Sri Lanka
Life expectancy at birth, male (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.
Historical trend
Analytical takeaways
- Sri Lanka records 74.45 years for Life expectancy at birth, male (years) in 2024, ranking #84 globally out of 217 countries.
- Life expectancy at birth, male (years) increased from 59.07 years in 1960 to 74.45 years in 2024, a gain of 15.38 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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