World Development Indicators

Life expectancy at birth, total (years): United States

Most recent
78.8902 (2024)
Earliest
69.7707 (1960)
Highest
78.8902 (2024)
Years reported
65
Member state
United States at the United Nations
0501001960: 701961: 701962: 701963: 701964: 701965: 701966: 701967: 711968: 701969: 711970: 711971: 711972: 711973: 711974: 721975: 731976: 731977: 731978: 731979: 741980: 741981: 741982: 741983: 741984: 751985: 751986: 751987: 751988: 751989: 751990: 751991: 751992: 761993: 751994: 761995: 761996: 761997: 761998: 771999: 772000: 772001: 772002: 772003: 772004: 772005: 772006: 782007: 782008: 782009: 782010: 792011: 792012: 792013: 792014: 792015: 792016: 792017: 792018: 792019: 792020: 772021: 762022: 772023: 782024: 7919602024
Life expectancy at birth, total (years), 1960–2024. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

Every year reported

YearLife expectancy at birth
202478.8902
202378.3854
202277.4341
202176.3293
202076.9805
201978.7878
201878.639
201778.539
201678.539
201578.6902
201478.8415
201378.7415
201278.7415
201178.6415
201078.5415
200978.3902
200878.039
200777.9878
200677.6878
200577.4878
200477.4878
200377.0366
200276.9366
200176.8366
200076.6366
199976.5829
199876.5805
199776.4293
199676.0268
199575.622
199475.6195
199375.4195
199275.6171
199175.3659
199075.2146
198975.0171
198874.7659
198774.7659
198674.6146
198574.5634
198474.5634
198374.4634
198274.361
198174.0098
198073.6098
197973.8049
197873.3561
197773.2561
197672.8561
197572.6049
197471.9561
197371.3561
197271.1561
197171.1073
197070.8073
196970.5073
196869.9512
196770.561
196670.2122
196570.2146
196470.1659
196369.9171
196270.1195
196170.2707
196069.7707

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