Late-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
Late-demographic dividend
Records
63
Source
Late-demographic dividend | Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
41.53984655 1960
46.09981682 1961
52.19829469 1962
52.67387836 1963
53.3309927 1964
53.77563276 1965
54.29977882 1966
54.73315375 1967
55.08085641 1968
55.5519939 1969
56.28755452 1970
57.0307999 1971
57.51071614 1972
58.31961005 1973
58.79184932 1974
59.49683838 1975
60.13537178 1976
60.6939332 1977
61.19679357 1978
61.67252955 1979
62.12164212 1980
62.62650213 1981
63.05589282 1982
63.41892712 1983
63.72931741 1984
64.08677573 1985
64.57189454 1986
64.85561317 1987
65.05893591 1988
65.25927759 1989
65.38476476 1990
65.67590038 1991
65.96138993 1992
66.0638541 1993
66.27261238 1994
66.51942502 1995
66.93291074 1996
67.39452708 1997
67.74662834 1998
68.02926003 1999
68.24127378 2000
68.61201449 2001
68.91471564 2002
69.31769398 2003
69.61722785 2004
70.00241011 2005
70.45398507 2006
70.73415571 2007
70.9461447 2008
71.36115188 2009
71.65177131 2010
71.98796782 2011
72.25219241 2012
72.56858722 2013
72.83915253 2014
73.0602886 2015
73.26830602 2016
73.33395313 2017
73.78003654 2018
74.02571791 2019
73.67111009 2020
73.33338647 2021
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Late-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
Late-demographic dividend
Records
63
Source