Early-demographic dividend | Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life. Development relevance: Mortality rates for different age groups (infants, children, and adults) and overall mortality indicators (life expectancy at birth or survival to a given age) are important indicators of health status in a country. Because data on the incidence and prevalence of diseases are frequently unavailable, mortality rates are often used to identify vulnerable populations. And they are among the indicators most frequently used to compare socioeconomic development across countries. Limitations and exceptions: Annual data series from United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects are interpolated data from 5-year period data. Therefore they may not reflect real events as much as observed data. Statistical concept and methodology: Life expectancy at birth used here is the average number of years a newborn is expected to live if mortality patterns at the time of its birth remain constant in the future. It reflects the overall mortality level of a population, and summarizes the mortality pattern that prevails across all age groups in a given year. It is calculated in a period life table which provides a snapshot of a population's mortality pattern at a given time. It therefore does not reflect the mortality pattern that a person actually experiences during his/her life, which can be calculated in a cohort life table. High mortality in young age groups significantly lowers the life expectancy at birth. But if a person survives his/her childhood of high mortality, he/she may live much longer. For example, in a population with a life expectancy at birth of 50, there may be few people dying at age 50. The life expectancy at birth may be low due to the high childhood mortality so that once a person survives his/her childhood, he/she may live much longer than 50 years.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Early-demographic dividend
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63
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Early-demographic dividend | Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
1960 46.50779918
1961 46.99026594
1962 47.41432278
1963 47.823962
1964 48.26658074
1965 47.07495949
1966 48.17651977
1967 48.83075882
1968 49.88817704
1969 50.29371236
1970 50.26447439
1971 49.26524938
1972 51.45050004
1973 51.87067464
1974 52.32920582
1975 52.72962881
1976 53.19581789
1977 53.67316852
1978 54.06350477
1979 54.5616229
1980 55.04014402
1981 55.36772223
1982 55.79216814
1983 56.20112013
1984 56.77947031
1985 57.29064187
1986 57.72935322
1987 58.31646874
1988 58.66328142
1989 59.11971981
1990 59.45280724
1991 59.75357533
1992 60.23079951
1993 60.52278604
1994 60.80388118
1995 61.22052504
1996 61.55184004
1997 61.89534334
1998 62.31423756
1999 62.70297504
2000 63.04447753
2001 63.32181163
2002 63.7007637
2003 63.9403113
2004 64.14732728
2005 64.52305032
2006 64.83784029
2007 65.07898937
2008 65.24617144
2009 65.61670535
2010 65.93956812
2011 66.33467445
2012 66.67616765
2013 67.0381104
2014 67.51672544
2015 67.93024729
2016 68.26989528
2017 68.58675201
2018 68.82272652
2019 69.01892965
2020 67.94165288
2021 66.37729584
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Early-demographic dividend | Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life. Development relevance: Mortality rates for different age groups (infants, children, and adults) and overall mortality indicators (life expectancy at birth or survival to a given age) are important indicators of health status in a country. Because data on the incidence and prevalence of diseases are frequently unavailable, mortality rates are often used to identify vulnerable populations. And they are among the indicators most frequently used to compare socioeconomic development across countries. Limitations and exceptions: Annual data series from United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects are interpolated data from 5-year period data. Therefore they may not reflect real events as much as observed data. Statistical concept and methodology: Life expectancy at birth used here is the average number of years a newborn is expected to live if mortality patterns at the time of its birth remain constant in the future. It reflects the overall mortality level of a population, and summarizes the mortality pattern that prevails across all age groups in a given year. It is calculated in a period life table which provides a snapshot of a population's mortality pattern at a given time. It therefore does not reflect the mortality pattern that a person actually experiences during his/her life, which can be calculated in a cohort life table. High mortality in young age groups significantly lowers the life expectancy at birth. But if a person survives his/her childhood of high mortality, he/she may live much longer. For example, in a population with a life expectancy at birth of 50, there may be few people dying at age 50. The life expectancy at birth may be low due to the high childhood mortality so that once a person survives his/her childhood, he/she may live much longer than 50 years.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Early-demographic dividend
Records
63
Source