United Kingdom
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#42out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

81.478.776.173.570.8196019922024United Kingdom · 2024: 81.39 yearsUnited Kingdom

Analytical takeaways

  • United Kingdom records 81.39 years for Life expectancy at birth, total (years) in 2024, ranking #42 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Life expectancy at birth, total (years) increased from 71.13 years in 1960 to 81.39 years in 2024, a gain of 10.26 years.
  • The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.

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