Life expectancy in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa

Life expectancy at birth (UN estimates), from World Bank. Every place uses the same definition and unit, so the values can be compared directly. 2024 is the most recent period with a value for every selected place.

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Brazil × India × China × South Africa ×

Years. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Life expectancy at birth (UN estimates) (years), 2000 to 2024
Period BrazilIndiaChinaSouth Africa
2024 76.0 years 72.2 years 78.0 years 66.3 years
2023 75.8 years 72.0 years 78.0 years 66.1 years
2022 74.9 years 71.7 years 78.2 years 65.5 years
2021 73.0 years 67.3 years 78.1 years 62.0 years
2020 74.5 years 70.2 years 78.0 years 65.2 years
2019 75.8 years 70.7 years 77.9 years 66.1 years
2018 75.6 years 70.4 years 77.7 years 65.7 years
2017 75.4 years 70.1 years 77.2 years 65.4 years
2016 75.1 years 69.7 years 77.2 years 64.7 years
2015 75.1 years 69.3 years 77.0 years 64.1 years
2014 74.8 years 68.9 years 76.7 years 63.2 years
2013 74.6 years 68.5 years 76.5 years 62.4 years
2012 74.3 years 68.1 years 76.2 years 61.7 years
2011 74.0 years 67.6 years 75.9 years 60.6 years
2010 73.8 years 67.2 years 75.7 years 58.9 years
2009 73.5 years 66.7 years 75.3 years 57.4 years
2008 73.1 years 66.2 years 74.8 years 56.0 years
2007 72.7 years 65.8 years 74.8 years 54.9 years
2006 72.3 years 65.4 years 74.4 years 54.2 years
2005 71.8 years 64.9 years 74.1 years 53.9 years
2004 71.4 years 64.5 years 73.7 years 54.0 years
2003 70.9 years 64.1 years 73.4 years 54.2 years
2002 70.4 years 63.6 years 73.0 years 55.6 years
2001 70.0 years 63.2 years 72.7 years 57.2 years
2000 69.6 years 62.7 years 72.3 years 58.4 years

A dash means no value was published for that period.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
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World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.DYN.LE00.IN · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2024
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects