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Life expectancy at birth
How long a newborn would live if current death rates stayed the same.
73.5
World · 2024
years
Long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.
deaths per 100 live births · annual
Values in deaths per 100 live births.
Exactly the columns a delivery carries.
| Date | Code | Series | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | OWID_WRL | World | 3.74 |
| 2024 | USA | United States | 0.65 |
| 2024 | CHN | China | 0.57 |
| 2024 | IND | India | 2.66 |
| 2024 | DEU | Germany | 0.37 |
| 2024 | GBR | United Kingdom | 0.47 |
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How long a newborn would live if current death rates stayed the same.
| 2024 |
| JPN |
| Japan |
| 0.24 |
| 2024 | BRA | Brazil | 1.42 |
| 2023 | OWID_WRL | World | 3.83 |
| 2023 | USA | United States | 0.65 |
| 2023 | CHN | China | 0.61 |
| 2023 | IND | India | 2.8 |
| 2023 | DEU | Germany | 0.37 |
| 2023 | GBR | United Kingdom | 0.46 |
| 2023 | JPN | Japan | 0.24 |
| 2023 | BRA | Brazil | 1.44 |
| 2022 | OWID_WRL | World | 4 |
| 2022 | USA | United States | 0.65 |
| 2022 | CHN | China | 0.66 |
| 2022 | IND | India | 2.95 |
| 2022 | DEU | Germany | 0.37 |
| 2022 | GBR | United Kingdom | 0.45 |
| 2022 | JPN | Japan | 0.24 |
| 2022 | BRA | Brazil | 1.46 |
| 2021 | OWID_WRL | World | 3.96 |
| 2021 | USA | United States | 0.65 |
| 2021 | CHN | China | 0.7 |
| 2021 | IND | India | 3.12 |
| 2021 | DEU | Germany | 0.37 |
| 2021 | GBR | United Kingdom | 0.44 |
| 2021 | JPN | Japan | 0.24 |
| 2021 | BRA | Brazil | 1.47 |
| 2020 | OWID_WRL | World | 3.92 |
| 2020 | USA | United States | 0.65 |
| 2020 | CHN | China | 0.75 |
| 2020 | IND | India | 3.3 |
| 2020 | DEU | Germany | 0.37 |
| 2020 | GBR | United Kingdom | 0.44 |
| 2020 | JPN | Japan | 0.24 |
| 2020 | BRA | Brazil | 1.49 |
| 2019 | OWID_WRL | World | 3.96 |
| 2019 | USA | United States | 0.65 |
| 2019 | CHN | China | 0.8 |
| 2019 | IND | India | 3.49 |
| 2019 | DEU | Germany | 0.37 |
| 2019 | GBR | United Kingdom | 0.44 |
| 2019 | JPN | Japan | 0.25 |
| 2019 | BRA | Brazil | 1.5 |
| 2018 | OWID_WRL | World | 4 |
| 2018 | USA | United States | 0.65 |
| 2018 | CHN | China | 0.86 |
| 2018 | IND | India | 3.69 |
| 2018 | DEU | Germany | 0.38 |
| 2018 | GBR | United Kingdom | 0.44 |
| 2018 | JPN | Japan | 0.25 |
| 2018 | BRA | Brazil | 1.52 |
| 2017 | OWID_WRL | World | 4.09 |
| 2017 | USA | United States | 0.66 |
| 2017 | CHN | China | 0.93 |
| 2017 | IND | India | 3.9 |
| 2017 | DEU | Germany | 0.38 |
| 2017 | GBR | United Kingdom | 0.44 |
| 2017 | JPN | Japan | 0.26 |
| 2017 | BRA | Brazil | 1.54 |
Source: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Via Our World in Data (https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/child-mortality).
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