Life expectancy in Zimbabwe

Life expectancy in Zimbabwe: 49.4 years in 1950 and 62.8 years in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 62.8 years
Since 1950: +13.4 years
Rank, 2023: 212 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 73.2 years
Projected, 2100: 77.2 years; UN projection (medium variant)

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years · UN

Estimates, UNUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

What the numbers say

The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 77.2 years in 2100, between 65.7 years and 86.7 years (95% prediction interval).
The highest was 62.8 years in 2023, the lowest 44.5 years in 2001.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Zimbabwe	World
2023	62.8	73.2
2022	62.4	72.6
2021	60.1	70.9
2020	61.5	71.9
2019	61.1	72.6
2018	60.9	72.4
2017	60.3	72.1
2016	59.8	71.9
2015	59	71.6
2014	58.1	71.4
2013	56.8	71.1
2012	55.4	70.8
2011	53.9	70.4
2010	51.9	70.1
2009	49.8	69.7
2008	48.5	69.3
2007	47.6	69
2006	47.1	68.6
2005	46.6	68.1
2004	46	67.7
2003	45.4	67.4
2002	45.9	67.1
2001	44.5	66.8
2000	46	66.4
1999	46.4	66
1998	47.6	65.7
1997	48.5	65.5
1996	49	65.2
1995	51.1	64.9
1994	52.5	64.3
1993	54	64.4
1992	55.6	64.3
1991	57	64.1
1990	58.3	64
1989	59.5	63.8
1988	60.2	63.4
1987	60.7	63.2
1986	61	62.7
1985	60.9	62.2
1984	60.6	61.9
1983	60	61.5
1982	59.9	61.3
1981	59.5	60.9
1980	59.1	60.5
1979	54.9	60.2
1978	54.7	59.5
1977	57	59.2
1976	57.6	58.6
1975	58.3	58.3
1974	58.2	58.1
1973	58.1	57.7
1972	58.2	57.2
1971	58	56
1970	57.8	56.3
1969	57.5	56
1968	57.1	55.6
1967	56.8	55.1
1966	56.4	54.6
1965	55.9	54
1964	55.4	54.3
1963	54.9	53.7
1962	54.5	53.2
1961	54	50.4
1960	53.5	47.8
1959	53	49.6
1958	52.6	51.6
1957	52.2	51.1
1956	51.8	50.7
1955	51.4	50.2
1954	51	49.7
1953	50.6	48.8
1952	50.2	48.2
1951	49.8	47.1
1950	49.4	46.4

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Zimbabwe	World
2024	63.161.6–64.5	73.3
2025	63.461.1–65.3	73.5
2026	63.660.9–66	73.8
2027	63.960.8–66.8	73.9
2028	64.260.7–67.3	74.1
2029	64.460.7–68	74.2
2030	64.760.7–68.4	74.4
2031	6560.5–69	74.5
2032	65.260.4–69.5	74.7
2033	65.460.6–70.1	74.8
2034	65.760.7–70.4	75
2035	65.960.6–70.8	75.1
2036	66.260.7–71.1	75.3
2037	66.460.7–71.4	75.4
2038	66.660.5–71.9	75.5
2039	66.860.8–72.3	75.7
2040	6760.8–72.7	75.8
2041	67.360.9–73	75.9
2042	67.560.9–73.3	76.1
2043	67.761.1–73.7	76.2
2044	67.961.1–74.2	76.3
2045	68.161.1–74.5	76.5
2046	68.361–74.8	76.6
2047	68.561–74.8	76.7
2048	68.761.3–75.2	76.8
2049	68.961.4–75.4	76.9
2050	69.161.6–75.6	77
2051	69.361.7–76	77.1
2052	69.561.7–76.1	77.2
2053	69.661.7–76.3	77.3
2054	69.861.9–76.7	77.4
2055	7061.9–77.2	77.6
2056	70.262–77.4	77.7
2057	70.362.3–77.6	77.8
2058	70.562.4–77.9	77.9
2059	70.762.3–78.1	78
2060	70.962.5–78.3	78.1
2061	7162.5–78.6	78.2
2062	71.262.6–78.8	78.3
2063	71.462.5–79.2	78.4
2064	71.562.6–79.4	78.5
2065	71.762.7–79.9	78.6
2066	71.862.7–80.2	78.7
2067	7262.6–80.3	78.8
2068	72.262.5–80.6	78.9
2069	72.362.8–80.9	79
2070	72.562.9–81.2	79.1
2071	72.663–81.4	79.2
2072	72.863–81.5	79.3
2073	72.963.3–82	79.4
2074	73.163.4–81.9	79.4
2075	73.363.6–82.4	79.5
2076	73.463.7–82.6	79.6
2077	73.663.6–82.7	79.7
2078	73.763.6–83.1	79.8
2079	73.963.8–83.4	79.9
2080	74.163.8–83.6	80
2081	74.263.8–83.5	80.1
2082	74.463.9–83.6	80.2
2083	74.564–84	80.3
2084	74.764.2–84.1	80.3
2085	74.864.4–84.2	80.4
2086	7564.7–84.6	80.5
2087	75.164.4–84.7	80.6
2088	75.364.5–84.7	80.7
2089	75.464.5–85	80.8
2090	75.664.5–85.2	80.9
2091	75.864.6–85.1	81
2092	75.964.8–85.5	81
2093	76.165–85.8	81.1
2094	76.264.9–85.9	81.2
2095	76.465–85.9	81.3
2096	76.565.3–85.9	81.4
2097	76.765.6–86.2	81.5
2098	76.965.5–86.5	81.6
2099	7765.7–86.6	81.7
2100	77.265.7–86.7	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.
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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