Life expectancy at age 15 in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Life expectancy at age 15 was 74.45 years in 2100. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at age 15 in Sierra Leone, 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 Sierra Leone stood at 74.45 years. 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 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at age 15 in Sierra Leone peaked at 74.45 years in 2100 and was at its lowest, 56.67 years, in 1999.
Sierra Leone ranks 223rd 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 | 57.48 years | 57.09 years | 57.87 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 59.42 years | 58.09 years | 60.75 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 61.71 years | 60.83 years | 62.52 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 62.29 years | 61.7 years | 62.63 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 59.79 years | 56.67 years | 61.5 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 61.89 years | 60.24 years | 63.39 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 65.49 years | 63.54 years | 68.11 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 69.13 years | 67.88 years | 69.69 years | 10 |
| 2030s | 70.07 years | 69.76 years | 70.39 years | 10 |
| 2040s | 70.74 years | 70.45 years | 71.04 years | 10 |
| 2050s | 71.38 years | 71.1 years | 71.66 years | 10 |
| 2060s | 71.99 years | 71.72 years | 72.27 years | 10 |
| 2070s | 72.63 years | 72.34 years | 72.91 years | 10 |
| 2080s | 73.28 years | 72.98 years | 73.6 years | 10 |
| 2090s | 74.02 years | 73.68 years | 74.37 years | 10 |
| 2100s | 74.45 years | 74.45 years | 74.45 years | 1 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 220 Burundi 75.44 years compare
- 221 Niger 75.36 years compare
- 222 Eswatini 74.66 years compare
- 224 Democratic Republic of Congo 74.38 years compare
- 225 Cote d'Ivoire 73.99 years compare
- 226 Burkina Faso 73.98 years compare
More health data for Sierra Leone
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 108,953 (2025)
- Population, male 49.9% (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 110,875 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 2.61 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 3.32 million (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 112,634 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 109,298 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 110,907 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 107,509 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 105,381 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at age 15 in Sierra Leone?
- Life expectancy at age 15 in Sierra Leone was 74.45 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 Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 74.45 years in 2100.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 56.67 years in 1999.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for life expectancy at age 15?
- Sierra Leone ranks 223rd out of 236 countries with data for 2100.
- Is life expectancy at age 15 rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sierra Leone 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.