World | 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.
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The World Bank
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World | Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
49.02661854 1960
50.93548621 1961
53.24064447 1962
53.55889135 1963
54.03135462 1964
53.76564438 1965
54.33847796 1966
54.72541792 1967
55.1398633 1968
55.45951918 1969
55.78268738 1970
55.77531063 1971
56.73392351 1972
57.23263978 1973
57.62518487 1974
58.06419556 1975
58.51547331 1976
58.94507717 1977
59.25984508 1978
59.64524736 1979
59.94972598 1980
60.28828665 1981
60.62891032 1982
60.86691632 1983
61.1705001 1984
61.4843534 1985
61.88710862 1986
62.18001271 1987
62.33110993 1988
62.68106445 1989
62.8285517 1990
63.03727417 1991
63.2901505 1992
63.44552333 1993
63.71688829 1994
63.91549574 1995
64.2296463 1996
64.57829386 1997
64.83093287 1998
65.16713504 1999
65.47306421 2000
65.76401721 2001
66.05096455 2002
66.3062749 2003
66.56011966 2004
66.87187155 2005
67.22419829 2006
67.47099161 2007
67.65923837 2008
68.03499115 2009
68.30985932 2010
68.63875276 2011
68.90458396 2012
69.19240552 2013
69.52293758 2014
69.75933373 2015
69.99537931 2016
70.16981028 2017
70.43168242 2018
70.62313405 2019
69.79941036 2020
68.88570768 2021
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World | 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.
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The World Bank
Origin
World
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63
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