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China
Life expectancy at birth, total (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#70out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

78.267.055.844.633.4196019922024China · 2024: 78.02 yearsChina

Analytical takeaways

  • China records 78.02 years for Life expectancy at birth, total (years) in 2024, ranking #70 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Life expectancy at birth, total (years) increased from 33.42 years in 1960 to 78.02 years in 2024, a gain of 44.60 years.
  • The country sits in the middle of the global distribution for this metric, making the page a balanced entry point for comparative analysis beyond the extremes.

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