Life expectancy at birth, male in Cyprus
Cyprus: Life expectancy at birth, male was 79.84 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at birth, male in Cyprus, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2024, life expectancy at birth, male in Cyprus stood at 79.84 years. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, male in Cyprus peaked at 79.84 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 44.17 years, in 1974.
Cyprus ranks 35th of 215 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 61.59 years | 57.58 years | 64.52 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 64.88 years | 44.17 years | 69.6 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 71.75 years | 70.43 years | 73.24 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 74.13 years | 73.54 years | 75.08 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 76.64 years | 75.44 years | 77.88 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 78.98 years | 78.17 years | 79.39 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 78.99 years | 78.23 years | 79.84 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cyprus
More health data for Cyprus
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 7,192 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 6,607 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 6,943 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 6,542 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 482,348 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 7,703 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 6,970 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 7,082 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 6,557 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 68.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, male in Cyprus?
- Life expectancy at birth, male in Cyprus was 79.84 years in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division.
- What is the highest life expectancy at birth, male recorded in Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 79.84 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, male recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 44.17 years in 1974.
- How does Cyprus rank for life expectancy at birth, male?
- Cyprus ranks 35th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, male rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cyprus data come from?
- The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as part of Life expectancy at birth, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.