World Development Indicators
Life expectancy around the world
Compare published World Bank life expectancy at birth, in years. It is the number of years a newborn would be expected to live if prevailing mortality patterns stayed the same.
Country and area ranking
Source
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, Life expectancy at birth, total (years) (SP.DYN.LE00.IN), CC BY 4.0. LifeNaviHub reproduces the published values and does not invent missing observations.
Life expectancy at birth, total (years) · SP.DYN.LE00.IN
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Methodology
Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.
Upstream sources named by the World Bank
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), uri: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), note: Derived from male and female life expectancy at birth from sources such as statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices.; Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT), note: Derived from male and female life expectancy at birth from sources such as Eurostat: Demographic Statistics.
Life expectancy at birth is the number of years a newborn would be expected to live if the mortality patterns of that year stayed the same throughout life. The unit is years. World Bank World Development Indicators (SP.DYN.LE00.IN).