World Development Indicators

Life expectancy at birth, total (years): Democratic Republic of the Congo

Most recent: 62.07 (2024)
Earliest: 40.75 (1960)
Highest: 62.07 (2024)
Years reported: 65
Member state: Democratic Republic of the Congo 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	62.07
2023	61.9
2022	60.98
2021	60.04
2020	60.43
2019	60.24
2018	59.93
2017	59.49
2016	59.08
2015	58.66
2014	58.24
2013	57.8
2012	57.35
2011	56.91
2010	56.41
2009	55.8
2008	55.39
2007	54.95
2006	54.5
2005	54
2004	53.53
2003	52.95
2002	52.37
2001	52.2
2000	51.89
1999	50.09
1998	49.66
1997	50.46
1996	49.38
1995	50.38
1994	49.88
1993	49.62
1992	49.32
1991	48.94
1990	48.54
1989	48.15
1988	47.76
1987	47.36
1986	47.02
1985	46.66
1984	46.51
1983	46.21
1982	45.95
1981	45.73
1980	45.54
1979	45.28
1978	44.63
1977	44.87
1976	44.7
1975	44.53
1974	44.31
1973	44.09
1972	43.87
1971	43.58
1970	43.3
1969	42.96
1968	42.67
1967	42.34
1966	42.17
1965	40.77
1964	40.1
1963	40.6
1962	40.38
1961	40.16
1960	40.75

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