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Life expectancy at birth in Western Sahara

Life expectancy at birth in Western Sahara was 71.39 years in 2023, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. That is up 0.24 from 2022.

2023, years71.39 Estimated
Change on 2022+0.24
Series high71.392023
Series low34.931950
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Life expectancy at birth in Western Sahara, 1950 to 2023

30405060708019501961197219831994200520231950: 34.93 years1951: 35.29 years1952: 35.65 years1953: 36.02 years1954: 36.4 years1955: 36.78 years1956: 37.17 years1957: 37.56 years1958: 37.94 years1959: 38.32 years1960: 38.7 years1961: 39.07 years1962: 39.46 years1963: 39.84 years1964: 40.21 years1965: 40.58 years1966: 40.95 years1967: 41.35 years1968: 41.76 years1969: 42.19 years1970: 42.66 years1971: 42.92 years1972: 43.54 years1973: 44.21 years1974: 44.95 years1975: 35.96 years1976: 36.26 years1977: 38.26 years1978: 40.4 years1979: 37.55 years1980: 39.4 years1981: 44.18 years1982: 45.22 years1983: 46.12 years1984: 46.94 years1985: 47.76 years1986: 48.54 years1987: 48.85 years1988: 52.09 years1989: 51.45 years1990: 57.66 years1991: 58.19 years1992: 58.71 years1993: 59.22 years1994: 59.74 years1995: 60.24 years1996: 60.72 years1997: 61.21 years1998: 61.71 years1999: 62.23 years2000: 62.73 years2001: 63.22 years2002: 63.74 years2003: 64.23 years2004: 64.74 years2005: 65.22 years2006: 65.67 years2007: 66.14 years2008: 66.58 years2009: 67.06 years2010: 67.49 years2011: 67.88 years2012: 68.24 years2013: 68.62 years2014: 68.95 years2015: 69.28 years2016: 69.6 years2017: 69.88 years2018: 70.14 years2019: 70.38 years2020: 70.61 years2021: 70.89 years2022: 71.14 years2023: 71.39 years30405060708019501975200020231950: 34.93 years1951: 35.29 years1952: 35.65 years1953: 36.02 years1954: 36.4 years1955: 36.78 years1956: 37.17 years1957: 37.56 years1958: 37.94 years1959: 38.32 years1960: 38.7 years1961: 39.07 years1962: 39.46 years1963: 39.84 years1964: 40.21 years1965: 40.58 years1966: 40.95 years1967: 41.35 years1968: 41.76 years1969: 42.19 years1970: 42.66 years1971: 42.92 years1972: 43.54 years1973: 44.21 years1974: 44.95 years1975: 35.96 years1976: 36.26 years1977: 38.26 years1978: 40.4 years1979: 37.55 years1980: 39.4 years1981: 44.18 years1982: 45.22 years1983: 46.12 years1984: 46.94 years1985: 47.76 years1986: 48.54 years1987: 48.85 years1988: 52.09 years1989: 51.45 years1990: 57.66 years1991: 58.19 years1992: 58.71 years1993: 59.22 years1994: 59.74 years1995: 60.24 years1996: 60.72 years1997: 61.21 years1998: 61.71 years1999: 62.23 years2000: 62.73 years2001: 63.22 years2002: 63.74 years2003: 64.23 years2004: 64.74 years2005: 65.22 years2006: 65.67 years2007: 66.14 years2008: 66.58 years2009: 67.06 years2010: 67.49 years2011: 67.88 years2012: 68.24 years2013: 68.62 years2014: 68.95 years2015: 69.28 years2016: 69.6 years2017: 69.88 years2018: 70.14 years2019: 70.38 years2020: 70.61 years2021: 70.89 years2022: 71.14 years2023: 71.39 years
years. Source: UN WPP, World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Life expectancy at birth, both sexes, estimates 1950 to 2023 (LEx). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2024-12-13.
All 74 values
Periodyears
202371.39 Estimated
202271.14 Estimated
202170.89 Estimated
202070.61 Estimated
201970.38 Estimated
201870.14 Estimated
201769.88 Estimated
201669.6 Estimated
201569.28 Estimated
201468.95 Estimated
201368.62 Estimated
201268.24 Estimated
201167.88 Estimated
201067.49 Estimated
200967.06 Estimated
200866.58 Estimated
200766.14 Estimated
200665.67 Estimated
200565.22 Estimated
200464.74 Estimated
200364.23 Estimated
200263.74 Estimated
200163.22 Estimated
200062.73 Estimated
199962.23 Estimated
199861.71 Estimated
199761.21 Estimated
199660.72 Estimated
199560.24 Estimated
199459.74 Estimated
199359.22 Estimated
199258.71 Estimated
199158.19 Estimated
199057.66 Estimated
198951.45 Estimated
198852.09 Estimated
198748.85 Estimated
198648.54 Estimated
198547.76 Estimated
198446.94 Estimated
198346.12 Estimated
198245.22 Estimated
198144.18 Estimated
198039.4 Estimated
197937.55 Estimated
197840.4 Estimated
197738.26 Estimated
197636.26 Estimated
197535.96 Estimated
197444.95 Estimated
197344.21 Estimated
197243.54 Estimated
197142.92 Estimated
197042.66 Estimated
196942.19 Estimated
196841.76 Estimated
196741.35 Estimated
196640.95 Estimated
196540.58 Estimated
196440.21 Estimated
196339.84 Estimated
196239.46 Estimated
196139.07 Estimated
196038.7 Estimated
195938.32 Estimated
195837.94 Estimated
195737.56 Estimated
195637.17 Estimated
195536.78 Estimated
195436.4 Estimated
195336.02 Estimated
195235.65 Estimated
195135.29 Estimated
195034.93 Estimated

