China: life expectancy of women 1960-2050

The graph shows the life expectancy of women in China from 1960 to 2020 with forecasts until 2050. In 2020, the average life expectancy of women at birth in China was about 79.41 years.

Life expectancy of women at birth in China from 1960 to 2020 with forecasts until 2050 (in years)

Characteristic	Life expectancy at birth in years
2050*	83.45
2045*	82.83
2040*	82.18
2035*	81.51
2030*	80.83
2025*	80.11
2020	79.41
2019	79.24
2018	79.05
2017	78.83
2016	78.57
2015	78.29
2014	77.97
2013	77.64
2012	77.28
2011	76.93
2010	76.57
2009	76.21
2008	75.86
2007	75.51
2006	75.17
2005	74.85
2004	74.54
2003	74.24
2002	73.95
2001	73.67
2000	73.41
1999	73.14
1998	72.88
1997	72.62
1996	72.36
1995	72.1
1994	71.86
1993	71.63
1992	71.41
1991	71.2
1990	71
1989	70.82
1988	70.64
1987	70.45
1986	70.25
1985	70.02
1984	69.77
1983	69.47
1982	69.13
1981	68.74
1980	68.3
1979	67.8
1978	67.26
1977	66.66
1976	66.02
1975	65.32
1974	64.58
1973	63.8
1972	62.96
1971	62.02
1970	60.9
1969	59.48
1968	57.75
1967	55.73
1966	53.51
1965	51.26
1964	49.19
1963	47.49
1962	46.24
1961	45.5
1960	45.19

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Release date

April 2022

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Region

China

Survey time period

1960 to 2020

Supplementary notes

* Estimate.

Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.

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