Hong Kong SAR, China
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#2out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

88.283.678.974.269.6196019922024Hong Kong SAR, China · 2024: 88.22 yearsHong Kong SAR, China

Analytical takeaways

  • Hong Kong SAR, China records 88.22 years for Life expectancy at birth, female (years) in 2024, ranking #2 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Life expectancy at birth, female (years) increased from 69.56 years in 1960 to 88.22 years in 2024, a gain of 18.66 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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