Life expectancy at birth, male in Senegal
Senegal: Life expectancy at birth, male was 67.01 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at birth, male in Senegal, 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 Senegal stood at 67.01 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 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, male in Senegal peaked at 67.01 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 39.14 years, in 1960.
Senegal ranks 152nd of 215 countries on this measure, 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 | 39.37 years | 39.14 years | 39.91 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 43.1 years | 40.29 years | 46.53 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 50.9 years | 47.28 years | 54.53 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 55.64 years | 55.02 years | 55.99 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 58.98 years | 56.09 years | 61.78 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 64.22 years | 62.26 years | 65.86 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 66.01 years | 64.92 years | 67.01 years | 5 |
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More health data for Senegal
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 242,897 (2025)
- Population, male 50.8% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 5.51 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 7.15 million (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 226,685 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 246,484 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 223,719 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 244,678 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 221,258 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 238,050 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, male in Senegal?
- Life expectancy at birth, male in Senegal was 67.01 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 Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 67.01 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, male recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 39.14 years in 1960.
- How does Senegal rank for life expectancy at birth, male?
- Senegal ranks 152nd out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, male rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Senegal 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.