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Mauritania · Annual SERIES

Life expectancy in Mauritania

Years a newborn would be expected to live if the age-specific mortality rates in the observation year continued throughout life.

68.71years at birth
2024Observation year

+0.33% from 2023

Mauritania
Life expectancy in Mauritania, 2000–2025years at birth. Underlying figures are available in the data table.6062656770200020052010201520202025

years at birth · World Bank · Missing observations remain gaps.

Underlying data

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Life expectancy · Mauritania · years at birth
YearValueStatus & source note
2025Not availablemissing
202468.713present
202368.484present
202268.281present
202166.762present
202066.794present
201967.64present
201867.419present
201767.088present
201666.823present
201566.498present
201466.207present
201365.89present
201265.808present
201165.754present
201065.661present
200965.485present
200865.233present
200764.885present
200664.493present
200563.92present
200463.369present
200362.805present
200262.249present
200161.662present
200061.044present

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.
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