Life expectancy in United Kingdom

Life expectancy in United Kingdom: 68.6 years in 1950 and 81.3 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 81.3 years
Since 1950: +12.7 years
Rank, 2023: 42 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 73.2 years
Projected, 2100: 90.6 years; UN projection (medium variant)

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What the numbers say

The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 90.6 years in 2100, between 83.7 years and 98.3 years (95% prediction interval).
The highest was 81.4 years in 2019, the lowest 68.2 years in 1951.
Older estimates from Our World in Data reach back to 1803: 40 years.

Every year

years · UN

Year	United Kingdom	World
2023	81.3	73.2
2022	81.1	72.6
2021	80.7	70.9
2020	80.4	71.9
2019	81.4	72.6
2018	81.1	72.4
2017	81.2	72.1
2016	81.1	71.9
2015	80.9	71.6
2014	81.2	71.4
2013	80.9	71.1
2012	80.9	70.8
2011	80.8	70.4
2010	80.4	70.1
2009	80.2	69.7
2008	79.7	69.3
2007	79.5	69
2006	79.4	68.6
2005	79.1	68.1
2004	78.9	67.7
2003	78.3	67.4
2002	78.2	67.1
2001	78.1	66.8
2000	77.9	66.4
1999	77.4	66
1998	77.3	65.7
1997	77.1	65.5
1996	76.9	65.2
1995	76.6	64.9
1994	76.7	64.3
1993	76.2	64.4
1992	76.3	64.3
1991	75.9	64.1
1990	75.7	64
1989	75.4	63.8
1988	75.3	63.4
1987	75.2	63.2
1986	74.8	62.7
1985	74.5	62.2
1984	74.7	61.9
1983	74.3	61.5
1982	74	61.3
1981	73.9	60.9
1980	73.6	60.5
1979	73.2	60.2
1978	73	59.5
1977	73.1	59.2
1976	72.6	58.6
1975	72.7	58.3
1974	72.4	58.1
1973	72.2	57.7
1972	72	57.2
1971	72.2	56
1970	71.9	56.3
1969	71.7	56
1968	71.7	55.6
1967	72.1	55.1
1966	71.4	54.6
1965	71.5	54
1964	71.5	54.3
1963	70.8	53.7
1962	70.9	53.2
1961	70.8	50.4
1960	71	47.8
1959	70.8	49.6
1958	70.7	51.6
1957	70.5	51.1
1956	70.4	50.7
1955	70.1	50.2
1954	70.2	49.7
1953	69.8	48.8
1952	69.5	48.2
1951	68.2	47.1
1950	68.6	46.4
1949	68.1	–
1948	68.4	–
1947	66.4	–
1946	66.2	–
1945	65.8	–
1944	64.8	–
1943	64	–
1942	64	–
1941	61.3	–
1940	60.9	–
1939	63.6	–
1938	63.2	–
1937	61.8	–
1936	61.8	–
1935	62	–
1934	61.3	–
1933	60.6	–
1932	60.5	–
1931	60	–
1930	60.8	–
1929	57.6	–
1928	59.9	–
1927	59	–
1926	59.6	–
1925	58.4	–
1924	58.1	–
1923	59.3	–
1922	57	–
1921	58.1	–
1920	57.3	–
1919	54.3	–
1918	47.3	–
1917	54.2	–
1916	54.2	–
1915	51.2	–
1914	53.2	–
1913	53.4	–
1912	54.3	–
1911	51.2	–
1910	53.3	–
1909	51.7	–
1908	51	–
1907	50.6	–
1906	49.6	–
1905	49.9	–
1904	48.2	–
1903	49.5	–
1902	48.4	–
1901	46.9	–
1900	45.6	–
1899	45.2	–
1898	46.1	–
1897	46.5	–
1896	47.1	–
1895	45.4	–
1894	48.3	–
1893	44.7	–
1892	45.6	–
1891	44.4	–
1890	44.1	–
1889	45.9	–
1888	46.3	–
1887	45.1	–
1886	44.6	–
1885	44.6	–
1884	43.6	–
1883	44	–
1882	44	–
1881	45.1	–
1880	43	–
1879	43.5	–
1878	42	–
1877	43.7	–
1876	42.7	–
1875	41.5	–
1874	42.1	–
1873	43.3	–
1872	42.7	–
1871	41.1	–
1870	40.6	–
1869	41.3	–
1868	41.7	–
1867	42	–
1866	40.1	–
1865	39.8	–
1864	39.6	–
1863	40.4	–
1862	42.1	–
1861	41.6	–
1860	42	–
1859	40.4	–
1858	39.6	–
1857	40.9	–
1856	42.5	–
1855	40.7	–
1854	39.5	–
1853	40	–
1852	40.4	–
1851	41	–
1850	42.8	–
1849	37.7	–
1848	39.9	–
1847	38.5	–
1846	40.2	–
1845	42.2	–
1844	41.2	–
1843	41.6	–
1842	41	–
1838	40.6	–
1833	40.9	–
1828	41.4	–
1823	40.5	–
1818	40.8	–
1813	41.3	–
1808	40.6	–
1803	40	–

