Female life expectancy at birth in Cook Islands

Female life expectancy at birth in Cook Islands was 79 years in 2023, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. That is up 0.2 from 2022.

2023, years79 Estimated
Change on 2022+0.2
Series high792023
Series low37.41950
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Female life expectancy at birth in Cook Islands, 1950 to 2023

30405060708019501961197219831994200520231950: 37.4 years1951: 39.2 years1952: 41 years1953: 42.6 years1954: 44.2 years1955: 45.6 years1956: 47 years1957: 48.2 years1958: 49.6 years1959: 51 years1960: 52.4 years1961: 53.7 years1962: 55.1 years1963: 56.1 years1964: 57.3 years1965: 58.4 years1966: 59.4 years1967: 60.5 years1968: 61.8 years1969: 63.2 years1970: 64.7 years1971: 66.2 years1972: 67.6 years1973: 68.2 years1974: 68.5 years1975: 68.5 years1976: 68.4 years1977: 68.2 years1978: 68.4 years1979: 68.7 years1980: 69 years1981: 69.2 years1982: 69.3 years1983: 69.6 years1984: 69.8 years1985: 70.1 years1986: 70.4 years1987: 69.7 years1988: 70.9 years1989: 71.1 years1990: 69.9 years1991: 71.3 years1992: 71.4 years1993: 71.6 years1994: 71.7 years1995: 71.9 years1996: 72.2 years1997: 68.9 years1998: 72.8 years1999: 73.1 years2000: 73.5 years2001: 73.9 years2002: 74.3 years2003: 74.7 years2004: 75.1 years2005: 75.5 years2006: 75.8 years2007: 76.1 years2008: 76.5 years2009: 76.8 years2010: 77 years2011: 77.3 years2012: 77.5 years2013: 77.7 years2014: 77.8 years2015: 78 years2016: 78.1 years2017: 78.2 years2018: 78.3 years2019: 78.4 years2020: 78.5 years2021: 78.2 years2022: 78.9 years2023: 79 years2040608019501975200020231950: 37.4 years1951: 39.2 years1952: 41 years1953: 42.6 years1954: 44.2 years1955: 45.6 years1956: 47 years1957: 48.2 years1958: 49.6 years1959: 51 years1960: 52.4 years1961: 53.7 years1962: 55.1 years1963: 56.1 years1964: 57.3 years1965: 58.4 years1966: 59.4 years1967: 60.5 years1968: 61.8 years1969: 63.2 years1970: 64.7 years1971: 66.2 years1972: 67.6 years1973: 68.2 years1974: 68.5 years1975: 68.5 years1976: 68.4 years1977: 68.2 years1978: 68.4 years1979: 68.7 years1980: 69 years1981: 69.2 years1982: 69.3 years1983: 69.6 years1984: 69.8 years1985: 70.1 years1986: 70.4 years1987: 69.7 years1988: 70.9 years1989: 71.1 years1990: 69.9 years1991: 71.3 years1992: 71.4 years1993: 71.6 years1994: 71.7 years1995: 71.9 years1996: 72.2 years1997: 68.9 years1998: 72.8 years1999: 73.1 years2000: 73.5 years2001: 73.9 years2002: 74.3 years2003: 74.7 years2004: 75.1 years2005: 75.5 years2006: 75.8 years2007: 76.1 years2008: 76.5 years2009: 76.8 years2010: 77 years2011: 77.3 years2012: 77.5 years2013: 77.7 years2014: 77.8 years2015: 78 years2016: 78.1 years2017: 78.2 years2018: 78.3 years2019: 78.4 years2020: 78.5 years2021: 78.2 years2022: 78.9 years2023: 79 years
years. Source: UN WPP, World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Female life expectancy at birth, estimates 1950 to 2023 (LExFemale). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2024-12-13.
All 74 values
Periodyears
202379 Estimated
202278.9 Estimated
202178.2 Estimated
202078.5 Estimated
201978.4 Estimated
201878.3 Estimated
201778.2 Estimated
201678.1 Estimated
201578 Estimated
201477.8 Estimated
201377.7 Estimated
201277.5 Estimated
201177.3 Estimated
201077 Estimated
200976.8 Estimated
200876.5 Estimated
200776.1 Estimated
200675.8 Estimated
200575.5 Estimated
200475.1 Estimated
200374.7 Estimated
200274.3 Estimated
200173.9 Estimated
200073.5 Estimated
199973.1 Estimated
199872.8 Estimated
199768.9 Estimated
199672.2 Estimated
199571.9 Estimated
199471.7 Estimated
199371.6 Estimated
199271.4 Estimated
199171.3 Estimated
199069.9 Estimated
198971.1 Estimated
198870.9 Estimated
198769.7 Estimated
198670.4 Estimated
198570.1 Estimated
198469.8 Estimated
198369.6 Estimated
198269.3 Estimated
198169.2 Estimated
198069 Estimated
197968.7 Estimated
197868.4 Estimated
197768.2 Estimated
197668.4 Estimated
197568.5 Estimated
197468.5 Estimated
197368.2 Estimated
197267.6 Estimated
197166.2 Estimated
197064.7 Estimated
196963.2 Estimated
196861.8 Estimated
196760.5 Estimated
196659.4 Estimated
196558.4 Estimated
196457.3 Estimated
196356.1 Estimated
196255.1 Estimated
196153.7 Estimated
196052.4 Estimated
195951 Estimated
195849.6 Estimated
195748.2 Estimated
195647 Estimated
195545.6 Estimated
195444.2 Estimated
195342.6 Estimated
195241 Estimated
195139.2 Estimated
195037.4 Estimated

