 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 75.4 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 75.2 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 75 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 74.9 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 74.8 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 74.7 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 74.6 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 74.5 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 74.4 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 74.3 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 74.2 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 74 | 69 |
| 2006 | 73.9 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 73.7 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 73.5 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 73.3 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 73.1 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 72.8 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 72.6 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 72.3 | 66 |
| 1998 | 72.1 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 71.7 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 71.3 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 70.8 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 70.4 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 70 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 69.7 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 69.4 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 69.1 | 64 |
| 1989 | 68.8 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 68.5 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 68 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 67.4 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 66.9 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 66.3 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 65.7 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 65 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 64.4 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 63.7 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 62.9 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 62.2 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 61.3 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 60.3 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 59.3 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 58.3 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 57.1 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 56.1 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 54.9 | 56 |
| 1970 | 53.8 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 52.3 | 56 |
| 1968 | 51.3 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 50.2 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 49.2 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 48.2 | 54 |
| 1964 | 47.3 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 46.4 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 45.6 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 44.3 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 44.1 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 43.4 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 42.7 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 42.1 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 41.4 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 40.8 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 40 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 39.8 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 39.3 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 38.7 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 38.2 | 46.4 |
| 1943 | 33.7 | – |
| 1933 | 31.2 | – |
| 1923 | 28.8 | – |
- 12.3Estimates, Our World in Data
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Tunisia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 76.775.6–77.8 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 76.975.4–78.4 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 77.175.3–78.9 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 77.375.2–79.4 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 77.575.1–79.8 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 77.775–80.2 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 77.974.9–80.5 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 78.174.8–80.9 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 78.375–81.3 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 78.575–81.5 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 78.675.1–81.9 | 75 |
| 2035 | 78.875.1–82.3 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 7975.1–82.7 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 79.275.2–83 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 79.475.1–83.2 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 79.675.1–83.5 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 79.875.3–83.8 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 8075.3–84.1 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 80.175.5–84.4 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 80.375.5–84.6 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 80.575.7–84.7 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 80.775.9–85 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 80.975.7–85.3 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 8176–85.5 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 81.275.9–85.7 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 81.476.2–85.9 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 81.576.1–86.1 | 77 |
| 2051 | 81.776.2–86.2 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 81.976.1–86.3 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 8276.1–86.6 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 82.276.3–86.9 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 82.476.5–87 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 82.576.4–87.1 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 82.776.5–87.3 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 82.876.6–87.5 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 8376.5–87.7 | 78 |
| 2060 | 83.176.7–88 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 83.376.7–88.2 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 83.476.7–88.3 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 83.676.8–88.6 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 83.777.2–88.7 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 83.977–88.9 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 8476.9–89.1 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 84.277.4–89.4 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 84.377.4–89.6 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 84.477.4–89.8 | 79 |
| 2070 | 84.677.5–90 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 84.777.5–90.4 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 84.977.6–90.5 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 8577.7–90.7 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 85.177.9–90.7 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 85.378.3–91 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 85.478.3–91.1 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 85.578.3–91.3 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 85.778.5–91.5 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 85.878.6–91.7 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 85.978.7–91.9 | 80 |
| 2081 | 86.178.8–92.1 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 86.279–92.2 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 86.379.1–92.3 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 86.479.2–92.5 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 86.679.4–92.8 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 86.779.4–92.9 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 86.879.7–93.1 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 86.979.8–93.1 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 8779.8–93.6 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 87.280.3–93.9 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 87.380.3–93.9 | 81 |
| 2092 | 87.480.3–93.9 | 81 |
| 2093 | 87.580.7–94.1 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 87.680.9–94.5 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 87.880.9–94.6 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 87.981–94.7 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 8881.1–94.9 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 88.181.2–95.1 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 88.281.1–95.2 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 88.381.2–95.4 | 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 spending2.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$1.35B in 2025
- Military spending per person$121 in 2025
- Military share of state spending7.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel48,000 people in 2020
- National power0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.18% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports7 million TIV in 2025