What is the global average life expectancy?

73.3 years

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Global life expectancy at birth reached 73.3 years in 2024, up from about 47 in 1950 and back above its pre-pandemic level of 72.6. Japan leads at close to 85. Record life expectancy in the best-performing country has risen about 2.5 to 3 months per year since 1840.

Source: UN World Population Prospects (2024); Oeppen & Vaupel (2002), Science

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Half the world is under 31. Which half are you in?

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