# Life expectancy at birth in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Life expectancy at birth in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 62.07 years in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `life_expectancy`
- Place id: `cd`
- 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/democratic-republic-of-the-congo
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/life-expectancy/democratic-republic-of-the-congo.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=life_expectancy&place=cd

| Period | years |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 62.07 |
| 2023 | 61.9 |
| 2022 | 60.98 |
| 2021 | 60.04 |
| 2020 | 60.43 |
| 2019 | 60.24 |
| 2018 | 59.93 |
| 2017 | 59.5 |
| 2016 | 59.08 |
| 2015 | 58.66 |
| 2014 | 58.24 |
| 2013 | 57.8 |
| 2012 | 57.35 |
| 2011 | 56.91 |
| 2010 | 56.41 |
| 2009 | 55.8 |
| 2008 | 55.39 |
| 2007 | 54.95 |
| 2006 | 54.5 |
| 2005 | 54 |
| 2004 | 53.53 |
| 2003 | 52.95 |
| 2002 | 52.37 |
| 2001 | 52.21 |
| 2000 | 51.89 |
| 1999 | 50.09 |
| 1998 | 49.66 |
| 1997 | 50.46 |
| 1996 | 49.38 |
| 1995 | 50.38 |
| 1994 | 49.88 |
| 1993 | 49.62 |
| 1992 | 49.32 |
| 1991 | 48.94 |
| 1990 | 48.54 |
| 1989 | 48.15 |
| 1988 | 47.76 |
| 1987 | 47.36 |
| 1986 | 47.02 |
| 1985 | 46.66 |
| 1984 | 46.51 |
| 1983 | 46.21 |
| 1982 | 45.95 |
| 1981 | 45.73 |
| 1980 | 45.54 |
| 1979 | 45.28 |
| 1978 | 44.63 |
| 1977 | 44.87 |
| 1976 | 44.7 |
| 1975 | 44.53 |
| 1974 | 44.31 |
| 1973 | 44.09 |
| 1972 | 43.87 |
| 1971 | 43.58 |
| 1970 | 43.3 |
| 1969 | 42.96 |
| 1968 | 42.67 |
| 1967 | 42.34 |
| 1966 | 42.17 |
| 1965 | 40.77 |
| 1964 | 40.1 |
| 1963 | 40.6 |
| 1962 | 40.38 |
| 1961 | 40.16 |
| 1960 | 40.75 |