12.3Estimates, Our World in Data

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	United Kingdom	World
2024	81.580.6–82.3	73.3
2025	81.680.3–82.8	73.5
2026	81.880.2–83.3	73.8
2027	81.980–83.7	73.9
2028	8279.9–83.9	74.1
2029	82.279.9–84.3	74.2
2030	82.479.9–84.6	74.4
2031	82.579.9–84.9	74.5
2032	82.779.9–85.1	74.7
2033	82.879.9–85.4	74.8
2034	82.979.9–85.6	75
2035	83.179.8–85.9	75.1
2036	83.279.9–86.1	75.3
2037	83.479.9–86.2	75.4
2038	83.579.8–86.5	75.5
2039	83.679.8–86.7	75.7
2040	83.879.8–87	75.8
2041	83.980–87.3	75.9
2042	8479.9–87.6	76.1
2043	84.279.9–87.8	76.2
2044	84.379.9–88	76.3
2045	84.579.9–88.3	76.5
2046	84.680.2–88.4	76.6
2047	84.780–88.6	76.7
2048	84.880.1–88.9	76.8
2049	84.980.2–89.1	76.9
2050	85.180.2–89.2	77
2051	85.280.4–89.5	77.1
2052	85.380.6–89.7	77.2
2053	85.580.7–90	77.3
2054	85.680.8–90.2	77.4
2055	85.780.8–90.4	77.6
2056	85.880.8–90.5	77.7
2057	85.980.8–90.9	77.8
2058	86.180.9–91	77.9
2059	86.281.1–91.1	78
2060	86.381.1–91.3	78.1
2061	86.481.2–91.5	78.2
2062	86.581.3–91.8	78.3
2063	86.681.4–92	78.4
2064	86.881.3–92.2	78.5
2065	86.981.6–92.4	78.6
2066	8781.7–92.5	78.7
2067	87.181.8–92.8	78.8
2068	87.281.7–92.9	78.9
2069	87.381.9–93.1	79
2070	87.481.9–93.4	79.1
2071	87.582.2–93.4	79.2
2072	87.682.1–93.7	79.3
2073	87.882.3–93.8	79.4
2074	87.982.3–93.9	79.4
2075	8882.4–94	79.5
2076	88.182.3–94.2	79.6
2077	88.282.4–94.5	79.7
2078	88.382.6–94.7	79.8
2079	88.482.5–94.8	79.9
2080	88.582.6–94.9	80
2081	88.682.5–95.1	80.1
2082	88.782.5–95.4	80.2
2083	88.882.5–95.5	80.3
2084	88.982.6–95.6	80.3
2085	8982.7–95.8	80.4
2086	89.182.8–96.2	80.5
2087	89.283–96.4	80.6
2088	89.382.9–96.6	80.7
2089	89.482.9–96.8	80.8
2090	89.582.9–96.9	80.9
2091	89.683.1–97	81
2092	89.883.1–97.1	81
2093	89.983.2–97.2	81.1
2094	9083.3–97.4	81.2
2095	90.183.2–97.5	81.3
2096	90.283.3–97.6	81.4
2097	90.383.4–97.7	81.5
2098	90.483.5–98	81.6
2099	90.583.4–98	81.7
2100	90.683.7–98.3	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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