Life expectancy at age 15 in Vietnam
Vietnam: Life expectancy at age 15 was 86.64 years in 2100. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at age 15 in Vietnam, 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 Vietnam stood at 86.64 years. That is the highest value across all 151 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at age 15 in Vietnam peaked at 86.64 years in 2100 and was at its lowest, 59.66 years, in 1950.
Vietnam ranks 124th of 236 countries on this measure, 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 | 63.23 years | 59.66 years | 66.34 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 65.1 years | 61.6 years | 66.83 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 66.6 years | 60.9 years | 71 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 72.37 years | 71.23 years | 73.41 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 74.32 years | 73.45 years | 75.49 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 75.71 years | 75.55 years | 75.83 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 76.09 years | 75.89 years | 76.3 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 76.87 years | 76.18 years | 77.48 years | 10 |
| 2030s | 77.97 years | 77.4 years | 78.56 years | 10 |
| 2040s | 79.29 years | 78.7 years | 79.9 years | 10 |
| 2050s | 80.67 years | 80.04 years | 81.3 years | 10 |
| 2060s | 82.05 years | 81.44 years | 82.65 years | 10 |
| 2070s | 83.39 years | 82.78 years | 84 years | 10 |
| 2080s | 84.71 years | 84.13 years | 85.28 years | 10 |
| 2090s | 85.95 years | 85.39 years | 86.52 years | 10 |
| 2100s | 86.64 years | 86.64 years | 86.64 years | 1 |
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More health data for Vietnam
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 805,636 (2025)
- Population, male 49.0% (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 697,877 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 34.75 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 23.22 million (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 757,510 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 727,555 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 771,612 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 763,341 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 889,440 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at age 15 in Vietnam?
- Life expectancy at age 15 in Vietnam was 86.64 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 Vietnam?
- The highest recorded value was 86.64 years in 2100.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Vietnam?
- The lowest recorded value was 59.66 years in 1950.
- How does Vietnam rank for life expectancy at age 15?
- Vietnam ranks 124th out of 236 countries with data for 2100.
- Is life expectancy at age 15 rising or falling in Vietnam?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Vietnam 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.