Hong Kong SAR, China - Life expectancy at birth

Life expectancy at birth, female (years)

The value for Life expectancy at birth, female (years) in Hong Kong SAR, China was 85.90 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 85.90 in 2010 and a minimum value of 70.77 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) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 70.77
1961 71.34
1962 71.89
1963 72.38
1964 72.84
1965 73.26
1966 73.64
1967 74.00
1968 74.34
1969 74.69
1970 75.03
1971 75.30
1972 75.40
1973 75.90
1974 76.30
1975 76.80
1976 76.20
1977 76.70
1978 76.70
1979 76.90
1980 77.90
1981 78.50
1982 78.40
1983 78.40
1984 79.00
1985 79.20
1986 79.40
1987 79.70
1988 79.90
1989 80.00
1990 80.30
1991 80.70
1992 80.70
1993 80.90
1994 81.50
1995 81.50
1996 82.70
1997 83.20
1998 83.00
1999 83.20
2000 83.90
2001 84.60
2002 84.50
2003 84.30
2004 84.70
2005 84.50
2006 85.50
2007 85.50
2008 85.50
2009 85.90
2010 85.90

Life expectancy at birth, total (years)

The value for Life expectancy at birth, total (years) in Hong Kong SAR, China was 82.88 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 82.88 in 2010 and a minimum value of 67.00 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) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 67.00
1961 67.58
1962 68.13
1963 68.64
1964 69.12
1965 69.56
1966 69.96
1967 70.35
1968 70.72
1969 71.09
1970 71.45
1971 71.46
1972 71.46
1973 72.11
1974 72.61
1975 73.37
1976 72.82
1977 73.32
1978 73.58
1979 73.67
1980 74.67
1981 75.32
1982 75.43
1983 75.28
1984 76.03
1985 76.43
1986 76.69
1987 76.88
1988 77.08
1989 77.03
1990 77.38
1991 77.88
1992 77.68
1993 78.03
1994 78.53
1995 78.68
1996 79.63
1997 80.13
1998 80.13
1999 80.38
2000 80.88
2001 81.42
2002 81.48
2003 81.33
2004 81.78
2005 81.58
2006 82.38
2007 82.38
2008 82.34
2009 82.72
2010 82.88

Life expectancy at birth, male (years)

The value for Life expectancy at birth, male (years) in Hong Kong SAR, China was 80.00 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 80.00 in 2010 and a minimum value of 63.41 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) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 63.41
1961 63.99
1962 64.55
1963 65.08
1964 65.57
1965 66.03
1966 66.46
1967 66.87
1968 67.27
1969 67.66
1970 68.05
1971 67.80
1972 67.70
1973 68.50
1974 69.10
1975 70.10
1976 69.60
1977 70.10
1978 70.60
1979 70.60
1980 71.60
1981 72.30
1982 72.60
1983 72.30
1984 73.20
1985 73.80
1986 74.10
1987 74.20
1988 74.40
1989 74.20
1990 74.60
1991 75.20
1992 74.80
1993 75.30
1994 75.70
1995 76.00
1996 76.70
1997 77.20
1998 77.40
1999 77.70
2000 78.00
2001 78.40
2002 78.60
2003 78.50
2004 79.00
2005 78.80
2006 79.40
2007 79.40
2008 79.33
2009 79.70
2010 80.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality