Sri Lanka · Annual SERIES
Life expectancy in Sri Lanka
Years a newborn would be expected to live if the age-specific mortality rates in the observation year continued throughout life.
77.67years at birth
2024Observation year
+0.24% 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 | 77.672 | present |
| 2023 | 77.483 | present |
| 2022 | 77.3 | present |
| 2021 | 76.278 | present |
| 2020 | 76.928 | present |
| 2019 | 76.698 | present |
| 2018 | 76.485 | present |
| 2017 | 76.239 | present |
| 2016 | 76.136 | present |
| 2015 | 75.99 | present |
| 2014 | 75.757 | present |
| 2013 | 75.546 | present |
| 2012 | 75.187 | present |
| 2011 | 74.74 | present |
| 2010 | 74.463 | present |
| 2009 | 70.298 | present |
| 2008 | 72.556 | present |
| 2007 | 72.983 | present |
| 2006 | 72.825 | present |
| 2005 | 73.073 | present |
| 2004 | 68.022 | present |
| 2003 | 72.442 | present |
| 2002 | 72.271 | present |
| 2001 | 71.804 | present |
| 2000 | 71.179 | 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.