World Development Indicators

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

Most recent: 81.39 (2024)
Earliest: 71.13 (1960)
Highest: 81.39 (2024)
Years reported: 65
Member state: United Kingdom 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	81.39
2023	81.24
2022	81.01
2021	80.65
2020	80.33
2019	81.37
2018	81.26
2017	81.26
2016	81.16
2015	80.96
2014	81.3
2013	81
2012	80.9
2011	80.95
2010	80.4
2009	80.05
2008	79.6
2007	79.45
2006	79.25
2005	79.05
2004	78.75
2003	78.45
2002	78.14
2001	77.99
2000	77.74
1999	77.39
1998	77.19
1997	77.21
1996	77.09
1995	76.84
1994	76.89
1993	76.39
1992	76.43
1991	76.08
1990	75.88
1989	75.58
1988	75.38
1987	75.28
1986	74.93
1985	74.63
1984	74.78
1983	74.38
1982	74.18
1981	74.03
1980	73.68
1979	73.28
1978	73.18
1977	73.22
1976	72.78
1975	72.72
1974	72.52
1973	72.32
1972	72.12
1971	72.27
1970	71.97
1969	71.72
1968	71.72
1967	72.12
1966	71.57
1965	71.62
1964	71.62
1963	70.83
1962	70.93
1961	70.88
1960	71.13

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