Life expectancy at birth, total in Macao
Macao: Life expectancy at birth, total was 83.33 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at birth, total in Macao, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN). Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for life expectancy at birth, total in Macao is 83.33 years, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, total in Macao peaked at 84.13 years in 2020 and was at its lowest, 63.78 years, in 1960.
That places Macao 16th out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 66.08 years | 63.78 years | 68.19 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 70.6 years | 68.7 years | 72.33 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 74.35 years | 72.76 years | 76.05 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 77.35 years | 76.4 years | 79 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 81.28 years | 80.18 years | 82.18 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 83.06 years | 82.27 years | 83.93 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 83.49 years | 83.08 years | 84.13 years | 5 |
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More health data for Macao
- Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 3,912 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 69.1% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total 488,335 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 3,784 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 4,067 (2025)
- Age population, age 09, female, interpolated 3,903 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 3,741 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 3,864 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 218,002 (2025)
- Age population, age 09, male, interpolated 4,006 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, total in Macao?
- Life expectancy at birth, total in Macao was 83.33 years in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN).
- What is the highest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Macao?
- The highest recorded value was 84.13 years in 2020.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Macao?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.78 years in 1960.
- How does Macao rank for life expectancy at birth, total?
- Macao ranks 16th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, total rising or falling in Macao?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Macao 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.