Cook Islands compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 84.2 yearsAfghanistan: 67.5 yearsAntigua and Barbuda: 80.3 yearsAlbania: 81.4 yearsArmenia: 79.5 yearsAngola: 67.1 yearsArgentina: 79.9 yearsAustria: 84.3 yearsAustralia: 85.7 yearsAzerbaijan: 77.1 yearsBosnia and Herzegovina: 80.9 yearsBangladesh: 76.4 yearsBelgium: 84.3 yearsBurkina Faso: 63.2 yearsBulgaria: 79.2 yearsBurundi: 65.7 yearsBenin: 62.2 yearsBrunei: 77.6 yearsBolivia: 71.1 yearsBrazil: 79 yearsBahamas: 78.2 yearsBhutan: 75 yearsBotswana: 71.7 yearsBelarus: 79.1 yearsBelize: 76.5 yearsCanada: 84.8 yearsDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 64 yearsCentral African Republic: 59.3 yearsRepublic of the Congo: 67.5 yearsSwitzerland: 85.8 yearsCôte d’Ivoire: 64.1 yearsChile: 83.1 yearsCameroon: 65.9 yearsChina: 80.9 yearsColombia: 80.5 yearsCosta Rica: 83.4 yearsCuba: 80.5 yearsCape Verde: 79.2 yearsCyprus: 83.7 yearsCzechia: 82.6 yearsGermany: 83.8 yearsDjibouti: 68.5 yearsDenmark: 83.9 yearsDominican Republic: 77 yearsAlgeria: 77.7 yearsEcuador: 80.1 yearsEstonia: 83 yearsEgypt: 73.8 yearsWestern Sahara: 73.5 yearsEritrea: 70.7 yearsSpain: 86.3 yearsEthiopia: 70.7 yearsFinland: 84.7 yearsFiji: 69.4 yearsFalkland Islands: 81.2 yearsFaroe Islands: 82.5 yearsFrance: 86.1 yearsGabon: 71.1 yearsUnited Kingdom: 83.2 yearsGeorgia: 79.1 yearsGhana: 67.9 yearsGreenland: 72.4 yearsGambia: 67.5 yearsGuinea: 61.9 yearsEquatorial Guinea: 65.7 yearsGreece: 84.3 yearsGuatemala: 74.9 yearsGuinea-Bissau: 66.4 yearsGuyana: 73.9 yearsHong Kong: 88.1 yearsHonduras: 75.5 yearsCroatia: 81.7 yearsHaiti: 68.3 yearsHungary: 80.2 yearsIndonesia: 73.3 yearsIreland: 84.5 yearsIsrael: 84.6 yearsIsle of Man: 83.1 yearsIndia: 73.6 yearsIraq: 74.1 yearsIran: 79.6 yearsIceland: 84.5 yearsItaly: 85.7 yearsJamaica: 74 yearsJordan: 80.2 yearsJapan: 87.7 yearsKenya: 65.9 yearsKyrgyzstan: 75.2 yearsCambodia: 73.2 yearsKiribati: 68.2 yearsNorth Korea: 75.7 yearsSouth Korea: 87.2 yearsKuwait: 81.8 yearsCayman Islands: 82.9 yearsKazakhstan: 78.4 yearsLaos: 71.3 yearsLebanon: 79.7 yearsSri Lanka: 80.6 yearsLiberia: 63.4 yearsLesotho: 60 yearsLithuania: 80.7 yearsLuxembourg: 83.8 yearsLatvia: 80.5 yearsLibya: 70.4 yearsMorocco: 77.6 yearsMoldova: 75.5 yearsMontenegro: 80.3 yearsMadagascar: 65.4 yearsNorth Macedonia: 79.6 yearsMali: 61.9 yearsMyanmar: 70.2 yearsMongolia: 76.4 yearsMauritania: 70.5 yearsMauritius: 78.2 yearsMalawi: 70.6 yearsMexico: 77.8 yearsMalaysia: 79.4 yearsMozambique: 66.5 yearsNamibia: 71.3 yearsNew Caledonia: 81.3 yearsNiger: 62.1 yearsNigeria: 54.7 yearsNicaragua: 77.4 yearsNetherlands: 83.7 yearsNorway: 