World Development Indicators

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

Most recent: 62.074 (2024)
Earliest: 40.752 (1960)
Highest: 62.074 (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	62.074
2023	61.895
2022	60.979
2021	60.044
2020	60.428
2019	60.242
2018	59.926
2017	59.495
2016	59.081
2015	58.658
2014	58.236
2013	57.795
2012	57.35
2011	56.911
2010	56.411
2009	55.798
2008	55.388
2007	54.954
2006	54.498
2005	54.001
2004	53.534
2003	52.952
2002	52.371
2001	52.205
2000	51.887
1999	50.089
1998	49.664
1997	50.461
1996	49.376
1995	50.381
1994	49.88
1993	49.621
1992	49.323
1991	48.944
1990	48.538
1989	48.149
1988	47.755
1987	47.362
1986	47.016
1985	46.663
1984	46.514
1983	46.207
1982	45.946
1981	45.726
1980	45.543
1979	45.278
1978	44.628
1977	44.866
1976	44.695
1975	44.53
1974	44.311
1973	44.09
1972	43.869
1971	43.578
1970	43.3
1969	42.959
1968	42.667
1967	42.339
1966	42.169
1965	40.767
1964	40.099
1963	40.604
1962	40.382
1961	40.161
1960	40.752

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