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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

2015 · 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
42 Sierra Leone 55.5
41 Congo - Kinshasa 58.7
40 Liberia 59.2
39 Congo - Brazzaville 63.7
38 Gabon 66.3
37 Yemen 66.8
36 India 69.3
35 Philippines 69.4
34 Indonesia 69.5
33 Egypt 70.1
32 Bangladesh 70.5
31 Russia 71.2
30 Honduras 71.3
29 Lithuania 74.3
28 Mexico 74.4
27 Bulgaria 74.6
26 Romania 74.9
25 Brazil 75.1
24 Algeria 75.2
23 Colombia 76.1
22 Ecuador 76.2
21 Türkiye 76.5
20 Argentina 76.6
19 China 77.0
18 Poland 77.5
17 Saudi Arabia 77.8
16 Lebanon 78.3
15 Czechia 78.6
14 United States 78.7
13 Chile 80.0
12 Germany 80.6
11 United Kingdom 81.0
10 Greece 81.0
9 Finland 81.5
8 Netherlands 81.5
7 Canada 81.8
6 South Korea 82.0
5 Norway 82.3
4 France 82.3
3 Italy 82.5
2 Spain 82.8
1 Hong Kong SAR China 84.3

section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2015

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).