United States · Annual SERIES
Life expectancy in United States
Years a newborn would be expected to live if the age-specific mortality rates in the observation year continued throughout life.
78.89years at birth
2024Observation year
+0.64% 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 | 78.890243902439 | present |
| 2023 | 78.3853658536585 | present |
| 2022 | 77.4341463414634 | present |
| 2021 | 76.3292682926829 | present |
| 2020 | 76.9804878048781 | present |
| 2019 | 78.7878048780488 | present |
| 2018 | 78.6390243902439 | present |
| 2017 | 78.5390243902439 | present |
| 2016 | 78.5390243902439 | present |
| 2015 | 78.690243902439 | present |
| 2014 | 78.8414634146341 | present |
| 2013 | 78.7414634146342 | present |
| 2012 | 78.7414634146342 | present |
| 2011 | 78.6414634146341 | present |
| 2010 | 78.5414634146342 | present |
| 2009 | 78.390243902439 | present |
| 2008 | 78.0390243902439 | present |
| 2007 | 77.9878048780488 | present |
| 2006 | 77.6878048780488 | present |
| 2005 | 77.4878048780488 | present |
| 2004 | 77.4878048780488 | present |
| 2003 | 77.0365853658537 | present |
| 2002 | 76.9365853658537 | present |
| 2001 | 76.8365853658537 | present |
| 2000 | 76.6365853658537 | 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.