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Central African Republic
Life expectancy at birth, female (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.

Global rank#215out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

59.649.739.829.920.0196019922024Central African Republic · 2024: 59.56 yearsCentral African Republic

Analytical takeaways

  • Central African Republic records 59.56 years for Life expectancy at birth, female (years) in 2024, ranking #215 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Life expectancy at birth, female (years) increased from 40.63 years in 1960 to 59.56 years in 2024, a gain of 18.93 years.
  • The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.

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