Life expectancy at birth, total in Turkey
Turkey: Life expectancy at birth, total was 77.42 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at birth, total in Turkey, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN). Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for life expectancy at birth, total in Turkey is 77.42 years, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, total in Turkey peaked at 77.74 years in 2019 and was at its lowest, 50.8 years, in 1960.
Turkey ranks 81st 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 | 53.71 years | 50.8 years | 56.18 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 59.35 years | 56.7 years | 62.16 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 65.06 years | 62.74 years | 67.36 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 69.57 years | 67.83 years | 71.14 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 73.34 years | 71.93 years | 74.68 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 76.33 years | 74.82 years | 77.74 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 76.88 years | 75.72 years | 77.59 years | 5 |
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More health data for Turkey
- Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 686,034 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 684,154 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 660,393 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 688,879 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 665,251 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 666,062 (2025)
- Population, male 42.85 million (2025)
- Age dependency ratio, young 30.7% (2025)
- Age population, age 09, male, interpolated 678,233 (2025)
- Age dependency ratio 46.2% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, total in Turkey?
- Life expectancy at birth, total in Turkey was 77.42 years in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN).
- What is the highest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 77.74 years in 2019.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 50.8 years in 1960.
- How does Turkey rank for life expectancy at birth, total?
- Turkey ranks 81st out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, total rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Turkey 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.