Life expectancy in United States

Life expectancy in United States: 68.1 years in 1950 and 79.3 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 79.3 years
Since 1950: +11.2 years
Rank, 2023: 59 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 73.2 years
Projected, 2100: 89.2 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 89.2 years in 2100, between 81.5 years and 96.7 years (95% prediction interval).
Older estimates from Our World in Data reach back to 1880: 39.4 years.

Every year

years · UN

Year	United States	World
2023	79.3	73.2
2022	78	72.6
2021	76.4	70.9
2020	77	71.9
2019	78.9	72.6
2018	78.8	72.4
2017	78.7	72.1
2016	78.7	71.9
2015	78.7	71.6
2014	78.9	71.4
2013	78.8	71.1
2012	78.8	70.8
2011	78.7	70.4
2010	78.7	70.1
2009	78.5	69.7
2008	78.1	69.3
2007	78.1	69
2006	77.8	68.6
2005	77.5	68.1
2004	77.5	67.7
2003	77.1	67.4
2002	77	67.1
2001	76.9	66.8
2000	76.8	66.4
1999	76.7	66
1998	76.7	65.7
1997	76.5	65.5
1996	76.2	65.2
1995	75.9	64.9
1994	75.7	64.3
1993	75.6	64.4
1992	75.8	64.3
1991	75.5	64.1
1990	75.4	64
1989	75.1	63.8
1988	74.8	63.4
1987	74.9	63.2
1986	74.7	62.7
1985	74.7	62.2
1984	74.7	61.9
1983	74.6	61.5
1982	74.5	61.3
1981	74.1	60.9
1980	73.7	60.5
1979	73.8	60.2
1978	73.4	59.5
1977	73.2	59.2
1976	72.8	58.6
1975	72.5	58.3
1974	72	58.1
1973	71.4	57.7
1972	71.2	57.2
1971	71.1	56
1970	70.7	56.3
1969	70.5	56
1968	70.2	55.6
1967	70.5	55.1
1966	70.2	54.6
1965	70.3	54
1964	70.2	54.3
1963	69.9	53.7
1962	70.1	53.2
1961	70.3	50.4
1960	69.8	47.8
1959	69.9	49.6
1958	69.7	51.6
1957	69.4	51.1
1956	69.6	50.7
1955	69.6	50.2
1954	69.5	49.7
1953	68.7	48.8
1952	68.4	48.2
1951	68.2	47.1
1950	68.1	46.4
1949	67.6	–
1948	67.2	–
1947	66.8	–
1946	66.1	–
1945	65.6	–
1944	65.1	–
1943	64.4	–
1942	64.5	–
1941	63.8	–
1940	63.2	–
1939	63.1	–
1938	62.4	–
1937	61	–
1936	60.4	–
1935	60.9	–
1934	60.2	–
1933	60.9	–
1932	61	–
1931	60.3	–
1930	59.6	–
1929	58.5	–
1928	58.3	–
1927	59.4	–
1926	57.9	–
1925	58.5	–
1924	58.5	–
1923	57.5	–
1922	58.1	–
1921	58.2	–
1920	55.4	–
1919	55.3	–
1918	47.2	–
1917	54	–
1916	54.2	–
1915	55.1	–
1914	54.6	–
1913	53.5	–
1912	54.1	–
1911	53.4	–
1910	51.8	–
1909	52.8	–
1908	51.9	–
1907	50.2	–
1906	50.1	–
1905	50.3	–
1904	49.6	–
1903	50.6	–
1902	50.5	–
1901	49.3	–
1890	45.2	–
1880	39.4	–

12.3Estimates, Our World in Data

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	United States	World
2024	79.578.5–80.5	73.3
2025	79.678.2–80.9	73.5
2026	79.878.1–81.4	73.8
2027	79.978–81.7	73.9
2028	80.177.8–82.1	74.1
2029	80.277.7–82.4	74.2
2030	80.477.7–82.8	74.4
2031	80.577.7–83.1	74.5
2032	80.777.6–83.4	74.7
2033	80.877.5–83.7	74.8
2034	8177.5–84	75
2035	81.177.5–84.3	75.1
2036	81.377.5–84.6	75.3
2037	81.477.4–84.8	75.4
2038	81.677.4–85	75.5
2039	81.777.5–85.3	75.7
2040	81.877.5–85.4	75.8
2041	8277.5–85.7	75.9
2042	82.177.5–85.9	76.1
2043	82.377.6–86.1	76.2
2044	82.477.5–86.4	76.3
2045	82.577.8–86.6	76.5
2046	82.777.7–86.8	76.6
2047	82.877.7–87	76.7
2048	8377.9–87.2	76.8
2049	83.177.8–87.2	76.9
2050	83.277.9–87.5	77
2051	83.478.1–87.8	77.1
2052	83.578–88.1	77.2
2053	83.778–88.3	77.3
2054	83.878.1–88.6	77.4
2055	83.978.4–88.7	77.6
2056	84.178.2–88.9	77.7
2057	84.278.4–89.4	77.8
2058	84.378.6–89.5	77.9
2059	84.478.5–89.7	78
2060	84.678.7–90	78.1
2061	84.778.6–90.1	78.2
2062	84.878.7–90.4	78.3
2063	8578.8–90.5	78.4
2064	85.178.9–90.7	78.5
2065	85.278.8–90.7	78.6
2066	85.379.1–90.8	78.7
2067	85.579.4–90.8	78.8
2068	85.679.3–91	78.9
2069	85.779.3–91.4	79
2070	85.879.6–91.8	79.1
2071	85.979.4–91.9	79.2
2072	8679.5–92.1	79.3
2073	86.279.6–92.1	79.4
2074	86.379.6–92.3	79.4
2075	86.479.9–92.4	79.5
2076	86.579.7–92.6	79.6
2077	86.679.7–92.7	79.7
2078	86.779.9–93	79.8
2079	86.879.8–93.3	79.9
2080	8780.2–93.5	80
2081	87.180–93.7	80.1
2082	87.280.1–93.7	80.2
2083	87.380.3–93.9	80.3
2084	87.480.3–94	80.3
2085	87.580.3–94.2	80.4
2086	87.680.6–94.5	80.5
2087	87.880.6–94.7	80.6
2088	87.980.2–94.7	80.7
2089	8880.7–95	80.8
2090	88.180.9–95.1	80.9
2091	88.280.7–95.4	81
2092	88.381–95.6	81
2093	88.481–95.8	81.1
2094	88.581.3–95.9	81.2
2095	88.681.5–96	81.3
2096	88.781.4–96.2	81.4
2097	88.981.1–96.3	81.5
2098	8981.5–96.6	81.6
2099	89.181.5–96.5	81.7
2100	89.281.5–96.7	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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