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United Kingdom: Life expectancy at birth (years)

81.39years · 2024+0.1% since 2014

Life expectancy at birth, total. Annual figures for United Kingdom from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (years)Note
202481.387
202381.238
202281.011
202180.647
202080.332
201981.369
201881.256
201781.256
201681.156
201580.956
201481.305
201381.005
201280.905
201180.951
201080.402
200980.051
200879.6
200779.449
200679.249
200579.049
200478.746
200378.446
200278.144
200177.993
200077.741
199977.39
199877.19
199777.211
199677.088
199576.837
199476.885
199376.385
199276.434
199176.083
199075.88
198975.583
198875.38
198775.28
198674.929
198574.629
198474.778
198374.378
198274.178
198174.027
198073.676
197973.276
197873.176
197773.224
197672.776
197572.724
197472.524
197372.324
197272.124
197172.273
197071.973
196971.722
196871.724
196772.124
196671.573
196571.624
196471.624
196370.827
196270.927
196170.878
196071.127

Source

Published by World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Life expectancy at birth (years). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-life-expectancy (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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