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Life expectancy at birth
years · 2000–2026
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Showing selected countries and up to 12 suggestions. Search by name or code across 217 countries and economies.Selected window: 2000–2026. Solid: observed · Dashed: estimate/projection · Dotted: source status unclassified · Diamond: 2026.
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PROJECTION · 2025 / 2026 · dashed lines; diamonds only in 2026. Unclassified source values are not certified observed.How to read this chart
Unclassified means the provider did not supply an explicit observation/estimate flag. It does not mean the value is unreliable. Source or methodology changes can affect trends across editions.
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Compare the same definition and period. Differences are descriptive, not causal. National measurement methods may differ; crude rates are not age-standardised. Missing uncertainty intervals in this feed do not mean an estimate is exact.
At the same point in time
Latest comparable common year within this selection: 2026.
United States minus Portugal: -3.14 years.
Japan minus Portugal: 2.25 years.
Calculated by World in Stats from the named source values. This comparison includes 2026 projections, not observed outcomes. Differences are not causal effects.Definition and provenance: Life expectancy at birth
- Definition
- Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.
- Source providers
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), uri: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), note: Derived from male and female life expectancy at birth from sources such as statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices.; Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT), note: Derived from male and female life expectancy at birth from sources such as Eurostat: Demographic Statistics.
- Original code
- SP.DYN.LE00.IN
- Source dataset update
- 8 October 2026
- Retrieved
- 13 October 2026
- Transformations
- None. Display values may be rounded; CSV retains source precision.
- Source and terms
- Exact API query · Source attribution and terms