India · Annual SERIES
Life expectancy in India
Years a newborn would be expected to live if the age-specific mortality rates in the observation year continued throughout life.
72.24years at birth
2024Observation year
+0.32% 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 | 72.235 | present |
| 2023 | 72.003 | present |
| 2022 | 71.698 | present |
| 2021 | 67.282 | present |
| 2020 | 70.156 | present |
| 2019 | 70.746 | present |
| 2018 | 70.415 | present |
| 2017 | 70.068 | present |
| 2016 | 69.709 | present |
| 2015 | 69.326 | present |
| 2014 | 68.932 | present |
| 2013 | 68.499 | present |
| 2012 | 68.076 | present |
| 2011 | 67.623 | present |
| 2010 | 67.162 | present |
| 2009 | 66.7 | present |
| 2008 | 66.247 | present |
| 2007 | 65.803 | present |
| 2006 | 65.373 | present |
| 2005 | 64.939 | present |
| 2004 | 64.484 | present |
| 2003 | 64.086 | present |
| 2002 | 63.649 | present |
| 2001 | 63.158 | present |
| 2000 | 62.749 | 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.