Life expectancy at age 15 in Syria
Syria: Life expectancy at age 15 was 84.4 years in 2100. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at age 15 in Syria, 1950–2100
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
Syria recorded 84.4 years for life expectancy at age 15 in 2100. That is the highest value across all 151 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at age 15 in Syria peaked at 84.4 years in 2100 and was at its lowest, 60.78 years, in 1950.
That places Syria 147th 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 | 62.53 years | 60.78 years | 64.45 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 66.49 years | 64.89 years | 68.07 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 69.79 years | 67.4 years | 71.22 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 71.12 years | 66.37 years | 72.61 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 72.73 years | 72.44 years | 73.01 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 74.25 years | 72.89 years | 75.16 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 70.19 years | 66.44 years | 75.21 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 74.74 years | 73.84 years | 75.47 years | 10 |
| 2030s | 76.11 years | 75.59 years | 76.65 years | 10 |
| 2040s | 77.32 years | 76.77 years | 77.86 years | 10 |
| 2050s | 78.55 years | 77.97 years | 79.12 years | 10 |
| 2060s | 79.84 years | 79.24 years | 80.43 years | 10 |
| 2070s | 81.17 years | 80.56 years | 81.78 years | 10 |
| 2080s | 82.49 years | 81.91 years | 83.06 years | 10 |
| 2090s | 83.74 years | 83.18 years | 84.29 years | 10 |
| 2100s | 84.4 years | 84.4 years | 84.4 years | 1 |
Countries ranked near Syria
- 144 Venezuela 84.57 years compare
- 145 Trinidad and Tobago 84.53 years compare
- 146 North Korea 84.43 years compare
- 148 Saint Lucia 84.17 years compare
- 149 Dominican Republic 84.08 years compare
- 149 Nepal 84.08 years compare
More health data for Syria
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 296,332 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, total 1.24 million (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total 17.09 million (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 287,617 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 66.6% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 8.55 million (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 66.8% (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above 4.8% (2025)
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 274,192 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 8.55 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at age 15 in Syria?
- Life expectancy at age 15 in Syria was 84.4 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 Syria?
- The highest recorded value was 84.4 years in 2100.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Syria?
- The lowest recorded value was 60.78 years in 1950.
- How does Syria rank for life expectancy at age 15?
- Syria ranks 147th out of 236 countries with data for 2100.
- Is life expectancy at age 15 rising or falling in Syria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Syria 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.