China - Life expectancy at birth
Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
The value for Life expectancy at birth, female (years) in China was 77.55 as of 2015. As the graph below shows, over the past 55 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 77.55 in 2015 and a minimum value of 44.76 in 1960.
Definition: 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.
Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (5) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database, and (6) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 44.76 |
| 1961 | 45.07 |
| 1962 | 45.81 |
| 1963 | 47.05 |
| 1964 | 48.76 |
| 1965 | 50.83 |
| 1966 | 53.08 |
| 1967 | 55.31 |
| 1968 | 57.34 |
| 1969 | 59.09 |
| 1970 | 60.52 |
| 1971 | 61.65 |
| 1972 | 62.60 |
| 1973 | 63.46 |
| 1974 | 64.25 |
| 1975 | 65.00 |
| 1976 | 65.71 |
| 1977 | 66.36 |
| 1978 | 66.96 |
| 1979 | 67.51 |
| 1980 | 68.01 |
| 1981 | 68.46 |
| 1982 | 68.85 |
| 1983 | 69.19 |
| 1984 | 69.49 |
| 1985 | 69.75 |
| 1986 | 69.98 |
| 1987 | 70.18 |
| 1988 | 70.37 |
| 1989 | 70.55 |
| 1990 | 70.73 |
| 1991 | 70.92 |
| 1992 | 71.12 |
| 1993 | 71.33 |
| 1994 | 71.55 |
| 1995 | 71.80 |
| 1996 | 72.08 |
| 1997 | 72.38 |
| 1998 | 72.72 |
| 1999 | 73.08 |
| 2000 | 73.45 |
| 2001 | 73.84 |
| 2002 | 74.24 |
| 2003 | 74.62 |
| 2004 | 75.00 |
| 2005 | 75.34 |
| 2006 | 75.66 |
| 2007 | 75.94 |
| 2008 | 76.19 |
| 2009 | 76.41 |
| 2010 | 76.61 |
| 2011 | 76.79 |
| 2012 | 76.97 |
| 2013 | 77.15 |
| 2014 | 77.35 |
| 2015 | 77.55 |
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
The value for Life expectancy at birth, total (years) in China was 75.99 as of 2015. As the graph below shows, over the past 55 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 75.99 in 2015 and a minimum value of 43.35 in 1960.
Definition: 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.
Source: Derived from male and female life expectancy at birth from sources such as: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (5) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database, and (6) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 43.35 |
| 1961 | 43.67 |
| 1962 | 44.40 |
| 1963 | 45.58 |
| 1964 | 47.19 |
| 1965 | 49.14 |
| 1966 | 51.28 |
| 1967 | 53.43 |
| 1968 | 55.43 |
| 1969 | 57.19 |
| 1970 | 58.68 |
| 1971 | 59.91 |
| 1972 | 60.96 |
| 1973 | 61.91 |
| 1974 | 62.77 |
| 1975 | 63.56 |
| 1976 | 64.28 |
| 1977 | 64.94 |
| 1978 | 65.52 |
| 1979 | 66.05 |
| 1980 | 66.52 |
| 1981 | 66.94 |
| 1982 | 67.31 |
| 1983 | 67.63 |
| 1984 | 67.91 |
| 1985 | 68.16 |
| 1986 | 68.37 |
| 1987 | 68.56 |
| 1988 | 68.73 |
| 1989 | 68.88 |
| 1990 | 69.03 |
| 1991 | 69.18 |
| 1992 | 69.34 |
| 1993 | 69.51 |
| 1994 | 69.70 |
| 1995 | 69.93 |
| 1996 | 70.20 |
| 1997 | 70.52 |
| 1998 | 70.89 |
| 1999 | 71.30 |
| 2000 | 71.73 |
| 2001 | 72.18 |
| 2002 | 72.61 |
| 2003 | 73.03 |
| 2004 | 73.42 |
| 2005 | 73.77 |
| 2006 | 74.07 |
| 2007 | 74.34 |
| 2008 | 74.58 |
| 2009 | 74.80 |
| 2010 | 75.01 |
| 2011 | 75.20 |
| 2012 | 75.39 |
| 2013 | 75.59 |
| 2014 | 75.78 |
| 2015 | 75.99 |
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
The value for Life expectancy at birth, male (years) in China was 74.50 as of 2015. As the graph below shows, over the past 55 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 74.50 in 2015 and a minimum value of 42.01 in 1960.
Definition: 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.
Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (5) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database, and (6) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 42.01 |
| 1961 | 42.35 |
| 1962 | 43.05 |
| 1963 | 44.17 |
| 1964 | 45.69 |
| 1965 | 47.53 |
| 1966 | 49.57 |
| 1967 | 51.64 |
| 1968 | 53.61 |
| 1969 | 55.39 |
| 1970 | 56.93 |
| 1971 | 58.25 |
| 1972 | 59.39 |
| 1973 | 60.43 |
| 1974 | 61.35 |
| 1975 | 62.19 |
| 1976 | 62.93 |
| 1977 | 63.58 |
| 1978 | 64.15 |
| 1979 | 64.66 |
| 1980 | 65.10 |
| 1981 | 65.49 |
| 1982 | 65.84 |
| 1983 | 66.14 |
| 1984 | 66.41 |
| 1985 | 66.64 |
| 1986 | 66.84 |
| 1987 | 67.02 |
| 1988 | 67.16 |
| 1989 | 67.29 |
| 1990 | 67.41 |
| 1991 | 67.53 |
| 1992 | 67.65 |
| 1993 | 67.78 |
| 1994 | 67.94 |
| 1995 | 68.14 |
| 1996 | 68.41 |
| 1997 | 68.75 |
| 1998 | 69.15 |
| 1999 | 69.60 |
| 2000 | 70.09 |
| 2001 | 70.59 |
| 2002 | 71.07 |
| 2003 | 71.52 |
| 2004 | 71.92 |
| 2005 | 72.27 |
| 2006 | 72.56 |
| 2007 | 72.82 |
| 2008 | 73.05 |
| 2009 | 73.27 |
| 2010 | 73.48 |
| 2011 | 73.69 |
| 2012 | 73.89 |
| 2013 | 74.09 |
| 2014 | 74.29 |
| 2015 | 74.50 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Mortality
