Female life expectancy at birth in French Guiana

Female life expectancy at birth in French Guiana was 80 years in 2023, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. That is up 0.1 from 2022.

2023, years80 Estimated
Change on 2022+0.1
Series high80.52020
Series low51.31950
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Female life expectancy at birth in French Guiana, 1950 to 2023

506070809019501961197219831994200520231950: 51.3 years1951: 52 years1952: 52.6 years1953: 53.2 years1954: 53.8 years1955: 54.5 years1956: 55.3 years1957: 56.4 years1958: 57.6 years1959: 58.8 years1960: 60 years1961: 61.1 years1962: 62.2 years1963: 63.3 years1964: 64.3 years1965: 65.1 years1966: 65.7 years1967: 66.1 years1968: 66.5 years1969: 66.8 years1970: 67.1 years1971: 67.5 years1972: 67.9 years1973: 68.3 years1974: 68.7 years1975: 69.1 years1976: 69.5 years1977: 70 years1978: 70.5 years1979: 71.2 years1980: 71.7 years1981: 72.2 years1982: 72.6 years1983: 73 years1984: 73.4 years1985: 73.7 years1986: 73.9 years1987: 74.2 years1988: 74.4 years1989: 74.7 years1990: 74.8 years1991: 75 years1992: 75.1 years1993: 75.3 years1994: 75.5 years1995: 75.7 years1996: 76 years1997: 76 years1998: 76.3 years1999: 76.4 years2000: 76.7 years2001: 77 years2002: 77.2 years2003: 77.3 years2004: 77.6 years2005: 77.9 years2006: 78.2 years2007: 78.5 years2008: 78.7 years2009: 79 years2010: 79.2 years2011: 79.3 years2012: 79.4 years2013: 79.4 years2014: 79.2 years2015: 79.2 years2016: 79 years2017: 79 years2018: 80.3 years2019: 79.9 years2020: 80.5 years2021: 77.7 years2022: 79.9 years2023: 80 years506070809019501975200020231950: 51.3 years1951: 52 years1952: 52.6 years1953: 53.2 years1954: 53.8 years1955: 54.5 years1956: 55.3 years1957: 56.4 years1958: 57.6 years1959: 58.8 years1960: 60 years1961: 61.1 years1962: 62.2 years1963: 63.3 years1964: 64.3 years1965: 65.1 years1966: 65.7 years1967: 66.1 years1968: 66.5 years1969: 66.8 years1970: 67.1 years1971: 67.5 years1972: 67.9 years1973: 68.3 years1974: 68.7 years1975: 69.1 years1976: 69.5 years1977: 70 years1978: 70.5 years1979: 71.2 years1980: 71.7 years1981: 72.2 years1982: 72.6 years1983: 73 years1984: 73.4 years1985: 73.7 years1986: 73.9 years1987: 74.2 years1988: 74.4 years1989: 74.7 years1990: 74.8 years1991: 75 years1992: 75.1 years1993: 75.3 years1994: 75.5 years1995: 75.7 years1996: 76 years1997: 76 years1998: 76.3 years1999: 76.4 years2000: 76.7 years2001: 77 years2002: 77.2 years2003: 77.3 years2004: 77.6 years2005: 77.9 years2006: 78.2 years2007: 78.5 years2008: 78.7 years2009: 79 years2010: 79.2 years2011: 79.3 years2012: 79.4 years2013: 79.4 years2014: 79.2 years2015: 79.2 years2016: 79 years2017: 79 years2018: 80.3 years2019: 79.9 years2020: 80.5 years2021: 77.7 years2022: 79.9 years2023: 80 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
202380 Estimated
202279.9 Estimated
202177.7 Estimated
202080.5 Estimated
201979.9 Estimated
201880.3 Estimated
201779 Estimated
201679 Estimated
201579.2 Estimated
201479.2 Estimated
201379.4 Estimated
201279.4 Estimated
201179.3 Estimated
201079.2 Estimated
200979 Estimated
200878.7 Estimated
200778.5 Estimated
200678.2 Estimated
200577.9 Estimated
200477.6 Estimated
200377.3 Estimated
200277.2 Estimated
200177 Estimated
200076.7 Estimated
199976.4 Estimated
199876.3 Estimated
199776 Estimated
199676 Estimated
199575.7 Estimated
199475.5 Estimated
199375.3 Estimated
199275.1 Estimated
199175 Estimated
199074.8 Estimated
198974.7 Estimated
198874.4 Estimated
198774.2 Estimated
198673.9 Estimated
198573.7 Estimated
198473.4 Estimated
198373 Estimated
198272.6 Estimated
198172.2 Estimated
198071.7 Estimated
197971.2 Estimated
197870.5 Estimated
197770 Estimated
197669.5 Estimated
197569.1 Estimated
197468.7 Estimated
197368.3 Estimated
197267.9 Estimated
197167.5 Estimated
197067.1 Estimated
196966.8 Estimated
196866.5 Estimated
196766.1 Estimated
196665.7 Estimated
196565.1 Estimated
196464.3 Estimated
196363.3 Estimated
196262.2 Estimated
196161.1 Estimated
196060 Estimated
195958.8 Estimated
195857.6 Estimated
195756.4 Estimated
195655.3 Estimated
195554.5 Estimated
195453.8 Estimated
195353.2 Estimated
195252.6 Estimated
195152 Estimated
195051.3 Estimated

French Guiana 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. French Guiana 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, French Guiana, 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/french-guiana. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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}
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What is the female life expectancy at birth in French Guiana?

Female life expectancy at birth in French Guiana was 80 years in 2023, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. That is up 0.1 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.

What was the highest female life expectancy at birth in French Guiana?

80.5 years in 2020, the highest value since 1950 in this series.

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