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Life expectancy in Bangladesh

1960 – 2024 · 65 data points section.rank · Countries section.updated Oct 22, 2026
people · Bangladesh

section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1960 – 2024

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Latest value · 2024 74.9years +0.3 section.change_since
Countries · 2024 section.rank Place 1 is the highest value.
section.change_since +4.9
vs section.levels.world +1.4 section.levels.world: 73.5 · 2024
Life expectancy, 1960 – 2024 years · Bangladesh · section.levels.world
+4.9 section.change_since
Bangladesh section.levels.world

section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1960 – 2024

section.compare Life expectancy · years
Bangladesh
74.9
section.levels.world
73.5

section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Bangladesh · 1960 – 2024
Latest value 74.9 · 2024
First value 44.0 · 1960
Highest 74.9 · 2024
Lowest 26.5 · 1971
Data points 65

By year

section.all_years · 1960 – 2024

YearBangladeshChange section.levels.world
2024 74.9 +0.3 73.5
2023 74.7 +0.4 73.3
2022 74.3 +3.2 73.0
2021 71.1 −0.3 71.2
2020 71.4 −1.2 72.2
2019 72.6 +0.5 72.9
2018 72.1 +0.5 72.6
2017 71.6 +0.5 72.4
2016 71.1 +0.5 72.2
2015 70.5 +0.5 72.0
2014 70.0 +0.5 71.8
2013 69.5 +0.5 71.5
2012 69.0 +0.5 71.3
2011 68.5 +0.5 71.0
2010 68.0 +0.5 70.7
2009 67.5 +0.5 70.4
2008 67.0 +0.6 70.0
2007 66.5 +0.4 69.8
2006 66.0 +0.5 69.5
2005 65.5 +0.6 69.1
2004 64.9 +0.6 68.8
2003 64.3 +0.7 68.5
2002 63.6 +0.8 68.2
2001 62.8 +0.8 67.9
2000 62.0 +0.8 67.7
1999 61.2 +0.8 67.3
1998 60.4 +0.8 67.1
1997 59.7 +0.7 66.8
1996 58.9 +0.7 66.5
1995 58.2 +0.6 66.2
1994 57.6 +0.6 66.0
1993 57.1 +0.5 65.7
1992 56.6 +2.8 65.5
1991 53.8 −2.0 65.3
1990 55.8 +0.3 65.1
1989 55.5 +0.3 65.0
1988 55.2 +0.3 64.7
1987 54.9 +0.3 64.5
1986 54.6 +0.7 64.1
1985 53.9 +0.1 63.7
1984 53.8 +0.4 63.4
1983 53.4 +0.4 63.1
1982 53.0 +0.4 62.9
1981 52.6 +0.4 62.5
1980 52.3 +0.3 62.2
1979 52.0 +0.4 61.8
1978 51.6 +0.3 61.4
1977 51.3 +0.3 61.0
1976 51.0 +0.3 60.5
1975 50.6 +1.0 60.1
1974 49.6 −0.3 59.7
1973 49.9 +0.3 59.3
1972 49.6 +23.1 58.8
1971 26.5 −16.1 58.0
1970 42.7 −6.0 57.9
1969 48.7 +0.3 57.7
1968 48.4 +0.3 57.3
1967 48.1 +0.4 56.9
1966 47.6 +1.6 56.4
1965 46.0 −0.7 55.9
1964 46.8 +1.0 56.1
1963 45.7 −0.0 55.7
1962 45.8 +0.9 55.3
1961 44.9 +0.9 52.8
1960 44.0 50.9

section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1960 – 2024

Ranking · Countries

2014 · Place 1 is the highest value.

Year: 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryLife expectancy
24 Algeria 75.0
21 Argentina 76.3
32 Bangladesh 70.0
26 Brazil 74.8
28 Bulgaria 74.5
6 Canada 81.8
13 Chile 79.7
19 China 76.7
23 Colombia 76.0
39 Congo - Brazzaville 63.3
41 Congo - Kinshasa 58.2
15 Czechia 78.8
22 Ecuador 76.1
33 Egypt 69.9
11 Finland 81.2
4 France 82.7
38 Gabon 66.1
12 Germany 81.1
9 Greece 81.4
30 Honduras 71.0
1 Hong Kong SAR China 83.9
36 India 68.9
35 Indonesia 69.3
3 Italy 83.1
16 Lebanon 78.1
40 Liberia 59.2
27 Lithuania 74.5
29 Mexico 74.4
8 Netherlands 81.7
5 Norway 82.1
34 Philippines 69.3
17 Poland 77.6
25 Romania 74.9
31 Russia 70.7
18 Saudi Arabia 77.1
42 Sierra Leone 54.3
7 South Korea 81.7
2 Spain 83.2
20 Türkiye 76.5
10 United Kingdom 81.3
14 United States 78.8
37 Yemen 68.0

section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2014

section.what

How long a newborn would live on average if today's death rates stayed the same.

section.how

Calculated from deaths by age in the year and the population of each age (a life table).