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Life expectancy of China goes up to 78.21 years

In 2021 the life expectancy in China increased to 78.21 years.

That year, the life expectancy for women was 81.16 years and for men 75.46 years.

China’s position improvened with respect to the 194 countries we publish life expectancy, dropping from the 44th in 2020 to 41th in 2021.

If we look at the change in life expectancy in China over the past several years, we find that it is higher than in 2020, when it was 78.08 years, which is the same of what happens compared to 2011, when it was 75.9 years.

In this page we show you the progression of the life expectancy in China. You can see the life expectancy in other countries in life expectancy and see all the information about China in Chinese economy.

China - Life expectancy at birth
DateLife expectancy - WomenLife expectancy - MenLife expectancy
202181.1675.4678.21
202081.0675.3178.08
201980.8275.3077.97
201880.6475.0577.74
201780.3274.4377.25
201680.0574.5877.22
201579.7774.3876.98
201479.5074.1376.72
201379.2273.8876.45
201278.9873.6176.19
201178.6473.3775.90
201078.3373.0875.60
200978.0772.8375.34
200877.5672.3974.87
200777.4972.2574.76
200677.1772.0474.50
200576.8271.6274.11
200476.4371.2873.75
200376.0470.9173.37
200275.6470.5472.99
200175.2670.1672.61
200074.1969.7271.88
199973.5869.3871.42
199873.5968.9271.17
199772.9268.5670.67
199672.5068.1570.27
199572.3167.8370.01
199471.7467.4169.52
199371.5567.0169.22
199270.9766.6168.73
199170.3366.1068.17
199070.4265.7168.01
198970.3365.4867.84
198870.0965.2067.58
198769.8064.9167.29
198669.4164.6566.97
198569.0664.3466.64
198468.6964.0266.30
198368.2963.6265.90
198267.8163.2165.46
198167.3162.7464.98
198066.7262.2164.42
197966.1361.6863.87
197865.4661.0563.22
197764.7560.4062.54
197663.9759.6961.80
197563.0858.8260.92
197462.2858.1260.17
197361.3857.4559.39
197260.3756.5358.42
197159.4955.7057.57
197058.6254.6956.61
196957.7753.8055.74
196857.1253.1155.06
196756.4752.3754.35
196655.7951.6453.64
196555.1450.8752.91
196454.3450.1652.16
196353.6149.4151.41
196253.0448.8150.82
196142.1538.9840.47
196034.6232.1133.28
China - Life expectancy at birth
China - Life expectancy at birth