Life expectancy at age 15 in Finland
Finland: Life expectancy at age 15 was 91.32 years in 2100. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at age 15 in Finland, 1878–2100
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 Finland stood at 91.32 years. That is the highest value across all 223 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 Finland peaked at 91.32 years in 2100 and was at its lowest, 44.09 years, in 1918.
That places Finland 41st out of 236 countries with data for 2100, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 223 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 60.95 years | 60.14 years | 61.75 years | 2 |
| 1880s | 60.98 years | 59.19 years | 61.59 years | 10 |
| 1890s | 61.74 years | 60.17 years | 63.15 years | 10 |
| 1900s | 61.8 years | 61.19 years | 62.39 years | 10 |
| 1910s | 59.56 years | 44.09 years | 62.61 years | 10 |
| 1920s | 62.08 years | 60.56 years | 63.08 years | 10 |
| 1930s | 63.47 years | 61.76 years | 64.65 years | 10 |
| 1940s | 61.3 years | 51.99 years | 66.91 years | 10 |
| 1950s | 70.01 years | 68.13 years | 71.16 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 71.09 years | 70.72 years | 71.4 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 72.82 years | 71.51 years | 74.21 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 75.2 years | 74.46 years | 75.64 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 76.9 years | 75.63 years | 77.91 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 79.25 years | 78.1 years | 80.15 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 81.32 years | 80.31 years | 82.13 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 82.4 years | 81.58 years | 83.08 years | 10 |
| 2030s | 83.85 years | 83.23 years | 84.45 years | 10 |
| 2040s | 85.13 years | 84.58 years | 85.66 years | 10 |
| 2050s | 86.31 years | 85.78 years | 86.83 years | 10 |
| 2060s | 87.47 years | 86.96 years | 87.97 years | 10 |
| 2070s | 88.58 years | 88.08 years | 89.08 years | 10 |
| 2080s | 89.67 years | 89.18 years | 90.14 years | 10 |
| 2090s | 90.74 years | 90.26 years | 91.22 years | 10 |
| 2100s | 91.32 years | 91.32 years | 91.32 years | 1 |
Countries ranked near Finland
- 38 Chile 91.43 years compare
- 39 Martinique 91.36 years compare
- 40 Costa Rica 91.34 years compare
- 42 Luxembourg 91.25 years compare
- 43 Denmark 91.2 years compare
- 44 Puerto Rico 91.19 years compare
More health data for Finland
- Age population, age 09, female, interpolated 28,070 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 29,994 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 30,641 (2025)
- Population, male 49.4% (2025)
- Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 29,215 (2025)
- Age population, age 09, male, interpolated 29,312 (2025)
- Population, female 50.6% (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 26,519 (2025)
- Age dependency ratio, young 23.3% (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 31,514 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at age 15 in Finland?
- Life expectancy at age 15 in Finland was 91.32 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 Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 91.32 years in 2100.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 44.09 years in 1918.
- How does Finland rank for life expectancy at age 15?
- Finland ranks 41st out of 236 countries with data for 2100.
- Is life expectancy at age 15 rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Finland 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.