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