# Life expectancy at birth in China

Life expectancy at birth in China was 78.02 years in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `life_expectancy`
- Place id: `cn`
- Unit: years
- Definition: Average number of years a newborn would live at current age-specific mortality, both sexes.
- Note: United States: NCHS period life tables. National figures from 1900 to 1932 cover only the states then in the death registration area. State figures are available for 2018 to 2021.
- Source: World Bank, Life expectancy at birth, total, years (SP.DYN.LE00.IN) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Life expectancy at birth, total, years (SP.DYN.LE00.IN). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/life-expectancy/china
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/life-expectancy/china.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=life_expectancy&place=cn

| Period | years |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 78.02 |
| 2023 | 77.95 |
| 2022 | 78.2 |
| 2021 | 78.12 |
| 2020 | 78.02 |
| 2019 | 77.94 |
| 2018 | 77.71 |
| 2017 | 77.24 |
| 2016 | 77.21 |
| 2015 | 76.98 |
| 2014 | 76.71 |
| 2013 | 76.45 |
| 2012 | 76.2 |
| 2011 | 75.89 |
| 2010 | 75.67 |
| 2009 | 75.32 |
| 2008 | 74.83 |
| 2007 | 74.79 |
| 2006 | 74.4 |
| 2005 | 74.09 |
| 2004 | 73.73 |
| 2003 | 73.39 |
| 2002 | 73.03 |
| 2001 | 72.68 |
| 2000 | 72.29 |
| 1999 | 71.95 |
| 1998 | 71.6 |
| 1997 | 71.23 |
| 1996 | 70.82 |
| 1995 | 70.36 |
| 1994 | 69.84 |
| 1993 | 69.49 |
| 1992 | 69.06 |
| 1991 | 68.61 |
| 1990 | 68.16 |
| 1989 | 67.93 |
| 1988 | 67.61 |
| 1987 | 67.26 |
| 1986 | 66.89 |
| 1985 | 66.53 |
| 1984 | 66.15 |
| 1983 | 65.73 |
| 1982 | 65.25 |
| 1981 | 64.78 |
| 1980 | 64.24 |
| 1979 | 63.7 |
| 1978 | 63.1 |
| 1977 | 62.46 |
| 1976 | 61.23 |
| 1975 | 60.95 |
| 1974 | 60.24 |
| 1973 | 59.5 |
| 1972 | 58.58 |
| 1971 | 57.73 |
| 1970 | 56.82 |
| 1969 | 55.99 |
| 1968 | 55.19 |
| 1967 | 54.4 |
| 1966 | 53.66 |
| 1965 | 53 |
| 1964 | 52.34 |
| 1963 | 51.67 |
| 1962 | 50.96 |
| 1961 | 40.16 |
| 1960 | 33.42 |