Life expectancy at birth, total in Jordan
Jordan: Life expectancy at birth, total was 77.98 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at birth, total in Jordan, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN). Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for life expectancy at birth, total in Jordan is 77.98 years, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, total in Jordan peaked at 77.98 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 52.68 years, in 1960.
Jordan ranks 69th 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 | 56.73 years | 52.68 years | 60.5 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 63.63 years | 59.83 years | 66.05 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 68.31 years | 66.49 years | 69.86 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 70.86 years | 70.09 years | 71.74 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 72.87 years | 71.93 years | 73.71 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 75.07 years | 73.8 years | 76.86 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 76.53 years | 74.2 years | 77.98 years | 5 |
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More health data for Jordan
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 122,254 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 121,328 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 122,805 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 121,116 (2025)
- Population, female 48.5% (2025)
- Age dependency ratio, young 46.4% (2025)
- Age dependency ratio 53.7% (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 117,652 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 123,076 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 117,271 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, total in Jordan?
- Life expectancy at birth, total in Jordan was 77.98 years in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN).
- What is the highest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 77.98 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 52.68 years in 1960.
- How does Jordan rank for life expectancy at birth, total?
- Jordan ranks 69th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, total rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jordan 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.