World Mortality 2019 - United Nations

World Mortality 2019

Data Booklet

World Mortality 2019: Data Booklet

Worldwide, life expectancy at birth ? a measure of the age to which a newborn would live if subject to current mortality patterns for its lifetime - reached 73 years in 2019. Increase in life expectancy around the world in recent decades reflects the success of human development. Yet differences exist in mortality levels, age patterns, and trends between countries and regions. Understanding the socioeconomic implications of the diverse mortality levels and age patterns and potential future trends is critical for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Sustainable Development Goal 3, "Global Health and Well-Being", comprises targets that contribute directly to rising life expectancy. However, all Sustainable Development Goals are interrelated and progress towards each of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals contributes to longer and healthier lives by improving living conditions for all. This data booklet presents selected findings drawn from the latest mortality estimates and projections as published in World Population Prospects 2019. All information is available at .

Suggested citation: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2019). World Mortality 2019: Data Booklet (ST/ ESA/SER.A/436).

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Life expectancy at birth reached unprecedented high levels, but significant differences persist across regions

Life expectancy at birth (years), 2019

Figure 1. Life expectancy at birth (both sexes) and percentage of the world's population by-region, 2019

85 Australia and New Zealand, less than 1%

80

Eastern and South-Eastern Asia, 30%

75

Europe and Northern America, 14%

Latin America and the Caribbean, 8%

Northern Africa and Western Asia, 7%

70

Oceania (excluding Australia

Central and Southern Asia,

and New Zealand), less than

26%

1%

65

Sub-Saharan Africa, 14%

60

Note: bubble size is proportional to the size of the population in each region

55

Data source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2019). World Population Prospects 2019.

Life expectancy at birth has increased worldwide. In 2019, the average life expectancy at birth in sub-Saharan Africa, where 14 per cent of the world's population lives, was 61 years, the lowest. It was followed by Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) with 67 years and less than 1 per cent of the world's population. The average life expectancies for the other six regions, where 86 per cent of world's population lived, vary between 70 and 83 years. Across regions, the highest life expectancy at birth is 83 years in Australia and New Zealand, where less than 1 per cent of the world's population lives, followed by Europe and Northern America with 79 years and 14 per cent, Eastern and South-Eastern Asia with 77 years and 30 per cent, Latin America and the Caribbean with 75 years and 8 per cent, Northern Africa and Western Asia with 74 years and 7 per cent, and Central and Southern Asia with 70 years and 26 per cent.

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World Mortality 2019: Data Booklet

Average life expectancy at birth for the world was 64.2 years in 1990

Figure 2. Life expectancy at birth (both sexes), 1990

Life expectancy at birth 80 to 84 75 to 79 70 to 74 65 to 69 60 to 64 55 to 59 50 to 54 45 to 49 34 to 44 No data

Data source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2019). World Population Prospects 2019 .

The designations employed and the presentation of material on this map do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Dotted line represents approximately the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir agreed upon by India and Pakistan. The final status of Jammu and Kashmir has not yet been agreed upon by the parties. Final boundary between the Republic of Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan has not yet been determined. A dispute exists between the Governments of Argentina and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Malvinas). Countries or areas with 90,000 inhabitants or more in 2019, but surface area less than 30,000 km2 are displayed with circles coloured according to their statistical values.

In 1990, the average life expectancy at birth for the world was about 64 years. Life expectancy at birth was below 60 years in 55 countries (in orange to red on the map), between 60 and 69 years in 64 countries (yellow to light blue), and 70 years or higher in 82 countries (medium to dark blue). Most countries with the lowest life expectancy were in sub-Saharan Africa and no country had yet reached a life expectancy at birth above 80 years in 1990 (darkest blue).

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Average life expectancy at birth for the world reached 72.6 years in 2019

Figure 3. Life expectancy at birth (both sexes), 2019

Life expectancy at birth 80 to 84 75 to 79 70 to 74 65 to 69 60 to 64 55 to 59 50 to 54 45 to 49 34 to 44 No data

Data source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2019). World Population Prospects 2019 .

The designations employed and the presentation of material on this map do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Dotted line represents approximately the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir agreed upon by India and Pakistan. The final status of Jammu and Kashmir has not yet been agreed upon by the parties. Final boundary between the Republic of Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan has not yet been determined. A dispute exists between the Governments of Argentina and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Malvinas). Countries or areas with 90,000 inhabitants or more in 2019, but surface area less than 30,000 km2 are displayed with circles coloured according to their statistical values.

In 2019, the average life expectancy at birth for the world had risen to more than 72 years. Life expectancy at birth was below 60 years in only 21 countries (in light and medium orange on the map), between 60 and 69 years in 49 countries (yellow to light blue), between 70 and 79 years in 97 countries (medium to dark blue), and 80 years or higher in 34 countries (darkest blue). No country had a life expectancy at birth below 50 years any more.

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