Uruguay
Life expectancy in Uruguay
Life expectancy in Uruguay: 65.6 years in 1950 and 78.1 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 78.1 years
- Since 1950
- +12.6 years
- Rank, 2023
- 69 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 88.5 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 88.5 years in 2100, between 81.2 years and 95.8 years (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 78.4 years in 2020, the lowest 65.6 years in 1950.
- Older estimates from Our World in Data reach back to 1900: 49 years.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Uruguay | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 78.1 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 76.5 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 75.4 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 78.4 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 77.5 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 77.5 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 77.6 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 77.4 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 77.3 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 77.2 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 77 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 76.7 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 76.6 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 76.7 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 76.7 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 76.3 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 76.2 | 69 |
| 2006 | 75.9 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 75.8 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 75.3 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 75.1 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 75 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 75 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 74.7 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 74.3 | 66 |
| 1998 | 74 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 73.9 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 73.8 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 73.5 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 73.2 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 73.2 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 73.2 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 73.2 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 73 | 64 |
| 1989 | 72.6 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 72.4 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 72.2 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 72.2 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 71.9 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 71.7 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 71.6 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 71.5 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 71 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 70.5 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 70.3 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 70.3 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 70.1 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 69.9 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 69.7 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 69.5 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 69.4 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 69.2 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 68.9 | 56 |
| 1970 | 68.7 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 68.6 | 56 |
| 1968 | 68.5 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 68.4 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 68.3 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 68.2 | 54 |
| 1964 | 68.1 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 68 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 67.9 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 67.8 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 67.7 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 67.5 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 67.3 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 67.1 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 66.9 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 66.7 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 66.5 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 66.3 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 66.1 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 65.8 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 65.6 | 46.4 |
| 1940 | 58 | – |
| 1930 | 50 | – |
| 1920 | 52 | – |
| 1910 | 52 | – |
| 1900 | 49 | – |
- 12.3Estimates, Our World in Data
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Uruguay | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 78.377.3–79.2 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 78.577.1–79.8 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 78.676.9–80.2 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 78.876.7–80.6 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 7976.6–81.1 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 79.176.5–81.5 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 79.376.5–81.8 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 79.476.4–82.1 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 79.676.5–82.5 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 79.876.3–82.7 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 79.976.4–83 | 75 |
| 2035 | 80.176.3–83.3 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 80.376.3–83.6 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 80.476.3–83.9 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 80.676.3–84.2 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 80.776.4–84.4 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 80.976.4–84.6 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 8176.2–84.8 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 81.276.2–84.9 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 81.476.2–85.1 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 81.576.3–85.3 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 81.676.4–85.4 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 81.876.5–85.6 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 81.976.5–85.8 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 82.176.5–86.2 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 82.276.8–86.6 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 82.376.7–86.6 | 77 |
| 2051 | 82.576.8–86.8 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 82.676.6–86.9 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 82.876.9–87.3 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 82.976.9–87.4 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 8376.9–87.7 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 83.277.1–87.9 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 83.377.1–88 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 83.477.1–88.3 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 83.676.9–88.3 | 78 |
| 2060 | 83.777.3–88.5 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 83.877.5–88.9 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 8477.6–89 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 84.178–89.1 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 84.278–89.3 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 84.477.9–89.4 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 84.577.8–89.6 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 84.677.9–89.7 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 84.778.1–90 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 84.878.2–90.1 | 79 |
| 2070 | 8578.2–90.3 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 85.178.2–90.3 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 85.278.3–90.7 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 85.478.4–90.9 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 85.578.5–91.2 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 85.678.7–91.4 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 85.778.6–91.7 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 85.878.7–91.8 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 8678.7–92 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 86.179.1–92.3 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 86.279.1–92.4 | 80 |
| 2081 | 86.379.1–92.3 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 86.479.1–92.7 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 86.579.1–92.7 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 86.779.3–92.9 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 86.879.3–93 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 86.979.7–93.3 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 8779.8–93.3 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 87.179.9–93.5 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 87.279.8–94 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 87.379.9–94.1 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 87.480.1–94.2 | 81 |
| 2092 | 87.680.1–94.4 | 81 |
| 2093 | 87.780.5–94.5 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 87.880.4–94.7 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 87.980.7–94.9 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 8880.8–95.1 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 88.180.9–95.3 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 88.280.9–95.5 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 88.480.9–95.6 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 88.581.2–95.8 | 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 spending2.28% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$1.91B in 2025
- Military spending per person$577 in 2025
- Military share of state spending7.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel22,000 people in 2020
- National power0.04% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.32% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports1 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports1 million TIV in 2000