Life expectancy at birth, total in Brazil
Brazil: Life expectancy at birth, total was 76.02 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at birth, total in Brazil, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN). Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2024, life expectancy at birth, total in Brazil stood at 76.02 years. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, total in Brazil peaked at 76.02 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 53.16 years, in 1960.
Brazil ranks 97th 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 | 55.03 years | 53.16 years | 56.9 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 59.35 years | 57.34 years | 61.37 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 63.73 years | 61.82 years | 65.51 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 67.52 years | 65.86 years | 69.21 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 71.56 years | 69.58 years | 73.46 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 74.86 years | 73.78 years | 75.81 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 74.86 years | 73.04 years | 76.02 years | 5 |
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More health data for Brazil
- Age population, age 19, female, interpolated 1.48 million (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male 10.75 million (2025)
- Age population, age 20, male, interpolated 1.54 million (2025)
- Age population, age 20, female, interpolated 1.49 million (2025)
- Age population, age 19, male, interpolated 1.53 million (2025)
- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 1.46 million (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 12.7% (2025)
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 1.49 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 41.26 million (2025)
- Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 1.51 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, total in Brazil?
- Life expectancy at birth, total in Brazil was 76.02 years in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN).
- What is the highest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 76.02 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 53.16 years in 1960.
- How does Brazil rank for life expectancy at birth, total?
- Brazil ranks 97th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, total rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), published as part of Life expectancy at birth, total (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.