Western Sahara compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 82.91 yearsAfghanistan: 66.03 yearsAntigua and Barbuda: 77.6 yearsAlbania: 79.6 yearsArmenia: 75.68 yearsAngola: 64.62 yearsArgentina: 77.39 yearsAustria: 81.96 yearsAustralia: 83.92 yearsAzerbaijan: 74.43 yearsBosnia and Herzegovina: 77.85 yearsBangladesh: 74.67 yearsBelgium: 82.12 yearsBurkina Faso: 61.09 yearsBulgaria: 75.64 yearsBurundi: 63.65 yearsBenin: 60.77 yearsBrunei: 75.33 yearsBolivia: 68.58 yearsBrazil: 75.85 yearsBahamas: 74.55 yearsBhutan: 72.98 yearsBotswana: 69.16 yearsBelarus: 74.43 yearsBelize: 73.57 yearsCanada: 82.63 yearsDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 61.9 yearsCentral African Republic: 57.41 yearsRepublic of the Congo: 65.77 yearsSwitzerland: 83.95 yearsCôte d’Ivoire: 61.94 yearsChile: 81.17 yearsCameroon: 63.7 yearsChina: 77.95 yearsColombia: 77.72 yearsCosta Rica: 80.8 yearsCuba: 78.09 yearsCape Verde: 76.06 yearsCyprus: 81.65 yearsCzechia: 79.83 yearsGermany: 81.38 yearsDjibouti: 65.99 yearsDenmark: 81.93 yearsDominican Republic: 73.72 yearsAlgeria: 76.26 yearsEcuador: 77.39 yearsEstonia: 79.15 yearsEgypt: 71.63 yearsWestern Sahara: 71.39 yearsEritrea: 68.62 yearsSpain: 83.67 yearsEthiopia: 67.32 yearsFinland: 81.91 yearsFiji: 67.32 yearsFalkland Islands: 79.21 yearsFaroe Islands: 80.18 yearsFrance: 83.33 yearsGabon: 68.34 yearsUnited Kingdom: 81.3 yearsGeorgia: 74.5 yearsGhana: 65.5 yearsGreenland: 70.06 yearsGambia: 65.86 yearsGuinea: 60.74 yearsEquatorial Guinea: 63.71 yearsGreece: 81.86 yearsGuatemala: 72.6 yearsGuinea-Bissau: 64.08 yearsGuyana: 70.18 yearsHong Kong: 85.51 yearsHonduras: 72.88 yearsCroatia: 78.58 yearsHaiti: 64.94 yearsHungary: 77.02 yearsIndonesia: 71.15 yearsIreland: 82.41 yearsIsrael: 82.41 yearsIsle of Man: 81 yearsIndia: 72 yearsIraq: 72.32 yearsIran: 77.65 yearsIceland: 82.69 yearsItaly: 83.72 yearsJamaica: 71.48 yearsJordan: 77.81 yearsJapan: 84.71 yearsKenya: 63.65 yearsKyrgyzstan: 71.68 yearsCambodia: 70.67 yearsKiribati: 66.47 yearsNorth Korea: 73.64 yearsSouth Korea: 84.33 yearsKuwait: 80.4 yearsCayman Islands: 80.36 yearsKazakhstan: 74.4 yearsLaos: 68.96 yearsLebanon: 77.82 yearsSri Lanka: 77.48 yearsLiberia: 62.16 yearsLesotho: 57.37 yearsLithuania: 76.03 yearsLuxembourg: 82.23 yearsLatvia: 76.19 yearsLibya: 69.34 yearsMorocco: 75.31 yearsMoldova: 71.2 yearsMontenegro: 77.09 yearsMadagascar: 63.63 yearsNorth Macedonia: 77.39 yearsMali: 60.44 yearsMyanmar: 66.89 yearsMongolia: 71.73 yearsMauritania: 68.48 yearsMauritius: 74.93 yearsMalawi: 67.35 yearsMexico: 75.07 yearsMalaysia: 76.66 yearsMozambique: 63.61 yearsNamibia: 67.38 yearsNew Caledonia: 78.77 yearsNiger: 61.18 yearsNigeria: 54.46 yearsNicaragua: 74.95 yearsNetherlands: 82.16 yearsNorway: 83.31 yearsNepal: 70.35 yearsNew Zealand: 