What is life expectancy at age 15 in Bulgaria?

Life expectancy at age 15 in Bulgaria was 86.68 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 Bulgaria?

The highest recorded value was 86.68 years in 2100.

What is the lowest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Bulgaria?

The lowest recorded value was 67.22 years in 1947.

How does Bulgaria rank for life expectancy at age 15?

Bulgaria ranks 123rd out of 236 countries with data for 2100.

Is life expectancy at age 15 rising or falling in Bulgaria?

Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Bulgaria 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.

Life expectancy at age 15 in Bulgaria

Name: Life expectancy at age 15 in Bulgaria
Creator: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Bulgaria: Life expectancy at age 15 was 86.68 years in 2100. ▲ Rising

Latest (2100)

86.68 years

Change on year

up 0.1%

World rank

123rd

of 236 countries

All-time high

86.68 years

in 2100

All-time low

67.22 years

in 1947

Years of data

154

1947–2100

Life expectancy at age 15 in Bulgaria, 1947–2100

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

Analysis

In 2100, life expectancy at age 15 in Bulgaria stood at 86.68 years. That is the highest value across all 154 years on record.

The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy at age 15 in Bulgaria peaked at 86.68 years in 2100 and was at its lowest, 67.22 years, in 1947.

Bulgaria ranks 123rd of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 154 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1940s	68.13 years	67.22 years	69.06 years	3
1950s	71.9 years	69.19 years	73.96 years	10
1960s	73.84 years	73.09 years	74.36 years	10
1970s	73.44 years	73.08 years	73.87 years	10
1980s	73.02 years	72.66 years	73.4 years	10
1990s	72.65 years	72.1 years	73.13 years	10
2000s	73.76 years	72.95 years	74.67 years	10
2010s	75.35 years	74.8 years	75.7 years	10
2020s	75.72 years	72 years	77.07 years	10
2030s	77.89 years	77.22 years	78.56 years	10
2040s	79.38 years	78.72 years	80.05 years	10
2050s	80.85 years	80.19 years	81.5 years	10
2060s	82.26 years	81.64 years	82.87 years	10
2070s	83.6 years	83.01 years	84.19 years	10
2080s	84.86 years	84.31 years	85.4 years	10
2090s	86.04 years	85.52 years	86.57 years	10
2100s	86.68 years	86.68 years	86.68 years	1

Countries ranked near Bulgaria

120 Brunei 86.82 years compare
121 Libya 86.76 years compare
122 Latvia 86.68 years compare
124 Vietnam 86.64 years compare
125 Tokelau 86.62 years compare
126 Morocco 86.58 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More health data for Bulgaria

Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 34,885 (2025)
Population ages 65 and above, total 1.43 million (2025)
Population ages 65 and above 22.2% (2025)
Population ages 15-64, total 4.08 million (2025)
Population ages 15-64, male 66.4% (2025)
Population ages 15-64, male 2.07 million (2025)
Population ages 15-64, female 60.5% (2025)
Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 35,427 (2025)
Population ages 15-64, female 2.01 million (2025)
Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 33,230 (2025)

All data for Bulgaria →

Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy at age 15 in Bulgaria?: Life expectancy at age 15 in Bulgaria was 86.68 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 Bulgaria?: The highest recorded value was 86.68 years in 2100.
What is the lowest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Bulgaria?: The lowest recorded value was 67.22 years in 1947.
How does Bulgaria rank for life expectancy at age 15?: Bulgaria ranks 123rd out of 236 countries with data for 2100.
Is life expectancy at age 15 rising or falling in Bulgaria?: Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Bulgaria 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
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

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