China · Annual SERIES
Life expectancy in China
Years a newborn would be expected to live if the age-specific mortality rates in the observation year continued throughout life.
78.02years at birth
2024Observation year
+0.08% from 2023
years at birth · World Bank · Missing observations remain gaps.
Underlying data
Download CSV| Year | Value | Status & source note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Not available | missing |
| 2024 | 78.017 | present |
| 2023 | 77.953 | present |
| 2022 | 78.202 | present |
| 2021 | 78.117 | present |
| 2020 | 78.019 | present |
| 2019 | 77.94 | present |
| 2018 | 77.709 | present |
| 2017 | 77.235 | present |
| 2016 | 77.214 | present |
| 2015 | 76.975 | present |
| 2014 | 76.714 | present |
| 2013 | 76.452 | present |
| 2012 | 76.2 | present |
| 2011 | 75.889 | present |
| 2010 | 75.668 | present |
| 2009 | 75.317 | present |
| 2008 | 74.833 | present |
| 2007 | 74.789 | present |
| 2006 | 74.404 | present |
| 2005 | 74.085 | present |
| 2004 | 73.727 | present |
| 2003 | 73.385 | present |
| 2002 | 73.034 | present |
| 2001 | 72.675 | present |
| 2000 | 72.288 | present |
Definition & method
WDI publishes period life expectancy from UN population data and national demographic sources, derived from life tables and age-specific mortality rates.
Years a newborn would be expected to live if the age-specific mortality rates in the observation year continued throughout life.
What to keep in mind
- This summarizes mortality conditions in a year; it does not predict how long a particular baby will live.
- It is a period life-table measure, rather than a measure of a completed birth cohort.
- Some underlying demographic estimates are interpolated and may not capture each annual event precisely.
- Missing years remain missing; the site does not extrapolate future life expectancy.