China vs Iran: Life expectancy at age 15

China

89.99 years

in 2100

Iran

89.52 years

in 2100

China rank

62nd

Iran rank

65th

Life expectancy at age 15 over time

China currently reports 89.99 years against 89.52 years in Iran, a difference of 0.462 years.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 151 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Iran ahead.

Globally, China ranks 62nd and Iran ranks 65th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Life expectancy at age 15
Unit: years
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 36,894 data points, 1751–2100
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

The total period life expectancy at age 15, in a given year.