World Development Indicators

Life expectancy at birth, total (years): China

Most recent: 78.02 (2024)
Earliest: 33.42 (1960)
Highest: 78.2 (2022)
Years reported: 65
Member state: China at the United Nations

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

Year	Life expectancy at birth
2024	78.02
2023	77.95
2022	78.2
2021	78.12
2020	78.02
2019	77.94
2018	77.71
2017	77.23
2016	77.21
2015	76.97
2014	76.71
2013	76.45
2012	76.2
2011	75.89
2010	75.67
2009	75.32
2008	74.83
2007	74.79
2006	74.4
2005	74.08
2004	73.73
2003	73.39
2002	73.03
2001	72.67
2000	72.29
1999	71.95
1998	71.6
1997	71.23
1996	70.82
1995	70.36
1994	69.83
1993	69.49
1992	69.06
1991	68.61
1990	68.16
1989	67.93
1988	67.61
1987	67.26
1986	66.89
1985	66.53
1984	66.15
1983	65.73
1982	65.25
1981	64.78
1980	64.24
1979	63.7
1978	63.1
1977	62.46
1976	61.23
1975	60.95
1974	60.24
1973	59.5
1972	58.58
1971	57.73
1970	56.82
1969	55.99
1968	55.19
1967	54.4
1966	53.66
1965	53
1964	52.34
1963	51.67
1962	50.96
1961	40.16
1960	33.42

World Bank, World Development Indicators — SP.DYN.LE00.IN, available under CC BY 4.0.

Where this page comes from

World Bank Open Data — CC BY 4.0 · source