Climate, history & governance · OWID

Life expectancy (long-run)

Reaches back to the 1700s for some countries — well before the World Bank series starts.

Indicator ID

owid:life-expectancy-long-run

Unit

years

Source family

OWID

Source citation: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) — with major processing by Our World in Data

Compare Life expectancy (long-run) across countries · Rank countries by Life expectancy (long-run).

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