British Virgin Islands
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#81out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

77.473.870.166.462.7196019922024British Virgin Islands · 2024: 77.43 yearsBritish Virgin Islands

Analytical takeaways

  • British Virgin Islands records 77.43 years for Life expectancy at birth, total (years) in 2024, ranking #81 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Life expectancy at birth, total (years) increased from 62.71 years in 1960 to 77.43 years in 2024, a gain of 14.72 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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