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Life expectancy at birth in United States

Life expectancy at birth in United States was 78.9 years in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Life expectancy at birth (UN estimates) Unit: Years Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
United States, 2024 78.9 Years
Change from 2023 +0.6% 2023: 78.4 years
World, 2024 73.5 years Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 82.1 years Middle value of 38 countries
Position in 2024 61st of 217 See the full ranking

Life expectancy at birth in United States over time

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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 United StatesWorld
2024 78.9 years 73.5 years
2023 78.4 years 73.3 years
2022 77.4 years 73.0 years
2021 76.3 years 71.2 years
2020 77.0 years 72.2 years
2019 78.8 years 72.9 years
2018 78.6 years 72.6 years
2017 78.5 years 72.4 years
2016 78.5 years 72.2 years
2015 78.7 years 72.0 years
2014 78.8 years 71.8 years
2013 78.7 years 71.5 years
2012 78.7 years 71.3 years
2011 78.6 years 71.0 years
2010 78.5 years 70.7 years
2009 78.4 years 70.4 years
2008 78.0 years 70.0 years
2007 78.0 years 69.8 years
2006 77.7 years 69.5 years
2005 77.5 years 69.1 years
2004 77.5 years 68.8 years
2003 77.0 years 68.5 years
2002 76.9 years 68.2 years
2001 76.8 years 67.9 years
2000 76.6 years 67.7 years

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • That is a change of +0.6% from 78.4 years in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 78.8 years, the figure has changed by +0.1%.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2024, United States has the 61st highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 73.5 years.

More for United States

All statistics for United States
Life expectancy at birth, women 81.4 years 2024 · World Bank Life expectancy at birth, men 76.5 years 2024 · World Bank Life expectancy estimates and projections 79.3 years 2023 · UN Population Division Life expectancy at 65, estimates and projections 20.0 years 2023 · UN Population Division Healthy life expectancy 64.6 years 2023 · WHO UHC service coverage 88 2023 · WHO

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.DYN.LE00.IN · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2024 for United States
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