# Life expectancy: USSR

36.4 years in 1913, the latest year published. Figures for 2 years from 1900 to 1913 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](/sources/life-expectancy) · [All countries and regions](/life-expectancy).

## Every year

| Year | Value (years) |
| ---: | ---: |
| 1913 | 36.4 |
| 1900 | 29 |

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