Life expectancy in Ukraine

Life expectancy in Ukraine: 61.2 years in 1950 and 73.4 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 73.4 years
Since 1950: +12.3 years
Rank, 2023: 130 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 73.2 years
Projected, 2100: 85.6 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 85.6 years in 2100, between 76.1 years and 92.9 years (95% prediction interval).
The highest was 74 years in 2017, the lowest 61.2 years in 1950.
Older estimates from Our World in Data reach back to 1900: 36.6 years.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Ukraine	World
2023	73.4	73.2
2022	72.7	72.6
2021	71.6	70.9
2020	73.3	71.9
2019	73.9	72.6
2018	73.6	72.4
2017	74	72.1
2016	73.4	71.9
2015	72.7	71.6
2014	71.8	71.4
2013	71.5	71.1
2012	71.1	70.8
2011	70.7	70.4
2010	70.2	70.1
2009	69.2	69.7
2008	68.3	69.3
2007	67.7	69
2006	67.5	68.6
2005	67.5	68.1
2004	67.5	67.7
2003	67.6	67.4
2002	67.7	67.1
2001	67.7	66.8
2000	67.8	66.4
1999	68	66
1998	68	65.7
1997	67.7	65.5
1996	67.1	65.2
1995	67.1	64.9
1994	67.5	64.3
1993	68.3	64.4
1992	69	64.3
1991	69.7	64.1
1990	70.4	64
1989	70.8	63.8
1988	71	63.4
1987	71.2	63.2
1986	70.8	62.7
1985	70.4	62.2
1984	70	61.9
1983	70	61.5
1982	69.9	61.3
1981	69.8	60.9
1980	69.8	60.5
1979	69.8	60.2
1978	69.8	59.5
1977	70	59.2
1976	70.1	58.6
1975	70.4	58.3
1974	70.6	58.1
1973	70.8	57.7
1972	71	57.2
1971	70.9	56
1970	70.8	56.3
1969	70.8	56
1968	71	55.6
1967	71.1	55.1
1966	71.2	54.6
1965	71.1	54
1964	71	54.3
1963	70.7	53.7
1962	70.4	53.2
1961	70	50.4
1960	69.4	47.8
1959	68.7	49.6
1958	67.7	51.6
1957	67.2	51.1
1956	66.3	50.7
1955	65.3	50.2
1954	64.1	49.7
1953	63	48.8
1952	62.1	48.2
1951	61.4	47.1
1950	61.2	46.4
1949	60.6	–
1948	57.8	–
1947	45.1	–
1946	55.2	–
1945	35.3	–
1944	28.7	–
1943	18.2	–
1942	19.4	–
1941	24.7	–
1940	49.8	–
1939	50	–
1926	47	–
1900	36.6	–

12.3Estimates, Our World in Data

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Ukraine	World
2024	74.772.1–77.1	73.3
2025	74.972.2–77.5	73.5
2026	7572.1–77.7	73.8
2027	75.271.9–78.2	73.9
2028	75.371.8–78.3	74.1
2029	75.571.8–78.6	74.2
2030	75.771.8–79	74.4
2031	75.871.7–79.3	74.5
2032	7671.6–79.6	74.7
2033	76.171.7–80	74.8
2034	76.371.6–80.4	75
2035	76.471.6–80.7	75.1
2036	76.671.7–80.9	75.3
2037	76.871.7–81.2	75.4
2038	76.971.6–81.4	75.5
2039	77.171.7–81.6	75.7
2040	77.271.7–81.7	75.8
2041	77.471.8–82.1	75.9
2042	77.671.8–82.3	76.1
2043	77.771.7–82.6	76.2
2044	77.971.8–82.7	76.3
2045	7871.8–82.9	76.5
2046	78.271.9–83.1	76.6
2047	78.371.9–83.2	76.7
2048	78.571.9–83.5	76.8
2049	78.771.7–83.6	76.9
2050	78.871.8–83.9	77
2051	7972–84.2	77.1
2052	79.172.3–84.4	77.2
2053	79.372.3–84.6	77.3
2054	79.472.3–84.7	77.4
2055	79.672.2–85	77.6
2056	79.772.3–85.2	77.7
2057	79.972.3–85.3	77.8
2058	8072.1–85.4	77.9
2059	80.272.3–85.4	78
2060	80.372.5–85.7	78.1
2061	80.572.5–86	78.2
2062	80.672.6–86.1	78.3
2063	80.773–86.3	78.4
2064	80.972.9–86.5	78.5
2065	8173.1–86.7	78.6
2066	81.273–86.9	78.7
2067	81.373.2–87.1	78.8
2068	81.473.2–87.3	78.9
2069	81.673.4–87.5	79
2070	81.773.4–87.7	79.1
2071	81.973.4–87.9	79.2
2072	8273.6–88	79.3
2073	82.173.8–88.1	79.4
2074	82.373.7–88.3	79.4
2075	82.473.9–88.4	79.5
2076	82.674–88.6	79.6
2077	82.774–88.8	79.7
2078	82.874.2–89	79.8
2079	8374.2–89.3	79.9
2080	83.174.2–89.3	80
2081	83.274.3–89.6	80.1
2082	83.374.3–89.7	80.2
2083	83.574.3–89.9	80.3
2084	83.674.5–90.1	80.3
2085	83.774.6–90.3	80.4
2086	83.974.8–90.5	80.5
2087	8475.1–90.8	80.6
2088	84.175.1–90.9	80.7
2089	84.375.3–91	80.8
2090	84.475.5–91.2	80.9
2091	84.575.4–91.5	81
2092	84.675.3–91.6	81
2093	84.775.4–91.9	81.1
2094	84.975.7–92.2	81.2
2095	8576–92.2	81.3
2096	85.176–92.3	81.4
2097	85.276.3–92.5	81.5
2098	85.376–92.6	81.6
2099	85.576.2–92.9	81.7
2100	85.676.1–92.9	81.7

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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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