Life expectancy: United Kingdom

81.3015 years in 2023, the latest year published. Figures for 242 years from 1543 to 2023 are below.

Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.

Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.

Every year

Year	Value (years)
2023	81.3015
2022	81.0744
2021	80.708
2020	80.3854
2019	81.4426
2018	81.1229
2017	81.164
2016	81.0675
2015	80.919
2014	81.1529
2013	80.9232
2012	80.8594
2011	80.7961
2010	80.3908
2009	80.1556
2008	79.6554
2007	79.5337
2006	79.3474
2005	79.1061
2004	78.8998
2003	78.3302
2002	78.237
2001	78.1208
2000	77.8491
1999	77.3728
1998	77.2745
1997	77.1389
1996	76.8719
1995	76.614
1994	76.7198
1993	76.1602
1992	76.3074
1991	75.9108
1990	75.7377
1989	75.3971
1988	75.2593
1987	75.147
1986	74.7948
1985	74.5362
1984	74.6741
1983	74.2927
1982	74.0388
1981	73.9162
1980	73.5906
1979	73.1607
1978	73.0429
1977	73.1111
1976	72.6341
1975	72.65
1974	72.376
1973	72.1846
1972	71.9882
1971	72.234
1970	71.8819
1969	71.6625
1968	71.6842
1967	72.0706
1966	71.4329
1965	71.5157
1964	71.5407
1963	70.7609
1962	70.8576
1961	70.7895
1960	71.0251
1959	70.8276
1958	70.7048
1957	70.5245
1956	70.4055
1955	70.1344
1954	70.1715
1953	69.8047
1952	69.5267
1951	68.2386
1950	68.631
1949	68.11
1948	68.37
1947	66.44
1946	66.24
1945	65.76
1944	64.8
1943	64.04
1942	63.98
1941	61.29
1940	60.9
1939	63.61
1938	63.23
1937	61.79
1936	61.75
1935	61.96
1934	61.3
1933	60.58
1932	60.52
1931	60
1930	60.77
1929	57.62
1928	59.91
1927	58.95
1926	59.56
1925	58.42
1924	58.07
1923	59.3
1922	57.02
1921	58.085
1920	57.255
1919	54.31
1918	47.275
1917	54.155
1916	54.24
1915	51.205
1914	53.21
1913	53.355
1912	54.31
1911	51.225
1910	53.255
1909	51.67
1908	51.02
1907	50.565
1906	49.595
1905	49.92
1904	48.145
1903	49.54
1902	48.355
1901	46.93
1900	45.62
1899	45.245
1898	46.14
1897	46.445
1896	47.07
1895	45.41
1894	48.275
1893	44.68
1892	45.59
1891	44.43
1890	44.12
1889	45.93
1888	46.28
1887	45.08
1886	44.585
1885	44.57
1884	43.635
1883	44.015
1882	43.985
1881	45.055
1880	42.975
1879	43.505
1878	42.04
1877	43.69
1876	42.665
1875	41.45
1874	42.105
1873	43.29
1872	42.72
1871	41.135
1870	40.605
1869	41.34
1868	41.7
1867	41.995
1866	40.085
1865	39.75
1864	39.585
1863	40.37
1862	42.13
1861	41.62
1860	41.945
1859	40.405
1858	39.545
1857	40.925
1856	42.47
1855	40.74
1854	39.48
1853	39.985
1852	40.41
1851	40.95
1850	42.77
1849	37.68
1848	39.89
1847	38.515
1846	40.15
1845	42.17
1844	41.24
1843	41.56
1842	40.995
1838	40.56
1833	40.89
1828	41.43
1823	40.47
1818	40.84
1813	41.25
1808	40.58
1803	40.02
1798	38.93
1793	37.92
1788	38.97
1783	35.81
1778	37.74
1773	39.09
1768	36.19
1763	35.37
1758	38.12
1753	39.77
1748	36.47
1743	34.27
1738	35.26
1733	36.34
1728	25.34
1723	35.49
1718	35.75
1713	36.89
1708	38.5
1703	38.47
1698	38.06
1693	36.35
1688	35.93
1683	31.27
1678	32.4
1673	37.41
1668	32.48
1663	33.27
1658	33.04
1653	39.14
1648	39.74
1643	36.32
1638	34.03
1633	39.72
1628	39.69
1623	33.39
1618	40.31
1613	36.79
1608	39.59
1603	38.53
1598	37.82
1593	38.05
1588	37.05
1583	42.7
1578	41.56
1573	41.06
1568	39.67
1563	36.66
1558	22.38
1553	39.59
1548	38.82
1543	33.94