Life expectancy at age 15 in Colombia
Colombia: Life expectancy at age 15 was 89.11 years in 2100. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at age 15 in Colombia, 1950–2100
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 Colombia stood at 89.11 years. That is the highest value across all 151 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at age 15 in Colombia peaked at 89.11 years in 2100 and was at its lowest, 61.74 years, in 1950.
Colombia ranks 69th 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 63.78 years | 61.74 years | 66.23 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 67.74 years | 66.63 years | 68.67 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 69.95 years | 68.86 years | 71 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 71.44 years | 69.52 years | 72.06 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 72.21 years | 71.43 years | 73.16 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 74.67 years | 73.05 years | 76.18 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 77.39 years | 76.5 years | 78.06 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 78.26 years | 73.84 years | 79.78 years | 10 |
| 2030s | 80.64 years | 79.93 years | 81.34 years | 10 |
| 2040s | 82.17 years | 81.49 years | 82.84 years | 10 |
| 2050s | 83.63 years | 82.98 years | 84.26 years | 10 |
| 2060s | 84.99 years | 84.39 years | 85.58 years | 10 |
| 2070s | 86.25 years | 85.69 years | 86.79 years | 10 |
| 2080s | 87.43 years | 86.91 years | 87.94 years | 10 |
| 2090s | 88.53 years | 88.05 years | 89.01 years | 10 |
| 2100s | 89.11 years | 89.11 years | 89.11 years | 1 |
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- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 354,166 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 376,697 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 361,302 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 371,494 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 356,348 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 369,195 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, total 5.45 million (2025)
- Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 362,241 (2025)
- Age population, age 09, male, interpolated 355,775 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 347,595 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at age 15 in Colombia?
- Life expectancy at age 15 in Colombia was 89.11 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 Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 89.11 years in 2100.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 61.74 years in 1950.
- How does Colombia rank for life expectancy at age 15?
- Colombia ranks 69th out of 236 countries with data for 2100.
- Is life expectancy at age 15 rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Colombia 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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The total period life expectancy at age 15, in a given year.