Türkiye
Life expectancy in Türkiye
Life expectancy in Türkiye: 47.3 years in 1950 and 77.2 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 77.2 years
- Since 1950
- +29.9 years
- Rank, 2023
- 87 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 88.6 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 88.6 years in 2100, between 81.6 years and 95.9 years (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 77.7 years in 2019, the lowest 47.3 years in 1950.
- Older estimates from Our World in Data reach back to 1937: 35.4 years.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Türkiye | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 77.2 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 77.6 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 75.7 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 76.5 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 77.7 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 77.5 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 77 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 76.6 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 76.5 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 76.5 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 76.2 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 75.6 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 74.8 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 75 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 74.7 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 74.4 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 74.1 | 69 |
| 2006 | 73.8 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 73.5 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 73.2 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 72.9 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 72.6 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 72.3 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 71.9 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 70.8 | 66 |
| 1998 | 71.1 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 70.7 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 70.3 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 69.7 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 69.4 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 69 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 68.6 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 68.3 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 67.8 | 64 |
| 1989 | 67.4 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 66.9 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 66.4 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 65.9 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 65.3 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 64.8 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 64.3 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 63.7 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 63.2 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 62.7 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 62.2 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 61.6 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 60.9 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 60 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 59.5 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 59 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 58.5 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 58 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 57.2 | 56 |
| 1970 | 56.7 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 56.2 | 56 |
| 1968 | 55.6 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 55.2 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 54.6 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 54.1 | 54 |
| 1964 | 53.6 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 53.1 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 52.4 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 51.6 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 50.8 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 50.1 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 49.2 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 49.2 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 49.5 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 49.1 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 48.8 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 48.2 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 48.1 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 47.6 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 47.3 | 46.4 |
| 1947 | 38.1 | – |
| 1942 | 31.3 | – |
| 1937 | 35.4 | – |
- 12.3Estimates, Our World in Data
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Türkiye | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 77.476–78.9 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 77.876.1–79.5 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 78.476.4–80.4 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 78.676.2–80.8 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 78.876.2–81.2 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 7976.1–81.5 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 79.176.1–81.7 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 79.376.1–82.2 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 79.576.1–82.5 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 79.776.1–82.9 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 79.976.1–83.2 | 75 |
| 2035 | 8076.3–83.4 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 80.276.3–83.7 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 80.476.2–83.9 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 80.576.3–84 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 80.776.3–84.4 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 80.976.3–84.6 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 8176.4–84.7 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 81.276.6–85 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 81.476.6–85.3 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 81.576.7–85.6 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 81.776.8–85.8 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 81.977.1–86.1 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 8277.1–86.2 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 82.277–86.4 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 82.377.1–86.7 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 82.577.2–86.9 | 77 |
| 2051 | 82.677.2–87 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 82.877.3–87.3 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 82.977.4–87.4 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 83.177.5–87.6 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 83.277.6–87.8 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 83.477.6–87.9 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 83.577.7–88.2 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 83.677.9–88.4 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 83.878–88.6 | 78 |
| 2060 | 83.978–88.8 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 8477.9–89 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 84.278.1–89.2 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 84.378–89.3 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 84.478–89.5 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 84.678.3–89.7 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 84.778.3–89.7 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 84.878.4–90 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 84.978.4–90.5 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 85.178.7–90.6 | 79 |
| 2070 | 85.278.8–90.7 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 85.378.9–90.8 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 85.478.8–91 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 85.678.9–91.1 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 85.779.1–91.2 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 85.879.4–91.6 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 85.979.3–91.8 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 86.179.3–91.9 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 86.279.6–92.1 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 86.379.5–92.3 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 86.479.6–92.4 | 80 |
| 2081 | 86.579.9–92.7 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 86.680.1–92.7 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 86.780.1–93 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 86.980.1–93 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 8780–93.2 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 87.180.3–93.5 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 87.280.4–93.6 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 87.380.7–93.8 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 87.480.7–94 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 87.580.9–94 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 87.680.9–94.2 | 81 |
| 2092 | 87.880.9–94.4 | 81 |
| 2093 | 87.981.2–94.7 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 8881.1–94.6 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 88.181.1–94.8 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 88.281.2–95 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 88.381.4–95.3 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 88.481.5–95.3 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 88.581.4–95.6 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 88.681.6–95.9 | 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 spending1.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$26.8B in 2025
- Military spending per person$342 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel512,000 people in 2020
- National power1.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.61% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports381 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports539 million TIV in 2025