84.8 yearsNepal: 71.8 yearsNew Zealand: 83.8 yearsOman: 81.9 yearsPanama: 82.6 yearsPeru: 80.1 yearsFrench Polynesia: 86.5 yearsPapua New Guinea: 69.1 yearsPhilippines: 72.8 yearsPakistan: 70.2 yearsPoland: 82.4 yearsPuerto Rico: 85.2 yearsPalestine: 71.5 yearsPortugal: 85.1 yearsPalau: 71.8 yearsParaguay: 77 yearsQatar: 83.4 yearsRomania: 79.6 yearsSerbia: 80 yearsRussia: 79 yearsRwanda: 69.9 yearsSaudi Arabia: 81.2 yearsSolomon Islands: 72 yearsSudan: 69.6 yearsSweden: 85.1 yearsSingapore: 86.2 yearsSlovenia: 84.3 yearsSlovakia: 81.6 yearsSierra Leone: 63.5 yearsSenegal: 70.8 yearsSomalia: 61.4 yearsSuriname: 76.8 yearsSouth Sudan: 60.6 yearsEl Salvador: 76.3 yearsSyria: 74.4 yearsEswatini: 67 yearsChad: 57 yearsTogo: 62.9 yearsThailand: 80.9 yearsTajikistan: 74 yearsTimor-Leste: 69.4 yearsTurkmenistan: 72.8 yearsTunisia: 79.1 yearsTürkiye: 79.9 yearsTrinidad and Tobago: 76.7 yearsTaiwan: 83.6 yearsTanzania: 69.8 yearsUkraine: 80.2 yearsUganda: 71.1 yearsUnited States: 81.8 yearsUruguay: 81.9 yearsUzbekistan: 75.4 yearsVenezuela: 76.5 yearsVietnam: 79.3 yearsVanuatu: 73.9 yearsSamoa: 73.7 yearsYemen: 71.4 yearsSouth Africa: 69.6 yearsZambia: 68.7 yearsZimbabwe: 65 years
  • Under 68
  • 68 to 73
  • 73 to 77
  • 77 to 80
  • 80 to 84
  • 84 and over
  • No data
Female life expectancy at birth, 2023, years. Cook Islands is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Average number of years a newborn girl would live at current age-specific mortality.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Female life expectancy at birth, estimates 1950 to 2023 (LExFemale). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Female life expectancy at birth, estimates 1950 to 2023 (LExFemale), Female life expectancy at birth, Cook Islands, 1950 to 2023. United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, 13 Dec. 2024, https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/life-expectancy-female/cook-islands. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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What is the female life expectancy at birth in Cook Islands?

Female life expectancy at birth in Cook Islands was 79 years in 2023, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. That is up 0.2 from 2022.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Female life expectancy at birth, estimates 1950 to 2023 (LExFemale). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

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79 years in 2023, the highest value since 1950 in this series.

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