# Life expectancy at birth in World

Life expectancy at birth in World was 73.48 years in 2024. Source: World Bank.

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

| Period | years |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 73.48 |
| 2023 | 73.33 |
| 2022 | 72.97 |
| 2021 | 71.22 |
| 2020 | 72.18 |
| 2019 | 72.87 |
| 2018 | 72.64 |
| 2017 | 72.37 |
| 2016 | 72.19 |
| 2015 | 71.97 |
| 2014 | 71.78 |
| 2013 | 71.53 |
| 2012 | 71.26 |
| 2011 | 70.97 |
| 2010 | 70.68 |
| 2009 | 70.38 |
| 2008 | 70 |
| 2007 | 69.8 |
| 2006 | 69.47 |
| 2005 | 69.11 |
| 2004 | 68.77 |
| 2003 | 68.52 |
| 2002 | 68.23 |
| 2001 | 67.95 |
| 2000 | 67.65 |
| 1999 | 67.31 |
| 1998 | 67.07 |
| 1997 | 66.83 |
| 1996 | 66.52 |
| 1995 | 66.2 |
| 1994 | 65.96 |
| 1993 | 65.74 |
| 1992 | 65.55 |
| 1991 | 65.3 |
| 1990 | 65.11 |
| 1989 | 64.96 |
| 1988 | 64.67 |
| 1987 | 64.46 |
| 1986 | 64.12 |
| 1985 | 63.73 |
| 1984 | 63.44 |
| 1983 | 63.13 |
| 1982 | 62.87 |
| 1981 | 62.52 |
| 1980 | 62.15 |
| 1979 | 61.84 |
| 1978 | 61.39 |
| 1977 | 61.04 |
| 1976 | 60.45 |
| 1975 | 60.13 |
| 1974 | 59.7 |
| 1973 | 59.3 |
| 1972 | 58.84 |
| 1971 | 58.02 |
| 1970 | 57.94 |
| 1969 | 57.68 |
| 1968 | 57.34 |
| 1967 | 56.9 |
| 1966 | 56.45 |
| 1965 | 55.93 |
| 1964 | 56.1 |
| 1963 | 55.65 |
| 1962 | 55.29 |
| 1961 | 52.8 |
| 1960 | 50.94 |