Life expectancy at birth, male in Palau
Palau: Life expectancy at birth, male was 67.25 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at birth, male in Palau, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Measured in years.
Analysis
Palau recorded 67.25 years for life expectancy at birth, male in 2024. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, male in Palau peaked at 67.25 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 50.72 years, in 1960.
That places Palau 150th out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 51.71 years | 50.72 years | 52.92 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 55.25 years | 53.34 years | 56.91 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 57.69 years | 57.13 years | 58.07 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 59.27 years | 58.21 years | 60.68 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 62.77 years | 61.01 years | 64.83 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 65.98 years | 65.21 years | 66.45 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 66.7 years | 66.09 years | 67.25 years | 5 |
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More health data for Palau
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 99 (2025)
- Population, female 8,157 (2025)
- Age dependency ratio 42.4% (2025)
- Age dependency ratio, young 25.5% (2025)
- Population, female 46.2% (2025)
- Population, male 9,506 (2025)
- Population, male 53.8% (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 97 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 100 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 107 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, male in Palau?
- Life expectancy at birth, male in Palau was 67.25 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 Palau?
- The highest recorded value was 67.25 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, male recorded in Palau?
- The lowest recorded value was 50.72 years in 1960.
- How does Palau rank for life expectancy at birth, male?
- Palau ranks 150th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, male rising or falling in Palau?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Palau 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.