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Life expectancy at age 15 in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: Life expectancy at age 15 was 88.63 years in 2100. ▲ Rising

Latest (2100)
88.63 years
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
85th
of 236 countries
All-time high
88.63 years
in 2100
All-time low
43.61 years
in 1971
Years of data
151
1950–2100

Life expectancy at age 15 in Bangladesh, 1950–2100

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Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

The most recent figure for life expectancy at age 15 in Bangladesh is 88.63 years, measured in 2100. That is the highest value across all 151 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy at age 15 in Bangladesh peaked at 88.63 years in 2100 and was at its lowest, 43.61 years, in 1971.

Bangladesh ranks 85th of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 151 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1950s 61.47 years 60.33 years 62.62 years 10
1960s 64.08 years 62.75 years 65.35 years 10
1970s 64.04 years 43.61 years 67.37 years 10
1980s 67.29 years 66.85 years 67.47 years 10
1990s 66.99 years 65.43 years 68.39 years 10
2000s 70.54 years 68.86 years 71.94 years 10
2010s 73.81 years 72.24 years 75.48 years 10
2020s 76.57 years 73.61 years 77.84 years 10
2030s 78.86 years 78.02 years 79.7 years 10
2040s 80.73 years 79.89 years 81.54 years 10
2050s 82.48 years 81.71 years 83.24 years 10
2060s 84.09 years 83.4 years 84.77 years 10
2070s 85.55 years 84.92 years 86.16 years 10
2080s 86.85 years 86.29 years 87.39 years 10
2090s 88.02 years 87.5 years 88.52 years 10
2100s 88.63 years 88.63 years 88.63 years 1

Countries ranked near Bangladesh

  1. 82 Thailand 88.69 years compare
  2. 83 Guam 88.67 years compare
  3. 84 Peru 88.66 years compare
  4. 86 Antigua and Barbuda 88.58 years compare
  5. 87 Tunisia 88.49 years compare
  6. 88 Algeria 88.42 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy at age 15 in Bangladesh?
Life expectancy at age 15 in Bangladesh was 88.63 years in 2100, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Bangladesh?
The highest recorded value was 88.63 years in 2100.
What is the lowest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Bangladesh?
The lowest recorded value was 43.61 years in 1971.
How does Bangladesh rank for life expectancy at age 15?
Bangladesh ranks 85th out of 236 countries with data for 2100.
Is life expectancy at age 15 rising or falling in Bangladesh?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy at age 15. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

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