Life expectancy at age 15 in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Life expectancy at age 15 was 88.92 years in 2100. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at age 15 in Sri Lanka, 1950–2100
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 88.92 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 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at age 15 in Sri Lanka peaked at 88.92 years in 2100 and was at its lowest, 63.95 years, in 1950.
That places Sri Lanka 75th out of 236 countries with data for 2100, putting it 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 | 65.85 years | 63.95 years | 67.55 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 68.89 years | 67.87 years | 69.8 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 70.43 years | 69.68 years | 71.56 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 71.41 years | 69.73 years | 71.96 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 71.6 years | 71.08 years | 72.02 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 73.27 years | 71.2 years | 74.29 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 76.55 years | 75.45 years | 77.37 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 78.23 years | 76.89 years | 79.06 years | 10 |
| 2030s | 79.96 years | 79.22 years | 80.7 years | 10 |
| 2040s | 81.58 years | 80.86 years | 82.29 years | 10 |
| 2050s | 83.09 years | 82.43 years | 83.75 years | 10 |
| 2060s | 84.51 years | 83.89 years | 85.11 years | 10 |
| 2070s | 85.83 years | 85.24 years | 86.41 years | 10 |
| 2080s | 87.08 years | 86.54 years | 87.62 years | 10 |
| 2090s | 88.27 years | 87.74 years | 88.81 years | 10 |
| 2100s | 88.92 years | 88.92 years | 88.92 years | 1 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 72 Cuba 89.04 years compare
- 73 New Caledonia 88.98 years compare
- 74 Bosnia and Herzegovina 88.95 years compare
- 76 Slovakia 88.89 years compare
- 77 Turks and Caicos Islands 88.89 years compare
- 78 Northern Mariana Islands 88.88 years compare
More health data for Sri Lanka
- Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 181,659 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 177,423 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 180,317 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 175,626 (2025)
- Age dependency ratio, old 19.0% (2025)
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 180,386 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 174,432 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 173,052 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 169,476 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 176,459 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at age 15 in Sri Lanka?
- Life expectancy at age 15 in Sri Lanka was 88.92 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 Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 88.92 years in 2100.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.95 years in 1950.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for life expectancy at age 15?
- Sri Lanka ranks 75th out of 236 countries with data for 2100.
- Is life expectancy at age 15 rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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.