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Life expectancy at age 15 in United Kingdom

United Kingdom: Life expectancy at age 15 was 90.68 years in 2100. ▲ Rising

Latest (2100)
90.68 years
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
55th
of 236 countries
All-time high
90.68 years
in 2100
All-time low
66.02 years
in 1922
Years of data
179
1922–2100

Life expectancy at age 15 in United Kingdom, 1922–2100

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Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

The most recent figure for life expectancy at age 15 in United Kingdom is 90.68 years, measured in 2100. That is the highest value across all 179 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy at age 15 in United Kingdom peaked at 90.68 years in 2100 and was at its lowest, 66.02 years, in 1922.

That places United Kingdom 55th out of 236 countries with data for 2100, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 179 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1920s 66.86 years 66.02 years 67.53 years 8
1930s 68.15 years 67.39 years 69.14 years 10
1940s 69.76 years 66.94 years 71.72 years 10
1950s 72.37 years 71.09 years 72.99 years 10
1960s 73.3 years 72.83 years 73.89 years 10
1970s 74.06 years 73.65 years 74.48 years 10
1980s 75.59 years 74.82 years 76.29 years 10
1990s 77.3 years 76.58 years 77.99 years 10
2000s 79.48 years 78.44 years 80.66 years 10
2010s 81.42 years 80.87 years 81.86 years 10
2020s 81.83 years 80.77 years 82.55 years 10
2030s 83.31 years 82.7 years 83.9 years 10
2040s 84.61 years 84.05 years 85.16 years 10
2050s 85.83 years 85.29 years 86.36 years 10
2060s 86.97 years 86.47 years 87.45 years 10
2070s 88.04 years 87.56 years 88.53 years 10
2080s 89.09 years 88.63 years 89.55 years 10
2090s 90.12 years 89.65 years 90.58 years 10
2100s 90.68 years 90.68 years 90.68 years 1

Countries ranked near United Kingdom

  1. 52 Cayman Islands 90.81 years compare
  2. 53 Kuwait 90.73 years compare
  3. 54 Bahrain 90.68 years compare
  4. 56 Oman 90.61 years compare
  5. 57 Saudi Arabia 90.49 years compare
  6. 58 Panama 90.38 years compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy at age 15 in United Kingdom?
Life expectancy at age 15 in United Kingdom was 90.68 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 United Kingdom?
The highest recorded value was 90.68 years in 2100.
What is the lowest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in United Kingdom?
The lowest recorded value was 66.02 years in 1922.
How does United Kingdom rank for life expectancy at age 15?
United Kingdom ranks 55th out of 236 countries with data for 2100.
Is life expectancy at age 15 rising or falling in United Kingdom?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this United Kingdom 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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About this data

Indicator
Life expectancy at age 15
Unit
years
Source
Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 36,894 data points, 1751–2100
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The total period life expectancy at age 15, in a given year.