Life expectancy at birth, total in Czechia
Czechia: Life expectancy at birth, total was 79.98 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at birth, total in Czechia, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN). Measured in years.
Analysis
Czechia recorded 79.98 years for life expectancy at birth, total in 2024. 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 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, total in Czechia peaked at 79.98 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 69.37 years, in 1969.
That places Czechia 52nd out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 70.14 years | 69.37 years | 70.51 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 70.23 years | 69.44 years | 70.75 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 71 years | 70.28 years | 71.68 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 73.11 years | 71.38 years | 74.67 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 75.95 years | 74.97 years | 77.08 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 78.52 years | 77.42 years | 79.23 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 78.84 years | 77.22 years | 79.98 years | 5 |
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More health data for Czechia
- Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 56,963 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 53,522 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 55,624 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 53,012 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 55,972 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 53,144 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 841,843 (2025)
- Age population, age 09, male, interpolated 57,788 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 53,981 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 56,132 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, total in Czechia?
- Life expectancy at birth, total in Czechia was 79.98 years in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN).
- What is the highest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Czechia?
- The highest recorded value was 79.98 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Czechia?
- The lowest recorded value was 69.37 years in 1969.
- How does Czechia rank for life expectancy at birth, total?
- Czechia ranks 52nd out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, total rising or falling in Czechia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Czechia 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.