# Life expectancy at birth in Iraq

Life expectancy at birth in Iraq was 72.42 years in 2024. Source: World Bank.

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

| Period | years |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 72.42 |
| 2023 | 72.32 |
| 2022 | 72.04 |
| 2021 | 70.7 |
| 2020 | 69.65 |
| 2019 | 71.25 |
| 2018 | 71.12 |
| 2017 | 69.79 |
| 2016 | 68.68 |
| 2015 | 69.98 |
| 2014 | 69.68 |
| 2013 | 69.05 |
| 2012 | 68.83 |
| 2011 | 68.44 |
| 2010 | 68.09 |
| 2009 | 67.83 |
| 2008 | 66.47 |
| 2007 | 64.43 |
| 2006 | 64.03 |
| 2005 | 64.9 |
| 2004 | 64.63 |
| 2003 | 64.83 |
| 2002 | 65.72 |
| 2001 | 65.29 |
| 2000 | 64.86 |
| 1999 | 64.53 |
| 1998 | 64.41 |
| 1997 | 64.24 |
| 1996 | 64.62 |
| 1995 | 64.76 |
| 1994 | 65.03 |
| 1993 | 65.31 |
| 1992 | 65.34 |
| 1991 | 61.34 |
| 1990 | 57.59 |
| 1989 | 57.5 |
| 1988 | 56.69 |
| 1987 | 60.26 |
| 1986 | 60.03 |
| 1985 | 59.8 |
| 1984 | 59.54 |
| 1983 | 59.29 |
| 1982 | 58.98 |
| 1981 | 58.65 |
| 1980 | 60.92 |
| 1979 | 64.42 |
| 1978 | 64.18 |
| 1977 | 63.9 |
| 1976 | 63.57 |
| 1975 | 61.43 |
| 1974 | 61 |
| 1973 | 62.34 |
| 1972 | 61.82 |
| 1971 | 61.33 |
| 1970 | 60.53 |
| 1969 | 59.64 |
| 1968 | 58.97 |
| 1967 | 58.42 |
| 1966 | 57.32 |
| 1965 | 56.39 |
| 1964 | 55.25 |
| 1963 | 54.36 |
| 1962 | 53.48 |
| 1961 | 52.34 |
| 1960 | 51.46 |