Life expectancy at birth, total in Singapore
Singapore: Life expectancy at birth, total was 83.35 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at birth, total in Singapore, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN). Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2024, life expectancy at birth, total in Singapore stood at 83.35 years.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, total in Singapore peaked at 83.6 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 65.56 years, in 1960.
Singapore ranks 15th of 215 countries on this measure, 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 | 67.04 years | 65.56 years | 68.33 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 70.12 years | 68.72 years | 71.46 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 73.61 years | 72.19 years | 74.95 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 76.38 years | 75.3 years | 77.55 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 79.59 years | 77.95 years | 81.24 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 82.56 years | 81.54 years | 83.6 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 83.2 years | 82.9 years | 83.54 years | 5 |
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More health data for Singapore
- Population ages 15-64, male 75.7% (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above 14.2% (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 24,085 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 22,244 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 22,570 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 21,250 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total 4.53 million (2025)
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 22,552 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 22,792 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 21,341 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, total in Singapore?
- Life expectancy at birth, total in Singapore was 83.35 years in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN).
- What is the highest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 83.6 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 65.56 years in 1960.
- How does Singapore rank for life expectancy at birth, total?
- Singapore ranks 15th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, total rising or falling in Singapore?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Singapore 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.