82.09 yearsOman: 80.03 yearsPanama: 79.59 yearsPeru: 77.74 yearsFrench Polynesia: 84.07 yearsPapua New Guinea: 66.13 yearsPhilippines: 69.83 yearsPakistan: 67.65 yearsPoland: 78.63 yearsPuerto Rico: 81.69 yearsPalestine: 65.17 yearsPortugal: 82.36 yearsPalau: 69.27 yearsParaguay: 73.84 yearsQatar: 82.37 yearsRomania: 75.94 yearsSerbia: 76.77 yearsRussia: 73.15 yearsRwanda: 67.79 yearsSaudi Arabia: 78.73 yearsSolomon Islands: 70.53 yearsSudan: 66.33 yearsSweden: 83.26 yearsSingapore: 83.74 yearsSlovenia: 81.6 yearsSlovakia: 78.34 yearsSierra Leone: 61.79 yearsSenegal: 68.68 yearsSomalia: 58.82 yearsSuriname: 73.63 yearsSouth Sudan: 57.62 yearsEl Salvador: 72.1 yearsSyria: 72.12 yearsEswatini: 64.12 yearsChad: 55.07 yearsTogo: 62.74 yearsThailand: 76.41 yearsTajikistan: 71.79 yearsTimor-Leste: 67.69 yearsTurkmenistan: 70.07 yearsTunisia: 76.51 yearsTürkiye: 77.16 yearsTrinidad and Tobago: 73.49 yearsTaiwan: 80.56 yearsTanzania: 67 yearsUkraine: 73.42 yearsUganda: 68.25 yearsUnited States: 79.3 yearsUruguay: 78.14 yearsUzbekistan: 72.39 yearsVenezuela: 72.51 yearsVietnam: 74.59 yearsVanuatu: 71.48 yearsSamoa: 71.7 yearsYemen: 69.3 yearsSouth Africa: 66.14 yearsZambia: 66.35 yearsZimbabwe: 62.77 years
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Life expectancy at birth, 2023, years. Western Sahara 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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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Life expectancy at birth, both sexes, estimates 1950 to 2023 (LEx). 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. Life expectancy at birth, both sexes, estimates 1950 to 2023 (LEx), Life expectancy at birth, Western Sahara, 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/western-sahara. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024) World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Life expectancy at birth, both sexes, estimates 1950 to 2023 (LEx), Life expectancy at birth, Western Sahara, 1950 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/life-expectancy/western-sahara (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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}
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What is the life expectancy in Western Sahara?

Life expectancy at birth in Western Sahara was 71.39 years in 2023, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. That is up 0.24 from 2022.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Life expectancy at birth, both sexes, estimates 1950 to 2023 (LEx). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest life expectancy in Western Sahara?

71.39 years in 2023, the highest value since 1950 in this series.

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