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Life expectancy in Bangladesh
1960 – 2024 · 65 data points
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section.updated Oct 22, 2026
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
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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
| Year | Bangladesh | Change | 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
2019 · Place 1 is the highest value.
| # | Territory | Life expectancy | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hong Kong SAR China | 85.2 | |
| 2 | Spain | 83.8 | |
| 3 | Italy | 83.5 | |
| 4 | South Korea | 83.2 | |
| 5 | Norway | 83.0 | |
| 6 | France | 82.8 | |
| 7 | Canada | 82.2 | |
| 8 | Netherlands | 82.1 | |
| 9 | Finland | 82.0 | |
| 10 | Greece | 81.6 | |
| 11 | United Kingdom | 81.4 | |
| 12 | Germany | 81.3 | |
| 13 | Chile | 80.3 | |
| 14 | Czechia | 79.2 | |
| 15 | United States | 78.8 | |
| 16 | Saudi Arabia | 78.3 | |
| 17 | Lebanon | 78.2 | |
| 18 | China | 77.9 | |
| 19 | Poland | 77.9 | |
| 20 | Türkiye | 77.7 | |
| 21 | Ecuador | 77.3 | |
| 22 | Argentina | 76.8 | |
| 23 | Colombia | 76.8 | |
| 24 | Lithuania | 76.3 | |
| 25 | Brazil | 75.8 | |
| 26 | Algeria | 75.7 | |
| 27 | Romania | 75.6 | |
| 28 | Bulgaria | 75.1 | |
| 29 | Mexico | 74.5 | |
| 30 | Russia | 73.1 | |
| 31 | Bangladesh | 72.6 | |
| 32 | Honduras | 72.1 | |
| 33 | Egypt | 71.2 | |
| 34 | India | 70.7 | |
| 35 | Indonesia | 70.3 | |
| 36 | Philippines | 69.7 | |
| 37 | Gabon | 67.3 | |
| 38 | Yemen | 66.6 | |
| 39 | Congo - Brazzaville | 63.2 | |
| 40 | Liberia | 61.2 | |
| 41 | Congo - Kinshasa | 60.2 | |
| 42 | Sierra Leone | 59.6 |
section.source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2019
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).
people
Bangladesh in numbers
Population
176M
2025
Population growth
1.22%
2025
Population density
1,333
2024
Median age
25.3
2023
Children under 15
27.6%
2025
Residents 65 and over
6.7%
2025
Births per woman
2.14
2024
Birth rate
20.0
2024
Infant mortality
24.4
2024
Net migration
-3.2
2023
Born abroad
1.7%
2024
Urban population
33.2%
2025