# Life expectancy at birth in India

Life expectancy at birth in India was 72.24 years in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `life_expectancy`
- Place id: `in`
- 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/india
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/life-expectancy/india.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=life_expectancy&place=in

| Period | years |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 72.24 |
| 2023 | 72 |
| 2022 | 71.7 |
| 2021 | 67.28 |
| 2020 | 70.16 |
| 2019 | 70.75 |
| 2018 | 70.42 |
| 2017 | 70.07 |
| 2016 | 69.71 |
| 2015 | 69.33 |
| 2014 | 68.93 |
| 2013 | 68.5 |
| 2012 | 68.08 |
| 2011 | 67.62 |
| 2010 | 67.16 |
| 2009 | 66.7 |
| 2008 | 66.25 |
| 2007 | 65.8 |
| 2006 | 65.37 |
| 2005 | 64.94 |
| 2004 | 64.48 |
| 2003 | 64.09 |
| 2002 | 63.65 |
| 2001 | 63.16 |
| 2000 | 62.75 |
| 1999 | 62.28 |
| 1998 | 61.85 |
| 1997 | 61.44 |
| 1996 | 61.03 |
| 1995 | 60.63 |
| 1994 | 60.24 |
| 1993 | 59.82 |
| 1992 | 59.45 |
| 1991 | 59.03 |
| 1990 | 58.62 |
| 1989 | 58.2 |
| 1988 | 57.74 |
| 1987 | 57.29 |
| 1986 | 56.82 |
| 1985 | 56.32 |
| 1984 | 55.81 |
| 1983 | 55.28 |
| 1982 | 54.74 |
| 1981 | 54.17 |
| 1980 | 53.59 |
| 1979 | 53.01 |
| 1978 | 52.42 |
| 1977 | 51.82 |
| 1976 | 51.3 |
| 1975 | 50.76 |
| 1974 | 50.26 |
| 1973 | 49.64 |
| 1972 | 49.21 |
| 1971 | 48.9 |
| 1970 | 48.59 |
| 1969 | 48.26 |
| 1968 | 47.93 |
| 1967 | 46.18 |
| 1966 | 45.88 |
| 1965 | 45.56 |
| 1964 | 46.74 |
| 1963 | 46.46 |
| 1962 | 46.13 |
| 1961 | 45.82 |
| 1960 | 45.61 |