Life expectancy at birth 78
years· 2024
Published observation
Over time Full published history China 2024 · 78
0 19.55 39.1 58.65 78.2 1960 1993 2025 1960: 33.4 1961: 40.2 1962: 51 1963: 51.7 1964: 52.3 1965: 53 1966: 53.7 1967: 54.4 1968: 55.2 1969: 56 1970: 56.8 1971: 57.7 1972: 58.6 1973: 59.5 1974: 60.2 1975: 61 1976: 61.2 1977: 62.5 1978: 63.1 1979: 63.7 1980: 64.2 1981: 64.8 1982: 65.2 1983: 65.7 1984: 66.1 1985: 66.5 1986: 66.9 1987: 67.3 1988: 67.6 1989: 67.9 1990: 68.2 1991: 68.6 1992: 69.1 1993: 69.5 1994: 69.8 1995: 70.4 1996: 70.8 1997: 71.2 1998: 71.6 1999: 72 2000: 72.3 2001: 72.7 2002: 73 2003: 73.4 2004: 73.7 2005: 74.1 2006: 74.4 2007: 74.8 2008: 74.8 2009: 75.3 2010: 75.7 2011: 75.9 2012: 76.2 2013: 76.5 2014: 76.7 2015: 77 2016: 77.2 2017: 77.2 2018: 77.7 2019: 77.9 2020: 78 2021: 78.1 2022: 78.2 2023: 78 2024: 78 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.
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