United States - Life expectancy at birth 2020

Life expectancy in United States is reduced to 76.98 years

In 2020 the life expectancy in United States decreased to 76.98 years.

That year, the life expectancy for women was 79.9 years and for men 74.2 years.

United States’s position worsened with respect to the 194 countries we publish said data, dropping from the 46th in 2019 to 52th in 2020.

If we look at the change in life expectancy in United States over the past several years, we find that it is lower than in 2019, when it was 78.79 years, which is the same of what happens compared to 2010, when it was 78.54 years.

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

United States - Life expectancy at birth

Date	Life expectancy - Women	Life expectancy - Men	Life expectancy
2020	79.90	74.20	76.98
2019	81.40	76.30	78.79
2018	81.20	76.20	78.64
2017	81.10	76.10	78.54
2016	81.10	76.10	78.54
2015	81.20	76.30	78.69
2014	81.30	76.50	78.84
2013	81.20	76.40	78.74
2012	81.20	76.40	78.74
2011	81.10	76.30	78.64
2010	81.00	76.20	78.54
2009	80.90	76.00	78.39
2008	80.60	75.60	78.04
2007	80.60	75.50	77.99
2006	80.30	75.20	77.69
2005	80.10	75.00	77.49
2004	80.10	75.00	77.49
2003	79.70	74.50	77.04
2002	79.60	74.40	76.94
2001	79.50	74.30	76.84
2000	79.30	74.10	76.64
1999	79.40	73.90	76.58
1998	79.50	73.80	76.58
1997	79.40	73.60	76.43
1996	79.10	73.10	76.03
1995	78.90	72.50	75.62
1994	79.00	72.40	75.62
1993	78.80	72.20	75.42
1992	79.10	72.30	75.62
1991	78.90	72.00	75.37
1990	78.80	71.80	75.21
1989	78.50	71.70	75.02
1988	78.30	71.40	74.77
1987	78.30	71.40	74.77
1986	78.20	71.20	74.61
1985	78.20	71.10	74.56
1984	78.20	71.10	74.56
1983	78.10	71.00	74.46
1982	78.10	70.80	74.36
1981	77.80	70.40	74.01
1980	77.40	70.00	73.61
1979	77.80	70.00	73.80
1978	77.30	69.60	73.36
1977	77.20	69.50	73.26
1976	76.80	69.10	72.86
1975	76.60	68.80	72.60
1974	75.90	68.20	71.96
1973	75.30	67.60	71.36
1972	75.10	67.40	71.16
1971	75.00	67.40	71.11
1970	74.70	67.10	70.81
1969	74.40	66.80	70.51
1968	74.10	66.00	69.95
1967	74.30	67.00	70.56
1966	73.90	66.70	70.21
1965	73.80	66.80	70.21
1964	73.70	66.80	70.17
1963	73.40	66.60	69.92
1962	73.50	66.90	70.12
1961	73.60	67.10	70.27
1960	73.10	66.60	69.77

United States - Life expectancy at birth