Life expectancy at age 15 in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Life expectancy at age 15 was 75.89 years in 2100. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at age 15 in Papua New Guinea, 1950–2100
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 75.89 years for life expectancy at age 15 in 2100. That is the highest value across all 151 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at age 15 in Papua New Guinea peaked at 75.89 years in 2100 and was at its lowest, 53.13 years, in 1951.
Papua New Guinea ranks 215th of 236 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 151 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 57.33 years | 53.13 years | 58.94 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 60.56 years | 59.26 years | 62.02 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 63.69 years | 62.35 years | 65 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 65.77 years | 65.23 years | 66.15 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 66.69 years | 66.22 years | 67.12 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 67.1 years | 66.94 years | 67.46 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 68.39 years | 67.64 years | 68.97 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 69.2 years | 67.71 years | 69.84 years | 10 |
| 2030s | 70.29 years | 69.92 years | 70.63 years | 10 |
| 2040s | 71.02 years | 70.7 years | 71.34 years | 10 |
| 2050s | 71.73 years | 71.41 years | 72.07 years | 10 |
| 2060s | 72.49 years | 72.14 years | 72.86 years | 10 |
| 2070s | 73.33 years | 72.94 years | 73.73 years | 10 |
| 2080s | 74.26 years | 73.82 years | 74.72 years | 10 |
| 2090s | 75.3 years | 74.83 years | 75.77 years | 10 |
| 2100s | 75.89 years | 75.89 years | 75.89 years | 1 |
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More health data for Papua New Guinea
- Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 112,504 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, total 386,177 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male 3.6% (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male 197,353 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 100,649 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 114,219 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 115,982 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 104,162 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 111,034 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 102,269 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at age 15 in Papua New Guinea?
- Life expectancy at age 15 in Papua New Guinea was 75.89 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 Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 75.89 years in 2100.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 53.13 years in 1951.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for life expectancy at age 15?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 215th out of 236 countries with data for 2100.
- Is life expectancy at age 15 rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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.