Life expectancy at birth, total in Vietnam
Vietnam: Life expectancy at birth, total was 74.74 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at birth, total in Vietnam, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN). Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for life expectancy at birth, total in Vietnam is 74.74 years, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, total in Vietnam peaked at 75.38 years in 2020 and was at its lowest, 51.91 years, in 1972.
Vietnam ranks 106th 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 | 56.72 years | 52.67 years | 58.46 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 59.2 years | 51.91 years | 64.99 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 67.09 years | 65.34 years | 68.81 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 70.7 years | 69.03 years | 72.58 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 73.2 years | 72.75 years | 73.53 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 73.91 years | 73.61 years | 74.21 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 74.67 years | 74.14 years | 75.38 years | 5 |
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More health data for Vietnam
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 805,636 (2025)
- Population, male 49.0% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 34.75 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 23.22 million (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 697,877 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 757,510 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 727,555 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 771,612 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 763,341 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 889,440 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, total in Vietnam?
- Life expectancy at birth, total in Vietnam was 74.74 years in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN).
- What is the highest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Vietnam?
- The highest recorded value was 75.38 years in 2020.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Vietnam?
- The lowest recorded value was 51.91 years in 1972.
- How does Vietnam rank for life expectancy at birth, total?
- Vietnam ranks 106th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, total rising or falling in Vietnam?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Vietnam 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.